Agent skill

Horse App Structure

Guide for setting up Horse applications, bootstrap program (.dpr), basic console initialization, and registering modules.

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Install Horse App Structure

skills CLI

$ npx skills add HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HashLoad/horse horse-app-structure --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/HashLoad/horse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/doc/skills/horse-app-structure .claude/skills/horse-app-structure && 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 "horse-app-structure" agent skill from https://github.com/HashLoad/horse/tree/master/doc/skills/horse-app-structure into .claude/skills/horse-app-structure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "horse-app-structure", 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/HashLoad/horse/tree/master/doc/skills/horse-app-structure

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 HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HashLoad/horse horse-app-structure --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HashLoad/horse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/doc/skills/horse-app-structure .agents/skills/horse-app-structure && 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 "horse-app-structure" agent skill from https://github.com/HashLoad/horse/tree/master/doc/skills/horse-app-structure into .agents/skills/horse-app-structure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "horse-app-structure", 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 HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HashLoad/horse horse-app-structure --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HashLoad/horse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/doc/skills/horse-app-structure .cursor/skills/horse-app-structure && 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 "horse-app-structure" agent skill from https://github.com/HashLoad/horse/tree/master/doc/skills/horse-app-structure into .cursor/skills/horse-app-structure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "horse-app-structure", 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/HashLoad/horse.git --path doc/skills/horse-app-structure

--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 HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install HashLoad/horse horse-app-structure --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/HashLoad/horse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/doc/skills/horse-app-structure .gemini/skills/horse-app-structure && 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 "horse-app-structure" agent skill from https://github.com/HashLoad/horse/tree/master/doc/skills/horse-app-structure into .gemini/skills/horse-app-structure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "horse-app-structure", 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 HashLoad/horse horse-app-structure

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 HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HashLoad/horse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/doc/skills/horse-app-structure .github/skills/horse-app-structure && 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 "horse-app-structure" agent skill from https://github.com/HashLoad/horse/tree/master/doc/skills/horse-app-structure into .github/skills/horse-app-structure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "horse-app-structure", 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 HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -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 HashLoad/horse horse-app-structure --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/HashLoad/horse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/doc/skills/horse-app-structure .opencode/skills/horse-app-structure && 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 "horse-app-structure" agent skill from https://github.com/HashLoad/horse/tree/master/doc/skills/horse-app-structure into .opencode/skills/horse-app-structure/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "horse-app-structure", 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: horse-app-structure
GitHub stars: 1.4k
Token cost: ~716 tokens
SKILL.md length: 167 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 23
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Guide for setting up Horse applications, bootstrap program (.dpr), basic console initialization, and registering modules.

Works in 2 steps: Keep Controllers stateless: Do not store… → Uses Sequence: Ensure modules containing…
SKILL.md covers Application Bootstrap (.dpr), Modular Architecture and Thread-Safe Data Access &…
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Horse App Structure is an agent skill from HashLoad/horse. Guide for setting up Horse applications, bootstrap program (.dpr), basic console initialization, and registering modules.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 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: Fast, opinionated, minimalist web framework for Delphi. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

“/horse-app-structure”

Workflow steps

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

Keep Controllers stateless: Do not store request-specific variables as fields in a controller class unless they are thread-safe.
Uses Sequence: Ensure modules containing business services or repository layers are decoupled from the HTTP transport layer (Horse units).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d4351a5. 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 pascal).
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

Horse App Structure loads about 716 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 35 tokens; SKILL.md has 167 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~35
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~716

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 HashLoad/horse at commit d4351a5, republished under its MIT licence (© HashLoad). 167 words, ~716 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/horse-app-structure/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: horse-app-structure
description: Guide for setting up Horse applications, bootstrap program (.dpr), basic console initialization, and registering modules.

