Agent skill

Weekly Synthesis

by heyitsnoah in heyitsnoah/claudesidian

Create a comprehensive synthesis of the week's work and thinking.

MITAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Weekly Synthesis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add heyitsnoah/claudesidian --skill weekly-synthesis -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install heyitsnoah/claudesidian weekly-synthesis --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/heyitsnoah/claudesidian.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/weekly-synthesis .claude/skills/weekly-synthesis && 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
weekly-synthesis
GitHub stars
2.6k
Token cost
~530 tokens
SKILL.md length
96 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Create a comprehensive synthesis of the week's work and thinking.

  • Works in 4 steps: Gather Week's Work → Identify Patterns → Synthesize Learning → …
  • The user asks for a weekly review
  • SKILL.md covers Analysis Process, Output Format and Follow-up Actions
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Weekly Synthesis is an agent skill from heyitsnoah/claudesidian. Create a comprehensive synthesis of the week's work and thinking. Use when the user asks for a weekly review, weekly synthesis, week-in-review, weekly wrap-up, or wants to reflect on the week and plan the next one.

Its SKILL.md is about 530 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 Knowledge Management, covering Journaling and reflection. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for a weekly review
  • Weekly synthesis
  • Wants to reflect on the week and plan the next one

Example prompts

  • “/weekly-synthesis”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Gather Week's Work
  2. Identify Patterns
  3. Synthesize Learning
  4. Assess Progress

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6c56f35. 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 markdown).

    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

Weekly Synthesis loads about 530 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 96 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~530

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 heyitsnoah/claudesidian at commit 6c56f35, republished under its MIT licence (© heyitsnoah). 96 words, ~530 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/weekly-synthesis/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
weekly-synthesis
description
Create a comprehensive synthesis of the week's work and thinking. Use when the user asks for a weekly review, weekly synthesis, week-in-review, weekly wrap-up, or wants to reflect on the week and plan the next one.

Weekly Synthesis

Create a comprehensive synthesis of the week's work and thinking.

Analysis Process

  1. Gather Week's Work

    • All notes created this week
    • All notes modified this week
    • Projects that saw activity
  2. Identify Patterns

    • Recurring themes
    • Common challenges
    • Breakthrough moments
    • Energy patterns (what energized vs drained)
  3. Synthesize Learning

    • Key insights that emerged
    • How thinking evolved
    • Connections discovered
    • Questions answered and raised
  4. Assess Progress

    • Projects advanced
    • Areas maintained
    • Resources added
    • Items archived

Output Format

Create a weekly synthesis note:

markdown
# Weekly Synthesis - Week of [Date]

## Week at a Glance

- Notes created: [X]
- Projects active: [List]
- Major accomplishments: [List]

## Key Themes

### Theme 1: [Name]

- Where it appeared: [contexts]
- Why it matters: [significance]
- Next actions: [what to do]

### Theme 2: [Name]

- Where it appeared: [contexts]
- Why it matters: [significance]
- Next actions: [what to do]

## Major Insights

1. [Insight with context]
2. [Insight with context]

## Progress by Project

### [Project Name]

- What advanced:
- What's blocked:
- Next week's focus:

## Questions Emerged

- [Question 1 - and why it matters]
- [Question 2 - and why it matters]

## Energy Audit

- What gave energy:
- What drained energy:
- What to adjust:

## Connections Made

- [Note A] ←→ [Note B]: [Why significant]
- [Concept X] ←→ [Concept Y]: [New understanding]

## Next Week's Intentions

1. [Primary focus]
2. [Secondary focus]
3. [Thing to explore]

## To Process

- Inbox items: [count]
- Orphaned notes: [list]
- Missing connections: [identified]

Follow-up Actions

  • Archive completed projects
  • Clean up inbox
  • Update project status
  • Plan next week's focus

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/weekly-synthesis of heyitsnoah/claudesidian.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6c56f35

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Questions about Weekly Synthesis

What does Weekly Synthesis do?

Create a comprehensive synthesis of the week's work and thinking. Weekly Synthesis is an agent skill from heyitsnoah/claudesidian. Create a comprehensive synthesis of the week's work and thinking.

When should I use Weekly Synthesis?

Weekly Synthesis fits situations like: the user asks for a weekly review; weekly synthesis; wants to reflect on the week and plan the next one.

How do I install Weekly Synthesis in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Weekly Synthesis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add heyitsnoah/claudesidian --skill weekly-synthesis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/weekly-synthesis in heyitsnoah/claudesidian) into .agents/skills/weekly-synthesis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Weekly Synthesis 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 heyitsnoah/claudesidian --skill weekly-synthesis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/weekly-synthesis, .gemini/skills/weekly-synthesis, .github/skills/weekly-synthesis and .opencode/skills/weekly-synthesis in your project.

What does Weekly Synthesis need to run?

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

Does Weekly Synthesis 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 Weekly Synthesis 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 Weekly Synthesis use?

Weekly Synthesis 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 Weekly Synthesis use?

About 530 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.1k 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 Weekly Synthesis?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Weekly Synthesis: LLM Wiki (lewislulu/llm-wiki-skill, 655 stars), Munger Perspective (alchaincyf/munger-skill, 379 stars), Daily Journal (huytieu/COG-second-brain, 1.3k stars) and Letterboxd Diary (joe-bell/skills, 211 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Weekly Synthesis?

heyitsnoah (a GitHub user) maintains it in heyitsnoah/claudesidian, which has 2,598 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 11, 2026.

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