Agent skill

Alive Inbox

Scan 03Inbox/ for unrouted files, present routing suggestions

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Alive Inbox

skills CLI

$ npx skills add alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install alivecontext/alive alive-inbox --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/alivecontext/alive.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox .claude/skills/alive-inbox && 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 "alive-inbox" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox into .claude/skills/alive-inbox/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-inbox", 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/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox

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 alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install alivecontext/alive alive-inbox --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alivecontext/alive.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox .agents/skills/alive-inbox && 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 "alive-inbox" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox into .agents/skills/alive-inbox/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-inbox", 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 alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install alivecontext/alive alive-inbox --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alivecontext/alive.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox .cursor/skills/alive-inbox && 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 "alive-inbox" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox into .cursor/skills/alive-inbox/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-inbox", 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/alivecontext/alive.git --path hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox

--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 alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install alivecontext/alive alive-inbox --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/alivecontext/alive.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox .gemini/skills/alive-inbox && 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 "alive-inbox" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox into .gemini/skills/alive-inbox/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-inbox", 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 alivecontext/alive alive-inbox

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 alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alivecontext/alive.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox .github/skills/alive-inbox && 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 "alive-inbox" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox into .github/skills/alive-inbox/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-inbox", 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 alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -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 alivecontext/alive alive-inbox --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alivecontext/alive.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox .opencode/skills/alive-inbox && 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 "alive-inbox" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox into .opencode/skills/alive-inbox/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-inbox", 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: alive-inbox
GitHub stars: 130
Token cost: ~343 tokens
SKILL.md length: 89 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 19
Repo updated: Oct 2, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Scan 03Inbox/ for unrouted files, present routing suggestions

Works in 3 steps: List all files in 03_Inbox/ → For each file → Present grouped by suggested destination
Tasks that involve Email management
SKILL.md covers Process and Rules
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Alive Inbox is an agent skill from alivecontext/alive. Scan 03Inbox/ for unrouted files, present routing suggestions

Its SKILL.md is about 340 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 Email management. The repository describes itself as: Personal Context Manager for Claude Code. Your life in walnuts. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Email management

Example prompts

“/alive-inbox”

Workflow steps

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

List all files in 03_Inbox/
For each file
Present grouped by suggested destination

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fc74320. 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 (its code samples are bash).
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

Alive Inbox loads about 343 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 89 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~19
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~343

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 alivecontext/alive at commit fc74320, republished under its MIT licence (© alivecontext). 89 words, ~343 tokens.

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

name: alive-inbox
description: Scan 03_Inbox/ for unrouted files, present routing suggestions
version: 1.0.0
author: ALIVE Context System
license: MIT
toolsets: terminal, file

Inbox Scanner

Check 03_Inbox/ for files that need routing.

Process

List all files in 03_Inbox/:

bash

find "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT/03_Inbox" -type f -not -name ".*" -not -name "*.DS_Store" 2>/dev/null

For each file:
- Read the first 500 chars to understand content
- Suggest a destination walnut based on content
- Classify type (document, transcript, screenshot, data)
Present grouped by suggested destination:

Inbox: [N] files

[walnut-name]:
  1. [filename] -- [type] -- [one-line description]
  2. [filename] -- [type] -- [one-line description]

[other-walnut]:
  3. [filename] -- [type] -- [one-line description]

Unsure:
  4. [filename] -- [content preview]

Reply with numbers to approve routing. "all" to approve all. "skip" to leave for later.

Rules

If inbox is empty, output [SILENT]
Don't move files -- just suggest. Wait for approval.
Files older than 48 hours get flagged: "This has been in inbox for [N] days"
Max 10 files per notification. If more, show count and suggest /alive-capture

Files

Just SKILL.md in hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox of alivecontext/alive.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fc74320

Compare with similar skills

Alive Inbox next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Continuetelegramdesktop/tdesktop	33k	2 repos	~9.4k	Automated safety check: Pass	GPL-3.0	yesterday
Garden Inboxpaperclipai/paperclip	99k	—	~1.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	yesterday
Career-Ops Gmail Lead Plugincareer-ops-hq/career-ops	74k	—	~233	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	yesterday
Skill CompassEvol-ai/SkillCompass	216	1 repos	~3.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	5 mo ago

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Questions about Alive Inbox

What does Alive Inbox do?

Scan 03Inbox/ for unrouted files, present routing suggestions. Alive Inbox is an agent skill from alivecontext/alive.

When should I use Alive Inbox?

Alive Inbox fits situations like: tasks that involve Email management.

How do I install Alive Inbox in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox in alivecontext/alive) into .claude/skills/alive-inbox in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Alive Inbox in Codex?

Run `npx skills add alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (hermes/cron-templates/alive-inbox in alivecontext/alive) into .agents/skills/alive-inbox in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Alive Inbox 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 alivecontext/alive --skill alive-inbox -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/alive-inbox, .gemini/skills/alive-inbox, .github/skills/alive-inbox and .opencode/skills/alive-inbox in your project.

What does Alive Inbox need to run?

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

Does Alive Inbox 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 Alive Inbox 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 Alive Inbox use?

Alive Inbox is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Alive Inbox use?

About 343 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k 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 Alive Inbox?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Alive Inbox: Process Inbox (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Continue (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Garden Inbox (paperclipai/paperclip, 99k stars) and Career-Ops Gmail Lead Plugin (career-ops-hq/career-ops, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Alive Inbox?

alivecontext (a GitHub organization) maintains it in alivecontext/alive, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.

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

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Install Alive Inbox

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

Inbox Scanner

Process

Rules

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Facts

At a glance

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Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

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Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Inbox Scanner

Process

Rules

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