Agent skill

OpenWork Feature Rollout

by different-ai in different-ai/openwork

Declares each new or noticeable change as an off-by-default entry in OpenWork's feature registry before any feature code, and covers rollout, kill switches and cleanup.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install OpenWork Feature Rollout

skills CLI
$ npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill add-a-feature -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install different-ai/openwork add-a-feature --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/different-ai/openwork.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.opencode/skills/add-a-feature .claude/skills/add-a-feature && 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
add-a-feature
GitHub stars
24k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
745 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
33
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Declares each new or noticeable change as an off-by-default entry in OpenWork's feature registry before any feature code, and covers rollout, kill switches and cleanup.

  • Works in 4 steps: Declare it, off → Make it safe to turn off at any moment → Gate the code → …
  • Starting any change in OpenWork that users would notice
  • SKILL.md covers The model: one rollout,…, Does this need a feature?, 1. Declare it, off and 2. Make it safe to turn off at…, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls pnpm

What it does

In the OpenWork repository, every user-visible feature and every change existing users would notice is declared in `packages/features/src/registry.ts` (package `@openwork/features`) before the feature code is written, and starts off. One function, `resolveFeature`, applies a fixed order: the deployments a feature exists on (cloud or self-hosted), a kill switch that turns it off everywhere with no deploy, a self-hosted operator lock set through Helm, an organization override set by admins in `/admin`, and an everyone setting.

The skill also says what is not a feature: bug fixes, copy changes, refactors, internal tooling, compatibility shims, values derived from configuration, and settings that change how something works rather than whether people get it. Keys are lowerCamelCase and permanent, since they also become the Helm key, a `DEN_FEATURE_` environment variable, the API field and stored rows. Rollouts can be changed in `/admin` or with the `den_list_features`, `den_set_feature_rollout` and `den_set_org_capability` MCP tools, and tests run with `pnpm --filter @openwork/features test`.

When your agent uses it

  • Starting any change in OpenWork that users would notice
  • Rolling a feature out per organization or for everyone
  • Killing or reverting a shipped feature without a deploy
  • Finishing or removing a rollout after launch

Example prompts

  • “Add a new workspace templates screen to OpenWork behind a feature flag.”
  • “Roll the new engine out to one organization first and keep it off for everyone else.”
  • “Kill the experimental sidebar feature everywhere.”

Requirements

  • A checkout of the OpenWork repository
  • pnpm, to run the feature tests

Workflow steps

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

  1. Declare it, off
  2. Make it safe to turn off at any moment
  3. Gate the code
  4. Roll it out

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9ce20f8. 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:

    • pnpm

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use pnpm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

OpenWork Feature Rollout loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 745 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 745 words (~1,420 tokens).

“Every new user-visible feature, and every change existing users would notice, is a feature in the registry, declared before any feature code, off. Nothing big ships ungated.”

— opening of SKILL.md by different-ai, Custom licence
name
add-a-feature

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .opencode/skills/add-a-feature of different-ai/openwork.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9ce20f8

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Works with

Questions about OpenWork Feature Rollout

What does OpenWork Feature Rollout do?

Declares each new or noticeable change as an off-by-default entry in OpenWork's feature registry before any feature code, and covers rollout, kill switches and cleanup. ts` (package `@openwork/features`) before the feature code is written, and starts off. One function, `resolveFeature`, applies a fixed order: the deployments a feature exists on (cloud or self-hosted), a kill switch that turns it off everywhere with no deploy, a self-hosted operator lock set through Helm, an organization override set by admins in `/admin`, and an everyone setting.

When should I use OpenWork Feature Rollout?

OpenWork Feature Rollout fits situations like: starting any change in OpenWork that users would notice; rolling a feature out per organization or for everyone; killing or reverting a shipped feature without a deploy; finishing or removing a rollout after launch.

How do I install OpenWork Feature Rollout in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill add-a-feature -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.opencode/skills/add-a-feature in different-ai/openwork) into .claude/skills/add-a-feature in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install OpenWork Feature Rollout in Codex?

Run `npx skills add different-ai/openwork --skill add-a-feature -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.opencode/skills/add-a-feature in different-ai/openwork) into .agents/skills/add-a-feature in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use OpenWork Feature Rollout 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 different-ai/openwork --skill add-a-feature -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/add-a-feature, .gemini/skills/add-a-feature, .github/skills/add-a-feature and .opencode/skills/add-a-feature in your project.

What does OpenWork Feature Rollout need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, OpenWork Feature Rollout needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm). Our summary lists: A checkout of the OpenWork repository; pnpm, to run the feature tests.

Does OpenWork Feature Rollout 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 OpenWork Feature Rollout 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 OpenWork Feature Rollout use?

OpenWork Feature Rollout has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does OpenWork Feature Rollout use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k 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 OpenWork Feature Rollout?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with OpenWork Feature Rollout: Kouchou AI Development (digitaldemocracy2030/kouchou-ai, 171 stars), TS SDK Author (mindfold-ai/Trellis, 15k stars), Release (cortex-tms/cortex-tms, 180 stars) and DeerFlow Smoke Test (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains OpenWork Feature Rollout?

different-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in different-ai/openwork, which has 23,943 GitHub stars. The repository holds 33 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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