Agent skill

Runbooks

by fjrevoredo in fjrevoredo/mini-diarium

Route low-frequency Mini Diarium maintenance workflows to one selected runbook.

MITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Runbooks

skills CLI
$ npx skills add fjrevoredo/mini-diarium --skill runbooks -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install fjrevoredo/mini-diarium runbooks --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/fjrevoredo/mini-diarium.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/runbooks .claude/skills/runbooks && 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
runbooks
GitHub stars
309
Token cost
~641 tokens
SKILL.md length
275 words
Files
30
Skills in repo
41
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Route low-frequency Mini Diarium maintenance workflows to one selected runbook.

  • Works in 5 steps: Identify the requested runbook entry… → Load exactly one selected nested… → After selecting an entry, follow that… → …
  • Tasks that involve Runbooks and postmortems
  • SKILL.md covers Usage, Routing Rules, Available Skills and Unsupported Requests
  • Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

Runbooks is an agent skill from fjrevoredo/mini-diarium. Route low-frequency Mini Diarium maintenance workflows to one selected runbook. Use only for manual or exceptional project workflows that are intentionally not registered as standalone top-level skills.

Its SKILL.md is about 640 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 38 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `skills/add-locale/ENTRY.md` and `skills/add-locale/evals/evals.json`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Runbooks and postmortems. The repository describes itself as: A local-only journal with serious encryption. Free, open source, and never touches the internet. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Runbooks and postmortems

Example prompts

  • “/runbooks”

Requirements

  • A Bash shell

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify the requested runbook entry from the supported table below.
  2. Load exactly one selected nested ENTRY.md unless the user explicitly asks for a multi-runbook task that genuinely spans several workflows.
  3. After selecting an entry, follow that entry's instructions completely, including any required scripts, assets, evals, or validation steps.
  4. If the request is ambiguous, ask the user to choose the runbook instead of inventing one.
  5. If the requested entry is unsupported, say so plainly and do not load an unrelated skill.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4627248. 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

    Ships script files (Shell, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    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

Runbooks loads about 641 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 275 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~641

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 fjrevoredo/mini-diarium at commit 4627248, republished under its MIT licence (© fjrevoredo). 275 words, ~641 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/runbooks/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 29 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
runbooks
description
Route low-frequency Mini Diarium maintenance workflows to one selected runbook. Use only for manual or exceptional project workflows that are intentionally not registered as standalone top-level skills.

Runbooks

Use this dispatcher to load one specific Mini Diarium runbook from this library.

This library is manual-first. Do not guess a runbook when the user's request does not clearly match one of the supported entries.

Usage

  • Codex: $runbooks <entry>
  • Claude Code: /runbooks <entry>

Routing Rules

  1. Identify the requested runbook entry from the supported table below.
  2. Load exactly one selected nested ENTRY.md unless the user explicitly asks for a multi-runbook task that genuinely spans several workflows.
  3. After selecting an entry, follow that entry's instructions completely, including any required scripts, assets, evals, or validation steps.
  4. If the request is ambiguous, ask the user to choose the runbook instead of inventing one.
  5. If the requested entry is unsupported, say so plainly and do not load an unrelated skill.

Available Skills

EntryUse forPath
add-localeAdding a brand-new Mini Diarium locale end to endskills/add-locale/ENTRY.md
apply-dependency-prsApplying dependency-update pull requests safelyskills/apply-dependency-prs/ENTRY.md
diagram-maintainerUpdating and validating Mermaid or D2 documentation diagramsskills/diagram-maintainer/ENTRY.md
grillingInterviewing a user relentlessly toward shared understanding via design-tree rounds, then optionally recording an ADRskills/grilling/ENTRY.md
implementation-reviewReviewing a completed implementation against its plan and validationsskills/implementation-review/ENTRY.md
integrate-stale-prManually integrating an external PR that can no longer merge cleanlyskills/integrate-stale-pr/ENTRY.md
pre-releaseRunning the pre-release checklist before taggingskills/pre-release/ENTRY.md
review-external-prReviewing an external contributor PR and drafting the maintainer responseskills/review-external-pr/ENTRY.md
update-app-iconsReplacing the app logo and regenerating platform iconsskills/update-app-icons/ENTRY.md

Unsupported Requests

If the requested name is not listed in the table above:

  • report that runbooks does not provide that entry;
  • do not search the filesystem for ad hoc alternatives;
  • do not fabricate a new runbook name or workflow.

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Files

SKILL.md and 29 other files in .agents/skills/runbooks of fjrevoredo/mini-diarium.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • skills/add-locale/ENTRY.md
  • skills/add-locale/evals/evals.json
  • skills/apply-dependency-prs/ENTRY.md
  • skills/apply-dependency-prs/procedures/actions.md
  • skills/apply-dependency-prs/procedures/cargo.md
  • skills/apply-dependency-prs/procedures/npm.md
  • skills/diagram-maintainer/ENTRY.md
  • skills/diagram-maintainer/agents/openai.yaml
  • skills/diagram-maintainer/scripts/render_diagram_previews.sh
  • skills/grilling
  • … and 18 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4627248

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Categories

Questions about Runbooks

What does Runbooks do?

Route low-frequency Mini Diarium maintenance workflows to one selected runbook. Runbooks is an agent skill from fjrevoredo/mini-diarium. Route low-frequency Mini Diarium maintenance workflows to one selected runbook.

When should I use Runbooks?

Runbooks fits situations like: tasks that involve Runbooks and postmortems.

How do I install Runbooks in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Runbooks in Codex?

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

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

What does Runbooks need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Runbooks needs a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Runbooks 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 Runbooks 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 Runbooks use?

Runbooks 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 Runbooks use?

About 641 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k 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 Runbooks?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Runbooks: Trader Memory Core (tradermonty/claude-trading-skills, 3k stars), Author Migration (nrwl/nx, 29k stars), Write Notes Like Deepseek (czm15053/write-notes-like-deepseek, 508 stars) and OpenRig Upgrade Procedure (mvschwarz/openrig, 6.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Runbooks?

fjrevoredo (a GitHub user) maintains it in fjrevoredo/mini-diarium, which has 309 GitHub stars. The repository holds 41 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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