Agent skill

Auto Skill

by grandamenium in grandamenium/cortextos

You just completed a complex task that required 8+ distinct tool calls, or you noticed you are solving the same type of problem for the third time.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Auto Skill

skills CLI

$ npx skills add grandamenium/cortextos --skill auto-skill -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install grandamenium/cortextos auto-skill --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/grandamenium/cortextos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill .claude/skills/auto-skill && 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 "auto-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos/tree/main/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill into .claude/skills/auto-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "auto-skill", 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/grandamenium/cortextos/tree/main/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill

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 grandamenium/cortextos --skill auto-skill -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install grandamenium/cortextos auto-skill --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill .agents/skills/auto-skill && 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 "auto-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos/tree/main/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill into .agents/skills/auto-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "auto-skill", 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 grandamenium/cortextos --skill auto-skill -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install grandamenium/cortextos auto-skill --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill .cursor/skills/auto-skill && 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 "auto-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos/tree/main/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill into .cursor/skills/auto-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "auto-skill", 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/grandamenium/cortextos.git --path community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill

--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 grandamenium/cortextos --skill auto-skill -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install grandamenium/cortextos auto-skill --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/grandamenium/cortextos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill .gemini/skills/auto-skill && 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 "auto-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos/tree/main/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill into .gemini/skills/auto-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "auto-skill", 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 grandamenium/cortextos auto-skill

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 grandamenium/cortextos --skill auto-skill -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill .github/skills/auto-skill && 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 "auto-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos/tree/main/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill into .github/skills/auto-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "auto-skill", 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 grandamenium/cortextos --skill auto-skill -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 grandamenium/cortextos auto-skill --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill .opencode/skills/auto-skill && 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 "auto-skill" agent skill from https://github.com/grandamenium/cortextos/tree/main/community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill into .opencode/skills/auto-skill/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "auto-skill", 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: auto-skill
GitHub stars: 101
Token cost: ~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length: 362 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 55
Repo updated: Sep 23, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

You just completed a complex task that required 8+ distinct tool calls, or you noticed you are solving the same type of problem for the third time.

Works in 5 steps: Post-Task Detection Check → Draft the Skill → Self-Review Before Saving → …
Tasks that involve Skill authoring
SKILL.md covers Step 1: Post-Task Detection…, Step 2: Draft the Skill, Step 3: Self-Review Before… and Step 4: Log and Notify, plus 3 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Auto Skill is an agent skill from grandamenium/cortextos. You just completed a complex task that required 8+ distinct tool calls, or you noticed you are solving the same type of problem for the third time. Create a skill candidate draft so this workflow can be reused in future sessions without rediscovery. Draft goes to skills/drafts/ — never auto-activates until the user approves.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k 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 Skill authoring. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Skill authoring

Example prompts

“/auto-skill”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Post-Task Detection Check
Draft the Skill
Self-Review Before Saving
Log and Notify
Handling Approval Responses

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6f93838. 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 (its code samples are bash and markdown).
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

Auto Skill loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 362 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.5k

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 grandamenium/cortextos at commit 6f93838, republished under its MIT licence (© grandamenium). 362 words, ~1,473 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/auto-skill/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: auto-skill
description: You just completed a complex task that required 8+ distinct tool calls, or you noticed you are solving the same type of problem for the third time. Create a skill candidate draft so this workflow can be reused in future sessions without rediscovery. Draft goes to skills/drafts/ — never auto-activates until the user approves.
triggers: create skill, draft skill, skill candidate, auto-skill, I've done this before, skill from task, save this workflow, make this a skill, approve skill, reject…

Auto-Skill Creation

When you complete a complex task with 8+ tool calls, or recognise a repeating pattern, draft a skill candidate. Drafts stage in skills/drafts/ until approved — they are never auto-loaded into live sessions.

Step 1: Post-Task Detection Check

After completing any task, run this self-check:

Tool call count: Did this task require 8+ distinct tool calls for a coherent workflow?
Recurrence: Does your daily memory show this same task type appearing 3+ times across different dates?
Existing skill: Does a skill for this already exist in .claude/skills/? If yes, stop — consider proposing a patch instead.
Repeatability: Is this task type likely to recur, or was it a one-off?

If yes to 1 or 2, AND no to 3, AND yes to 4 → create a draft.

Do NOT draft for:

Routine heartbeat operations
One-off research tasks
Tasks already covered by existing skills
Simple single-step operations

Step 2: Draft the Skill

Create the draft at skills/drafts/[skill-name]/SKILL.md:

bash

mkdir -p skills/drafts/[skill-name]

Use this template:

markdown

---
name: skill-name-here
description: One sentence, max 100 chars. What this skill does and when to use it.
created: YYYY-MM-DD
created_by: auto
trigger: "Natural language description of when this skill fires"
source_task_id: TASK-ID-THAT-GENERATED-THIS
version: 1
status: draft
---

## Purpose

[What this skill does. 2-3 sentences max.]

## When to Use

[Specific conditions that should trigger this skill. Be concrete.]

## Inputs Required

- `$PARAM_1` — description
- `$PARAM_2` — description (optional)

## Steps

1. [Step 1 — specific, actionable]
2. [Step 2]
3. ...

