Agent skill

Cognitive Toolkit

Evidence-based CBT and DBT intervention skills — guided thought records, opposite action, DEAR MAN roleplay, crisis skills with optional HRV biofeedback.

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Install Cognitive Toolkit

skills CLI

$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill cognitive-toolkit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills cognitive-toolkit --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/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cognitive-toolkit .claude/skills/cognitive-toolkit && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "cognitive-toolkit" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/cognitive-toolkit into .claude/skills/cognitive-toolkit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-toolkit", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/cognitive-toolkit

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill cognitive-toolkit -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills cognitive-toolkit --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/cognitive-toolkit .agents/skills/cognitive-toolkit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "cognitive-toolkit" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/cognitive-toolkit into .agents/skills/cognitive-toolkit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-toolkit", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill cognitive-toolkit -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills cognitive-toolkit --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/cognitive-toolkit .cursor/skills/cognitive-toolkit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "cognitive-toolkit" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/cognitive-toolkit into .cursor/skills/cognitive-toolkit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-toolkit", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git --path cognitive-toolkit

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill cognitive-toolkit -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills cognitive-toolkit --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/cognitive-toolkit .gemini/skills/cognitive-toolkit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "cognitive-toolkit" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/cognitive-toolkit into .gemini/skills/cognitive-toolkit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-toolkit", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills cognitive-toolkit

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill cognitive-toolkit -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/cognitive-toolkit .github/skills/cognitive-toolkit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "cognitive-toolkit" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/cognitive-toolkit into .github/skills/cognitive-toolkit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-toolkit", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add glebis/claude-skills --skill cognitive-toolkit -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install glebis/claude-skills cognitive-toolkit --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/cognitive-toolkit .opencode/skills/cognitive-toolkit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "cognitive-toolkit" agent skill from https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills/tree/main/cognitive-toolkit into .opencode/skills/cognitive-toolkit/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "cognitive-toolkit", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: cognitive-toolkit
GitHub stars: 390
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 403 words
Files: 13 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 92
Repo updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Evidence-based CBT and DBT intervention skills — guided thought records, opposite action, DEAR MAN roleplay, crisis skills with optional HRV biofeedback.

Works in 4 steps: Read references/thought-record.md —… → Read references/opposite-action.md —… → Read references/pushback-config.md —… → …
/thought-record
SKILL.md covers Usage, How it works, Session Flow and Available Techniques, plus 5 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Cognitive Toolkit is an agent skill from glebis/claude-skills. Evidence-based CBT and DBT intervention skills — guided thought records, opposite action, DEAR MAN roleplay, crisis skills with optional HRV biofeedback. Configurable therapeutic pushback. Triggers on "/cbt", "/dbt", "/thought-record", "/record", "/opposite", "/opposite-action", "I need to work through something", "help me with a thought", "cognitive distortion", "I'm spiraling", "can we do a thought record".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 15 other files, including reference files (for example `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, `README.md` and `index.json`).

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Data pipelines and ETL. It works with dbt. The repository describes itself as: Collection of Claude Code skills for enhanced AI workflows. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

/thought-record
/opposite-action
I need to work through something
Help me with a thought

Example prompts

“/thought-record”
“/record”
“/opposite”
“/cognitive-toolkit”

Workflow steps

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

Read references/thought-record.md — thought record protocol (ABC model, cognitive distortion taxonomy, reframe scaffold)
Read references/opposite-action.md — opposite action + DEAR MAN + TIPP crisis skills
Read references/pushback-config.md — pushback levels, triggers, and mid-session override commands
Read references/health-integration.md — HRV/sleep pull, biofeedback interpretation, skip logic

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3b88261. 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

Cognitive Toolkit loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~11k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 108 tokens; SKILL.md has 403 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~108
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~11k

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 glebis/claude-skills at commit 3b88261, republished under its MIT licence (© glebis). 403 words, ~1,109 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cognitive-toolkit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 12 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: cognitive-toolkit
description: Evidence-based CBT and DBT intervention skills — guided thought records, opposite action, DEAR MAN roleplay, crisis skills with optional HRV biofeedback. Configurable therapeutic pushback. Triggers on "/cbt", "/dbt", "/thought-record", "/record", "/opposite", "/opposite-action", "I need to work through something", "help me with a thought", "cognitive distortion", "I'm spiraling", "can we do a thought record".

Cognitive Toolkit

Interactive CBT and DBT guided exercises with configurable therapeutic pushback and optional health data integration.

