Agent skill

Public Dependency

by Devolutions in Devolutions/IronRDP

Add or change Rust crate dependencies while preserving IronRDP's public-dependency markers.

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Install Public Dependency

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Devolutions/IronRDP --skill public-dependency -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Devolutions/IronRDP public-dependency --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/Devolutions/IronRDP.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/public-dependency .claude/skills/public-dependency && 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
public-dependency
GitHub stars
3.2k
Token cost
~265 tokens
SKILL.md length
100 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Add or change Rust crate dependencies while preserving IronRDP's public-dependency markers.

  • Changing features of a Cargo dependency
  • Calls cargo
  • A public API starts
  • Stops exposing dependency-owned types

What it does

Public Dependency is an agent skill from Devolutions/IronRDP. Add or change Rust crate dependencies while preserving IronRDP's public-dependency markers. Use whenever adding, updating, renaming, removing, or changing features of a Cargo dependency, or when a public API starts or stops exposing dependency-owned types or traits.

Its SKILL.md is about 270 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 Development. It works with Rust. The repository describes itself as: Rust implementation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Changing features of a Cargo dependency
  • A public API starts
  • Stops exposing dependency-owned types

Example prompts

  • “/public-dependency”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2c08bda. 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:

    • cargo

    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

Public Dependency loads about 265 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 71 tokens; SKILL.md has 100 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
~265

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 Devolutions/IronRDP at commit 2c08bda, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© Devolutions). 100 words, ~265 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/public-dependency/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
public-dependency
description
Add or change Rust crate dependencies while preserving IronRDP's public-dependency markers. Use whenever adding, updating, renaming, removing, or changing features of a Cargo dependency, or when a public API starts or stops exposing dependency-owned types or traits.

Public dependency

Use cargo add --package <crate> <dependency> and its flags, then append # public on the same manifest line when the dependency is exposed by the crate's public API:

toml
dependency = "1" # public

Exposure includes dependency-owned types or traits in re-exports, signatures, public fields, aliases, implementations or bounds, and associated types. Whether the dependency is direct, optional, or workspace-internal is irrelevant. Do not mark implementation-only, test, or example dependencies.

The marker records that a breaking dependency change can require a breaking crate release. Add or remove it as API exposure changes, and preserve a short condition or type note when it clarifies non-obvious exposure.

© Devolutions, Apache-2.0. 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 .agents/skills/public-dependency of Devolutions/IronRDP.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2c08bda

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Questions about Public Dependency

What does Public Dependency do?

Add or change Rust crate dependencies while preserving IronRDP's public-dependency markers. Public Dependency is an agent skill from Devolutions/IronRDP. Add or change Rust crate dependencies while preserving IronRDP's public-dependency markers.

When should I use Public Dependency?

Public Dependency fits situations like: changing features of a Cargo dependency; A public API starts; stops exposing dependency-owned types.

How do I install Public Dependency in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Devolutions/IronRDP --skill public-dependency -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/public-dependency in Devolutions/IronRDP) into .claude/skills/public-dependency in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Public Dependency in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Devolutions/IronRDP --skill public-dependency -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/public-dependency in Devolutions/IronRDP) into .agents/skills/public-dependency in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Public Dependency 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 Devolutions/IronRDP --skill public-dependency -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/public-dependency, .gemini/skills/public-dependency, .github/skills/public-dependency and .opencode/skills/public-dependency in your project.

What does Public Dependency need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Public Dependency needs the command-line tools its instructions call (cargo).

Does Public Dependency 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 Public Dependency 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 Public Dependency use?

Public Dependency is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Public Dependency use?

About 265 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.1k 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 Public Dependency?

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Who maintains Public Dependency?

Devolutions (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Devolutions/IronRDP, which has 3,213 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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