Agent skill

Messages Ops

by affaan-m in affaan-m/ECC

Evidence-first live messaging workflow for ECC. An agent skill from affaan-m/ECC.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Messages Ops

skills CLI
$ npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill messages-ops -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install affaan-m/ECC messages-ops --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/messages-ops .claude/skills/messages-ops && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
messages-ops
GitHub stars
277k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~724 tokens
SKILL.md length
371 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
683
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Evidence-first live messaging workflow for ECC. An agent skill from affaan-m/ECC.

  • Works in 4 steps: Resolve the exact thread → Read before drafting → Handle codes as a focused retrieval task → …
  • The user wants to read texts
  • SKILL.md covers Skill Stack, When to Use, Guardrails and Workflow, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Messages Ops is an agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Evidence-first live messaging workflow for ECC. Use when the user wants to read texts or DMs, recover a recent one-time code, inspect a thread before replying, or prove which message source was actually checked.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation, covering Messaging and chat bots. The repository describes itself as: The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to read texts
  • Recover a recent one-time code
  • Inspect a thread before replying
  • Prove which message source was actually checked

Example prompts

  • “/messages-ops”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Resolve the exact thread
  2. Read before drafting
  3. Handle codes as a focused retrieval task
  4. Report exact evidence

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2d515e4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Messages Ops loads about 724 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 371 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~724

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from affaan-m/ECC at commit 2d515e4, republished under its MIT licence (© affaan-m). 371 words, ~724 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/messages-ops/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
messages-ops
description
Evidence-first live messaging workflow for ECC. Use when the user wants to read texts or DMs, recover a recent one-time code, inspect a thread before replying, or prove which message source was actually checked.
metadata.origin
ECC

Messages Ops

Use this when the task is live-message retrieval: iMessage, DMs, recent one-time codes, or thread inspection before a follow-up.

This is not email work. If the dominant surface is a mailbox, use email-ops.

Skill Stack

Pull these ECC-native skills into the workflow when relevant:

  • email-ops when the message task is really mailbox work
  • connections-optimizer when the DM thread belongs to outbound network work
  • lead-intelligence when the live thread should inform targeting or warm-path outreach
  • knowledge-ops when the thread contents need to be captured into durable context

When to Use

  • user says "read my messages", "check texts", "look in DMs", or "find the code"
  • the task depends on a live thread or a recent code delivered to a local messaging surface
  • the user wants proof of which source or thread was inspected

Guardrails

  • resolve the source first:
    • local messages
    • X / social DM
    • another browser-gated message surface
  • do not claim a thread was checked without naming the source
  • do not improvise raw database access if a checked helper or standard path exists
  • if auth or MFA blocks the surface, report the exact blocker

Workflow

1. Resolve the exact thread

Before doing anything else, settle:

  • message surface
  • sender / recipient / service
  • time window
  • whether the task is retrieval, inspection, or prep for a reply
Show full SKILL.md (159 more words)Show less
2. Read before drafting

If the task may turn into an outbound follow-up:

  • read the latest inbound
  • identify the open loop
  • then hand off to the correct outbound skill if needed
3. Handle codes as a focused retrieval task

For one-time codes:

  • search the recent local message window first
  • narrow by service or sender when possible
  • stop once the code is found or the focused search is exhausted
4. Report exact evidence

Return:

  • source used
  • thread or sender when possible
  • time window
  • exact status:
    • read
    • code-found
    • blocked
    • awaiting reply draft

Output Format

text
SOURCE
- message surface
- sender / thread / service

RESULT
- message summary or code
- time window

STATUS
- read / code-found / blocked / awaiting reply draft

Pitfalls

  • do not blur mailbox work and DM/text work
  • do not claim retrieval without naming the source
  • do not burn time on broad searches when the ask is a recent-code lookup
  • do not keep retrying a blocked auth path without surfacing the blocker

Verification

  • the response names the message source
  • the response includes a sender, service, thread, or clear blocker
  • the final state is explicit and bounded

© affaan-m, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/messages-ops of affaan-m/ECC.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2d515e4

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in affaan-m/ECC, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Messages Ops

What does Messages Ops do?

Evidence-first live messaging workflow for ECC. An agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Messages Ops is an agent skill from affaan-m/ECC. Evidence-first live messaging workflow for ECC.

When should I use Messages Ops?

Messages Ops fits situations like: the user wants to read texts; recover a recent one-time code; inspect a thread before replying; prove which message source was actually checked.

How do I install Messages Ops in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill messages-ops -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/messages-ops in affaan-m/ECC) into .claude/skills/messages-ops in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Messages Ops in Codex?

Run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill messages-ops -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/messages-ops in affaan-m/ECC) into .agents/skills/messages-ops in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Messages Ops in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill messages-ops -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/messages-ops, .gemini/skills/messages-ops, .github/skills/messages-ops and .opencode/skills/messages-ops in your project.

What does Messages Ops need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Messages Ops is instructions for the agent only.

Does Messages Ops access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Messages Ops safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Messages Ops use?

Messages Ops is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Messages Ops use?

About 724 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Messages Ops?

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Who maintains Messages Ops?

affaan-m (a GitHub user) maintains it in affaan-m/ECC, which has 276,673 GitHub stars. The repository holds 683 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

Source: affaan-m/ECC on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.