Agent skill

Handbook Panel

by danielmeppiel in danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook

Activate when working on the Agentic SDLC Handbook. An agent skill from danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Handbook Panel

skills CLI
$ npx skills add danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook --skill handbook-panel -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook handbook-panel --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/danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/skills/handbook-panel .claude/skills/handbook-panel && 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
handbook-panel
GitHub stars
158
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
496 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Activate when working on the Agentic SDLC Handbook. An agent skill from danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook.

  • Works in 3 steps: Each specialist reviews their assigned… → Chief Editor synthesizes findings into… → Surface to author for approval
  • Any handbook chapter creation
  • SKILL.md covers Agent roster, Panel workflow, Handbook structure and Quality gates
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Handbook Panel is an agent skill from danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook. Activate when working on the Agentic SDLC Handbook. This skill orchestrates an expert panel of 11 agents for iterative review, drafting, visual design, fact-checking, publishing strategy, and quality assurance of handbook content. Use it for any handbook chapter creation, review, illustration, publishing, or structural decision.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 Research & Science, covering Fact-checking and source verification, UI design and QA and bug reports. The repository describes itself as: The Agentic SDLC Handbook — dual-audience guide for C-suite and practitioners.

When your agent uses it

  • Any handbook chapter creation
  • Structural decision

Example prompts

  • “/handbook-panel”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Each specialist reviews their assigned source asset
  2. Chief Editor synthesizes findings into content map + gap analysis
  3. Surface to author for approval

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit de33de2. 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

Handbook Panel loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 496 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~86
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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 496 words (~1,198 tokens).

“Check the Parts and Chapters of the book in the source code to ground yourself on current TOC and chapter structure.”

— opening of SKILL.md by danielmeppiel, Custom licence
name
handbook-panel

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .github/skills/handbook-panel of danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit de33de2

Compare with similar skills

Handbook Panel 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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Questions about Handbook Panel

What does Handbook Panel do?

Activate when working on the Agentic SDLC Handbook. An agent skill from danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook. Handbook Panel is an agent skill from danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook. Activate when working on the Agentic SDLC Handbook.

When should I use Handbook Panel?

Handbook Panel fits situations like: any handbook chapter creation; structural decision.

How do I install Handbook Panel in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook --skill handbook-panel -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/handbook-panel in danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook) into .claude/skills/handbook-panel in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Handbook Panel in Codex?

Run `npx skills add danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook --skill handbook-panel -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/skills/handbook-panel in danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook) into .agents/skills/handbook-panel in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Handbook Panel 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 danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook --skill handbook-panel -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/handbook-panel, .gemini/skills/handbook-panel, .github/skills/handbook-panel and .opencode/skills/handbook-panel in your project.

What does Handbook Panel need to run?

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

Does Handbook Panel 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 Handbook Panel 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 Handbook Panel use?

Handbook Panel 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 Handbook Panel use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k 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 Handbook Panel?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Handbook Panel: Fact Checking (bradygaster/squad, 3.3k stars), Sciatlas Quick Paper Search (zjunlp/SciAtlas, 160 stars), Spec Dogfood (leo-kuang-ai/spec-first, 107 stars) and Perplexity Web Search (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Handbook Panel?

danielmeppiel (a GitHub user) maintains it in danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook, which has 158 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 16, 2026.

Source: danielmeppiel/agentic-sdlc-handbook on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.