Agent skill

Ca Status

by arbiterForge in arbiterForge/codeArbiter

Show the project's current state at a glance — stage, open tasks, open questions, overrides since the last checkpoint, current branch.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passed

Install Ca Status

skills CLI
$ npx skills add arbiterForge/codeArbiter --skill ca-status -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install arbiterForge/codeArbiter ca-status --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/arbiterForge/codeArbiter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ca-pi/skills/ca-status .claude/skills/ca-status && 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/

Facts

Skill name
ca-status
GitHub stars
147
Token cost
~730 tokens
SKILL.md length
289 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Show the project's current state at a glance — stage, open tasks, open questions, overrides since the last checkpoint, current branch.

  • Works in 6 steps: Stage — the stage: maturity value from… → Pipelines — every slug in… → Open tasks — the in-flight count from… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Drift mode, Flow, Output and When NOT to use, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ca Status is an agent skill from arbiterForge/codeArbiter. Show the project's current state at a glance — stage, open tasks, open questions, overrides since the last checkpoint, current branch. Read-only.

Its SKILL.md is about 730 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Open-source governance and hard gates for AI coding agents across Claude Code, Codex CLI, and Pi. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

Example prompts

  • “/ca-status”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Stage — the stage: maturity value from /.codearbiter/CONTEXT.md frontmatter.
  2. Pipelines — every slug in /.codearbiter/specs/ and plans/, with how
  3. Open tasks — the in-flight count from /.codearbiter/open-tasks.md
  4. Open questions — the count of unresolved [CONFIRM-NN] placeholders in
  5. Overrides since last checkpoint — entries in /.codearbiter/overrides.log
  6. Current branch — from git.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cd5b0a0. 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

Ca Status loads about 730 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 289 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~730

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 arbiterForge/codeArbiter at commit cd5b0a0, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© arbiterForge). 289 words, ~730 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ca-status/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ca-status
description
Show the project's current state at a glance — stage, open tasks, open questions, overrides since the last checkpoint, current branch. Read-only.
argument-hint
(none) | drift

/ca-status — state snapshot

A read-only summary of .codearbiter/ state. No skill is routed to; no file is modified.

<!-- catalog-command-modes:start -->

Drift mode

<!-- command-mode:drift legacy-route:context-check -->

With the exact argument drift, load and follow <plugin-root>/routines/context-check/SKILL.md. The audit begins read-only; re-scout or re-baseline may write only after the user's explicit selection. In drift mode the context-check contract governs; the opening summary and Hard gate below apply only to the no-argument snapshot. With no argument, continue with the unchanged read-only snapshot below. Reject other arguments rather than treating them as drift mode.

An initialized refresh is a separate explicit scoped or full selection handled by that existing owner after its read-only report. Neither this argument nor an ordinary status snapshot authorizes a write, a create-context retry or marker reset.

<!-- catalog-command-modes:end -->

Flow

The orchestrator reads and presents:

  1. Stage — the stage: maturity value from <project-root>/.codearbiter/CONTEXT.md frontmatter.
  2. Pipelines — every slug in <project-root>/.codearbiter/specs/ and plans/, with how far each got: spec awaiting approval, spec approved / no plan, plan in progress (ACCEPTED count vs. total from the plan's status column), or complete. An interrupted pipeline is resumable via /ca-feature — say so on its line.
  3. Open tasks — the in-flight count from <project-root>/.codearbiter/open-tasks.md (top-level - bullets excluding done - [x]; the same _taskboardlib count the SessionStart hook uses).
  4. Open questions — the count of unresolved [CONFIRM-NN] placeholders in <project-root>/.codearbiter/open-questions.md.
  5. Overrides since last checkpoint — entries in <project-root>/.codearbiter/overrides.log newer than the marker in <project-root>/.codearbiter/last-checkpoint.
  6. Current branch — from git.

Output

## Project status — YYYY-MM-DD

Stage:            N
Branch:           <current branch>
Pipelines:
  <slug>          plan 3/7 ACCEPTED — resume with /ca-feature "<slug>"
  <slug>          spec approved, no plan
Open tasks:       N
Open questions:   N ([CONFIRM-NN] unresolved)
Overrides since last checkpoint: N

No specs and no plans → Pipelines: none.

If [CONFIRM-NN] placeholders are open, surface them — do not resolve them here.

When NOT to use

  • A full cross-cutting review → /ca-checkpoint.
  • A specific question → /ca-btw.

Hard gate

Read-only. MUST NOT modify any file. MUST NOT resolve a [CONFIRM-NN] it surfaces. No skill is routed to by this command.

© arbiterForge, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/ca-pi/skills/ca-status of arbiterForge/codeArbiter.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cd5b0a0

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Questions about Ca Status

What does Ca Status do?

Show the project's current state at a glance — stage, open tasks, open questions, overrides since the last checkpoint, current branch. Ca Status is an agent skill from arbiterForge/codeArbiter. Show the project's current state at a glance — stage, open tasks, open questions, overrides since the last checkpoint, current branch.

How do I install Ca Status in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add arbiterForge/codeArbiter --skill ca-status -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ca-pi/skills/ca-status in arbiterForge/codeArbiter) into .claude/skills/ca-status in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ca Status in Codex?

Run `npx skills add arbiterForge/codeArbiter --skill ca-status -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ca-pi/skills/ca-status in arbiterForge/codeArbiter) into .agents/skills/ca-status in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ca Status 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 arbiterForge/codeArbiter --skill ca-status -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ca-status, .gemini/skills/ca-status, .github/skills/ca-status and .opencode/skills/ca-status in your project.

What does Ca Status need to run?

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

Does Ca Status 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 Ca Status 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 Ca Status use?

Ca Status is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ca Status use?

About 730 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 Ca Status?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ca Status: Classroom Stage Design Method (THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC, 40k stars), Stage Tamagotchi Godot Csharp (moeru-ai/airi, 50k stars), Glance (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars) and OpenMAIC Stage Document Map (THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ca Status?

arbiterForge (a GitHub organization) maintains it in arbiterForge/codeArbiter, which has 147 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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