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Agent skill

Codewhale Help Router

by codewhale-hq in codewhale-hq/Codewhale

Routes questions about how to use Codewhale to its installed help, config and doctor output instead of answering from memory, and is loaded only on explicit request.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Codewhale Help Router

skills CLI
$ npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill help -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install codewhale-hq/Codewhale help --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/codewhale-hq/Codewhale.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/crates/tui/assets/skills/help .claude/skills/help && 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
help
GitHub stars
41k
Token cost
~617 tokens
SKILL.md length
337 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
63
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Routes questions about how to use Codewhale to its installed help, config and doctor output instead of answering from memory, and is loaded only on explicit request.

  • Works in 5 steps: Slash commands — /help lists the… → Skills — /skills opens the manager,… → Configuration — /config is the live… → …
  • Asking which Codewhale slash command does a particular job
  • SKILL.md covers Invocation, When to use, Non-goals and Routing table, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

This skill is a router, not a manual, and it is loaded only when you explicitly ask how to use Codewhale itself, such as a command, a setting, a keybinding or where a feature lives. It is kept out of the ambient model catalogue so it spends no prompt budget, and it avoids pasting manuals, command lists or settings tables into context.

Questions are answered from whichever surface owns the fact: /help, or /help with a command name, for commands; /skills for skill management; /config for live settings; the docs files for config keys, providers and keybindings; and codewhale-tui doctor for environment problems such as the config path and whether provider credentials are present. In a Codewhale checkout it reads the single most relevant file under docs/. It looks at one surface per question, does not guess flags, and says so when nothing local answers.

When your agent uses it

  • Asking which Codewhale slash command does a particular job
  • Finding where a Codewhale setting or keybinding lives
  • Diagnosing why Codewhale cannot find its config or provider credentials

Example prompts

  • “How do I list the skills Codewhale has discovered and the directories it searched?”
  • “Which Codewhale command shows me the live settings?”
  • “Codewhale cannot find my config, so check what doctor reports.”

Requirements

  • Codewhale installed

Workflow steps

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

  1. Slash commands — /help lists the commands this build registers;
  2. Skills — /skills opens the manager, /skills inspect prints the
  3. Configuration — /config is the live settings surface. Config file
  4. Keybindings — docs/KEYBINDINGS.md in a checkout. There is no
  5. Environment problems — codewhale-tui doctor reports the resolved

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ad333fd. 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

Codewhale Help Router loads about 617 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 337 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~617

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 codewhale-hq/Codewhale at commit ad333fd, republished under its MIT licence (© codewhale-hq). 337 words, ~617 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/help/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
help
description
Route a "how do I use Codewhale" question to the installed help, config, and doctor surfaces instead of reciting a manual from memory. Explicit-only.
invocation
explicit-only

Help

Invocation

Explicit-only. This skill is a router, not a manual. It is deliberately kept out of the ambient model catalogue so it never spends prompt budget, and it never restates documentation that the running build already exposes.

When to use

Load it only when the user explicitly asks how to use Codewhale itself — a command, a setting, a keybinding, or where a feature lives.

Non-goals

  • Do not paste a manual, a command list, or a settings table into context.
  • Do not answer from memory of another harness; Codewhale's surfaces differ.
  • Do not guess at flags, config keys, or paths. Read them, or say you did not.

Routing table

Answer from the surface that owns the fact, in this order:

  1. Slash commands — /help lists the commands this build registers; /help <command> prints that command's usage line. This is the only authoritative command list, because it is generated from the registry.
  2. Skills — /skills opens the manager, /skills inspect prints the discovery mode, searched directories, and source paths. /skill <name> activates one. See docs/SKILLS.md in a Codewhale checkout.
  3. Configuration — /config is the live settings surface. Config file keys are documented in docs/CONFIGURATION.md; provider/model routing in docs/PROVIDERS.md.
  4. Keybindings — docs/KEYBINDINGS.md in a checkout. There is no keybinding slash command; do not invent one.
  5. Environment problems — codewhale-tui doctor reports the resolved config path, provider credential presence (never values), and workspace state. Prefer its output over inference.

Working in a Codewhale checkout

When the workspace is a Codewhale checkout, docs/ is present on disk and the read tool (path: "docs/...") is the right tool. Read the single most relevant file and quote the specific lines. Outside a checkout, docs/ is usually absent — in that case rely on /help, /config, and doctor, and say plainly that the reference docs are not installed locally.

Bounds

  • One surface per question. Do not sweep docs/ looking for context.
  • If a surface disagrees with your recollection, the surface wins.
  • If nothing local answers it, say so and stop; do not invent a flag.

© codewhale-hq, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in crates/tui/assets/skills/help of codewhale-hq/Codewhale.

  • SKILL.md
  • SKILL.generation-14.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ad333fd

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Categories

Questions about Codewhale Help Router

What does Codewhale Help Router do?

Routes questions about how to use Codewhale to its installed help, config and doctor output instead of answering from memory, and is loaded only on explicit request. This skill is a router, not a manual, and it is loaded only when you explicitly ask how to use Codewhale itself, such as a command, a setting, a keybinding or where a feature lives. It is kept out of the ambient model catalogue so it spends no prompt budget, and it avoids pasting manuals, command lists or settings tables into context.

When should I use Codewhale Help Router?

Codewhale Help Router fits situations like: asking which Codewhale slash command does a particular job; finding where a Codewhale setting or keybinding lives; diagnosing why Codewhale cannot find its config or provider credentials.

How do I install Codewhale Help Router in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill help -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (crates/tui/assets/skills/help in codewhale-hq/Codewhale) into .claude/skills/help in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Codewhale Help Router in Codex?

Run `npx skills add codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill help -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (crates/tui/assets/skills/help in codewhale-hq/Codewhale) into .agents/skills/help in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Codewhale Help Router 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 codewhale-hq/Codewhale --skill help -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/help, .gemini/skills/help, .github/skills/help and .opencode/skills/help in your project.

What does Codewhale Help Router need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Codewhale Help Router is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Codewhale installed.

Does Codewhale Help Router 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 Codewhale Help Router 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 Codewhale Help Router use?

Codewhale Help Router 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 Codewhale Help Router use?

About 617 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k 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 Codewhale Help Router?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Codewhale Help Router: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Hook Development for Claude Code Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 37k stars), Using Superpowers (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars) and Executing Plans Inline (obra/superpowers, 296k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Codewhale Help Router?

codewhale-hq (a GitHub organization) maintains it in codewhale-hq/Codewhale, which has 41,067 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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