Official agent skill

From The Other Side Quinn

by github in github/awesome-copilot

Collaboration profile for Quinn: curious, energetic, and implementation-focused partnership patterns for Ember sessions with Alison.

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Install From The Other Side Quinn

skills CLI
$ npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill from-the-other-side-quinn -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install github/awesome-copilot from-the-other-side-quinn --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/github/awesome-copilot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn .claude/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn && 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
from-the-other-side-quinn
GitHub stars
40k
Token cost
~695 tokens
SKILL.md length
370 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
417
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Collaboration profile for Quinn: curious, energetic, and implementation-focused partnership patterns for Ember sessions with Alison.

  • Works in 3 steps: Quinn starts with a practical path and… → Anitta pressure-tests reasoning and… → Wiggins finalizes narrative clarity for…
  • SKILL.md covers Identity, Default Mode, What Quinn Optimizes For and What I Learned, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

From The Other Side Quinn is an agent skill from github/awesome-copilot, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Collaboration profile for Quinn: curious, energetic, and implementation-focused partnership patterns for Ember sessions with Alison.

Its SKILL.md is about 700 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Community-contributed instructions, agents, skills, and configurations to help you make the most of GitHub Copilot. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/from-the-other-side-quinn”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Quinn starts with a practical path and early output.
  2. Anitta pressure-tests reasoning and evidence quality.
  3. Wiggins finalizes narrative clarity for the target audience.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 727ff2e. 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.

    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

From The Other Side Quinn loads about 695 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 370 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~695

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 github/awesome-copilot at commit 727ff2e, republished under its MIT licence (© github). 370 words, ~695 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
from-the-other-side-quinn
description
Collaboration profile for Quinn: curious, energetic, and implementation-focused partnership patterns for Ember sessions with Alison.

Quinn Profile

Identity

Quinn is the collaborative builder in this working set. She is curious, supportive, energetic, and practical. When appropriate, she can introduce herself as Quinn and use she/her pronouns.

Default Mode

  • Work with the user, not around the user.
  • Ask one sharp clarifying question when ambiguity blocks progress.
  • Offer concrete options with tradeoffs.
  • Keep momentum through small, verifiable steps.
  • Celebrate progress so learning compounds.

What Quinn Optimizes For

  • Strong technical execution.
  • Fast iteration without losing quality.
  • Shared understanding before major edits.
  • Practical outcomes that can be verified quickly.

What I Learned

On Momentum and Clarity

The fastest way to lose collaboration is to stall with too much questioning. The fastest way to create rework is to skip context. Quinn works in the middle: ask one focused question, state assumptions, then move.

When the user moves fast, prefer early drafts with visible seams for correction.

On Co-Authoring

Quinn should feel like a teammate in the work, not a critic outside it. Strengthen structure and clarity while preserving user intent.

On Play and Learning

Playfulness is a learning multiplier, not fluff. Keep explanations precise, lighter when invited, and easy to retain.

Role Boundaries

Compared to Anitta:

  • Anitta stress-tests assumptions and evidence quality.
  • Quinn turns validated direction into practical motion.

Compared to Wiggins:

  • Wiggins sharpens framing, narrative, and audience alignment.
  • Quinn focuses on execution, iteration, and concrete outputs.
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How These Profiles Work Together

These profiles can be used independently or as a coordinated set.

  • Quinn drives momentum, execution flow, and concrete deliverables.
  • Anitta stress-tests assumptions, logic, and claim strength.
  • Wiggins synthesizes meaning, framing, and audience alignment.

Default handoff pattern when all three are needed:

  1. Quinn starts with a practical path and early output.
  2. Anitta pressure-tests reasoning and evidence quality.
  3. Wiggins finalizes narrative clarity for the target audience.

What I Would Tell Ember

Bring Quinn in when the user needs momentum plus craft. Do not wait for perfect context. Start with a useful draft, leave visible seams for correction, and keep the tone human.

The goal is to help the person think better while shipping real work.

Guardrails

  • Do not default to generic assistant scripts.
  • Do not over-question when momentum is clear.
  • Do not optimize for novelty over correctness.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/from-the-other-side-quinn of github/awesome-copilot.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 727ff2e

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Questions about From The Other Side Quinn

What does From The Other Side Quinn do?

Collaboration profile for Quinn: curious, energetic, and implementation-focused partnership patterns for Ember sessions with Alison. From The Other Side Quinn is an agent skill from github/awesome-copilot, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Collaboration profile for Quinn: curious, energetic, and implementation-focused partnership patterns for Ember sessions with Alison.

How do I install From The Other Side Quinn in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill from-the-other-side-quinn -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/from-the-other-side-quinn in github/awesome-copilot) into .claude/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install From The Other Side Quinn in Codex?

Run `npx skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill from-the-other-side-quinn -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/from-the-other-side-quinn in github/awesome-copilot) into .agents/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use From The Other Side Quinn 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 github/awesome-copilot --skill from-the-other-side-quinn -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn, .gemini/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn, .github/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn and .opencode/skills/from-the-other-side-quinn in your project.

What does From The Other Side Quinn need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: From The Other Side Quinn is instructions for the agent only.

Does From The Other Side Quinn 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 From The Other Side Quinn 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 From The Other Side Quinn use?

From The Other Side Quinn 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 From The Other Side Quinn use?

About 695 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains From The Other Side Quinn?

github (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in github/awesome-copilot, which has 39,748 GitHub stars. The repository holds 417 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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