Read

What it does

Example prompts

• “/read”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): mcp__plugin_origin_origin__get_page, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__search_pages, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__get_page_links, Bash

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Direct id
2. 2Title or freeform word

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:

  • mcp__plugin_origin_origin__get_page
  • mcp__plugin_origin_origin__search_pages
  • mcp__plugin_origin_origin__get_page_links
  • Bash

  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

Read loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 536 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~52

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

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

  allowed-tools: mcp__plugin_origin_origin__get_page, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__search_pages, mcp__plugin_origin_ori

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). 536 words, ~1,243 tokens.

name

read

description

Preview a distilled wiki page from inside Claude Code. Prints title, summary, source count, and the local md path. Full body lives on disk — open with the user's editor. Invoked as `/read <title_or_id>`.

allowed-tools

mcp__plugin_origin_origin__get_page, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__search_pages, mcp__plugin_origin_origin__get_page_links, Bash

argument-hint

<title_or_id>

get_page(page_id="<id>")

Bash: python3 -c '
import json, os, sys
state_path = os.path.expanduser("~/.origin/pages/.origin/state.json")
pid = "<id>"
filename = None
try:
    with open(state_path) as f:
        filename = json.load(f).get("pages", {}).get(pid, {}).get("file")
except FileNotFoundError:
    pass
print(f"~/.origin/pages/{filename}" if filename else "(no md projection on disk)")
'

search_pages(query="<arg>", limit=1)

Title:    <title>
Version:  v<N> — <last_edited_by> <relative_time> (<last_delta_summary>)
Summary:  <one sentence>
Sources:  <N> memories
Space:    <space or (none)>
Links:    <N inbound, M outbound (<K> broken)>
Open:     ~/.origin/pages/<slug>.md
⚠ Stale: <stale_reason> — run /distill to refresh

🔒 You've edited this page. Auto-refresh paused. `/distill rebuild <page-id>` to unlock.

© 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/read of davepoon/buildwithclaude.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 10bfc43