Cc Trace

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Debugging

Example prompts

• “/cc-trace”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Node.js
• A Bash shell
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Edit, AskUserQuestion

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Installation Verification
2. 2Certificate Generation & Trust
3. 3Shell Configuration
4. 4Automated Verification

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 859a179. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Bash
  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • AskUserQuestion

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 4 files in scripts/ (Shell, Python and TypeScript), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • brew
  • bash
  • npx
  • curl
  • claude
  • jq
  • apt
  • pip

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

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • docs.mitmproxy.org
  • github.com
  • discord.gg
  • mitmproxy.org

  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

Cc Trace loads about 9.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 3,475 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~77

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~9.6k

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

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:204

  - **macOS**: `sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -p ssl -p basic -k /Library/Keychains/System.keychain ~/.mitmproxy/mit

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:435

  sudo security delete-certificate -c mitmproxy /Library/Keychains/System.keychain

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:438

  sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -p ssl -p basic \

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:578

  sudo security delete-certificate -c mitmproxy /Library/Keychains/System.keychain

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:816

  sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -p ssl -p basic \

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:919

  sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -p ssl -p basic \

• NoteRuns commands with sudoSKILL.md:924

  sudo security delete-certificate -c mitmproxy /Library/Keychains/System.keychain

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit, AskUserQuestion

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 3,475 words (~9,620 tokens).

name

cc-trace

allowed-tools

Bash, Read, Write, Edit, AskUserQuestion

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (scripts) in the repository root of alexfazio/cc-trace.

• SKILL.md
• LICENSE.txt
• reference/advanced-features-security.md
• reference/setup-installation-certificate.md
• reference/setup-shell-configuration.md
• reference/usage-cli-interface.md
• reference/usage-programmatic-access.md
• reference/usage-web-interface.md
• reference/workflow-daily-tips.md
• scripts/extract-slash-commands.py
• scripts/parse-streamed-response.ts
• scripts/show-last-prompt.sh
• scripts/verify-setup.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 859a179