Agent skill

C Timer

by daxaur in daxaur/openpaw

Timers, alarms, and pomodoro — set countdowns with native notifications.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install C Timer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add daxaur/openpaw --skill c-timer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install daxaur/openpaw c-timer --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/daxaur/openpaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/c-timer .claude/skills/c-timer && 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
c-timer
GitHub stars
173
Token cost
~468 tokens
SKILL.md length
162 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
42
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Timers, alarms, and pomodoro — set countdowns with native notifications.

  • Works in 5 steps: Start 25-minute work timer → Notify when work session ends → Start 5-minute break timer → …
  • Tasks that involve Focus and ADHD support
  • SKILL.md covers Commands, Time Conversions, Notification Sounds and Pomodoro Workflow, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

C Timer is an agent skill from daxaur/openpaw. Timers, alarms, and pomodoro — set countdowns with native notifications.

Its SKILL.md is about 470 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 Productivity & Automation, covering Focus and ADHD support. The repository describes itself as: Personal Assistant Wizard for Claude Code — npx pawmode. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Focus and ADHD support

Example prompts

  • “/c-timer”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Start 25-minute work timer
  2. Notify when work session ends
  3. Start 5-minute break timer
  4. Notify when break ends
  5. Repeat (ask user after 4 cycles if they want a 15-min long break)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a2562d1. 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 (its code samples are bash).

    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

C Timer loads about 468 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 20 tokens; SKILL.md has 162 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~20
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~468

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 daxaur/openpaw at commit a2562d1, republished under its MIT licence (© daxaur). 162 words, ~468 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/c-timer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
c-timer
description
Timers, alarms, and pomodoro — set countdowns with native notifications.
tags
timer, alarm, pomodoro, countdown, reminder

Timer — Countdowns & Pomodoro

Set timers and get notified via native macOS notifications. Uses terminal-notifier and background sleep.

Commands

bash
# Simple timer (runs in background)
(sleep 300 && terminal-notifier -title "Timer" -message "5 minutes is up!" -sound default) &

# Timer with custom message
(sleep 1800 && terminal-notifier -title "Timer" -message "Break time!" -sound Glass) &

# Pomodoro (25 min work, 5 min break)
(sleep 1500 && terminal-notifier -title "Pomodoro" -message "Time for a break!" -sound Purr) &

# Quick reminder (with say for audio)
(sleep 60 && say "One minute timer done" && terminal-notifier -title "Timer" -message "1 minute" -sound default) &

Time Conversions

DurationSeconds
1 minute60
5 minutes300
10 minutes600
15 minutes900
25 minutes1500
30 minutes1800
1 hour3600

Notification Sounds

Available: default, Basso, Blow, Bottle, Frog, Funk, Glass, Hero, Morse, Ping, Pop, Purr, Sosumi, Submarine, Tink

Pomodoro Workflow

When the user asks for pomodoro:

  1. Start 25-minute work timer
  2. Notify when work session ends
  3. Start 5-minute break timer
  4. Notify when break ends
  5. Repeat (ask user after 4 cycles if they want a 15-min long break)

Guidelines

  • Always confirm the timer was set with the exact duration
  • Use & to run in background so the terminal stays responsive
  • Default sound: default for timers, Purr for pomodoro
  • If terminal-notifier is not installed, fall back to say command
  • For "remind me in X minutes", treat as a timer
  • Convert natural language: "half hour" = 1800s, "quarter hour" = 900s

© daxaur, 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/c-timer of daxaur/openpaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a2562d1

Compare with similar skills

C Timer next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

C Timer compared with similar skills
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C Timer this skilldaxaur/openpaw173—~468Automated safety check: PassMIT
I Have AdhdTanStack/ai3.2k5 repos~1.8kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Attention Kindalexgreensh/attention-span1.3k—~2kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Remind Meshaheer-00/claude-adhd104—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassNone
Daily Focus Boardgithub/awesome-copilot40k—~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Attention Controlaaddrick/attention-control117—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about C Timer

What does C Timer do?

Timers, alarms, and pomodoro — set countdowns with native notifications. C Timer is an agent skill from daxaur/openpaw. Timers, alarms, and pomodoro — set countdowns with native notifications.

When should I use C Timer?

C Timer fits situations like: tasks that involve Focus and ADHD support.

How do I install C Timer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add daxaur/openpaw --skill c-timer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/c-timer in daxaur/openpaw) into .claude/skills/c-timer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install C Timer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add daxaur/openpaw --skill c-timer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/c-timer in daxaur/openpaw) into .agents/skills/c-timer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use C Timer 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 daxaur/openpaw --skill c-timer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/c-timer, .gemini/skills/c-timer, .github/skills/c-timer and .opencode/skills/c-timer in your project.

What does C Timer need to run?

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

Does C Timer 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 C Timer 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 C Timer use?

C Timer 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 C Timer use?

About 468 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 C Timer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with C Timer: I Have Adhd (TanStack/ai, 3.2k stars), Attention Kind (alexgreensh/attention-span, 1.3k stars), Remind Me (shaheer-00/claude-adhd, 104 stars) and Daily Focus Board (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains C Timer?

daxaur (a GitHub user) maintains it in daxaur/openpaw, which has 173 GitHub stars. The repository holds 42 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 23, 2026.

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