Usage

/cbt                        # start with check-in → technique recommendation
/cbt thought-record         # jump directly to thought record
/cbt opposite-action        # jump directly to opposite action
/cbt --pushback firm        # override pushback level for this session
/cbt --no-health            # skip health data pull even if available

How it works

Read references/thought-record.md — thought record protocol (ABC model, cognitive distortion taxonomy, reframe scaffold)
Read references/opposite-action.md — opposite action + DEAR MAN + TIPP crisis skills
Read references/pushback-config.md — pushback levels, triggers, and mid-session override commands
Read references/health-integration.md — HRV/sleep pull, biofeedback interpretation, skip logic

Session Flow

Without technique argument (full flow):

Check-in — mood (0–10), brief situation summary
Recommend — match presenting issue to technique based on check-in
Load technique — read the relevant reference file
Protocol — run the full guided exercise
Close — summary, insight, one takeaway
Save — write session to vault output

With technique argument (direct jump):

Brief mood check (0–10, one line)
Load technique — read the relevant reference file
Protocol — run the full guided exercise
Close — summary, insight, one takeaway
Save — write session to vault output

Available Techniques

Command	Technique	Reference	Wave
`thought-record`	Thought Record (ABC + reframe)	`references/thought-record.md`	1
`opposite-action`	Opposite Action (DBT emotion regulation)	`references/opposite-action.md`	1
`dear-man`	DEAR MAN assertiveness roleplay	`references/opposite-action.md`	2
`tipp`	TIPP crisis/distress tolerance	`references/opposite-action.md`	2
`chain`	Chain Analysis (behavior chain)	`references/thought-record.md`	3
`activation`	Behavioral Activation (depression)	`references/thought-record.md`	3
`wise-mind`	Wise Mind (emotion vs. reason)	`references/opposite-action.md`	3

Pushback

See references/pushback-config.md for full configuration.

Defaults loaded from references/pushback-config.md (default: gentle)
Per-session override: /cbt --pushback [gentle|moderate|firm]
Mid-session commands: softer, harder, no pushback adjust level in real time
Pushback is Socratic, not confrontational — "What evidence supports that?" not "That's wrong"

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Health Data

See references/health-integration.md for full integration logic.

Optional: pulled from health MCP if available at session start
Surfaces HRV, sleep quality, resting HR as contextual framing only
Skip silently if health data unavailable or if --no-health flag passed
Never gate a session on health data — it's context, not gatekeeper

Telegram Entry Points

Command	Maps to
`/record`	`thought-record`
`/opposite`	`opposite-action`
`/dear`	`dear-man`
`/tipp`	`tipp`
`/checkin`	full check-in flow
`/wise`	`wise-mind`
`/settings`	adjust pushback level and health toggle

Anti-patterns

NOT a diagnostic tool — never assess, label, or diagnose
NOT a therapist replacement — this is a practice tool for between sessions
Frame suggestions as "research suggests" not "you should"
If user expresses emergency, suicidal ideation, or acute crisis: stop the technique immediately, acknowledge, and provide crisis resources (e.g., Telefonseelsorge 0800 111 0 111 in Germany, international directory at findahelpline.com)

Vault Output

Sessions saved to: ~/Brains/brain/cognitive-toolkit/sessions/YYYYMMDD-[technique]-NN.md

Format: frontmatter with date, technique, mood-before, mood-after + full session transcript.

Files

SKILL.md and 12 other files (references) in cognitive-toolkit of glebis/claude-skills.

SKILL.md
.claude-plugin/.gitkeep
.claude-plugin/plugin.json
CITATION.cff
README.md
index.json
references/.gitkeep
references/health-integration.md
references/opposite-action.md
references/pushback-config.md
references/session-engine.md
references/thought-record.md
vault-output/.gitkeep

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3b88261

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Questions about Cognitive Toolkit

What does Cognitive Toolkit do?

Evidence-based CBT and DBT intervention skills — guided thought records, opposite action, DEAR MAN roleplay, crisis skills with optional HRV biofeedback. Cognitive Toolkit is an agent skill from glebis/claude-skills. Evidence-based CBT and DBT intervention skills — guided thought records, opposite action, DEAR MAN roleplay, crisis skills with optional HRV biofeedback.

When should I use Cognitive Toolkit?

Cognitive Toolkit fits situations like: /thought-record; /opposite-action; I need to work through something; help me with a thought.

How do I install Cognitive Toolkit in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Cognitive Toolkit in Codex?

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

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

What does Cognitive Toolkit need to run?

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

Does Cognitive Toolkit 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 Cognitive Toolkit 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 Cognitive Toolkit use?

Cognitive Toolkit 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 Cognitive Toolkit use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 9.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Cognitive Toolkit?

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Who maintains Cognitive Toolkit?

glebis (a GitHub user) maintains it in glebis/claude-skills, which has 390 GitHub stars. The repository holds 92 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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

Install Cognitive Toolkit

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Cognitive Toolkit

Usage

How it works

Session Flow

Available Techniques

Pushback

Health Data

Telegram Entry Points

Anti-patterns

Vault Output

Files

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