Agent skill

Create Autopkg Recipes

by autopkg in autopkg/homebysix-recipes

Create AutoPkg recipes for macOS apps from vendor URLs. An agent skill from autopkg/homebysix-recipes.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passed

Install Create Autopkg Recipes

skills CLI
$ npx skills add autopkg/homebysix-recipes --skill create-autopkg-recipes -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install autopkg/homebysix-recipes create-autopkg-recipes --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/autopkg/homebysix-recipes.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/create-autopkg-recipes .claude/skills/create-autopkg-recipes && 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
create-autopkg-recipes
GitHub stars
166
Token cost
~974 tokens
SKILL.md length
441 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Create AutoPkg recipes for macOS apps from vendor URLs. An agent skill from autopkg/homebysix-recipes.

  • Works in 6 steps: Preflight → Find the artifact → Generate → …
  • Asked to create
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Preflight, 2. Find the artifact, 3. Generate and 4. Conventions, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Create Autopkg Recipes is an agent skill from autopkg/homebysix-recipes. Create AutoPkg recipes for macOS apps from vendor URLs. Use when asked to create, generate, scaffold, or add .download.recipe, .pkg.recipe, .munki.recipe, or .install.recipe files.

Its SKILL.md is about 970 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 macOS, Python and GitHub. The repository describes itself as: AutoPkg recipes all the way from Seattle, WA. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to create
  • Add .download.recipe
  • .install.recipe files

Example prompts

  • “/create-autopkg-recipes”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Preflight
  2. Find the artifact
  3. Generate
  4. Conventions
  5. Validate
  6. Report

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 71c14d5. 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).

    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

Create Autopkg Recipes loads about 974 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 441 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~51
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~974

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 autopkg/homebysix-recipes at commit 71c14d5, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© autopkg). 441 words, ~974 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/create-autopkg-recipes/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
create-autopkg-recipes
description
Create AutoPkg recipes for macOS apps from vendor URLs. Use when asked to create, generate, scaffold, or add .download.recipe, .pkg.recipe, .munki.recipe, or .install.recipe files.
user-invocable
true

Create AutoPkg Recipes

Create the smallest complete recipe family supported by the request, following neighboring recipes.

1. Preflight

  • Deduplicate the input URLs.
  • Search AutoPkg for existing recipes and inspect the checkout directly. Search both .recipe and .recipe.yaml; the local search index may be stale.
  • If the product already has recipes, report them and ask before adding or changing duplicates.
  • Ask before proceeding with Mac App Store-only, paid-without-public-trial, TestFlight/beta-only, source-only, web-only, gated-without-public-binary, dead/404, or ad-hoc/unsigned products.

2. Find the artifact

Identify the stable direct download, Sparkle appcast, or GitHub/Bitbucket/SourceForge project URL. Never invent a domain when resolving relative URLs.

Use HEAD first, then GET with redirects when HEAD is unsupported. Inspect redirects, Content-Disposition, content type, release assets, and appcast data. Do not use aggregators as the artifact source.

For GitHub releases, prefer the repository URL with GitHubReleasesInfoProvider and a precise asset_regex; avoid feeding a direct release asset URL to Recipe Robot when it may classify it as a repository.

Verify the selected artifact is the actual app, not a helper or unrelated asset. Inspect Info.plist and codesign metadata when determining bundle ID, version, architecture, and Team ID.

3. Generate

Use Recipe Robot for a stable binary URL, appcast, or repository URL. Configure it before running if required. Use --ignore-existing only for a confirmed false-positive match. If Recipe Robot is unavailable or produces an incorrect artifact, hand-author the recipes using a nearby recipe as the template.

Honor the requested format. For plist output, use .recipe filenames and finish with plutil -convert xml1; do not leave duplicate YAML variants.

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4. Conventions

  • Use one directory per app. Use a developer directory only when grouping multiple products from that developer.
  • Recipe filenames contain no spaces.
  • Use com.github.homebysix.<type>.<App> identifiers.
  • Match neighboring MinimumVersion, inputs, processor order, and parent identifiers.
  • Download recipes must include CodeSignatureVerifier with HTTPS sources and a concrete requirement. Quote a numeric-leading Team ID.
  • For DMGs, prefer %pathname%/App.app; AutoPkg’s DMG-aware processors mount the image. Avoid passing temporary paths returned by a FileFinder mount to later processors.
  • For ZIPs, use URLDownloader, EndOfCheckPhase, Unarchiver, CodeSignatureVerifier, then Versioner.
  • Parameterize real architecture variants with ARCH; default to the vendor’s current architecture and document alternatives.
  • Munki metadata must include both unattended_install and unattended_uninstall, a factual one-line description, and a cleaned developer name.
  • Remove generated icon scratch files.

5. Validate

Run:

bash
find <new-directories> -name '*.recipe' -exec plutil -convert xml1 {} \;
find <new-directories> -name '*.recipe' -exec plutil -lint {} \;
pre-commit run check-autopkg-recipes --files <new-files>
autopkg run -vvq <App>/<App>.download.recipe <App>/<App>.pkg.recipe

Do not run install or Munki recipes during validation. If disk-image mounting is blocked by the execution environment, distinguish that environment failure from a recipe failure and rerun the same bounded test in an allowed environment.

6. Report

List created files, validation results, source/signing/architecture caveats, and skipped products requiring approval or better source data. Do not commit or push unless asked.

© autopkg, Apache-2.0. 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 .claude/skills/create-autopkg-recipes of autopkg/homebysix-recipes.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 71c14d5

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Questions about Create Autopkg Recipes

What does Create Autopkg Recipes do?

Create AutoPkg recipes for macOS apps from vendor URLs. An agent skill from autopkg/homebysix-recipes. Create Autopkg Recipes is an agent skill from autopkg/homebysix-recipes. Create AutoPkg recipes for macOS apps from vendor URLs.

When should I use Create Autopkg Recipes?

Create Autopkg Recipes fits situations like: asked to create; add .download.recipe; .install.recipe files.

How do I install Create Autopkg Recipes in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Create Autopkg Recipes in Codex?

Run `npx skills add autopkg/homebysix-recipes --skill create-autopkg-recipes -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/create-autopkg-recipes in autopkg/homebysix-recipes) into .agents/skills/create-autopkg-recipes in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Create Autopkg Recipes 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 autopkg/homebysix-recipes --skill create-autopkg-recipes -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/create-autopkg-recipes, .gemini/skills/create-autopkg-recipes, .github/skills/create-autopkg-recipes and .opencode/skills/create-autopkg-recipes in your project.

What does Create Autopkg Recipes need to run?

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

Does Create Autopkg Recipes 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 Create Autopkg Recipes 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 Create Autopkg Recipes use?

Create Autopkg Recipes is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Create Autopkg Recipes use?

About 974 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Create Autopkg Recipes?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Create Autopkg Recipes: Vlog Auto Edit (znyupup/ai-video-editing-skill, 150 stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars), Update V8 Version (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars) and Last30days (mvanhorn/last30days-skill, 64k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Create Autopkg Recipes?

autopkg (a GitHub organization) maintains it in autopkg/homebysix-recipes, which has 166 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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