Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/setup into .claude/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", 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.
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 guaardvark/guaardvark --skill setup -a codex
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/setup into .agents/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", 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 guaardvark/guaardvark --skill setup -a cursor
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/setup into .cursor/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", 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.
--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 guaardvark/guaardvark --skill setup -a gemini-cli
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/setup into .gemini/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", 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 guaardvark/guaardvark setup
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 guaardvark/guaardvark --skill setup -a github-copilot
Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/setup into .github/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", 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 guaardvark/guaardvark --skill setup -a opencode
OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
Install the "setup" agent skill from https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark/tree/main/.agents/skills/setup into .opencode/skills/setup/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "setup", 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
setup
GitHub stars
251
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
525 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT
At a glance
Connect this agent to a running Guaardvark (self-hosted AI studio) and check what it can do right now.
Works in 2 steps: MCP tools (preferred when present): the… → REST for everything the MCP policy does…
Mentions Guaardvark
SKILL.md covers Where it is, Two ways to drive it, Before generating anything and Skills in this pack
Calls python, curl and docker
What it does
Setup is an agent skill from guaardvark/guaardvark. Connect this agent to a running Guaardvark (self-hosted AI studio) and check what it can do right now. Use first when the user mentions Guaardvark, asks to generate images/video/music/voice locally, run a Film Crew, train a LoRA, launch a swarm, or when a guaardvark MCP tool is missing or a call fails with "not reachable" / "plugin offline".
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 AI & LLM Engineering, covering MCP servers, Fine-tuning and Image generation. It works with Model Context Protocol, ComfyUI and Python. The repository describes itself as: The self-hosted AI studio: local video, image, music, voice, LoRA training, coding swarms, RAG and screen agents on one GPU, driven from the Studio or by your coding agent… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
Mentions Guaardvark
Asks to generate images/video/music/voice locally
Run a Film Crew
A guaardvark MCP tool is missing
Example prompts
“not reachable”
“plugin offline”
“/setup”
Requirements
Python 3
Docker
Workflow steps
2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
1MCP tools (preferred when present): the guaardvark MCP server exposes chat, RAG, memory,
2REST for everything the MCP policy does not expose (voice cloning, sound effects, upscaling, batches,
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e01818. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python
curl
docker
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl and docker, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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
Setup loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 87 tokens; SKILL.md has 525 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Always· name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~87
When it runs· the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k
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.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/setup/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
setup
description
Connect this agent to a running Guaardvark (self-hosted AI studio) and check what it can do right now. Use first when the user mentions Guaardvark, asks to generate images/video/music/voice locally, run a Film Crew, train a LoRA, launch a swarm, or when a guaardvark MCP tool is missing or a call fails with "not reachable" / "plugin offline".
Guaardvark: connect and check
Guaardvark runs on the user's own machine. Everything below is local; nothing leaves the box.
Where it is
Backend URL: ${GUAARDVARK_URL:-http://localhost:5000}. The macOS default port is 5055
(AirPlay owns 5000). The web UI is on port 5173 in dev, or the same port as the backend in Docker.
Health: !curl -sf ${GUAARDVARK_URL:-http://localhost:5000}/api/health || curl -sf http://localhost:5055/api/health || echo "backend not reachable on 5000 or 5055"
Plugins: !curl -sf ${GUAARDVARK_URL:-http://localhost:5000}/api/plugins/status || echo "plugin status unavailable"
If the backend is not reachable, tell the user to start it from the Guaardvark checkout
(./start.sh, or docker compose up), then retry. Do not try to start it yourself.
Two ways to drive it
MCP tools (preferred when present): the guaardvark MCP server exposes chat, RAG, memory,
code intelligence, file processing, web fetch, image/video/animation/music-video/film-crew
generation, songs and speech (generate_music, generate_speech),
get_generation_status for any queued batch or song, outreach drafting and GPU/log
inspection. Generation tools queue by default over MCP and return a batch id. In Claude Code they appear as
mcp__guaardvark__<tool> after python -m backend.mcp install, or as
mcp__plugin_guaardvark_guaardvark__<tool> when the plugin was installed from the marketplace. Install once from the checkout:bash
python -m backend.mcp install # writes the server entry into every detected client: Claude Code, Codex,
# Cursor, Grok, Antigravity, opencode, Claude Desktop, Zed, Gemini
python -m backend.mcp doctor # self-test + stale-config scan
python -m backend.mcp list-tools # what is exposed right now
Restart the client after installing so it re-reads its MCP config.
REST for everything the MCP policy does not expose (voice cloning, sound effects, upscaling, batches,
cast/LoRA training, swarm launch, interconnector, plugins). Use curl against the backend URL.
