Agent skill

Prompt For Others

by davidondrej in davidondrej/skills

Write a prompt teammates can give their AI agents to apply a fix, upgrade, or setup change.

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Install Prompt For Others

skills CLI
$ npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill prompt-for-others -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install davidondrej/skills prompt-for-others --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/davidondrej/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ops-and-setup/prompt-for-others .claude/skills/prompt-for-others && 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
prompt-for-others
GitHub stars
4.1k
Token cost
~618 tokens
SKILL.md length
344 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
51
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Write a prompt teammates can give their AI agents to apply a fix, upgrade, or setup change.

  • Works in 4 steps: Test the fix on the user's machine… → Draft the paragraph in this exact order → Read as an agent with no context: could… → …
  • Explicitly invokes /prompt-for-others
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Rules and Example
  • Calls brew

What it does

Prompt For Others is an agent skill from davidondrej/skills. Write a prompt teammates can give their AI agents to apply a fix, upgrade, or setup change. Use only when the user explicitly invokes /prompt-for-others.

Its SKILL.md is about 620 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

The repository describes itself as: access to david ondrej's personal agent skills. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Explicitly invokes /prompt-for-others

Example prompts

  • “/prompt-for-others”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Test the fix on the user's machine unless already tested. Never include untested commands.
  2. Draft the paragraph in this exact order
  3. Read as an agent with no context: could it run this without questions? Inline any missing context.
  4. Give the user one ready-to-copy paragraph in a blockquote, without headings, bullets, or commentary; then stop.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 387c2b8. 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:

    • brew

    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

Prompt For Others loads about 618 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 344 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~618

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 davidondrej/skills at commit 387c2b8, republished under its MIT licence (© davidondrej). 344 words, ~618 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/prompt-for-others/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
prompt-for-others
description
Write a prompt teammates can give their AI agents to apply a fix, upgrade, or setup change. Use only when the user explicitly invokes /prompt-for-others.
disable-model-invocation
true

Prompt For Others

Write for an AI agent on a teammate's machine with no chat context. The teammate may be non-technical and will not edit the prompt.

Workflow

  1. Test the fix on the user's machine unless already tested. Never include untested commands.
  2. Draft the paragraph in this exact order:
    • Goal in one sentence.
    • Context in 1–2 sentences: what the tool does, the problem, and why the fix is needed.
    • Steps as exact commands, in backticks, in order.
    • Verify with exact commands and expected output.
    • Stop rule: what to do if a precondition is missing.
    • Report back: the 1–2 facts the teammate should receive.
  3. Read as an agent with no context: could it run this without questions? Inline any missing context.
  4. Give the user one ready-to-copy paragraph in a blockquote, without headings, bullets, or commentary; then stop.

Rules

  • One paragraph. If it needs two, the fix is too big; split it or say so.
  • Commands must be copy-safe: absolute where it matters, no placeholders like <your-name> unless the agent can resolve them ($(id -u) is fine).
  • Prefer reversible steps. If a step is destructive, say so and require the agent to confirm with the human first.
  • Never include secrets, tokens, or private URLs. Point to where the agent can find them locally instead.
  • Explain why the change is needed in plain English.
  • Assume nothing is installed. Use a stop rule instead of an install fallback unless the user asked for one.

Example

Upgrade the repo-sync background service on this Mac to v0.1.1 and restart it. Context: repo-sync (Homebrew cask vectal-labs/tap/repo-sync) auto-syncs Git repos. v0.1.1 fixes misleading popups during network blips. The cask needs an explicit upgrade, followed by a service restart. Steps: run brew update && brew upgrade --cask repo-sync, then launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/com.vectal-labs.repo-sync. Verify with brew list --cask --versions repo-sync (must show 0.1.1) and tail -3 ~/Library/Logs/repo-sync/stdout.log (must show a fresh watching N repositories line). If brew or the cask is missing, stop and tell the user instead of installing anything. Report back the version and the log line.

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

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/ops-and-setup/prompt-for-others of davidondrej/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 387c2b8

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Questions about Prompt For Others

What does Prompt For Others do?

Write a prompt teammates can give their AI agents to apply a fix, upgrade, or setup change. Prompt For Others is an agent skill from davidondrej/skills. Write a prompt teammates can give their AI agents to apply a fix, upgrade, or setup change.

When should I use Prompt For Others?

Prompt For Others fits situations like: explicitly invokes /prompt-for-others.

How do I install Prompt For Others in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill prompt-for-others -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ops-and-setup/prompt-for-others in davidondrej/skills) into .claude/skills/prompt-for-others in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Prompt For Others in Codex?

Run `npx skills add davidondrej/skills --skill prompt-for-others -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ops-and-setup/prompt-for-others in davidondrej/skills) into .agents/skills/prompt-for-others in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Prompt For Others 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 davidondrej/skills --skill prompt-for-others -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/prompt-for-others, .gemini/skills/prompt-for-others, .github/skills/prompt-for-others and .opencode/skills/prompt-for-others in your project.

What does Prompt For Others need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Prompt For Others needs the command-line tools its instructions call (brew).

Does Prompt For Others 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 Prompt For Others 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 Prompt For Others use?

Prompt For Others 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 Prompt For Others use?

About 618 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k 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 Prompt For Others?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Prompt For Others: Give Me Tips (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars), Create Teammate (LeoYeAI/teammate-skill, 257 stars), Giving Feedback (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars) and Giving Feedback (RefoundAI/lenny-skills, 1.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Prompt For Others?

davidondrej (a GitHub user) maintains it in davidondrej/skills, which has 4,112 GitHub stars. The repository holds 51 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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