Plugin Testing
polyipseity/obsidian-terminal
Skill for testing Obsidian plugin features in this repository.
Autonomous software production with continuous runtime verification.
Install Dark Factory
$ npx skills add av/mi --skill dark-factory -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install av/mi dark-factory --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dark-factory .claude/skills/dark-factory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "dark-factory" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/dark-factory into .claude/skills/dark-factory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dark-factory", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/dark-factoryType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add av/mi --skill dark-factory -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install av/mi dark-factory --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dark-factory .agents/skills/dark-factory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "dark-factory" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/dark-factory into .agents/skills/dark-factory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dark-factory", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add av/mi --skill dark-factory -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install av/mi dark-factory --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dark-factory .cursor/skills/dark-factory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "dark-factory" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/dark-factory into .cursor/skills/dark-factory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dark-factory", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/av/mi.git --path .agents/skills/dark-factory--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add av/mi --skill dark-factory -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install av/mi dark-factory --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dark-factory .gemini/skills/dark-factory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "dark-factory" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/dark-factory into .gemini/skills/dark-factory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dark-factory", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install av/mi dark-factoryInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add av/mi --skill dark-factory -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dark-factory .github/skills/dark-factory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "dark-factory" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/dark-factory into .github/skills/dark-factory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dark-factory", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add av/mi --skill dark-factory -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install av/mi dark-factory --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av/mi.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dark-factory .opencode/skills/dark-factory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "dark-factory" agent skill from https://github.com/av/mi/tree/master/.agents/skills/dark-factory into .opencode/skills/dark-factory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "dark-factory", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
dark-factory- GitHub stars
- 102
- Token cost
- ~6.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,793 words
- Files
- 5
- Skills in repo
- 21
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Autonomous software production with continuous runtime verification.
- Works in 6 steps: Intake (User Gate) → Bootstrap & Slicing (Autonomous) → Skeleton (Hard Gate) → …
- The user says dark factory
- SKILL.md covers Core Constraint, Core Principles, Compact Workflow and The Slice Model, plus 5 more sections
- Calls git and gh
What it does
Dark Factory is an agent skill from av/mi. Autonomous software production with continuous runtime verification. Takes a raw idea and produces a fully working product by building depth-first in verified slices. Each slice adds one capability to working software, verified by actually running it before the next begins. Absorbs the best of forge, discipline, timeboxed-iterating, bugbash, and agent-integration-testing into one end-to-end workflow. Use when the user says "dark factory", "build this", "forge this", "make this into a product", or any variant of…
Its SKILL.md is about 6.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files (for example `subroutines/bugbash.md`, `subroutines/facts-refine.md` and `subroutines/integration-testing.md`).
It sits in Testing & QA, covering Integration testing. The repository describes itself as: self-extending sandboxed agentic harness. a loop, two tools and an llm.
When your agent uses it
- The user says dark factory
- Make this into a product
- Any variant of turn this idea into working software
Example prompts
- “dark factory”
- “build this”
- “forge this”
- “/dark-factory”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Intake (User Gate)
- Bootstrap & Slicing (Autonomous)
- Skeleton (Hard Gate)
- Slice Loop (The Factory Floor)
- Hardening
- Ship
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2bf50c9. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
gitgh
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
Dark Factory loads about 6.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 142 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,793 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 2,793 words (~6,839 tokens).
“Turn a raw idea into software that actually works — software a human can run and use right now, not software that "should work."”
- name
- dark-factory
Files
SKILL.md and 4 other files in .agents/skills/dark-factory of av/mi.
- SKILL.md
- subroutines/bugbash.md
- subroutines/facts-refine.md
- subroutines/integration-testing.md
- subroutines/static-review.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2bf50c9
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Dark Factory next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Factory this skillav/mi | 102 | — | ~6.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Plugin Testingpolyipseity/obsidian-terminal | 948 | — | ~828 | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Create Modulecartography-cncf/cartography | 4.1k | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Td Integration Testmarcus/td | 251 | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Integration E2E Testingshinpr/claude-code-workflows | 691 | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| JS-in-HTML Testingliaohch3/claude-tap | 3.3k | — | ~924 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Dark Factory
What does Dark Factory do?
Autonomous software production with continuous runtime verification. Dark Factory is an agent skill from av/mi. Autonomous software production with continuous runtime verification.
When should I use Dark Factory?
Dark Factory fits situations like: the user says dark factory; make this into a product; any variant of turn this idea into working software.
How do I install Dark Factory in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add av/mi --skill dark-factory -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/dark-factory in av/mi) into .claude/skills/dark-factory in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Dark Factory in Codex?
Run `npx skills add av/mi --skill dark-factory -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/dark-factory in av/mi) into .agents/skills/dark-factory in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Dark Factory 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 av/mi --skill dark-factory -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dark-factory, .gemini/skills/dark-factory, .github/skills/dark-factory and .opencode/skills/dark-factory in your project.
What does Dark Factory need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Dark Factory needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and gh).
Does Dark Factory access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Dark Factory 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 Dark Factory use?
No licence was found for Dark Factory or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Dark Factory use?
About 6.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 27k 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 Dark Factory?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dark Factory: Plugin Testing (polyipseity/obsidian-terminal, 948 stars), Create Module (cartography-cncf/cartography, 4.1k stars), Td Integration Test (marcus/td, 251 stars) and Integration E2E Testing (shinpr/claude-code-workflows, 691 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Dark Factory?
av (a GitHub user) maintains it in av/mi, which has 102 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 26, 2026.
Source: av/mi on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.