Horse App Structure

Application Bootstrap (.dpr)

A standard Horse application is typically configured as a Delphi Console Application ({$APPTYPE CONSOLE}).

pascal

program MyHorseApp;

{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  System.SysUtils,
  Horse,
  Horse.Jhonson,
  Horse.CORS;

begin
  // 1. Opt-in for the High-Performance Radix Tree Router (highly recommended)
  THorse.UseRadixRouter;

  // 2. Register Global Middlewares
  THorse
    .Use(CORS)
    .Use(Jhonson);

  // 3. Register Routes / Controllers
  THorse.Get('/ping',
    procedure(Req: THorseRequest; Res: THorseResponse; Next: TProc)
    begin
      Res.Send('pong');
    end);

  // 4. Start Server with Listen Callback (prevents sequential execution blocking)
  THorse.Listen(9000,
    procedure
    begin
      Writeln('Server is running on port ' + THorse.Port.ToString);
    end);
end.

Modular Architecture

For production grade projects, keep the .dpr file clean by delegating route definitions to specialized Controller classes:

Keep Controllers stateless: Do not store request-specific variables as fields in a controller class unless they are thread-safe.
Uses Sequence: Ensure modules containing business services or repository layers are decoupled from the HTTP transport layer (Horse units).

Thread-Safe Data Access & Database Connections

Horse is inherently multithreaded (each request runs on a separate worker thread). Accessing a database inside a route handler requires strict thread safety to avoid memory corruption, race conditions, or application crashes (Access Violations):

NEVER share connection components globally: Do not put a global TFDConnection or query component in your Controller or DataModule and share it across handlers.
Local instantiation (Thread-local): Always create the connection and query components inside the route handler, and release them in a try...finally block (Delphi XE7+ compatible):

pascal

procedure GetCustomerHandler(Req: THorseRequest; Res: THorseResponse; Next: TProc);
var
  LConnection: TFDConnection;
  LQuery: TFDQuery;
 begin
  LConnection := TFDConnection.Create(nil);
  LQuery := TFDQuery.Create(nil);
  try
    // Configure connection locally (preferably utilizing FireDAC Connection Pooling)
    LConnection.ConnectionDefName := 'MyPooledConnectionDef';
    LConnection.Connected := True;
    
    LQuery.Connection := LConnection;
    LQuery.SQL.Text := 'SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE ID = :ID';
    LQuery.ParamByName('ID').AsInteger := Req.Params.Field('id').AsInteger;
    LQuery.Open;
    
    Res.Send(LQuery.ToJSONArray);
  finally
    LQuery.Free;
    LConnection.Free;
  end;
end;

Files

Just SKILL.md in doc/skills/horse-app-structure of HashLoad/horse.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d4351a5

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Questions about Horse App Structure

What does Horse App Structure do?

Guide for setting up Horse applications, bootstrap program (.dpr), basic console initialization, and registering modules. Horse App Structure is an agent skill from HashLoad/horse.dpr), basic console initialization, and registering modules.

How do I install Horse App Structure in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (doc/skills/horse-app-structure in HashLoad/horse) into .claude/skills/horse-app-structure in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Horse App Structure in Codex?

Run `npx skills add HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (doc/skills/horse-app-structure in HashLoad/horse) into .agents/skills/horse-app-structure in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Horse App Structure 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 HashLoad/horse --skill horse-app-structure -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/horse-app-structure, .gemini/skills/horse-app-structure, .github/skills/horse-app-structure and .opencode/skills/horse-app-structure in your project.

What does Horse App Structure need to run?

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

Does Horse App Structure 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 Horse App Structure 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 Horse App Structure use?

Horse App Structure 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 Horse App Structure use?

About 716 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 Horse App Structure?

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Who maintains Horse App Structure?

HashLoad (a GitHub organization) maintains it in HashLoad/horse, which has 1,377 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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

Horse App Structure

Install Horse App Structure

Facts

At a glance

What it does

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Horse App Structure

Application Bootstrap (.dpr)

Modular Architecture

Thread-Safe Data Access & Database Connections

Files

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Questions about Horse App Structure