Agent skill

Adding A Feature

by BuilderIO in BuilderIO/agent-native

The four-area checklist every new feature must complete. An agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native.

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Install Adding A Feature

skills CLI
$ npx skills add BuilderIO/agent-native --skill adding-a-feature -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install BuilderIO/agent-native adding-a-feature --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/BuilderIO/agent-native.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/adding-a-feature .claude/skills/adding-a-feature && 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
adding-a-feature
GitHub stars
7.1k
Token cost
~4k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,191 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
102
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

The four-area checklist every new feature must complete. An agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native.

  • Works in 4 steps: UI Component → Action → Skills / Instructions → …
  • Adding any feature
  • SKILL.md covers Rule, Why, The Checklist and Examples, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls pnpm

What it does

Adding A Feature is an agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native. The four-area checklist every new feature must complete. Use when adding any feature, integration, or capability to ensure the agent and UI stay in parity.

Its SKILL.md is about 4k 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 framework for building agentic apps.

When your agent uses it

  • Adding any feature
  • Capability to ensure the agent and UI stay in parity

Example prompts

  • “/adding-a-feature”

Workflow steps

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

  1. UI Component
  2. Action
  3. Skills / Instructions
  4. Application State Sync

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e16da0c. 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:

    • pnpm

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pnpm, 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

Adding A Feature loads about 4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,191 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4k

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 2,191 words (~3,988 tokens).

“Every new feature MUST update all four areas. Skipping any one breaks the agent-native contract — the agent and UI must always be equal partners.”

— opening of SKILL.md by BuilderIO
name
adding-a-feature
scope
dev
metadata.internal
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/adding-a-feature of BuilderIO/agent-native.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e16da0c

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Questions about Adding A Feature

What does Adding A Feature do?

The four-area checklist every new feature must complete. An agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native. Adding A Feature is an agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native. The four-area checklist every new feature must complete.

When should I use Adding A Feature?

Adding A Feature fits situations like: adding any feature; capability to ensure the agent and UI stay in parity.

How do I install Adding A Feature in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add BuilderIO/agent-native --skill adding-a-feature -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/adding-a-feature in BuilderIO/agent-native) into .claude/skills/adding-a-feature in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Adding A Feature in Codex?

Run `npx skills add BuilderIO/agent-native --skill adding-a-feature -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/adding-a-feature in BuilderIO/agent-native) into .agents/skills/adding-a-feature in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Adding A Feature 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 BuilderIO/agent-native --skill adding-a-feature -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/adding-a-feature, .gemini/skills/adding-a-feature, .github/skills/adding-a-feature and .opencode/skills/adding-a-feature in your project.

What does Adding A Feature need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Adding A Feature needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm).

Does Adding A Feature 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 Adding A Feature 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 Adding A Feature use?

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

How many tokens does Adding A Feature use?

About 4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 16k 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 Adding A Feature?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Adding A Feature: Service Area (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Maui Safe Area (dotnet/skills, 5.6k stars), Four Meme AI (LeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills, 2.2k stars) and Four Color Cards (anbeime/skill, 7.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Adding A Feature?

BuilderIO (a GitHub organization) maintains it in BuilderIO/agent-native, which has 7,087 GitHub stars. The repository holds 102 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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