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Agent skill

Claude

by dzhng in dzhng/skills

Use Claude Code as an independent claude -p subagent when the user explicitly asks for Claude, wants a second-agent opinion from Claude, or asks to delegate a well-scoped task to Claude.

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Install Claude

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dzhng/skills --skill claude -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dzhng/skills claude --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/dzhng/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/engineering/claude .claude/skills/claude && 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
claude
GitHub stars
1k
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
705 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
27
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Use Claude Code as an independent claude -p subagent when the user explicitly asks for Claude, wants a second-agent opinion from Claude, or asks to delegate a well-scoped task to Claude.

  • Works in 3 steps: Ask for evidence, not vibes: require… → Prefer a read-only tool surface for… → Triage every finding against the code…
  • Explicitly asks for Claude
  • SKILL.md covers Defaults, Prompting Claude, Consultation and Implementation — explicit ask…, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls claude

What it does

Claude is an agent skill from dzhng/skills. Use Claude Code as an independent claude -p subagent when the user explicitly asks for Claude, wants a second-agent opinion from Claude, or asks to delegate a well-scoped task to Claude. Supports selecting --model and thinking/effort level with defaults of opus and high.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 Agent Workflows, covering Subagents. The repository describes itself as: Reusable AI agent skills for software factories: explore ideas, write specs, implement, review, and run autonomous research. Works with Claude Code, Codex, and other… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Explicitly asks for Claude
  • Wants a second-agent opinion from Claude
  • Asks to delegate a well-scoped task to Claude

Example prompts

  • “/claude”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Ask for evidence, not vibes: require file paths, observed behavior, command
  2. Prefer a read-only tool surface for reviews
  3. Triage every finding against the code before acting. Report what Claude

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d513228. 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:

    • claude

    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

Claude loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 705 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~72
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

The full file from dzhng/skills at commit d513228, republished under its MIT licence (© dzhng). 705 words, ~1,327 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/claude/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
claude
description
Use Claude Code as an independent `claude -p` subagent when the user explicitly asks for Claude, wants a second-agent opinion from Claude, or asks to delegate a well-scoped task to Claude. Supports selecting `--model` and thinking/effort level with defaults of `opus` and `high`.

Claude

Claude Code is an independent agent on PATH (claude), sharing this working tree and already authenticated. Use it as a second opinion or delegated worker, not as ground truth: verify its claims, own any changes, and keep its task contract narrow.

Defaults

Use claude -p --model opus --effort high unless the user or task calls for a different model or thinking level.

  • Model: accept aliases such as opus, sonnet, or fable, or a full model name. Default opus.
  • Thinking level: pass Claude Code's --effort flag. Valid levels are low, medium, high, xhigh, and max. Default high.
  • Cost guard: for exploratory asks, add --max-budget-usd <amount> when the user gives a budget or the task is likely to sprawl.

Example:

sh
claude -p --model opus --effort high "<prompt>"

Prompting Claude

Prompt Claude like an operator: compact, block-structured, and explicit about the artifact you need. A sharper contract beats higher effort.

  • One task per run. Split review, implementation, and docs into separate prompts.
  • Name repo skills when relevant. Claude can read repo files; say "follow write-docs for the doc" or "obey refactor-clean: no compatibility wrappers" instead of pasting those skills into the prompt.
  • Blocks, added only where useful:
    • <task> — the concrete job, context, and expected end state.
    • <output_contract> — exact response shape, highest-value first.
    • <default_follow_through> — take low-risk interpretations and continue; stop only when a missing detail changes correctness, safety, or an irreversible action.
    • <verification_loop> — inspect the result against requirements and revise before finalizing.
    • <grounding> — ground every claim in code or tool output; label inferences.
    • <action_safety> — keep the diff tightly scoped; no drive-by refactors.
  • Anti-patterns: vague prompts, mixed jobs, no output contract, asking it to "think harder" instead of tightening the task, and accepting its answer without checking the evidence.

Consultation

Use Claude for consultation when the user asks for Claude's view or when a second-agent read would materially reduce risk. Keep it read-oriented unless the user explicitly asks it to edit.

  1. Ask for evidence, not vibes: require file paths, observed behavior, command output, or labelled inferences.
  2. Prefer a read-only tool surface for reviews: --tools "Read,Grep,Glob,Bash" --permission-mode dontAsk.
  3. Triage every finding against the code before acting. Report what Claude flagged, what you accepted, and what you dismissed.
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Implementation — explicit ask only

Delegate implementation to Claude only when the user names Claude for the task. Never hand it work on your own initiative, and never re-delegate follow-up work without a fresh ask.

  1. Slice the task sharply: goal, constraints, allowed scope, and verification. An underspecified task stays with you until a fresh agent could not misread it.
  2. Start from a clean tree or record the baseline commit so Claude's diff is separable from yours. Tell Claude to keep scratch files (probes, dumps, notes) out of the tree — its diff must contain only the deliverable.
  3. Choose permissions by what the task must do:
    • Read/review: --tools "Read,Grep,Glob,Bash" --permission-mode dontAsk.
    • Narrow edits: add edit tools and keep the prompt's allowed paths explicit.
    • Broad autonomous work: use --dangerously-skip-permissions only in a dedicated worktree, with a self-authored prompt and a mandatory diff review after.
  4. Capture the response with --output-format text by default. Use --output-format json only when the caller needs structured metadata.
  5. You own the result: inspect the diff, run the relevant tests, and only then report it. "Claude says it's done" is not done.

Liveness

claude -p is a networked, authenticated non-interactive run. If it fails, classify the failure before retrying.

  • Auth failure: do not repair credentials unless the user asks; report the blocker. If sandboxed claude -p says Not logged in, retry once with the required approval because local auth can depend on keychain/session access.
  • Sandbox/network failure: rerun with the required approval if the command is important to the task.
  • Long run: prefer --max-budget-usd or a narrower prompt before raising effort.
  • Workspace trust: -p skips the interactive trust dialog, so run it only from a repo or worktree you intentionally trust.

Rules

  • Use claude -p --model opus --effort high as the default invocation.
  • Let the user override model and effort in plain language; translate that to --model and --effort.
  • Keep Claude's writes out of the working tree unless delegation was explicit.
  • Do not touch the same working tree while Claude is making edits.
  • Treat Claude output as evidence to verify, not authority to relay.

© dzhng, 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/engineering/claude of dzhng/skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d513228

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders. This page covers the copy in dzhng/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Categories

Questions about Claude

What does Claude do?

Use Claude Code as an independent claude -p subagent when the user explicitly asks for Claude, wants a second-agent opinion from Claude, or asks to delegate a well-scoped task to Claude. Claude is an agent skill from dzhng/skills. Use Claude Code as an independent claude -p subagent when the user explicitly asks for Claude, wants a second-agent opinion from Claude, or asks to delegate a well-scoped task to Claude.

When should I use Claude?

Claude fits situations like: explicitly asks for Claude; wants a second-agent opinion from Claude; asks to delegate a well-scoped task to Claude.

How do I install Claude in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Claude in Codex?

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

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

What does Claude need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Claude needs the command-line tools its instructions call (claude).

Does Claude 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 Claude 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 Claude use?

Claude 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 Claude use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k 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 Claude?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Claude: Claude Code Agent Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars), Subagent Driven Development (Asvarox/allkaraoke, 261 stars), Dispatching Parallel Agents (ultralisp/ultralisp, 258 stars) and Paseo Advisor Second Opinion (getpaseo/paseo, 20k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Claude?

dzhng (a GitHub user) maintains it in dzhng/skills, which has 1,020 GitHub stars. The repository holds 27 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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