Agent skill

Done Blocked

Reusable reporting contract for any agent that hands work back to the pipeline.

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Install Done Blocked

skills CLI

$ npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill done-blocked -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install avelikiy/great_cto done-blocked --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/avelikiy/great_cto.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/done-blocked .claude/skills/done-blocked && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "done-blocked" agent skill from https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/main/skills/done-blocked into .claude/skills/done-blocked/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "done-blocked", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/main/skills/done-blocked

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill done-blocked -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install avelikiy/great_cto done-blocked --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/done-blocked .agents/skills/done-blocked && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "done-blocked" agent skill from https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/main/skills/done-blocked into .agents/skills/done-blocked/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "done-blocked", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill done-blocked -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install avelikiy/great_cto done-blocked --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/done-blocked .cursor/skills/done-blocked && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "done-blocked" agent skill from https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/main/skills/done-blocked into .cursor/skills/done-blocked/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "done-blocked", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto.git --path skills/done-blocked

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill done-blocked -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install avelikiy/great_cto done-blocked --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/done-blocked .gemini/skills/done-blocked && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "done-blocked" agent skill from https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/main/skills/done-blocked into .gemini/skills/done-blocked/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "done-blocked", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install avelikiy/great_cto done-blocked

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill done-blocked -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/done-blocked .github/skills/done-blocked && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "done-blocked" agent skill from https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/main/skills/done-blocked into .github/skills/done-blocked/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "done-blocked", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add avelikiy/great_cto --skill done-blocked -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install avelikiy/great_cto done-blocked --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/done-blocked .opencode/skills/done-blocked && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "done-blocked" agent skill from https://github.com/avelikiy/great_cto/tree/main/skills/done-blocked into .opencode/skills/done-blocked/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "done-blocked", 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: done-blocked
GitHub stars: 102
Token cost: ~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 389 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 27
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Reusable reporting contract for any agent that hands work back to the pipeline.

Works in 5 steps: No third state. "Mostly done", "done… → BLOCKED requires three fields. tried +… → Silence is not DONE. If the agent stops… → …
SKILL.md covers The contract, Hard rules, Where the verdict goes and Examples, plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Done Blocked is an agent skill from avelikiy/great_cto. Reusable reporting contract for any agent that hands work back to the pipeline. Forces ONE of two terminal statuses (DONE or BLOCKED) with a specific evidence shape. Stops vague "probably finished" and "kind of stuck" verdicts.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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: You already have the agent. This is everything around it. greatcto runs Claude Code as a pipeline of 70 specialist agents — an independent model checks each stage before the next… The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

“probably finished”
“kind of stuck”
“/done-blocked”

Requirements

Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Bash

Workflow steps

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

No third state. "Mostly done", "done with caveats", "almost there" → choose. If caveats exist, the caveat itself decides
BLOCKED requires three fields. tried + failed_because + need. Missing any field → the verdict is rejected and the agent must re-report. No…
Silence is not DONE. If the agent stops producing output without a terminal line, the parent / next stage treats it as BLOCKED with…
failed_because must be concrete. These are rejected
need names a specific unblock. These are rejected

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 97dd037. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
- Read
- Write
- Bash
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

Done Blocked loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 389 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.3k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
```
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash
```

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 avelikiy/great_cto at commit 97dd037, republished under its MIT licence (© avelikiy). 389 words, ~1,283 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/done-blocked/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: done-blocked
description: Reusable reporting contract for any agent that hands work back to the pipeline. Forces ONE of two terminal statuses (DONE or BLOCKED) with a specific evidence shape. Stops vague "probably finished" and "kind of stuck" verdicts.
allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash
when_to_use: Apply to every terminal verdict an agent writes — the last line of a spawned agent run, the top of a report file, or the summary appended to a Beads task…
effort: low
paths: .great_cto/verdicts/**, docs/**

DONE / BLOCKED Reporting Contract

Terminal status is exactly two states, and BLOCKED requires specific evidence — not vague obstruction reports.

