Agent skill

Directing The Event

by GoogleCloudPlatform in GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition

A skill your agent uses when the marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme, hydration-point logistics, crowd zones, start times, or expected participant counts.

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Install Directing The Event

skills CLI
$ npx skills add GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition --skill directing-the-event -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition directing-the-event --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/GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/agents/planner/skills/directing-the-event .claude/skills/directing-the-event && 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
directing-the-event
GitHub stars
234
Token cost
~191 tokens
SKILL.md length
42 words
Files
2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
16
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when the marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme, hydration-point logistics, crowd zones, start times, or expected participant counts.

  • Works in 2 steps: Characteristics: Define the theme,… → Logistics: Set start times and expected…
  • The marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme
  • SKILL.md covers Instructions and Tools
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Directing The Event is an agent skill from GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition. Use when the marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme, hydration-point logistics, crowd zones, start times, or expected participant counts. Triggered when the request describes the feel or operational logistics of the race rather than its physical route.

Its SKILL.md is about 190 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/tools.py`).

The repository describes itself as: The open source multi-agent simulation from the Developer Keynote at Google Cloud Next '26. A deployable reference architecture for autonomous AI agents using Gemini and ADK. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • The marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme
  • Hydration-point logistics
  • Expected participant counts

Example prompts

  • “/directing-the-event”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Characteristics: Define the theme, hydration points, and crowd zones.
  2. Logistics: Set start times and expected participant counts.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 26efc1b. 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 1 file in scripts/ (Python), 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

Directing The Event loads about 191 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 42 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~74
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~191

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition at commit 26efc1b, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© GoogleCloudPlatform). 42 words, ~191 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/directing-the-event/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
directing-the-event
description
Use when the marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme, hydration-point logistics, crowd zones, start times, or expected participant counts. Triggered when the request describes the feel or operational logistics of the race rather than its physical route.
license
Apache-2.0
metadata.adk_additional_tools
plan_marathon_event

Directing the Event

You use this skill to define the "soul" and logistics of the marathon.

Instructions

  1. Characteristics: Define the theme, hydration points, and crowd zones.
  2. Logistics: Set start times and expected participant counts.

Tools

  • plan_marathon_event(requirements, tool_context): Define event parameters.

© GoogleCloudPlatform, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in agents/planner/skills/directing-the-event of GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/tools.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 26efc1b

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Event Store Designwshobson/agents40k9 repos~828Automated safety check: PassMIT
Direction Pickernexu-io/open-design100k—~472Automated safety check: WarnApache-2.0

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Questions about Directing The Event

What does Directing The Event do?

A skill your agent uses when the marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme, hydration-point logistics, crowd zones, start times, or expected participant counts. Directing The Event is an agent skill from GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition. Use when the marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme, hydration-point logistics, crowd zones, start times, or expected participant counts.

When should I use Directing The Event?

Directing The Event fits situations like: the marathon plan needs non-spatial event parameters defined: theme; hydration-point logistics; expected participant counts.

How do I install Directing The Event in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Directing The Event in Codex?

Run `npx skills add GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition --skill directing-the-event -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (agents/planner/skills/directing-the-event in GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition) into .agents/skills/directing-the-event in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Directing The Event 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 GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition --skill directing-the-event -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/directing-the-event, .gemini/skills/directing-the-event, .github/skills/directing-the-event and .opencode/skills/directing-the-event in your project.

What does Directing The Event need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Directing The Event needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Directing The Event 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 Directing The Event 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Directing The Event use?

Directing The Event is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Directing The Event use?

About 191 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 764 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 Directing The Event?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Directing The Event: Events (coreyhaines31/marketingskills, 54k stars), Parameters (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Event Sourcing Architect (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars) and Event Store Design (wshobson/agents, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Directing The Event?

GoogleCloudPlatform (a GitHub organization) maintains it in GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition, which has 234 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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