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Agent skill

Lathe Tag

by devenjarvis in devenjarvis/lathe

Pick or backfill the search tags on a stored Lathe tutorial, in session.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Lathe Tag

skills CLI
$ npx skills add devenjarvis/lathe --skill lathe-tag -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install devenjarvis/lathe lathe-tag --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/devenjarvis/lathe.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/lathe-tag .claude/skills/lathe-tag && 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
lathe-tag
GitHub stars
1.7k
Token cost
~466 tokens
SKILL.md length
188 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Pick or backfill the search tags on a stored Lathe tutorial, in session.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read the tutorial at… → Pick 2–5 lowercase, reusable tags. Same… → Persist them. To set the whole tag list… → …
  • The user invokes /lathe-tag with a slug like /lathe-tag digital-synth-zig to choose good tags for the lathe serve search and tag filters
  • SKILL.md covers Protocol and Boundaries
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Lathe Tag is an agent skill from devenjarvis/lathe. Pick or backfill the search tags on a stored Lathe tutorial, in session. Use when the user invokes /lathe-tag with a slug like "/lathe-tag digital-synth-zig" to choose good tags for the lathe serve search and tag filters, or to backfill tags on a tutorial that has none.

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.

The repository describes itself as: Generate hands-on, multi-part technical tutorials on demand, with LLM skills tuned to make content approachable. Then you work through them yourself, by hand ✋. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user invokes /lathe-tag with a slug like /lathe-tag digital-synth-zig to choose good tags for the lathe serve search and tag filters
  • Backfill tags on a tutorial that has none

Example prompts

  • “/lathe-tag digital-synth-zig”
  • “/lathe-tag”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the tutorial at ~/.lathe/tutorials// to understand what it actually teaches.
  2. Pick 2–5 lowercase, reusable tags. Same vocabulary guidance as the lathe skill's tag step: cover, where they apply —
  3. Persist them. To set the whole tag list (the usual case — choosing or replacing tags)
  4. Report the resulting tag set to the user (the command prints it).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e7c9f6. 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

Lathe Tag loads about 466 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 71 tokens; SKILL.md has 188 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~71
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~466

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 devenjarvis/lathe at commit 1e7c9f6, republished under its MIT licence (© devenjarvis). 188 words, ~466 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/lathe-tag/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
lathe-tag
description
Pick or backfill the search tags on a stored Lathe tutorial, in session. Use when the user invokes /lathe-tag with a slug like "/lathe-tag digital-synth-zig" to choose good tags for the `lathe serve` search and tag filters, or to backfill tags on a tutorial that has none.

Lathe — Tag a Tutorial

Choose the tags that make a stored tutorial findable in lathe serve's search and tag filters. Triggered by /lathe-tag <slug>.

Protocol

  1. Read the tutorial at ~/.lathe/tutorials/<slug>/ to understand what it actually teaches.

  2. Pick 2–5 lowercase, reusable tags. Same vocabulary guidance as the lathe skill's tag step: cover, where they apply —

    • the language/runtime — zig, rust, go;
    • the domain — audio, compilers, databases;
    • the core technique — parsing, dsp, concurrency.

    Prefer short, reusable tags that will group naturally with other tutorials over hyper-specific one-offs. Don't pre-lowercase or de-dupe defensively — store.NormalizeTags is the one place that canonicalizes (trim, lowercase, de-dupe), so just pass sensible tags and let it normalize.

  3. Persist them. To set the whole tag list (the usual case — choosing or replacing tags):

    bash
    lathe tag <slug> --set zig --set audio --set dsp

    For incremental edits to an existing set, use --add / --remove instead:

    bash
    lathe tag <slug> --add embedded
lathe tag <slug> --remove misc

    --set replaces the entire list; --add/--remove edit it in place. All three are repeatable and accept comma-separated values.

  4. Report the resulting tag set to the user (the command prints it).

Boundaries

  • Only touches tags, and only via lathe tag. Never edit metadata.json directly.
  • No generation, verification, or extension — just tags.

© devenjarvis, 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 .claude/skills/lathe-tag of devenjarvis/lathe.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e7c9f6

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Questions about Lathe Tag

What does Lathe Tag do?

Pick or backfill the search tags on a stored Lathe tutorial, in session. Lathe Tag is an agent skill from devenjarvis/lathe. Pick or backfill the search tags on a stored Lathe tutorial, in session.

When should I use Lathe Tag?

Lathe Tag fits situations like: the user invokes /lathe-tag with a slug like /lathe-tag digital-synth-zig to choose good tags for the lathe serve search and tag filters; backfill tags on a tutorial that has none.

How do I install Lathe Tag in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Lathe Tag in Codex?

Run `npx skills add devenjarvis/lathe --skill lathe-tag -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/lathe-tag in devenjarvis/lathe) into .agents/skills/lathe-tag in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Lathe Tag 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 devenjarvis/lathe --skill lathe-tag -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/lathe-tag, .gemini/skills/lathe-tag, .github/skills/lathe-tag and .opencode/skills/lathe-tag in your project.

What does Lathe Tag need to run?

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

Does Lathe Tag 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 Lathe Tag 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 Lathe Tag use?

Lathe Tag 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 Lathe Tag use?

About 466 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 Lathe Tag?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Lathe Tag: App Store Changelog (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Agent App Store (ruvnet/ruflo, 74k stars), App Store Optimization (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars) and Eas App Stores (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Lathe Tag?

devenjarvis (a GitHub user) maintains it in devenjarvis/lathe, which has 1,686 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 3, 2026.

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