The contract

Every agent's final handoff line is one of:

DONE: <one-sentence summary of what shipped>
  artifact: <path to report/PR/commit>
  next: <who picks this up — pipeline stage, gate, or "pipeline continues">

BLOCKED: <one-sentence summary of the obstacle>
  tried: <what was attempted — file paths, commands, error signatures>
  failed_because: <concrete reason — not "unclear", not "complex">
  need: <specific unblock — file access, missing config, CTO decision, another agent>

Hard rules

No third state. "Mostly done", "done with caveats", "almost there" → choose. If caveats exist, the caveat itself decides:
- Caveat is cosmetic / P2+ → DONE (file a Beads bug, move on)
- Caveat blocks the next pipeline stage → BLOCKED (do not pretend)
BLOCKED requires three fields. tried + failed_because + need. Missing any field → the verdict is rejected and the agent must re-report. No exceptions for "obvious" cases.
Silence is not DONE. If the agent stops producing output without a terminal line, the parent / next stage treats it as BLOCKED with failed_because: silent — no terminal verdict written.
failed_because must be concrete. These are rejected:
- "environment issue" → say which command failed with what error
- "tests failing" → say which tests and the actual assertion message
- "unclear requirements" → say which decision is needed and the two options
- "not enough context" → say which file / doc / config you tried to read
need names a specific unblock. These are rejected:
- "more information" → ask one specific question
- "help from another agent" → name the agent (architect / security-officer / …)
- "CTO approval" → state the exact choice (approve gate X, pick option A vs B, waive check)

Where the verdict goes

Every agent writes the verdict to two places:

Last line of agent output (visible to the orchestrator that spawned it).
.great_cto/verdicts/<agent>-<YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS>.log — append-only audit trail.

bash

mkdir -p .great_cto/verdicts
VERDICT_FILE=".great_cto/verdicts/<agent>-$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).log"
printf '%s\n' "$VERDICT_LINE" > "$VERDICT_FILE"

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Examples

Good — DONE:

DONE: CSO audit passed — 0 P0, 2 P1 findings filed as Beads tasks.
  artifact: docs/security/CSO-2026-04-19.md
  next: gate:ship ready for CTO approval

Good — BLOCKED:

BLOCKED: senior-dev cannot claim task BD-42 — circular dependency with BD-38.
  tried: bd ready → BD-42 did not appear; bd dep tree BD-42 → shows BD-38 blocks BD-42, BD-42 blocks BD-38
  failed_because: both tasks depend on each other transitively (BD-42 → BD-38 → BD-39 → BD-42)
  need: architect to split BD-39 into two tasks so the cycle breaks

Rejected — vague BLOCKED:

BLOCKED: couldn't finish QA — environment problems.
  tried: ran tests
  failed_because: stuff broken
  need: help

Why rejected: tried lacks command/path; failed_because is tautological; need is not actionable.

Measuring the contract

.great_cto/verdicts/*.log is machine-readable. Weekly digest can compute:

DONE:BLOCKED ratio per agent — too many BLOCKED from one agent = that role is under-resourced or prompt is unclear
failed_because clustering — if the same reason appears 3+ times, that's a recurring obstruction worth a meta-fix (tooling, doc, skill)
Silence rate (agents with no terminal verdict written) — should trend to zero

Anti-patterns

Writing both DONE and BLOCKED in the same report ("DONE but blocked on X"). Pick one. If you're blocked, the work isn't done.
Using DONE as a politeness signal when the gate still fails. The verdict is for the machine, not the CTO's feelings.
Writing the verdict only to stdout without persisting to .great_cto/verdicts/. The audit trail is what makes the contract measurable.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/done-blocked of avelikiy/great_cto.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 97dd037

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Questions about Done Blocked

What does Done Blocked do?

Reusable reporting contract for any agent that hands work back to the pipeline. Done Blocked is an agent skill from avelikiy/great_cto. Reusable reporting contract for any agent that hands work back to the pipeline.

How do I install Done Blocked in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Done Blocked in Codex?

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

Can I use Done Blocked 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 avelikiy/great_cto --skill done-blocked -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/done-blocked, .gemini/skills/done-blocked, .github/skills/done-blocked and .opencode/skills/done-blocked in your project.

What does Done Blocked need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Done Blocked is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Write, Bash.

Does Done Blocked 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 Done Blocked safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Done Blocked use?

Done Blocked is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Done Blocked use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k 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 Done Blocked?

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Who maintains Done Blocked?

avelikiy (a GitHub user) maintains it in avelikiy/great_cto, which has 102 GitHub stars. The repository holds 27 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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

Done Blocked

Install Done Blocked

Facts

At a glance

What it does

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

DONE / BLOCKED Reporting Contract

The contract

Hard rules

Where the verdict goes

Examples

Measuring the contract

Anti-patterns

Files

Compare with similar skills

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