Agent skill

Familiar

by cwinvestments in cwinvestments/memstack

A skill your agent uses when the user says 'dispatch', 'send familiar', 'split task', or needs work split across parallel CC sessions.

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Install Familiar

skills CLI

$ npx skills add cwinvestments/memstack --skill familiar -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cwinvestments/memstack familiar --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/cwinvestments/memstack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/familiar .claude/skills/familiar && 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 "familiar" agent skill from https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack/tree/master/skills/familiar into .claude/skills/familiar/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "familiar", 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/cwinvestments/memstack/tree/master/skills/familiar

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 cwinvestments/memstack --skill familiar -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cwinvestments/memstack familiar --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/familiar .agents/skills/familiar && 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 "familiar" agent skill from https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack/tree/master/skills/familiar into .agents/skills/familiar/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "familiar", 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 cwinvestments/memstack --skill familiar -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cwinvestments/memstack familiar --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/familiar .cursor/skills/familiar && 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 "familiar" agent skill from https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack/tree/master/skills/familiar into .cursor/skills/familiar/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "familiar", 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/cwinvestments/memstack.git --path skills/familiar

--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 cwinvestments/memstack --skill familiar -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install cwinvestments/memstack familiar --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/cwinvestments/memstack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/familiar .gemini/skills/familiar && 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 "familiar" agent skill from https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack/tree/master/skills/familiar into .gemini/skills/familiar/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "familiar", 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 cwinvestments/memstack familiar

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 cwinvestments/memstack --skill familiar -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/familiar .github/skills/familiar && 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 "familiar" agent skill from https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack/tree/master/skills/familiar into .github/skills/familiar/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "familiar", 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 cwinvestments/memstack --skill familiar -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 cwinvestments/memstack familiar --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/familiar .opencode/skills/familiar && 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 "familiar" agent skill from https://github.com/cwinvestments/memstack/tree/master/skills/familiar into .opencode/skills/familiar/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "familiar", 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: familiar
GitHub stars: 423
Token cost: ~556 tokens
SKILL.md length: 201 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 87
Repo updated: Sep 26, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the user says 'dispatch', 'send familiar', 'split task', or needs work split across parallel CC sessions.

Works in 5 steps: Analyze the task: identify independent… → Determine session count: split into 2-6… → For each sub-task, generate a complete… → …
The user says dispatch
SKILL.md covers Activation, Protocol, Inputs and Outputs, plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Familiar is an agent skill from cwinvestments/memstack. Use when the user says 'dispatch', 'send familiar', 'split task', or needs work split across parallel CC sessions.

Its SKILL.md is about 560 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows. The repository describes itself as: Structured skill framework for Claude Code. 130 skills, persistent memory, TokenStack compression, localhost dashboard with 3-agent runner, real-time streaming, MCP tools. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

The user says dispatch
Needs work split across parallel CC sessions

Example prompts

“dispatch”
“send familiar”
“split task”
“/familiar”

Workflow steps

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

Analyze the task: identify independent sub-tasks that can run in parallel
Determine session count: split into 2-6 sessions based on complexity
For each sub-task, generate a complete CC prompt that includes
Add coordination notes: specify what each session should NOT touch to avoid conflicts
Define merge order: which session's work should be committed first

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 00370ce. 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

Familiar loads about 556 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 31 tokens; SKILL.md has 201 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~31
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~556

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 cwinvestments/memstack at commit 00370ce, republished under its MIT licence (© cwinvestments). 201 words, ~556 tokens.

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

name: familiar
description: Use when the user says 'dispatch', 'send familiar', 'split task', or needs work split across parallel CC sessions.
version: 1.0.0

👻 Familiar: Dispatching Sub-Agents...

Break large tasks into coordinated CC session prompts for parallel execution.

Activation

When this skill activates, output:

👻 Familiar: Dispatching sub-agents...

Then execute the protocol below.

Protocol

Analyze the task: identify independent sub-tasks that can run in parallel
Determine session count: split into 2-6 sessions based on complexity
For each sub-task, generate a complete CC prompt that includes:
- Working directory path
- Full task description with acceptance criteria
- Any shared context (database schema, API contracts, types)
- MemStack activation line: Read $MEMSTACK_PATH/MEMSTACK.md
- CC Monitor reporting snippet (if configured in config.json)
Add coordination notes: specify what each session should NOT touch to avoid conflicts
Define merge order: which session's work should be committed first

Inputs

The large task description
Project directory from config.json
Number of available CC sessions (default: 3)

Outputs

Numbered list of sub-task prompts, each ready to paste into a new CC session
Coordination notes explaining dependencies and merge order

Example Usage

User: "dispatch: build the analytics dashboard, API routes, and database migration"

Familiar activates:

👻 Familiar: Dispatching sub-agents...

Session 1, Database & Types
Working directory: C:\Projects\AdminStack
Task: Create migration + TypeScript types for analytics...

Session 2, API Routes
Working directory: C:\Projects\AdminStack
Task: Build /api/analytics endpoints (types from Session 1)...

Session 3, Frontend Page
Working directory: C:\Projects\AdminStack
Task: Build /analytics dashboard page...

Merge order: Session 1 → Session 2 → Session 3

Level History

Lv.1: Base: Multi-agent dispatch with coordinated prompts. (Origin: MemStack v1.0, Feb 2026)
Lv.2: Enhanced: Added YAML frontmatter, activation message, merge ordering. (Origin: MemStack v2.0 MemoryCore merge, Feb 2026)

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/familiar of cwinvestments/memstack.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 00370ce

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Skill CreatorAzure/azqr	795	89 repos	~8.2k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	yesterday

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Questions about Familiar

What does Familiar do?

A skill your agent uses when the user says 'dispatch', 'send familiar', 'split task', or needs work split across parallel CC sessions. Familiar is an agent skill from cwinvestments/memstack. Use when the user says 'dispatch', 'send familiar', 'split task', or needs work split across parallel CC sessions.

When should I use Familiar?

Familiar fits situations like: the user says dispatch; needs work split across parallel CC sessions.

How do I install Familiar in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Familiar in Codex?

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

Can I use Familiar 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 cwinvestments/memstack --skill familiar -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/familiar, .gemini/skills/familiar, .github/skills/familiar and .opencode/skills/familiar in your project.

What does Familiar need to run?

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

Does Familiar 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 Familiar 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 Familiar use?

Familiar 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 Familiar use?

About 556 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k 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 Familiar?

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Who maintains Familiar?

cwinvestments (a GitHub user) maintains it in cwinvestments/memstack, which has 423 GitHub stars. The repository holds 87 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 26, 2026.

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

Install Familiar

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

👻 Familiar: Dispatching Sub-Agents...

Activation

Protocol

Inputs

Outputs

Example Usage

Level History

Files

Compare with similar skills

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