Show KERNEL help. An agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.

Apache-2.0Auto-check: notes

Install Help

skills CLI
$ npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill help -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins help --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/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ariaxhan/kernel-claude/skills/help .claude/skills/help && 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
help
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
801 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
686
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Show KERNEL help. An agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.

  • Works in 4 steps: Is the session-start hook output… → Which profile is active? (local, github,… → Are there active contracts or pending… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Core Workflow (kind: workflow), Quality & Review (kind:…, Learning & Observability and State Operations (kind:…, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Help is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Show KERNEL help. The unified skill system, state operations, agents, current plugin status. Triggers: help, how, what, skills, commands.

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.

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT plugins, skills, and resources. The 1 Codex Marketplace. See live plugins at: https://hol.org/plugins/best-codex-plugins. The licence is Apache-2.0.

Example prompts

  • “/help”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash, Grep, Glob

Workflow steps

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

  1. Is the session-start hook output visible? (Look for "# KERNEL" at conversation start)
  2. Which profile is active? (local, github, github-oss, github-production)
  3. Are there active contracts or pending reviews in AgentDB?
  4. Report what you see, don't just recite docs.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 78497e5. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Bash
    • Grep
    • Glob

    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

Help loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 801 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Grep, Glob

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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins at commit 78497e5, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© hashgraph-online). 801 words, ~1,947 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/help/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
help
description
Show KERNEL help. The unified skill system, state operations, agents, current plugin status. Triggers: help, how, what, skills, commands.
allowed-tools
Read, Bash, Grep, Glob
user-invocable
true
kernel.kind
methodology
kernel.version
1
kernel.side_effects
none
kernel.confirmation
none
<skill id="help">
<purpose>
Quick reference for KERNEL v9.11.0.
One primitive: skills (methodology, workflows, state transitions, validators,
operators). Agents, manifests, philosophy, and current plugin status.
</purpose>

<host_invocation> Claude Code invokes skills as /kernel:<name>. Codex invokes them as $kernel:<name>. Tables below use Claude Code syntax; Codex users replace the leading slash with a dollar sign. </host_invocation>

<on_start> Before showing help, check the actual state of the plugin as loaded in your context:

  1. Is the session-start hook output visible? (Look for "# KERNEL" at conversation start)
  2. Which profile is active? (local, github, github-oss, github-production)
  3. Are there active contracts or pending reviews in AgentDB?
  4. Report what you see, don't just recite docs.
bash
agentdb recall "<feature> <subsystem> <files/symbols> <error/outcome>" --global

</on_start>

<getting_started>

What you wantWhat to type
Set up a new project/kernel:init
Start working on anything/kernel:ingest + describe task
Run autonomously overnight/kernel:forge + describe goal
Explore approaches creatively/kernel:dream + describe problem
Debug something broken/kernel:debug + describe symptom
Save progress before stopping/kernel:handoff
</getting_started>

<skills_reference>

Core Workflow (kind: workflow)

SkillPurposeWhen to use
/kernel:ingestGuided entry, classify, scope, executeDefault for any task. Human confirms each phase.
/kernel:forgeAutonomous engine, heat/hammer/quench/annealRun overnight. Iterates until antifragile or reports why not.
/kernel:dreamCreative exploration, 3 perspectives + stress testWhen you need competing approaches before committing.
/kernel:debugDiagnosis before prescriptionBugs, regressions, or mapping a refactor. Bug mode and refactor mode.
/kernel:simplifyCut cyclomatic complexity with AST-aware budgets, regression diffs, and a project gateJungle code, god functions, after any AI-written branchy function. A number, not an opinion.

Quality & Review (kind: validator)

SkillPurposeWhen to use
/kernel:validatePre-commit gates, build, lint, test, securityBefore every commit. Blocks on failure.
/kernel:tearitapartCritical pre-implementation reviewBefore tier 2+ work. Verdict: PROCEED/REVISE/RETHINK.
/kernel:reviewCode review for PRs or staged changesBefore merging. >80% confidence threshold.

Learning & Observability

SkillPurposeWhen to use
/kernel:retrospectiveCross-session learning synthesisWhen 5+ learnings accumulated. Clusters, deduplicates, promotes patterns into project hooks/agents/skills.
/kernel:metricsObservability dashboardCheck session stats, agent success rates, hook health, learning utilization.

