Digital pinboard for quick project notes, reminders, and ideas.

No licenceAuto-check: warnings

Install Pinboard

The automated check flagged lines worth reading first. See the safety section below.

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics --skill pinboard -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics pinboard --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/aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/pinboard .claude/skills/pinboard && 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
pinboard
GitHub stars
159
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
524 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Digital pinboard for quick project notes, reminders, and ideas.

  • Works in 3 steps: Auto-categorise the note into one of… → Add the note silently to PINBOARD.md in… → Acknowledge briefly — one short sentence…
  • The user wants to jot down a note
  • SKILL.md covers Adding a Note, Reading the Pinboard, Marking Items as Done and Clearing the Pinboard, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Pinboard is an agent skill from aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics. Digital pinboard for quick project notes, reminders, and ideas. Use this skill when the user wants to jot down a note, reminder, to-do, paper to read, idea, or data issue — including phrases like "pin this", "note to self", "remind me to", "add to pinboard", "I need to remember to", "check out this paper", "look into this later", "jot this down", "don't let me forget", or any quick note the user wants saved for later. Also use when the user says "show my pinboard", "what's on my pinboard", "mark X as done", or…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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: A collection of Skills for academics.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to jot down a note
  • Data issue — including phrases like pin this
  • Add to pinboard
  • I need to remember to

Example prompts

  • “pin this”
  • “note to self”
  • “remind me to”
  • “/pinboard”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Auto-categorise the note into one of four categories based on content
  2. Add the note silently to PINBOARD.md in the appropriate category
  3. Acknowledge briefly — one short sentence confirming the note was

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8a8f112. 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 markdown).

    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

Pinboard loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 136 tokens; SKILL.md has 524 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~136
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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: warnings

The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.

  • WarningTells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmationSKILL.md:36
    section. Include a timestamp. Do not ask for confirmation, category,

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 524 words (~1,076 tokens).

“A digital pinboard for capturing notes, reminders, and ideas during a work session without breaking flow. Notes are saved to PINBOARD.md in the project root.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aspi6246
name
pinboard

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in pinboard of aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8a8f112

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Idea Darwinsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills47k2 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Idea Refinementaddyosmani/agent-skills103k6 repos~2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Pinboard

What does Pinboard do?

Digital pinboard for quick project notes, reminders, and ideas. Pinboard is an agent skill from aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics. Digital pinboard for quick project notes, reminders, and ideas.

When should I use Pinboard?

Pinboard fits situations like: the user wants to jot down a note; data issue — including phrases like pin this; add to pinboard; I need to remember to.

How do I install Pinboard in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics --skill pinboard -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (pinboard in aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics) into .claude/skills/pinboard in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pinboard in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics --skill pinboard -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (pinboard in aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics) into .agents/skills/pinboard in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pinboard 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 aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics --skill pinboard -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pinboard, .gemini/skills/pinboard, .github/skills/pinboard and .opencode/skills/pinboard in your project.

What does Pinboard need to run?

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

Does Pinboard 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 Pinboard safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): tells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmation. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way.

What licence does Pinboard use?

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

How many tokens does Pinboard use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k 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 Pinboard?

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Who maintains Pinboard?

aspi6246 (a GitHub user) maintains it in aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics, which has 159 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 21, 2026.

Source: aspi6246/Claude-Code-Skills-for-Academics on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.