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addyosmani/agent-skills
Meta-skill for choosing which workflow skill fits the task at hand, plus always-on habits: surface assumptions, stop on confusion, push back, keep it simple and stay in scope.
Detect installed AI coding agents and append honest-feedback rules to their instruction files.
Install Honest Agent
$ npx skills add hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install hoodini/ai-agents-skills honest-agent --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/hoodini/ai-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/honest-agent .claude/skills/honest-agent && 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 "honest-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills/tree/master/skills/honest-agent into .claude/skills/honest-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honest-agent", 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/hoodini/ai-agents-skills/tree/master/skills/honest-agentType 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 hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install hoodini/ai-agents-skills honest-agent --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/honest-agent .agents/skills/honest-agent && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "honest-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills/tree/master/skills/honest-agent into .agents/skills/honest-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honest-agent", 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 hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install hoodini/ai-agents-skills honest-agent --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/honest-agent .cursor/skills/honest-agent && 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 "honest-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills/tree/master/skills/honest-agent into .cursor/skills/honest-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honest-agent", 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/hoodini/ai-agents-skills.git --path skills/honest-agent--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 hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install hoodini/ai-agents-skills honest-agent --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/honest-agent .gemini/skills/honest-agent && 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 "honest-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills/tree/master/skills/honest-agent into .gemini/skills/honest-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honest-agent", 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 hoodini/ai-agents-skills honest-agentInstalls 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 hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/honest-agent .github/skills/honest-agent && 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 "honest-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills/tree/master/skills/honest-agent into .github/skills/honest-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honest-agent", 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 hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install hoodini/ai-agents-skills honest-agent --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/honest-agent .opencode/skills/honest-agent && 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 "honest-agent" agent skill from https://github.com/hoodini/ai-agents-skills/tree/master/skills/honest-agent into .opencode/skills/honest-agent/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "honest-agent", 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
honest-agent- GitHub stars
- 282
- Token cost
- ~1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 277 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 32
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Detect installed AI coding agents and append honest-feedback rules to their instruction files.
- Works in 4 steps: Detect Agents → Ask Scope → Append Configuration → …
- Setting up honest feedback
- SKILL.md covers Safety Rule: Append Only, Supported Agents, Workflow and Example, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Honest Agent is an agent skill from hoodini/ai-agents-skills. Detect installed AI coding agents and append honest-feedback rules to their instruction files. Scans for config files (CLAUDE.md, copilot-instructions.md, .cursorrules, etc.), adapts output format per agent, and appends directives that disable sycophancy and enable constructive pushback. Use when setting up honest feedback, disabling people-pleasing, or enabling objective criticism. Triggers on honest agent, objective feedback, no sycophancy, honest criticism, contradict me, challenge assumptions, honest mode…
Its SKILL.md is about 1k 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 Agent Workflows, covering Agent instruction files. The repository describes itself as: 🧠 AI Agent Skills Repository - A curated collection of specialized skills for AI coding agents (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf). Created by Yuval Avidani using…
When your agent uses it
- Setting up honest feedback
- Disabling people-pleasing
- Enabling objective criticism
- Objective feedback
Example prompts
- “/honest-agent”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Detect Agents
- Ask Scope
- Append Configuration
- Report Results
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f7a43d8. 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
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
docs.anthropic.comdocs.github.comdocs.cursor.comdocs.codeium.comgithub.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
Honest Agent loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 136 tokens; SKILL.md has 277 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
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 277 words (~1,033 tokens).
“One-time setup skill: detects your AI coding agents and appends honesty directives to their instruction files.”
- name
- honest-agent
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/honest-agent of hoodini/ai-agents-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit f7a43d8
Compare with similar skills
Honest Agent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honest Agent this skillhoodini/ai-agents-skills | 282 | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Using Agent Skillsaddyosmani/agent-skills | 103k | 4 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Claude ReflectBayramAnnakov/claude-reflect | 1.7k | 2 repos | ~627 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Neat-Freak Knowledge CloseoutKKKKhazix/khazix-skills | 21k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Writing For Agentsbestofjs/bestofjs | 3.1k | 18 repos | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Task Observerrebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all | 3.2k | 1 repos | ~12k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-4.0 |
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Questions about Honest Agent
What does Honest Agent do?
Detect installed AI coding agents and append honest-feedback rules to their instruction files. Honest Agent is an agent skill from hoodini/ai-agents-skills. Detect installed AI coding agents and append honest-feedback rules to their instruction files.
When should I use Honest Agent?
Honest Agent fits situations like: setting up honest feedback; disabling people-pleasing; enabling objective criticism; objective feedback.
How do I install Honest Agent in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/honest-agent in hoodini/ai-agents-skills) into .claude/skills/honest-agent in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Honest Agent in Codex?
Run `npx skills add hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/honest-agent in hoodini/ai-agents-skills) into .agents/skills/honest-agent in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Honest Agent 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 hoodini/ai-agents-skills --skill honest-agent -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/honest-agent, .gemini/skills/honest-agent, .github/skills/honest-agent and .opencode/skills/honest-agent in your project.
What does Honest Agent need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Honest Agent is instructions for the agent only.
Does Honest Agent access the network?
SKILL.md names 5 domains. As links in the text: docs.anthropic.com, docs.github.com, docs.cursor.com, docs.codeium.com and github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Honest Agent 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 Honest Agent use?
No licence was found for Honest Agent or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Honest Agent use?
About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 Honest Agent?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Honest Agent: Using Agent Skills (addyosmani/agent-skills, 103k stars), Claude Reflect (BayramAnnakov/claude-reflect, 1.7k stars), Neat-Freak Knowledge Closeout (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars) and Writing For Agents (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Honest Agent?
hoodini (a GitHub user) maintains it in hoodini/ai-agents-skills, which has 282 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 11, 2026.
Source: hoodini/ai-agents-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.