Official agent skill

Hip Author

Guided authoring of Helm Improvement Proposals (HIPs). An agent skill from helm/community.

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Install Hip Author

skills CLI

$ npx skills add helm/community --skill hip-author -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install helm/community hip-author --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/helm/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/hip-author .claude/skills/hip-author && 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 "hip-author" agent skill from https://github.com/helm/community/tree/main/.agents/skills/hip-author into .claude/skills/hip-author/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hip-author", 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/helm/community/tree/main/.agents/skills/hip-author

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 helm/community --skill hip-author -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install helm/community hip-author --agent codex

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

Manual copy

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

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install helm/community hip-author --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/helm/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/hip-author .cursor/skills/hip-author && 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 "hip-author" agent skill from https://github.com/helm/community/tree/main/.agents/skills/hip-author into .cursor/skills/hip-author/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hip-author", 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/helm/community.git --path .agents/skills/hip-author

--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 helm/community --skill hip-author -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install helm/community hip-author --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/helm/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/hip-author .gemini/skills/hip-author && 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 "hip-author" agent skill from https://github.com/helm/community/tree/main/.agents/skills/hip-author into .gemini/skills/hip-author/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hip-author", 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 helm/community hip-author

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 helm/community --skill hip-author -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/helm/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/hip-author .github/skills/hip-author && 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 "hip-author" agent skill from https://github.com/helm/community/tree/main/.agents/skills/hip-author into .github/skills/hip-author/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hip-author", 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 helm/community --skill hip-author -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 helm/community hip-author --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/helm/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/hip-author .opencode/skills/hip-author && 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 "hip-author" agent skill from https://github.com/helm/community/tree/main/.agents/skills/hip-author into .opencode/skills/hip-author/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "hip-author", 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: hip-author
GitHub stars: 496
Token cost: ~2.8k tokens
SKILL.md length: 1,554 words
Files: 2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 1
Repo updated: Sep 17, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: None found

At a glance

Guided authoring of Helm Improvement Proposals (HIPs). An agent skill from helm/community.

Works in 3 steps: Idea Refinement → Section-by-Section Drafting → Assembly and Review
The user wants to write a HIP
SKILL.md covers Phase 1: Idea Refinement, Phase 2: Section-by-Section… and Phase 3: Assembly and Review
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Hip Author is an agent skill from helm/community, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Guided authoring of Helm Improvement Proposals (HIPs). Use this skill when the user wants to write a HIP, create a proposal, draft a HIP, start a new HIP, or mentions writing a Helm Improvement Proposal. Also trigger when the user says things like 'I have an idea for Helm' or 'I want to propose a change to Helm' or 'new proposal' in the context of this repository.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/hip-template.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Container orchestration and Proposals and quotes. The repository describes itself as: Helm community content.

When your agent uses it

The user wants to write a HIP
Create a proposal
Start a new HIP
Mentions writing a Helm Improvement Proposal

Example prompts

“I have an idea for Helm”
“I want to propose a change to Helm”
“new proposal”
“/hip-author”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Idea Refinement
Section-by-Section Drafting
Assembly and Review

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 236e0ac. 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
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- kubernetes.slack.com
- calendar.google.com
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

Hip Author loads about 2.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,554 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~94
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~2.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~4.6k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,554 words (~2,758 tokens).

“This skill walks users through creating a Helm Improvement Proposal from an initial idea to a complete, submission-ready document.”

— opening of SKILL.md by helm

name: hip-author

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/hip-author of helm/community.

SKILL.md
references/hip-template.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 236e0ac

Compare with similar skills

Hip Author 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.

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Hip Author this skillhelm/community	496	—	~2.8k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	19 days ago
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Helm Chart ScaffoldingCybereason-Public/owLSM	280	12 repos	~381	Automated safety check: Pass	GPL-2.0	yesterday
Kubeshark KFL2 Filter Referencekubeshark/kubeshark	12k	—	~3.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	6 days ago

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Questions about Hip Author

What does Hip Author do?

Guided authoring of Helm Improvement Proposals (HIPs). An agent skill from helm/community. Hip Author is an agent skill from helm/community, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Guided authoring of Helm Improvement Proposals (HIPs).

When should I use Hip Author?

Hip Author fits situations like: the user wants to write a HIP; create a proposal; start a new HIP; mentions writing a Helm Improvement Proposal.

How do I install Hip Author in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Hip Author in Codex?

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

Can I use Hip Author 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 helm/community --skill hip-author -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/hip-author, .gemini/skills/hip-author, .github/skills/hip-author and .opencode/skills/hip-author in your project.

What does Hip Author need to run?

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

Does Hip Author access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. As links in the text: kubernetes.slack.com and calendar.google.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Hip Author 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 Hip Author use?

No licence was found for Hip Author or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Hip Author use?

About 2.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Hip Author?

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Who maintains Hip Author?

helm (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in helm/community, which has 496 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on September 17, 2026.

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

Install Hip Author

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Compare with similar skills

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