State Operations (kind: state_transition) — json-first

SkillEmitsWhen to use
/kernel:handoffkernel.handoff/v1 json manifestEnding a session. Pins provenance, decisions, phases, context policy + budget.
/kernel:checkpointkernel.checkpoint/v1 json manifestMID-task save: safe context reset without full handoff ceremony.
/kernel:retrospectivekernel.retrospective-result/v1 mutation record5+ learnings accumulated; promotes via artifact ladder.
/kernel:ingest (resume)kernel.context-receipt/v1Resuming: validates the manifest, checks divergence, compiles bounded context.

Manifest CLI: orchestration/manifest/kernel-manifest (validate | latest | divergence | preflight | compile | resume | activate | deactivate). Context policies: sealed (hook-blocked forbidden globs) | bounded (extra loads ledgered) | advisory. Details: docs/MIGRATION-8.md.

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Setup

SkillPurposeWhen to use
/kernel:initConfirm Vaults, create missing data dirs and three safe helper linksOnce per machine, or helper-link recovery.
/kernel:helpThis helpWhen you need a reminder.
</skills_reference>

<flow_examples> Typical flows, skills chain together:

New feature: ingest → (dream if complex) → tearitapart → execute → validate → review → handoff

Bug fix: diagnose → ingest (with diagnosis) → validate → review

Overnight autonomous: forge (runs heat/hammer/quench/anneal loop, ships when antifragile)

End of session: retrospective (if learnings accumulated) → handoff

Long task, context filling up: checkpoint → /clear → ingest (auto-discovers the checkpoint, resumes bounded) </flow_examples>

<tiers>
Tier by reversibility x silence x blast radius; file count is only a weak hint.
TierRisk profileYour RoleSkills involved
1easy to undo, loud if wrongExecute directlyingest → validate
2persistent or moderately quietOrchestrate, spawn surgeoningest → tearitapart → validate → review
3hard to undo, quiet, wide blastOrchestrate, surgeon + adversaryingest → tearitapart → validate → review
</tiers>
<agents>
These are Claude Code agent definitions. Codex does not register the files as native
agents; KERNEL applies the role contracts to available Codex subagents.
AgentRole
SurgeonMinimal diff implementation. Only touches contract-listed files.
AdversaryQA, assumes broken, finds edge cases, proves with evidence.
ReviewerCode review with APPROVE/REQUEST CHANGES/COMMENT verdict.
ResearcherFinds proven solutions and anti-patterns before coding.
ScoutCodebase reconnaissance, maps structure, detects tooling.
ValidatorPre-commit quality gate, build, types, lint, tests, security.
DreamerMulti-perspective debate, minimalist/maximalist/pragmatist.
</agents>
<lifecycle>
Claude Code runs the full declared plugin lifecycle. Codex runs supported synchronous
events, including SessionStart and write guards, but skips asynchronous command hooks
and has no plugin SessionEnd event. In Codex, use `$kernel:handoff` explicitly when
durable end-of-session state is required.
</lifecycle>
<philosophy>
<principle id="research_first">Research anti-patterns before solutions. Most problems are already solved.</principle>
<principle id="tests_first">Define success before coding. Tests before implementation.</principle>
<principle id="agentdb">Recall task context before acting. Recall again as the task changes. Write at end.</principle>
<principle id="big5">Big 5: input validation, edge cases, error handling, duplication, complexity.</principle>
<principle id="builtin">Built-in beats library. Library beats custom. Prove you need complexity.</principle>
</philosophy>
<tips>
- **Be specific**: "Add rate limiting to /api/upload" > "make it more secure"
- **Use the right skill**: diagnose for bugs, dream for design, ingest for everything else
- **Check metrics**: `/kernel:metrics` shows if learnings are being used or ignored
- **Save deliberately**: `/kernel:checkpoint` mid-task or `/kernel:handoff` before a session boundary
- **Run retrospective**: After several sessions, synthesize what you've learned
</tips>
</skill>

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Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/ariaxhan/kernel-claude/skills/help of hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 78497e5

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Questions about Help

What does Help do?

Show KERNEL help. An agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Help is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Show KERNEL help.

How do I install Help in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill help -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ariaxhan/kernel-claude/skills/help in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .claude/skills/help in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Help in Codex?

Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill help -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ariaxhan/kernel-claude/skills/help in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .agents/skills/help in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Help 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill help -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/help, .gemini/skills/help, .github/skills/help and .opencode/skills/help in your project.

What does Help need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Help is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash, Grep, Glob.

Does Help 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 Help safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Help use?

Help is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Help use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.8k 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 Help?

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Who maintains Help?

hashgraph-online (a GitHub organization) maintains it in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins, which has 1,242 GitHub stars. The repository holds 686 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.