How Ethereum evolves — EIP lifecycle, fork process, where decisions happen, and how to track upcoming changes.

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Install Protocol

skills CLI
$ npx skills add austintgriffith/ethskills --skill protocol -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install austintgriffith/ethskills protocol --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/austintgriffith/ethskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/protocol .claude/skills/protocol && 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
protocol
GitHub stars
294
Token cost
~3.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,606 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
22
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

How Ethereum evolves — EIP lifecycle, fork process, where decisions happen, and how to track upcoming changes.

  • Works in 3 steps: Check forkcast.org — filter by fork to… → Or check the fork's meta-EIP (e.g.,… → For the actual specs: execution-specs…
  • Your human asks about upcoming features
  • SKILL.md covers What You Probably Got Wrong, Is [Feature] Actually Planned?, EIP Lifecycle and Fork Process, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Protocol is an agent skill from austintgriffith/ethskills. How Ethereum evolves — EIP lifecycle, fork process, where decisions happen, and how to track upcoming changes. Use when your human asks about upcoming features, when building for future protocol capabilities, or when they want to propose a change. Also use when YOU need to know if a feature exists yet or when it's coming.

Its SKILL.md is about 3.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Ethereum. The repository describes itself as: The missing knowledge between AI agents and production Ethereum.

When your agent uses it

  • Your human asks about upcoming features
  • Building for future protocol capabilities
  • They want to propose a change
  • YOU need to know if a feature exists yet

Example prompts

  • “/protocol”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Check forkcast.org — filter by fork to see all CFI/SFI EIPs
  2. Or check the fork's meta-EIP (e.g., EIP-7600 for Pectra)
  3. For the actual specs: execution-specs (EL) and consensus-specs (CL)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 06ea4ef. 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):

    • github.com
    • forkcast.org
    • ethereum-magicians.org
    • ethresear.ch
    • eips.ethereum.org

    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

Protocol loads about 3.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,606 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.1k

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 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 1,606 words (~3,150 tokens).

“"Ethereum is a static platform." No. Ethereum upgrades roughly every 6-12 months via hard forks. Features you read about in old tutorials may have changed. Features your human wants may be shipping next fork.”

— opening of SKILL.md by austintgriffith
name
protocol

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in protocol of austintgriffith/ethskills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 06ea4ef

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Questions about Protocol

What does Protocol do?

How Ethereum evolves — EIP lifecycle, fork process, where decisions happen, and how to track upcoming changes. Protocol is an agent skill from austintgriffith/ethskills. How Ethereum evolves — EIP lifecycle, fork process, where decisions happen, and how to track upcoming changes.

When should I use Protocol?

Protocol fits situations like: your human asks about upcoming features; building for future protocol capabilities; they want to propose a change; YOU need to know if a feature exists yet.

How do I install Protocol in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Protocol in Codex?

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

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

What does Protocol need to run?

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

Does Protocol access the network?

SKILL.md names 5 domains. As links in the text: github.com, forkcast.org, ethereum-magicians.org, ethresear.ch and eips.ethereum.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Protocol 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 Protocol use?

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

How many tokens does Protocol use?

About 3.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k 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 Protocol?

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Who maintains Protocol?

austintgriffith (a GitHub user) maintains it in austintgriffith/ethskills, which has 294 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 20, 2026.

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