Agent skill

Turn Into Skill

by BuilderIO in BuilderIO/agent-native

Capture a proven thread or workflow as a reusable Agent-Native skill and save it as a personal or organization resource.

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Install Turn Into Skill

skills CLI
$ npx skills add BuilderIO/agent-native --skill turn-into-skill -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install BuilderIO/agent-native turn-into-skill --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/turn-into-skill .claude/skills/turn-into-skill && 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
turn-into-skill
GitHub stars
7.1k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
705 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
102
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Capture a proven thread or workflow as a reusable Agent-Native skill and save it as a personal or organization resource.

  • Works in 4 steps: Extract the repeatable workflow → Author the skill → Save at the requested scope → …
  • A user invokes /turn-into-skill
  • SKILL.md covers Default behavior, 1. Extract the repeatable…, 2. Author the skill and 3. Save at the requested scope, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Turn Into Skill is an agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native. Capture a proven thread or workflow as a reusable Agent-Native skill and save it as a personal or organization resource. Use when a user invokes /turn-into-skill or asks to save a workflow for reuse.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

The repository describes itself as: A framework for building agentic apps.

When your agent uses it

  • A user invokes /turn-into-skill
  • Asks to save a workflow for reuse

Example prompts

  • “/turn-into-skill”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Extract the repeatable workflow
  2. Author the skill
  3. Save at the requested scope
  4. Verify and hand off

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit be0d784. 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

    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

Turn Into Skill loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 705 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~54
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 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 705 words (~1,280 tokens).

“This is a packaging-and-save workflow, not a request for a proposal. A skill is the lightweight path for a repeatable job that mostly needs guidance and existing app actions. Use turn-into-app when the job needs a dedicated UI, new persistent…”

— opening of SKILL.md by BuilderIO
name
turn-into-skill
user-invocable
true
scope
both
metadata.internal
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/turn-into-skill of BuilderIO/agent-native.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit be0d784

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Provenanceanbeime/skill7.7k—~301Automated safety check: PassNone
Canvas Capture Extensionremotion-dev/remotion63k—~907Automated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Turn Into Skill

What does Turn Into Skill do?

Capture a proven thread or workflow as a reusable Agent-Native skill and save it as a personal or organization resource. Turn Into Skill is an agent skill from BuilderIO/agent-native. Capture a proven thread or workflow as a reusable Agent-Native skill and save it as a personal or organization resource.

When should I use Turn Into Skill?

Turn Into Skill fits situations like: A user invokes /turn-into-skill; asks to save a workflow for reuse.

How do I install Turn Into Skill in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Turn Into Skill in Codex?

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

Can I use Turn Into Skill 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 turn-into-skill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/turn-into-skill, .gemini/skills/turn-into-skill, .github/skills/turn-into-skill and .opencode/skills/turn-into-skill in your project.

What does Turn Into Skill need to run?

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

Does Turn Into Skill 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 Turn Into Skill 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 Turn Into Skill use?

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

How many tokens does Turn Into Skill 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 Turn Into Skill?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Turn Into Skill: Capture (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Turn This Into A Thread (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Monitoring Capture Service (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars) and Provenance (anbeime/skill, 7.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Turn Into Skill?

BuilderIO (a GitHub organization) maintains it in BuilderIO/agent-native, which has 7,103 GitHub stars. The repository holds 102 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 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.