Official agent skill

Principle Prove It Works

by cursor in cursor/plugins

Apply after completing a task, before declaring done. An agent skill from cursor/plugins.

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Install Principle Prove It Works

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-prove-it-works -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins principle-prove-it-works --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/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/pstack/skills/principle-prove-it-works .claude/skills/principle-prove-it-works && 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
principle-prove-it-works
GitHub stars
10k
Used in
9 other repos
Token cost
~343 tokens
SKILL.md length
167 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
99
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Apply after completing a task, before declaring done. An agent skill from cursor/plugins.

  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Principle Prove It Works is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Apply after completing a task, before declaring done. Verify against the real artifact (run the feature, read the actual value, inspect the diff), not a proxy, self-report, or 'it compiles.'

Its SKILL.md is about 340 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: Cursor plugin specification and official plugins.

Example prompts

  • “it compiles.”
  • “/principle-prove-it-works”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ccb5507. 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

Principle Prove It Works loads about 343 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 54 tokens; SKILL.md has 167 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
~343

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 167 words (~343 tokens).

“Verify every task output by checking the real thing directly. Do not infer from proxies, self-reports, or "it compiles."”

— opening of SKILL.md by cursor
name
principle-prove-it-works
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in pstack/skills/principle-prove-it-works of cursor/plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ccb5507

Used in 9 other repositories

We found 9 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 9 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in cursor/plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

Compare with similar skills

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Verification Before Completionfarm-fe/farm5.6k46 repos~1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Principle Prove It Works

What does Principle Prove It Works do?

Apply after completing a task, before declaring done. An agent skill from cursor/plugins. Principle Prove It Works is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Apply after completing a task, before declaring done.

How do I install Principle Prove It Works in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-prove-it-works -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (pstack/skills/principle-prove-it-works in cursor/plugins) into .claude/skills/principle-prove-it-works in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Principle Prove It Works in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-prove-it-works -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (pstack/skills/principle-prove-it-works in cursor/plugins) into .agents/skills/principle-prove-it-works in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Principle Prove It Works 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 cursor/plugins --skill principle-prove-it-works -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/principle-prove-it-works, .gemini/skills/principle-prove-it-works, .github/skills/principle-prove-it-works and .opencode/skills/principle-prove-it-works in your project.

What does Principle Prove It Works need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Principle Prove It Works is instructions for the agent only.

Does Principle Prove It Works 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 Principle Prove It Works 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 Principle Prove It Works use?

No licence was found for Principle Prove It Works or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Principle Prove It Works use?

About 343 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k 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 Principle Prove It Works?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Principle Prove It Works: Declarative Agents (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), Uxui Principles (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Verification Before Completion (jnMetaCode/superpowers-zh, 8.3k stars) and Verification Before Completion (foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills, 3.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Principle Prove It Works?

cursor (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in cursor/plugins, which has 10,457 GitHub stars. The repository holds 99 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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