Agent skill

Headway

by damus-io in damus-io/notedeck

Read and edit a Headway kanban board from the command line via the headway CLI (crates/headwaycli).

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Headway

skills CLI
$ npx skills add damus-io/notedeck --skill headway -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install damus-io/notedeck headway --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/damus-io/notedeck.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/headway .claude/skills/headway && 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
headway
GitHub stars
316
Token cost
~8.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
4,528 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Read and edit a Headway kanban board from the command line via the headway CLI (crates/headwaycli).

  • The user wants to view the board
  • SKILL.md covers Running it, Logging in, Multiple boards and The golden rule: show before…, plus 11 more sections
  • Calls cargo, git and jq
  • Add/move/edit/archive cards

What it does

Headway is an agent skill from damus-io/notedeck. Read and edit a Headway kanban board from the command line via the headway CLI (crates/headwaycli). Use when the user wants to view the board, add/move/edit/archive cards, or shuffle work between columns like Backlog, Todo, In Progress, In Review, and Done — e.g. "move X to done", "show the board", "add a card to todo".

Its SKILL.md is about 8.5k 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 Product & Project Management, covering Sprint planning and agile.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to view the board
  • Add/move/edit/archive cards
  • Shuffle work between columns like Backlog

Example prompts

  • “move X to done”
  • “show the board”
  • “add a card to todo”
  • “/headway”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 33e57be. 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:

    • cargo
    • git
    • jq

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

  • Network

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

Headway loads about 8.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 4,528 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~83
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~8.5k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 4,528 words (~8,492 tokens).

“headway is a CLI over a running notedeck's embedded relay. It keeps its own nostrdb cache, reconciles with the relay each run (NIP-77 negentropy, falling back to NIP-01, or fully offline against the cache), folds the board locally, and forwards…”

— opening of SKILL.md by damus-io, Custom licence
name
headway

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/headway of damus-io/notedeck.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 33e57be

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Headway next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Walking Skeleton Roadmap Scopingprime-radiant-inc/iterative-development181—~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about Headway

What does Headway do?

Read and edit a Headway kanban board from the command line via the headway CLI (crates/headwaycli). Headway is an agent skill from damus-io/notedeck. Read and edit a Headway kanban board from the command line via the headway CLI (crates/headwaycli).

When should I use Headway?

Headway fits situations like: the user wants to view the board; add/move/edit/archive cards; shuffle work between columns like Backlog.

How do I install Headway in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Headway in Codex?

Run `npx skills add damus-io/notedeck --skill headway -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/headway in damus-io/notedeck) into .agents/skills/headway in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Headway 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 damus-io/notedeck --skill headway -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/headway, .gemini/skills/headway, .github/skills/headway and .opencode/skills/headway in your project.

What does Headway need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Headway needs the command-line tools its instructions call (cargo, git and jq).

Does Headway access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Headway 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 Headway use?

Headway has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Headway use?

About 8.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 34k 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 Headway?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Headway: Convex Create Component (spokvulcan/poker-planning, 114 stars), Convex Migration Helper (spokvulcan/poker-planning, 114 stars), Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Convex Performance Audit (spokvulcan/poker-planning, 114 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Headway?

damus-io (a GitHub organization) maintains it in damus-io/notedeck, which has 316 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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