Agent skill

Quick Fix

by danielvm-git in danielvm-git/bigpowers

Streamlined fast-path for trivial data-only fixes — no TDD, no branching ceremony.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Quick Fix

skills CLI
$ npx skills add danielvm-git/bigpowers --skill quick-fix -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install danielvm-git/bigpowers quick-fix --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/danielvm-git/bigpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/quick-fix .claude/skills/quick-fix && 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
quick-fix
GitHub stars
256
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
470 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
39
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Streamlined fast-path for trivial data-only fixes — no TDD, no branching ceremony.

  • Works in 5 steps: Evaluate entry criteria → Apply the fix → Verify → …
  • Tasks that involve Test-driven development
  • SKILL.md covers Discovered gate failures…, Entry Criteria (ALL must be…, Guardrails (HARD ABORT — all… and Fast-Path Workflow, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls git and npm

What it does

Quick Fix is an agent skill from danielvm-git/bigpowers. Streamlined fast-path for trivial data-only fixes — no TDD, no branching ceremony. Collapses 6 skills into 2 for changes that are purely data with no logic risk. Aborts with fallback to investigate-bug if guardrails trigger.

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 AI & LLM Engineering, covering Test-driven development and LLM guardrails. The repository describes itself as: Agent skills synthesizing years of software engineering discipline into a prescriptive methodology for solo developers. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Test-driven development
  • Tasks that involve LLM guardrails

Example prompts

  • “/quick-fix”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Evaluate entry criteria
  2. Apply the fix
  3. Verify
  4. Commit
  5. Release

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 812d57a. 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:

    • git
    • npm

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

  • Network

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

Quick Fix loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 59 tokens; SKILL.md has 470 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~59
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

The full file from danielvm-git/bigpowers at commit 812d57a, republished under its MIT licence (© danielvm-git). 470 words, ~1,185 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/quick-fix/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
quick-fix
description
Streamlined fast-path for trivial data-only fixes — no TDD, no branching ceremony. Collapses 6 skills into 2 for changes that are purely data with no logic risk. Aborts with fallback to investigate-bug if guardrails trigger.
model
sonnet
effort
standard

Quick Fix

HARD GATE — ALL entry criteria must pass before invoking quick-fix. If any guardrail triggers during execution, abort immediately and fall back to investigate-bug. Do NOT use quick-fix for logic changes, multi-file edits, or diffs > 5 lines.

Fast-track for trivial data-only fixes that do not require the full bug-fix chain.

When a bug fix is purely data — an add-missing-key, a typo correction, a config value update — the standard 6-skill chain (investigate-bug → diagnose-root → develop-tdd → kickoff-branch → verify-work → release-branch) is wasteful overhead. Quick-fix collapses it to 2 skills: quick-fix then release-branch.

Discovered gate failures (e51s04)

A Preflight, golden suite, or baseline red failure discovered during unrelated work is valid quick-fix entry when the root cause is a data-only gap (missing key, typo, stale config) — no user-reported bug required. If guardrails abort (logic change, >1 file, >5 lines), fall back to fix-bug instead of narrating and continuing.

Entry Criteria (ALL must be true)

Before invoking quick-fix, evaluate every item in this checklist:

  1. Purely data change — adding a missing key, fixing a typo, updating a config value, correcting a constant
  2. No logic change — no function signature, condition, loop, or control flow is modified
  3. No refactor risk — the change does not reorganize or rename existing structures
  4. No API surface change — no exported symbol, interface, or contract changes
  5. Verifiable with a single assertion — one test, one curl, one grep can prove it works
  6. Affects ≤ 1 file
  7. Affects ≤ 5 lines changed
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Guardrails (HARD ABORT — all must pass)

If ANY guardrail triggers, abort immediately and suggest investigate-bug instead:

GuardrailCheck
>1 fileThe fix touches more than one file
>5 linesThe diff exceeds 5 lines
Logic changeAny function signature, condition, or loop is modified
Complex verifyThe verify command is more than one pipeline
Test breakageRunning npm test or equivalent breaks any existing test

Fallback: If any guardrail triggers, tell the user: "This fix exceeds quick-fix guardrails. Use investigate-bug for the full TDD bug-fix chain instead."

Fast-Path Workflow

Only 2 skills needed for eligible fixes:

quick-fix  →  apply change, run one-line verify, commit with fix:
release-branch  →  merge and ship (existing skill)

Skipped skills (with justification):

Skipped skillWhy skipped
investigate-bugRoot cause is obvious (data gap, not logic error)
diagnose-rootNo isolation needed — the data point is the root cause
develop-tddNo logic to test — single assertion proves correctness
kickoff-branchChange is so small it does not warrant a separate worktree

Justification is included in the fix: commit body so the audit trail is preserved.

Process

1. Evaluate entry criteria

Run the entry criteria checklist above. If any criterion fails → abort, suggest investigate-bug.

2. Apply the fix

Make the data change — add the missing key, fix the typo, update the value. Keep it to ≤5 lines in 1 file.

3. Verify

Run the single-assertion verify command. Example:

bash
grep -q "Bosnia" src/flags.js && echo "FIX VERIFIED" || echo "FIX FAILED"
4. Commit
bash
git add <file>
git commit -m "fix(<scope>): <description>"
git commit --amend -m "fix(<scope>): <description>

Skipped skills (justified for data-only change):
- investigate-bug: root cause is a data gap, not a logic error
- diagnose-root: the missing data point is the root cause
- develop-tdd: single assertion proves correctness
- kickoff-branch: change is too small for a separate worktree"
5. Release

Invoke release-branch to merge and ship.

Example

Bosnia flag missing from FLAGS dictionary
gherkin
Given a bug where FLAGS dictionary is missing entry "Bosnia"
And no logic depends on the missing entry (purely a data gap)
When the agent invokes quick-fix
Then the missing entry is added to the dictionary
And a one-line verify confirms the key exists: grep -q "Bosnia" src/flags.js
And a fix: commit is created with the skipped-skills rationale in the body
And the change is ready for release-branch

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/quick-fix of danielvm-git/bigpowers.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 812d57a

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Questions about Quick Fix

What does Quick Fix do?

Streamlined fast-path for trivial data-only fixes — no TDD, no branching ceremony. Quick Fix is an agent skill from danielvm-git/bigpowers. Streamlined fast-path for trivial data-only fixes — no TDD, no branching ceremony.

When should I use Quick Fix?

Quick Fix fits situations like: tasks that involve Test-driven development; tasks that involve LLM guardrails.

How do I install Quick Fix in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add danielvm-git/bigpowers --skill quick-fix -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/quick-fix in danielvm-git/bigpowers) into .claude/skills/quick-fix in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Quick Fix in Codex?

Run `npx skills add danielvm-git/bigpowers --skill quick-fix -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/quick-fix in danielvm-git/bigpowers) into .agents/skills/quick-fix in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Quick Fix 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 danielvm-git/bigpowers --skill quick-fix -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/quick-fix, .gemini/skills/quick-fix, .github/skills/quick-fix and .opencode/skills/quick-fix in your project.

What does Quick Fix need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Quick Fix needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and npm).

Does Quick Fix access the network?

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

Is Quick Fix 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 Quick Fix use?

Quick Fix 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 Quick Fix use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k 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 Quick Fix?

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Who maintains Quick Fix?

danielvm-git (a GitHub user) maintains it in danielvm-git/bigpowers, which has 256 GitHub stars. The repository holds 39 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 21, 2026.

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