Agent skill

Example Battery

Build a battery of concrete instances BEFORE writing or evaluating any definition, pin, or semantic clause (Reed step 1).

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Install Example Battery

skills CLI

$ npx skills add AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install AHepi/DeepReason example-battery --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/AHepi/DeepReason.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/example-battery .claude/skills/example-battery && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "example-battery" agent skill from https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason/tree/main/skills/example-battery into .claude/skills/example-battery/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "example-battery", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason/tree/main/skills/example-battery

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install AHepi/DeepReason example-battery --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/example-battery .agents/skills/example-battery && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "example-battery" agent skill from https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason/tree/main/skills/example-battery into .agents/skills/example-battery/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "example-battery", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install AHepi/DeepReason example-battery --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/example-battery .cursor/skills/example-battery && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "example-battery" agent skill from https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason/tree/main/skills/example-battery into .cursor/skills/example-battery/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "example-battery", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason.git --path skills/example-battery

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install AHepi/DeepReason example-battery --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/example-battery .gemini/skills/example-battery && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "example-battery" agent skill from https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason/tree/main/skills/example-battery into .gemini/skills/example-battery/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "example-battery", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install AHepi/DeepReason example-battery

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/example-battery .github/skills/example-battery && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "example-battery" agent skill from https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason/tree/main/skills/example-battery into .github/skills/example-battery/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "example-battery", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install AHepi/DeepReason example-battery --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/example-battery .opencode/skills/example-battery && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "example-battery" agent skill from https://github.com/AHepi/DeepReason/tree/main/skills/example-battery into .opencode/skills/example-battery/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "example-battery", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: example-battery
GitHub stars: 141
Token cost: ~811 tokens
SKILL.md length: 423 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 30
Repo updated: Sep 10, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Build a battery of concrete instances BEFORE writing or evaluating any definition, pin, or semantic clause (Reed step 1).

Works in 8 steps: Construct, as small concrete structures… → Structures are explicit and tiny: name… → Juxtapose everything in one file,… → …
A term needs a meaning
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
A pin is being drafted

What it does

Example Battery is an agent skill from AHepi/DeepReason. Build a battery of concrete instances BEFORE writing or evaluating any definition, pin, or semantic clause (Reed step 1). Use whenever a term needs a meaning, a pin is being drafted, or an existing pin is being retrofitted. Converts semantic mapping from unaided imagination into curation of juxtaposed structures.

Its SKILL.md is about 810 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

A term needs a meaning
A pin is being drafted
An existing pin is being retrofitted

Example prompts

“/example-battery”

Workflow steps

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

Construct, as small concrete structures in the fragment language
Structures are explicit and tiny: name the sorts, list the elements,
Juxtapose everything in one file, positives beside their near-miss
If the term has a recorded risk corridor ("too weak admits X, too
If you cannot construct three positives, the term is not understood
Battery instances carry ids. Digests are produced ONLY by the repo's
The battery file is parsed by machines: its exact grammar (heading
Instances are proto-members of the model zoo and feed the denotation

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9607fba. 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

Example Battery loads about 811 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 423 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~811

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 AHepi/DeepReason at commit 9607fba, republished under its MIT licence (© AHepi). 423 words, ~811 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/example-battery/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: example-battery
description: Build a battery of concrete instances BEFORE writing or evaluating any definition, pin, or semantic clause (Reed step 1). Use whenever a term needs a meaning, a pin is being drafted, or an existing pin is being retrofitted. Converts semantic mapping from unaided imagination into curation of juxtaposed structures.

Example Battery (Reed 1)

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Before any clause about a term's meaning is written, build its battery.

Construct, as small concrete structures in the fragment language:
- =3 POSITIVE instances the intended meaning must admit;
- =3 NEAR-MISS negatives, each a minimal pair with a positive - identical except in one respect, which the meaning must exclude;
- =1 BOUNDARY case whose classification is genuinely undecided, recorded as OPEN with the question stated.
Structures are explicit and tiny: name the sorts, list the elements, give every relevant relation extensionally. No instance is described only in prose.
Juxtapose everything in one file, positives beside their near-miss partners, with one line per pair naming the single difference. Near-misses are pairwise DISTINCT in the clause that admits them: no two N-instances may be the same single-bit flip of (structurally) the same positive -- a battery's discriminating power is the count of distinct negative shapes, not the count of N labels. Any structural assumption not present in the inventory candidate (e.g. licensing a chained/transitive reading of a relation) is never a silent positive: it becomes a boundary (B) instance carrying the question, or it is omitted.
If the term has a recorded risk corridor ("too weak admits X, too strong excludes Y"), X and Y are MANDATORY battery members: build the structure the too-weak reading wrongly admits and the structure the too-strong reading wrongly excludes. A corridor without its two walls built is not yet analyzed.
If you cannot construct three positives, the term is not understood well enough to pin: record what blocks each attempted instance and stop. That record is the deliverable.
Battery instances carry ids. Digests are produced ONLY by the repo's digest tool (scripts/battery_digest.py --write) over the canonical instance bytes; NEVER compute, estimate, or invent a digest yourself. Write the literal placeholder PENDING-DIGEST in every digest cell and let the acceptance command run the tool. A hand-written hash is a fabrication even if it happens to be correct.
The battery file is parsed by machines: its exact grammar (heading form, id pattern, registry table columns) is defined in zoo/batteries/FORMAT.md and is provided to you as a READ-ONLY REFERENCE section in your context. Conform to it byte-exactly. If that reference section is absent or marked MISSING, STOP and report BLOCKED requesting it -- never invent structure; semantically fine but mechanically unparseable output is a failure.
Instances are proto-members of the model zoo and feed the denotation tests. Never delete a battery instance a pin fails on; a failed instance is evidence, not clutter.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/example-battery of AHepi/DeepReason.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9607fba

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Questions about Example Battery

What does Example Battery do?

Build a battery of concrete instances BEFORE writing or evaluating any definition, pin, or semantic clause (Reed step 1). Example Battery is an agent skill from AHepi/DeepReason. Build a battery of concrete instances BEFORE writing or evaluating any definition, pin, or semantic clause (Reed step 1).

When should I use Example Battery?

Example Battery fits situations like: A term needs a meaning; A pin is being drafted; an existing pin is being retrofitted.

How do I install Example Battery in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/example-battery in AHepi/DeepReason) into .claude/skills/example-battery in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Example Battery in Codex?

Run `npx skills add AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/example-battery in AHepi/DeepReason) into .agents/skills/example-battery in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Example Battery 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 AHepi/DeepReason --skill example-battery -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/example-battery, .gemini/skills/example-battery, .github/skills/example-battery and .opencode/skills/example-battery in your project.

What does Example Battery need to run?

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

Does Example Battery 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 Example Battery 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 Example Battery use?

Example Battery 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 Example Battery use?

About 811 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Example Battery?

AHepi (a GitHub user) maintains it in AHepi/DeepReason, which has 141 GitHub stars. The repository holds 30 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 10, 2026.

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

Install Example Battery

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Example Battery (Reed 1)

Files

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