## Output

[What gets created or sent when this skill completes.]

## Approval Gate

[Does any step require user approval? Specify exactly which step.]

## Notes / Edge Cases

[Known failure modes, dedup considerations, platform quirks.]

Step 3: Self-Review Before Saving

Before writing the file, check:

description is under 100 characters
No skill with this name exists in .claude/skills/
All steps are actionable — no vague instructions like "handle errors appropriately"
Any step requiring external actions (email, deploy, post, delete) has an explicit approval gate documented
source_task_id is filled in for traceability

If any check fails, revise before saving.

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Step 4: Log and Notify

After saving the draft:

bash

# Log the creation
cortextos bus log-event action skill_draft_created info --meta "{\"skill\":\"[skill-name]\",\"source_task\":\"[task_id]\",\"agent\":\"$CTX_AGENT_NAME\"}"

# Notify orchestrator — it will surface in the next morning digest
cortextos bus send-message $CTX_ORCHESTRATOR_AGENT normal "Skill candidate drafted: [skill-name] — source task [task_id]. Check skills/drafts/[skill-name]/SKILL.md. Awaiting digest review."

The orchestrator includes it in the next morning briefing for the user. The user replies approve [skill-name], reject [skill-name] [reason], or revise [skill-name] [feedback].

Step 5: Handling Approval Responses

When you receive an inbox message with a skill decision:

Approved

bash

# Move from draft to active
mv skills/drafts/[skill-name]/ .claude/skills/[skill-name]/

# Update status field
sed -i '' 's/status: draft/status: active/' .claude/skills/[skill-name]/SKILL.md

# Log activation
cortextos bus log-event action skill_activated info --meta "{\"skill\":\"[skill-name]\",\"agent\":\"$CTX_AGENT_NAME\"}"

# Notify the user
cortextos bus send-telegram $CTX_TELEGRAM_CHAT_ID "Skill activated: [skill-name] is now live and will be used in future sessions."

# ACK the inbox message
cortextos bus ack-inbox [msg_id]

Rejected

bash

# Move to archive with reason recorded
mkdir -p skills/archive/[skill-name]
mv skills/drafts/[skill-name]/SKILL.md skills/archive/[skill-name]/SKILL.md

# Append rejection reason to archived skill
echo "\n## Rejection\nReason: [reason]\nDate: $(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)" >> skills/archive/[skill-name]/SKILL.md

# Log
cortextos bus log-event action skill_rejected info --meta "{\"skill\":\"[skill-name]\",\"reason\":\"[reason]\"}"

cortextos bus ack-inbox [msg_id]

Revise

bash

# Apply feedback and re-save the draft
# Then re-notify orchestrator for another digest cycle
cortextos bus send-message $CTX_ORCHESTRATOR_AGENT normal "Skill candidate [skill-name] revised per feedback. Ready for re-review."
cortextos bus ack-inbox [msg_id]

Draft Lifecycle

State	Location	Loaded at boot?
draft	`skills/drafts/[name]/SKILL.md`	No
active	`.claude/skills/[name]/SKILL.md`	Yes
archived	`skills/archive/[name]/SKILL.md`	No

Drafts older than 14 days with no action: move to skills/archive/ and log skill_expired.

Critical Rules

No automated commits — skill files are never committed without explicit user approval
Draft means invisible — agents do NOT load or execute skills from skills/drafts/
No self-modification — skills never modify other skills (v2 feature)
No external calls without gates — any skill step with external side effects must document its own approval requirement

Files

Just SKILL.md in community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill of grandamenium/cortextos.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6f93838

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Questions about Auto Skill

What does Auto Skill do?

You just completed a complex task that required 8+ distinct tool calls, or you noticed you are solving the same type of problem for the third time. Auto Skill is an agent skill from grandamenium/cortextos. You just completed a complex task that required 8+ distinct tool calls, or you noticed you are solving the same type of problem for the third time.

When should I use Auto Skill?

Auto Skill fits situations like: tasks that involve Skill authoring.

How do I install Auto Skill in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add grandamenium/cortextos --skill auto-skill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (community/agents/security/.claude/skills/auto-skill in grandamenium/cortextos) into .claude/skills/auto-skill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Auto Skill in Codex?

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

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

What does Auto Skill need to run?

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

Does Auto Skill 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 Auto Skill 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 Auto Skill use?

Auto Skill 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 Auto Skill use?

About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.9k 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 Auto Skill?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Auto Skill: Skill Creator (Azure/azqr, 796 stars), Claude Code Skill Developer Guide (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars), Darwin Skill Optimizer (alchaincyf/darwin-skill, 6.2k stars) and Claude Code Command Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Auto Skill?

grandamenium (a GitHub user) maintains it in grandamenium/cortextos, which has 101 GitHub stars. The repository holds 55 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

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

Install Auto Skill

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

Auto-Skill Creation

Step 1: Post-Task Detection Check

Step 2: Draft the Skill

Step 3: Self-Review Before Saving

Step 4: Log and Notify

Step 5: Handling Approval Responses

Approved

Rejected

Revise

Draft Lifecycle

Critical Rules

Files

Compare with similar skills

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