Responses are wrapped as {"success": bool, "data": {...}, "message": str} on most routes; a few
older routes return the bare object. Read data when it is present.
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Before generating anything
GPU services are plugins. Check GET /api/plugins/status; a generation route answers 503 when
its plugin is not running. Start one with POST /api/plugins/<id>/start where <id> is
comfyui (image + video), audio_foundry (voice, music, FX), upscaling, lora_trainer,
swarm. Only one heavy model owns the GPU at a time; the orchestrator evicts Ollama for video
and vice versa, so a first call after a switch is slow. inspect_gpu (MCP) shows who holds it.
Installed models: GET /api/batch-video/models and GET /api/batch-image/models list every
registry entry with capabilities; check is_ready before naming a model. Nothing downloads
without an explicit Install, so if a model is missing say so and offer
POST /api/batch-video/models/download {"model_id": "..."} (or the image route with
{"model_path": "..."}).
Outputs land under data/outputs/ in the checkout and are also served read-only over MCP as
guaardvark://outputs/... resources.
Skills in this pack
Skill
Use for
image
one image, edits, cast characters, batch image runs
video
one clip, image-to-video, first/last frame, batch video runs, MiniMax H3 with sound
music-video
a song in, a beat-cut music video out, with the approval gate
film-crew
screenplay to finished short: writer, casting, storyboards, render, edit
voice
narration, TTS, consent-gated voice cloning
music
full songs with lyrics, instrumentals, sound effects
upscale
2x to 8K upscaling of images and video
cast
Cast Library subjects and LoRA training for consistent characters
models
add any Hugging Face model or LoRA from a URL
swarm
parallel coding agents in git worktrees from a plan file
knowledge
the user's indexed documents, memory, web fetch
code
code search, repository map, self-improvement status
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in guaardvark/guaardvark, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Setup next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
Generate images, video, audio, and 3D with Comfy Cloud — search hundreds of models and workflow templates, run custom ComfyUI workflows, and manage generation jobs through the hosted Comfy Cloud MCP…
Run registered ComfyUI workflows through the fast comfyui-skill CLI, and use the official local Comfy MCP for live template, node, model, validation, and orchestration capabilities.
Drive the VibeComfy package to discover ComfyUI workflows, load ready Python templates, edit and compose them in a VibeWorkflow IR, validate, and execute either embedded locally, against an existing…
Build consistent characters, environments and props in Guaardvark's Cast Library and train LoRAs for them locally (reference photos → vision bible → sample plan → approved samples → training).
Generate or edit images on the user's own GPU through Guaardvark: single images, instruction edits, background cut-outs, inpaint and outpaint, consistent characters from the Cast Library, and batch…
Generate full songs with vocals or instrumentals (ACE-Step) and sound effects or ambience (Stable Audio Open) on the user's GPU through Guaardvark's Audio Foundry.
Operate a running Guaardvark: GPU and VRAM state, plugin start/stop, logs, Celery tasks, the Interconnector sync to other machines, overnight RAG autoresearch, and infographics.
Launch and watch Guaardvark's Swarm Orchestrator: parallel coding agents, each in its own git worktree, working a markdown plan and merging back deterministically.
Connect this agent to a running Guaardvark (self-hosted AI studio) and check what it can do right now. Setup is an agent skill from guaardvark/guaardvark. Connect this agent to a running Guaardvark (self-hosted AI studio) and check what it can do right now.
When should I use Setup?
Setup fits situations like: mentions Guaardvark; asks to generate images/video/music/voice locally; run a Film Crew; A guaardvark MCP tool is missing.
How do I install Setup in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/setup in guaardvark/guaardvark) into .claude/skills/setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Setup in Codex?
Run `npx skills add guaardvark/guaardvark --skill setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/setup in guaardvark/guaardvark) into .agents/skills/setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Setup 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 guaardvark/guaardvark --skill setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/setup, .gemini/skills/setup, .github/skills/setup and .opencode/skills/setup in your project.
What does Setup need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Setup needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python, curl and docker). Our summary lists: Python 3; Docker.
Does Setup access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl and docker, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Setup 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 Setup use?
Setup 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 Setup use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k 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 Setup?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Setup: Comfy (Comfy-Org/comfy-skills, 219 stars), Civitai (artokun/comfyui-mcp, 793 stars), Comfyui Skill Openclaw (HuangYuChuh/ComfyUI_Skills_OpenClaw, 411 stars) and ComfyUI Custom Node Builder (ConstantineB6/comfy-pilot, 230 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Setup?
guaardvark (a GitHub user) maintains it in guaardvark/guaardvark, which has 251 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: guaardvark/guaardvark on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.
