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Agent skill

Distill

by ascorbic in ascorbic/macrodata

Extract distilled actions and facts from today's conversations.

No licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Distill

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ascorbic/macrodata --skill distill -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ascorbic/macrodata distill --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/ascorbic/macrodata.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/macrodata/skills/distill .claude/skills/distill && 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
distill
GitHub stars
120
Token cost
~814 tokens
SKILL.md length
156 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Extract distilled actions and facts from today's conversations.

  • Works in 4 steps: Find Today's Conversations → Process Each Conversation → Collect and Write Results → …
  • Tasks that involve Subagents
  • SKILL.md covers Process and Notes
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Distill is an agent skill from ascorbic/macrodata. Extract distilled actions and facts from today's conversations. Spawns sub-agents per conversation to avoid context blowup.

Its SKILL.md is about 810 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 Agent Workflows, covering Subagents. The repository describes itself as: Give Claude Code and OpenCode persistent, self-refining memory and autonomous scheduling.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Subagents

Example prompts

  • “/distill”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Find Today's Conversations
  2. Process Each Conversation
  3. Collect and Write Results
  4. Example Sub-Agent Output

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f07def3. 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 and json).

    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

Distill loads about 814 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 156 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~814

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 156 words (~814 tokens).

“Process today's conversations to extract actionable knowledge. This is the core of memory consolidation.”

— opening of SKILL.md by ascorbic
name
distill

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/macrodata/skills/distill of ascorbic/macrodata.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f07def3

Compare with similar skills

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Dispatching Parallel Agentsultralisp/ultralisp25840 repos~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Paseo Advisor Second Opiniongetpaseo/paseo20k1 repos~756Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
Task Observerrebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all3.2k1 repos~12kAutomated safety check: PassCC-BY-4.0

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Categories

Questions about Distill

What does Distill do?

Extract distilled actions and facts from today's conversations. Distill is an agent skill from ascorbic/macrodata. Extract distilled actions and facts from today's conversations.

When should I use Distill?

Distill fits situations like: tasks that involve Subagents.

How do I install Distill in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Distill in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ascorbic/macrodata --skill distill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/macrodata/skills/distill in ascorbic/macrodata) into .agents/skills/distill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Distill 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 ascorbic/macrodata --skill distill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/distill, .gemini/skills/distill, .github/skills/distill and .opencode/skills/distill in your project.

What does Distill need to run?

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

Does Distill 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 Distill 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 Distill use?

No licence was found for Distill or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Distill use?

About 814 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.3k 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 Distill?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Distill: Claude Code Agent Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 37k stars), Subagent Driven Development (Asvarox/allkaraoke, 261 stars), Dispatching Parallel Agents (ultralisp/ultralisp, 258 stars) and Paseo Advisor Second Opinion (getpaseo/paseo, 20k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Distill?

ascorbic (a GitHub user) maintains it in ascorbic/macrodata, which has 120 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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