Agent skill

Agentlas Auto Activation

by agentlas-ai in agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS

A skill your agent uses when adding or auditing local runtime behavior that turns a project folder into an Agentlas-aware workspace with .agentlas memory and sitemap files.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Agentlas Auto Activation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS --skill agentlas-auto-activation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS agentlas-auto-activation --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/agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agentlas-auto-activation .claude/skills/agentlas-auto-activation && 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
agentlas-auto-activation
GitHub stars
1.6k
Token cost
~559 tokens
SKILL.md length
225 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
53
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when adding or auditing local runtime behavior that turns a project folder into an Agentlas-aware workspace with .agentlas memory and sitemap files.

  • Works in 9 steps: For explicit activation, call hephaestus… → For automatic activation, require a… → Never create project state in the user's… → …
  • Auditing local runtime behavior that turns a project folder into an Agentlas-aware workspace with .agentlas memory and sitemap files
  • SKILL.md covers Procedure, Minimum Files, Safety and Reference
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Agentlas Auto Activation is an agent skill from agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS. Use when adding or auditing local runtime behavior that turns a project folder into an Agentlas-aware workspace with .agentlas memory and sitemap files.

Its SKILL.md is about 560 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 Agent Workflows. The repository describes itself as: Agent OS: keep specialist agents in a hub, spin up a temporary orchestrator per task. Local-first, works with any model. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Auditing local runtime behavior that turns a project folder into an Agentlas-aware workspace with .agentlas memory and sitemap files

Example prompts

  • “/agentlas-auto-activation”

Workflow steps

9 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. For explicit activation, call hephaestus project ensure --project
  2. For automatic activation, require a trusted writable host, an allowed root,
  3. Never create project state in the user's home directory, filesystem root, or
  4. Install the managed privacy .gitignore block before local memory/indexes.
  5. Add missing seed files, ontology/career indexes, and the bounded code map
  6. Inject relevant project memory into future agent prompts.
  7. Ask workers to emit ## Memory Events only for durable facts.
  8. Route Memory Events through Memory Tickets and Memory Curator.
  9. Use sitemap/task-bias state to avoid stale or unvalidated surfaces.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6254906. 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

Agentlas Auto Activation loads about 559 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 225 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~559

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 agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS at commit 6254906, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© agentlas-ai). 225 words, ~559 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/agentlas-auto-activation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
agentlas-auto-activation
description
Use when adding or auditing local runtime behavior that turns a project folder into an Agentlas-aware workspace with .agentlas memory and sitemap files.

Agentlas Auto-Activation

Use this skill when a local runtime should activate Agentlas project continuity for a folder.

Procedure

  1. For explicit activation, call hephaestus project ensure --project <folder> from Agentlas Core.
  2. For automatic activation, require a trusted writable host, an allowed root, a workspace marker, and host-side opt-in. Passive search, read-only work, and MCP requests do not imply write consent.
  3. Never create project state in the user's home directory, filesystem root, or outside the host's allowed project roots.
  4. Install the managed privacy .gitignore block before local memory/indexes.
  5. Add missing seed files, ontology/career indexes, and the bounded code map without overwriting existing user content.
  6. Inject relevant project memory into future agent prompts.
  7. Ask workers to emit ## Memory Events only for durable facts.
  8. Route Memory Events through Memory Tickets and Memory Curator.
  9. Use sitemap/task-bias state to avoid stale or unvalidated surfaces.

Minimum Files

  • .agentlas/project-soul-memory.md
  • .agentlas/sitemap.json
  • .agentlas/memory-map.json
  • .agentlas/memory-tickets.jsonl
  • .agentlas/vault-references.json
  • .agentlas/skill-registry.json
  • .agentlas/skill-trials.jsonl
  • .agentlas/curator-decisions.jsonl
  • .agentlas/activation.json
  • .agentlas/code-map/project-map.json
  • .agentlas/ontology-runtime.json
  • .agentlas/ontology-runtime.sqlite
  • .agentlas/career-graph.json
  • .agentlas/career-graph.sqlite

Safety

Never store secrets, raw logs, full transcripts, cookies, private keys, service accounts, or payment material in .agentlas.

Keep MCP auto-bootstrap disabled unless the host separately opts in. Automatic receipts must not expose absolute project paths or raw filesystem errors.

If private files were already tracked before activation, report them as trackedSensitivePaths; never mutate the user's Git index automatically.

Reference

See docs/agentlas-auto-activation.md.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/agentlas-auto-activation of agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6254906

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Categories

Questions about Agentlas Auto Activation

What does Agentlas Auto Activation do?

A skill your agent uses when adding or auditing local runtime behavior that turns a project folder into an Agentlas-aware workspace with .agentlas memory and sitemap files. Agentlas Auto Activation is an agent skill from agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS.agentlas memory and sitemap files.

When should I use Agentlas Auto Activation?

Agentlas Auto Activation fits situations like: auditing local runtime behavior that turns a project folder into an Agentlas-aware workspace with .agentlas memory and sitemap files.

How do I install Agentlas Auto Activation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS --skill agentlas-auto-activation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agentlas-auto-activation in agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS) into .claude/skills/agentlas-auto-activation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Agentlas Auto Activation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS --skill agentlas-auto-activation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agentlas-auto-activation in agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS) into .agents/skills/agentlas-auto-activation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Agentlas Auto Activation 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 agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS --skill agentlas-auto-activation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/agentlas-auto-activation, .gemini/skills/agentlas-auto-activation, .github/skills/agentlas-auto-activation and .opencode/skills/agentlas-auto-activation in your project.

What does Agentlas Auto Activation need to run?

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

Does Agentlas Auto Activation 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 Agentlas Auto Activation 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 Agentlas Auto Activation use?

Agentlas Auto Activation is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Agentlas Auto Activation use?

About 559 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k 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 Agentlas Auto Activation?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Agentlas Auto Activation: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Hook Development for Claude Code Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars), Using Superpowers (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars) and Executing Plans Inline (obra/superpowers, 297k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Agentlas Auto Activation?

agentlas-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS, which has 1,582 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: agentlas-ai/Agentlas-OS on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.