Agent skill

Alive Save

Checkpoint -- route stash items, write log entry, update bundle, trigger projection, reset stash

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Alive Save

skills CLI

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

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

GitHub CLI

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

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-save -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install alivecontext/alive alive-save --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/hermes-skills/alive-save .agents/skills/alive-save && 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-save" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/hermes-skills/alive-save into .agents/skills/alive-save/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-save", 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-save -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install alivecontext/alive alive-save --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/hermes-skills/alive-save .cursor/skills/alive-save && 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-save" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/hermes-skills/alive-save into .cursor/skills/alive-save/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-save", 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/hermes-skills/alive-save

--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-save -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

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

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-save -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/hermes-skills/alive-save .github/skills/alive-save && 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-save" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/hermes-skills/alive-save into .github/skills/alive-save/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-save", 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-save -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-save --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/hermes-skills/alive-save .opencode/skills/alive-save && 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-save" agent skill from https://github.com/alivecontext/alive/tree/main/hermes/hermes-skills/alive-save into .opencode/skills/alive-save/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alive-save", 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-save
GitHub stars: 130
Token cost: ~747 tokens
SKILL.md length: 241 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 19
Repo updated: Oct 2, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Checkpoint -- route stash items, write log entry, update bundle, trigger projection, reset stash

Works in 3 steps: Ask: "Anything else before I save?" → Scan back through conversation for… → Present stash grouped by type
Productivity & Automation work in your project
SKILL.md covers Pre-Save, Write Log Entry, Update Active Bundle and Route Tasks, plus 5 more sections
Calls python3

What it does

Alive Save is an agent skill from alivecontext/alive. Checkpoint -- route stash items, write log entry, update bundle, trigger projection, reset stash

Its SKILL.md is about 750 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. The repository describes itself as: Personal Context Manager for Claude Code. Your life in walnuts. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Productivity & Automation work in your project

Example prompts

“/alive-save”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

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

Ask: "Anything else before I save?"
Scan back through conversation for missed stash items
Present stash grouped by type

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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- python3
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 Save loads about 747 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 27 tokens; SKILL.md has 241 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~27
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~747

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). 241 words, ~747 tokens.

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

name: alive-save
description: Checkpoint -- route stash items, write log entry, update bundle, trigger projection, reset stash
version: 1.0.0
author: ALIVE Context System
license: MIT
toolsets: terminal, file
triggers: save, checkpoint, let's save, stash is heavy

Save

Route the stash, write the log, update the bundle, trigger projection.

Pre-Save

Ask: "Anything else before I save?"
Scan back through conversation for missed stash items
Present stash grouped by type:

Stash (N items):

Decisions:
  1. [decision] -> [walnut]
  2. [decision] -> [walnut]

Tasks:
  3. [task] -> [walnut]

Notes:
  4. [note] -> [walnut]
  5. [note] -> [[person]]

Confirm, edit, or drop items?

Write Log Entry

Prepend to _kernel/log.md after frontmatter. Use terminal:

bash

# Read existing log, prepend new entry after frontmatter

Entry format:

markdown

## YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS -- squirrel:[session_id]

**Type:** [feature/decision/research/strategy/etc]

[Narrative paragraph -- what happened, why, what it means]

### Decisions
- [decision with rationale]

### Artifacts
- [files created/modified]

signed: squirrel:[session_id]

Update Active Bundle

Write to the active bundle's context.manifest.yaml:

Update context: field with current state
Update status: if changed

Route Tasks

Confirmed task-shaped stash items are promoted in a single batch via alive tasks promote after the squirrel YAML stash is written. The CLI walks each type: task stash item, writes the task row, and stamps promotion_state / task_id markers back onto the squirrel file under a single flock for crash safety.

bash

"$ALIVE_PLUGIN_ROOT/bin/alive" tasks promote \
  --squirrel "[session_id]" \
  --walnut "[path]"

Python fallback if bin/alive is missing:

bash

"${ALIVE_PYTHON:-python3}" "$ALIVE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/cli.py" tasks promote \
  --squirrel "[session_id]" --walnut "[path]"

For non-promotion edits on existing tasks (mark done, change priority), use tasks.py directly:

bash

python3 "$ALIVE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/tasks.py" done --walnut "[path]" --id "[task_id]"

Never read or write tasks.json directly. Fail-loud if the CLI binary is missing on both paths — do not fall back to per-item adds from the agent.

Route People

Stash items tagged with [[person-name]] get dispatched to person walnuts as brief log entries.

Post-Save

The post-save hook triggers project.py to regenerate now.json. This is automatic.

Update _kernel/log.md frontmatter:

last-entry: timestamp
entry-count: increment
summary: one-line summary

Zero-Context Check

Ask: "If a new agent loaded this walnut with no context, would it have everything it needs?"

If no, fix the log entry or manifest before finishing.

"Any bundles worth sharing?"

Reset

Stash clears. Session continues.

Files

Just SKILL.md in hermes/hermes-skills/alive-save of alivecontext/alive.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fc74320

Compare with similar skills

Alive Save 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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Questions about Alive Save

What does Alive Save do?

Checkpoint -- route stash items, write log entry, update bundle, trigger projection, reset stash. Alive Save is an agent skill from alivecontext/alive.

When should I use Alive Save?

Alive Save fits situations like: productivity & Automation work in your project.

How do I install Alive Save in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Alive Save in Codex?

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

Can I use Alive Save 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-save -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-save, .gemini/skills/alive-save, .github/skills/alive-save and .opencode/skills/alive-save in your project.

What does Alive Save need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Alive Save needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Alive Save 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 Save 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 Save use?

Alive Save 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 Save use?

About 747 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k 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 Save?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Alive Save: Agent Browser (quran/quran.com-frontend-next, 1.9k stars), Process Inbox (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Perform Task (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars) and Brave Search (badlogic/pi-skills, 2.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Alive Save?

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.

Install Alive Save

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Save

Pre-Save

Write Log Entry

Update Active Bundle

Route Tasks

Route People

Post-Save

Zero-Context Check

Nudge Sharing

Reset

Files

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