Hermes Agent Skill Authoring
NousResearch/hermes-agent
Author in-repo SKILL.md files: frontmatter and structure. An agent skill from NousResearch/hermes-agent.
A skill your agent uses when reading or authoring a self-declared pact — carries the two modes, the clear-weather rule and the exact blind spot of the check that enforces it, the flag discipline for…
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Install Mast
$ npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers mast --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast .claude/skills/mast && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "mast" agent skill from https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers/tree/main/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast into .claude/skills/mast/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mast", 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 install https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers/tree/main/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mastType 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.
$ npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers mast --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast .agents/skills/mast && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "mast" agent skill from https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers/tree/main/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast into .agents/skills/mast/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mast", 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.
$ npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers mast --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast .cursor/skills/mast && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "mast" agent skill from https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers/tree/main/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast into .cursor/skills/mast/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mast", 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 https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.git --path ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers mast --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast .gemini/skills/mast && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "mast" agent skill from https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers/tree/main/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast into .gemini/skills/mast/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mast", 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.
$ gh skill install Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers mastInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast .github/skills/mast && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "mast" agent skill from https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers/tree/main/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast into .github/skills/mast/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mast", 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.
$ npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers mast --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast .opencode/skills/mast && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "mast" agent skill from https://github.com/Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers/tree/main/ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast into .opencode/skills/mast/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "mast", 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
mast- GitHub stars
- 114
- Token cost
- ~1.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,093 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 42
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when reading or authoring a self-declared pact — carries the two modes, the clear-weather rule and the exact blind spot of the check that enforces it, the flag discipline for…
- Works in 4 steps: Derives the mandatory clause and… → Replaces a block; never appends a… → Stamps Budgets only, where the grammar… → …
- Authoring a self-declared pact — carries the two modes
- SKILL.md covers Two modes, Recite first, measure second, The flags, and the honest cost… and The clear-weather rule, and…, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Mast is an agent skill from Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers. Use when reading or authoring a self-declared pact — carries the two modes, the clear-weather rule and the exact blind spot of the check that enforces it, the flag discipline for a budget whose keys are mostly unobservable, the rules the pact writer guarantees, and the anti-patterns that would turn a pact-keeper into a gate
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: A set of Claude Code and GitHub Copilot plugins providing the AI Literacy framework's complete development workflow — harness engineering, agent orchestration, literate….
When your agent uses it
- Authoring a self-declared pact — carries the two modes
- The clear-weather rule and the exact blind spot of the check that enforces it
- The flag discipline for a budget whose keys are mostly unobservable
- The rules the pact writer guarantees
Example prompts
- “/mast”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Derives the mandatory clause and reserved marker from the template,
- Replaces a block; never appends a second. A duplicate heading is
- Stamps Budgets only, where the grammar defines the stamps.
- Preserves the preamble — which is the only content genuinely outside
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9d35995. 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
Mast loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 83 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,093 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
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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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,093 words (~1,902 tokens).
“A limit you set for yourself in advance holds. A limit you set in the moment you are about to breach it does not — you will simply move it, because the thing you want at 18:00 is to keep…”
- name
- mast
Files
Just SKILL.md in ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast of Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9d35995
Compare with similar skills
Mast 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mast this skillHabitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers | 114 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Hermes Agent Skill AuthoringNousResearch/hermes-agent | 252k | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Configuring Oauth2 Authorization Flowmukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | 34k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Authoring Skillsvercel/next.js | 143k | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Abp Authorizationabpframework/abp | 14k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | LGPL-3.0 | |
| Implementing GCP Binary Authorizationmukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | 34k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Mast
What does Mast do?
A skill your agent uses when reading or authoring a self-declared pact — carries the two modes, the clear-weather rule and the exact blind spot of the check that enforces it, the flag discipline for…. Mast is an agent skill from Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers.
When should I use Mast?
Mast fits situations like: authoring a self-declared pact — carries the two modes; the clear-weather rule and the exact blind spot of the check that enforces it; the flag discipline for a budget whose keys are mostly unobservable; the rules the pact writer guarantees.
How do I install Mast in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast in Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers) into .claude/skills/mast in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Mast in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (ai-literacy-superpowers/skills/mast in Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers) into .agents/skills/mast in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Mast 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 Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers --skill mast -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/mast, .gemini/skills/mast, .github/skills/mast and .opencode/skills/mast in your project.
What does Mast need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Mast is instructions for the agent only.
Does Mast 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 Mast 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 Mast use?
Mast has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Mast use?
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k 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 Mast?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Mast: Hermes Agent Skill Authoring (NousResearch/hermes-agent, 252k stars), Configuring Oauth2 Authorization Flow (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars), Authoring Skills (vercel/next.js, 143k stars) and Abp Authorization (abpframework/abp, 14k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Mast?
Habitat-Thinking (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers, which has 114 GitHub stars. The repository holds 42 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 20, 2026.
Source: Habitat-Thinking/ai-literacy-superpowers on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.