Interview
genkovich/sdd
Use BEFORE roadmap or specify to get the idea OUT OF YOUR HEAD and onto disk — a Socratic interview that surfaces hidden assumptions, names tradeoffs, exposes imprecisions and proposes fresh angles…
Interview the operator about a topic until shared understanding, walking each branch of the decision tree one at a time.
Install Alignment
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config alignment --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/alignment .claude/skills/alignment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "alignment" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/alignment into .claude/skills/alignment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alignment", 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 install https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/alignmentType 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.
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config alignment --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/alignment .agents/skills/alignment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "alignment" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/alignment into .agents/skills/alignment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alignment", 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.
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config alignment --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/alignment .cursor/skills/alignment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "alignment" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/alignment into .cursor/skills/alignment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alignment", 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 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git --path .agents/skills/alignment--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config alignment --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/alignment .gemini/skills/alignment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "alignment" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/alignment into .gemini/skills/alignment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alignment", 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.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config alignmentInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/alignment .github/skills/alignment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "alignment" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/alignment into .github/skills/alignment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alignment", 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.
$ npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Apocrathia/home-assistant-config alignment --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/alignment .opencode/skills/alignment && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "alignment" agent skill from https://github.com/Apocrathia/home-assistant-config/tree/main/.agents/skills/alignment into .opencode/skills/alignment/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "alignment", 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
alignment- GitHub stars
- 179
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 360 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 22
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Interview the operator about a topic until shared understanding, walking each branch of the decision tree one at a time.
- Stress-testing an idea
- SKILL.md covers When to run, Typical flow, End summary and Do not
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Resolving open questions before acting
What it does
Alignment is an agent skill from Apocrathia/home-assistant-config. Interview the operator about a topic until shared understanding, walking each branch of the decision tree one at a time. Use when stress-testing an idea, design, or requirement; resolving open questions before acting; or when the user says alignment, /alignment, or wants to get aligned.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Testing & QA, covering Load testing. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: Apocrathia's Home Assistant Configuration Files.
When your agent uses it
- Stress-testing an idea
- Resolving open questions before acting
- The user says alignment
- Wants to get aligned
Example prompts
- “/alignment”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e28308a. 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
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
aihero.dev
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
Alignment loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 360 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 360 words (~1,412 tokens).
“Read-only. Do not edit files, commit, or implement until alignment is reached and the operator explicitly asks to proceed. Git is operator-owned (operator-owned-git.md). This repo does not use git worktrees — stay in the main checkout (worktrees.md).”
- name
- alignment
- disable-model-invocation
- true
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/alignment of Apocrathia/home-assistant-config.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit e28308a
Compare with similar skills
Alignment 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alignment this skillApocrathia/home-assistant-config | 179 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Interviewgenkovich/sdd | 171 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| OpenHarness End-to-End EvalsHKUDS/OpenHarness | 16k | 1 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Evaluate PR Testsdotnet/maui | 23k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Update Megatron Golden ValuesNVIDIA/Megatron-LM | 18k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| TiDB Test Diff Triagepingcap/tidb | 41k | — | ~498 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Refreshes stored golden values from a GitHub Actions run, reports signed percentage changes per model, and writes a summary ready for a pull request description.
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Investigates TiDB plan or test-result diffs that the change does not explain, ruling out failpoint setup and merge effects before expected outputs are updated.
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Uploads a binary test file to the SimpleITK ExternalData repository by hashing it with SHA-512, staging it in the object store, writing a content-link file and opening a draft PR.
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Questions about Alignment
What does Alignment do?
Interview the operator about a topic until shared understanding, walking each branch of the decision tree one at a time. Alignment is an agent skill from Apocrathia/home-assistant-config. Interview the operator about a topic until shared understanding, walking each branch of the decision tree one at a time.
When should I use Alignment?
Alignment fits situations like: stress-testing an idea; resolving open questions before acting; the user says alignment; wants to get aligned.
How do I install Alignment in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/alignment in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config) into .claude/skills/alignment in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Alignment in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/alignment in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config) into .agents/skills/alignment in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Alignment 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 Apocrathia/home-assistant-config --skill alignment -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/alignment, .gemini/skills/alignment, .github/skills/alignment and .opencode/skills/alignment in your project.
What does Alignment need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Alignment is instructions for the agent only.
Does Alignment access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: aihero.dev. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Alignment 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 Alignment use?
No licence was found for Alignment or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Alignment use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Alignment?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Alignment: Interview (genkovich/sdd, 171 stars), OpenHarness End-to-End Evals (HKUDS/OpenHarness, 16k stars), Evaluate PR Tests (dotnet/maui, 23k stars) and Update Megatron Golden Values (NVIDIA/Megatron-LM, 18k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Alignment?
Apocrathia (a GitHub user) maintains it in Apocrathia/home-assistant-config, which has 179 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.
Source: Apocrathia/home-assistant-config on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.