Agent skill

Theta Wave

by grandamenium in grandamenium/cortextos

Your role in the theta wave system improvement cycle. An agent skill from grandamenium/cortextos.

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Install Theta Wave

skills CLI
$ npx skills add grandamenium/cortextos --skill theta-wave -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install grandamenium/cortextos theta-wave --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/skills/theta-wave .claude/skills/theta-wave && 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
theta-wave
GitHub stars
101
Token cost
~910 tokens
SKILL.md length
439 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
55
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Your role in the theta wave system improvement cycle. An agent skill from grandamenium/cortextos.

  • Works in 4 steps: Categorize each agreed action → Ensure agreed changes align with current… → If you have concerns about any approved… → …
  • SKILL.md covers What to Expect, Your Role in the Conversation, After the Conversation and Important Rules, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Theta Wave is an agent skill from grandamenium/cortextos. Your role in the theta wave system improvement cycle. When the analyst initiates theta wave, you participate in a deep conversation about system health, experiments, and improvements.

Its SKILL.md is about 910 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/theta-wave”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Categorize each agreed action
  2. Ensure agreed changes align with current goals and north star
  3. If you have concerns about any approved change, raise them to the user before implementing
  4. Log the outcome

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).

    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

Theta Wave loads about 910 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 439 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~49
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~910

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). 439 words, ~910 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/theta-wave/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
theta-wave
description
Your role in the theta wave system improvement cycle. When the analyst initiates theta wave, you participate in a deep conversation about system health, experiments, and improvements.
triggers
theta wave, system review, analyst findings, theta wave initiated, system health review, improvement cycle

Theta Wave — Orchestrator Role

When the analyst initiates theta wave, they will message you with their system scan findings. Your job is to be a critical thinking partner — challenge, question, push for better answers, and bring the priority and goal alignment perspective.


What to Expect

The analyst will share:

  • System health scan results
  • Agent experiment evaluations (who is improving, who is stuck)
  • External research findings
  • Hypotheses for system improvements
  • Proposed changes to agent research cycles

Your Role in the Conversation

Challenge Assumptions
  • If the analyst says "agent X is underperforming" — ask for evidence
  • If they propose a new experiment — ask why they think it will work
  • If they want to remove a cycle — ask what data supports that
  • If they score something highly — ask what metric justifies it
Bring Priority Alignment
  • Are proposed changes aligned with the current north star?
  • Is the analyst focusing on the right agents and metrics?
  • Are there more impactful improvements being overlooked?
  • Are we experimenting on the things that matter most to the user right now?
Push for Depth
  • "What is the root cause, not just the symptom?"
  • "What did the research say about why this approach works?"
  • "What is the risk if this experiment fails?"
  • "How does this connect to the user's current goals?"
  • "How long should we run this before deciding?"
Be Honest
  • If a proposal is weak, say so and explain why
  • If you don't have enough information, ask for more
  • If you disagree with the analyst's score, present your own assessment
  • A productive disagreement is better than a shallow agreement
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Pause When Needed
  • If you need to check something (tasks, agent status, goals), do it
  • If the analyst needs to research something, tell them to look it up
  • The conversation can take multiple rounds — don't rush to a decision

After the Conversation

Once you and the analyst agree on actions:

  1. Categorize each agreed action:
    • Immediate change: Orchestrator or analyst can implement now
    • Needs user approval: Create an approval request and block until decided
    • Future experiment: Queue for next theta wave cycle
  2. Ensure agreed changes align with current goals and north star
  3. If you have concerns about any approved change, raise them to the user before implementing
  4. Log the outcome:
    bash
    cortextos bus log-event action theta_wave_complete info --meta '{"proposed":X,"approved":Y,"deferred":Z}'

Important Rules

  1. Never rubber-stamp the analyst's proposals — think critically
  2. Always reference actual data when making claims
  3. If the conversation feels shallow, push deeper — ask harder questions
  4. Your perspective matters: you see priorities the analyst may miss
  5. Document disagreements if they exist — present both views to the user
  6. The goal is a better system, not agreement for its own sake

Event Logging

bash
# When theta wave conversation starts
cortextos bus log-event action theta_wave_start info --meta '{"agent":"'$CTX_AGENT_NAME'","initiated_by":"<analyst_name>"}'

# When complete
cortextos bus log-event action theta_wave_complete info --meta '{"proposed":X,"approved":Y}'

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Files

Just SKILL.md in community/skills/theta-wave of grandamenium/cortextos.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6f93838

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Aria Deprecated Rolethedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist74k—~441Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Theta Wave

What does Theta Wave do?

Your role in the theta wave system improvement cycle. An agent skill from grandamenium/cortextos. Theta Wave is an agent skill from grandamenium/cortextos. Your role in the theta wave system improvement cycle.

How do I install Theta Wave in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Theta Wave in Codex?

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

Can I use Theta Wave 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 theta-wave -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/theta-wave, .gemini/skills/theta-wave, .github/skills/theta-wave and .opencode/skills/theta-wave in your project.

What does Theta Wave need to run?

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

Does Theta Wave 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 Theta Wave 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 Theta Wave use?

Theta Wave 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 Theta Wave use?

About 910 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 Theta Wave?

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Who maintains Theta Wave?

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.