Agent skill

Effect

by dxos in dxos/dxos

A skill your agent uses when writing or changing Effect code, composing test layer stacks, working with Schema or SchemaAST, or reading pre-migration code.

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Install Effect

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dxos/dxos --skill effect -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dxos/dxos effect --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/dxos/dxos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/effect .claude/skills/effect && 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
effect
GitHub stars
525
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
611 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
41
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when writing or changing Effect code, composing test layer stacks, working with Schema or SchemaAST, or reading pre-migration code.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read a neighbour. Find the nearest DXOS… → Read node_modules/effect/AGENTS.md, then… → Grep node_modules/effect/src/ for the… → …
  • Changing Effect code
  • SKILL.md covers The pinned copy, Lookup order, Where DXOS diverges from the… and Layer stacks, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Effect is an agent skill from dxos/dxos. Use when writing or changing Effect code, composing test layer stacks, working with Schema or SchemaAST, or reading pre-migration code.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `layer-composition.md` and `v4-schema.md`).

It works with pnpm. The repository describes itself as: TypeScript implementation of the DXOS protocols, SDK, toolchain and Composer.

When your agent uses it

  • Changing Effect code
  • Composing test layer stacks
  • Working with Schema
  • Reading pre-migration code

Example prompts

  • “/effect”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read a neighbour. Find the nearest DXOS file already doing this and copy its
  2. Read node_modules/effect/AGENTS.md, then follow its link to the
  3. Grep node_modules/effect/src/ for the exact export. This settles whether an
  4. Check the divergences below. Three DXOS rules override the pinned guide.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 64f1a7a. 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 typescript).

    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

Effect loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 611 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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 611 words (~1,345 tokens).

“Answer Effect questions from node_modules/effect rather than from recall. What is on disk is pinned to the version this repo compiles against. What you remember is pinned to nothing, and Effect moves.”

— opening of SKILL.md by dxos, Custom licence
name
effect

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in .agents/skills/effect of dxos/dxos.

  • SKILL.md
  • layer-composition.md
  • v4-schema.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 64f1a7a

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React Router Release Notes Prepremix-run/react-router57k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Vuetify Playgroundvuetifyjs/vuetify41k—~730Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
Iron Proxy Gateway for NanoClawnanocoai/nanoclaw31k—~4.6kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT

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Works with

Questions about Effect

What does Effect do?

A skill your agent uses when writing or changing Effect code, composing test layer stacks, working with Schema or SchemaAST, or reading pre-migration code. Effect is an agent skill from dxos/dxos. Use when writing or changing Effect code, composing test layer stacks, working with Schema or SchemaAST, or reading pre-migration code.

When should I use Effect?

Effect fits situations like: changing Effect code; composing test layer stacks; working with Schema; reading pre-migration code.

How do I install Effect in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Effect in Codex?

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

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

What does Effect need to run?

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

Does Effect 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 Effect 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 Effect use?

Effect 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 Effect use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k 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 Effect?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Effect: DeerFlow Smoke Test (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars), @pierre/diffs Code Rendering (pierrecomputer/pierre, 6.2k stars), React Router Release Notes Prep (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars) and Vuetify Playground (vuetifyjs/vuetify, 41k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Effect?

dxos (a GitHub organization) maintains it in dxos/dxos, which has 525 GitHub stars. The repository holds 41 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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