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Agent skill

Setup

by daseinlabs in daseinlabs/parsec

Activate parsec — write the Claude Code routing env (ANTHROPICBASEURL → local proxy), install the savings status line, and start the proxy.

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Install Setup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add daseinlabs/parsec --skill setup -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install daseinlabs/parsec setup --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/daseinlabs/parsec.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/plugin/skills/setup .claude/skills/setup && 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
setup
GitHub stars
129
Token cost
~549 tokens
SKILL.md length
281 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Activate parsec — write the Claude Code routing env (ANTHROPICBASEURL → local proxy), install the savings status line, and start the proxy.

  • The user wants to set up parsec
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Enable curation
  • Re-run a failed first-time setup

What it does

Setup is an agent skill from daseinlabs/parsec. Activate parsec — write the Claude Code routing env (ANTHROPICBASEURL → local proxy), install the savings status line, and start the proxy. Use when the user wants to set up parsec, enable curation, or re-run a failed first-time setup.

Its SKILL.md is about 550 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: Agent runtime optimization with Small Language Models. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user wants to set up parsec
  • Enable curation
  • Re-run a failed first-time setup

Example prompts

  • “/setup”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e97063c. 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

Setup loads about 549 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 281 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~549

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 daseinlabs/parsec at commit e97063c, republished under its MIT licence (© daseinlabs). 281 words, ~549 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/setup/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
setup
description
Activate parsec — write the Claude Code routing env (ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL → local proxy), install the savings status line, and start the proxy. Use when the user wants to set up parsec, enable curation, or re-run a failed first-time setup.

Setup normally runs automatically on first session, so reaching for this skill usually means that run failed or the user undid it with parsec disable. Run:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/parsec setup

(No --auto flag — that is the hook-spawned first-run mode which respects terminal states; a manual run should retry.) Show the user the command's output and explain what happened based on which line it printed:

  • "routing written to Claude Code settings (127.0.0.1:PORT)" — setup added ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL to the env block of ~/.claude/settings.json and started the proxy on that port. Tell the user to restart their Claude Code sessions: routing env is read at session launch, so this session and any other open ones are still talking straight to Anthropic. Undo anytime with parsec disable.
  • "routing NOT written: ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL is already …" — the user has their own base URL set and parsec will never overwrite it. Relay the printed URL and the port; if they want curation they must point that variable at http://127.0.0.1:PORT themselves (or clear it and re-run setup).
  • "routing already pointed at a local parsec proxy — kept as-is" — setup was already done; nothing changed. If their concern is a dead proxy rather than routing, that is /parsec:proxy, not setup.
  • "proxy pre-warm failed …" — routing is written but the proxy did not start. Not fatal (the SessionStart hook retries next session), but you can fix it now by running ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/parsec up and reporting the result.

Setup is additive-only and idempotent: it never overwrites an env key or statusLine/subagentStatusLine the user authored themselves — it only writes absent keys and repoints entries it wrote under an older plugin version. Safe to re-run.

If the user has a dashboard API key to connect afterwards, that is /parsec:login, not part of setup.

© daseinlabs, 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 packages/plugin/skills/setup of daseinlabs/parsec.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e97063c

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Questions about Setup

What does Setup do?

Activate parsec — write the Claude Code routing env (ANTHROPICBASEURL → local proxy), install the savings status line, and start the proxy. Setup is an agent skill from daseinlabs/parsec. Activate parsec — write the Claude Code routing env (ANTHROPICBASEURL → local proxy), install the savings status line, and start the proxy.

When should I use Setup?

Setup fits situations like: the user wants to set up parsec; enable curation; re-run a failed first-time setup.

How do I install Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add daseinlabs/parsec --skill setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/plugin/skills/setup in daseinlabs/parsec) into .claude/skills/setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add daseinlabs/parsec --skill setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/plugin/skills/setup in daseinlabs/parsec) into .agents/skills/setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Setup need to run?

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

Does Setup 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 Setup 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 Setup use?

Setup 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 Setup use?

About 549 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 Setup?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Setup: Modeling Activation Metrics (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars), Summarize Activity (alpinejs/alpine, 32k stars), Anthropic Administrator Automation (ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, 77k stars) and Duplicate Id Active (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Setup?

daseinlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in daseinlabs/parsec, which has 129 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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