Brief

What it does

Example prompts

• “/brief”

Requirements

• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__context, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__recall, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__list_pending_revisions, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__accept_revision, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__dismiss_revision

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Read project status file first
2. 2Call context
3. 3Pending revisions check

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 10bfc43. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Bash
  • mcp__plugin_origin_origin__context
  • mcp__plugin_origin_origin__recall
  • mcp__plugin_origin_origin__list_pending_revisions
  • mcp__plugin_origin_origin__accept_revision
  • mcp__plugin_origin_origin__dismiss_revision

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • git

  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

Brief loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 102 tokens; SKILL.md has 594 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~102

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

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

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Bash, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__context, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__recall, mcp__plugin_origin_orig

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 davepoon/buildwithclaude at commit 10bfc43, republished under its MIT licence (© davepoon). 594 words, ~1,343 tokens.

name

brief

description

Session-start briefing from Origin. Reads the project status file (the /handoff-maintained ledger of Active/Backlog work), then loads identity, preferences, and topic-relevant memories so the agent walks in with context. Surfaces any memories the daemon has flagged for human revision before the session uses them. Invoked as `/brief [topic]`. Call FIRST at session start, before any other Origin verb.

allowed-tools

Bash, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__context, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__recall, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__list_pending_revisions, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__accept_revision, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__dismiss_revision

argument-hint

[topic]

Bash: cd_repo=$(git -C "$PWD" rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null); echo "${cd_repo:-no-git}"

Bash: cat ~/.origin/sessions/_status/<project>.md

context(topic="<args or inferred>", space=<inferred from cwd or recent turns>)

list_pending_revisions(limit=10)

Pending revisions (<N> total, top 3 shown):

1. target: mem_abc123  (proposed by <source_agent or "daemon">)
   revision: "Origin uses Turso libSQL fork (libSQL-server) for vectors..."
   Action: accept (replace original) | dismiss (drop revision) | skip

2. ...

Run `/review revisions` to walk the rest.

© davepoon, 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 plugins/origin/skills/brief of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 10bfc43