Agent skill

Cold Start

by inbrainfun in inbrainfun/inbrain

Day-one data bootstrapping for a new brain. An agent skill from inbrainfun/inbrain.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Cold Start

skills CLI
$ npx skills add inbrainfun/inbrain --skill cold-start -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install inbrainfun/inbrain cold-start --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/inbrainfun/inbrain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cold-start .claude/skills/cold-start && 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
cold-start
GitHub stars
142
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~4.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,967 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
52
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Day-one data bootstrapping for a new brain. An agent skill from inbrainfun/inbrain.

  • Works in 9 steps: ClawVisor Setup (Required for API Access) → Existing Markdown / Obsidian Import → Google Contacts → People Pages → …
  • A user has just finished inbrain setup and asks now what?
  • SKILL.md covers Contract, Prerequisites, The Priority Stack and Phase 0: ClawVisor Setup…, plus 6 more sections
  • Calls curl; reaches people.googleapis.com; needs GOOGLE_TOKEN

What it does

Cold Start is an agent skill from inbrainfun/inbrain. Day-one data bootstrapping for a new brain. Sequences the highest-leverage data sources to go from empty brain to useful brain in one session. Uses ClawVisor for safe credential handling — the agent never holds raw API keys. Covers Gmail import, calendar sync, contacts seeding, X/Twitter archive, conversation imports, and file archives. Use when a user has just finished inbrain setup and asks "now what?"

Its SKILL.md is about 4.7k 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 Productivity & Automation, covering Email management. It works with Gmail and X (Twitter).

When your agent uses it

  • A user has just finished inbrain setup and asks now what?
  • Tasks that involve Email management

Example prompts

  • “now what?”
  • “/cold-start”

Requirements

  • A credential in GOOGLE_TOKEN

Workflow steps

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

  1. ClawVisor Setup (Required for API Access)
  2. Existing Markdown / Obsidian Import
  3. Google Contacts → People Pages
  4. Google Calendar (Last 90 Days)
  5. Gmail (Recent Threads)
  6. Conversation Exports (ChatGPT / Claude / Perplexity)
  7. X/Twitter Archive
  8. File Archives
  9. Meeting Transcripts

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5231990. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • people.googleapis.com

    Also links to:

    • clawvisor.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • GOOGLE_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Cold Start loads about 4.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 105 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,967 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~105
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.7k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,967 words (~4,688 tokens).

“You have a working brain. Search works. Now what?”

— opening of SKILL.md by inbrainfun, Custom licence
name
cold-start
version
1.0.0
triggers
cold start, fill my brain, bootstrap brain, import my data, day one, get started, what should I import first, populate brain, now what?
tools
search, query, get_page, put_page, add_link, add_timeline_entry, sync_brain
mutating
true
writes_pages
true
writes_to
people/, companies/, meetings/, daily/, media/, conversations/, sources/

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/cold-start of inbrainfun/inbrain.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5231990

Used in 1 other repository

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in inbrainfun/inbrain, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Gmclibadlogic/pi-skills2.6k1 repos~470Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Cold Start

What does Cold Start do?

Day-one data bootstrapping for a new brain. An agent skill from inbrainfun/inbrain. Cold Start is an agent skill from inbrainfun/inbrain. Day-one data bootstrapping for a new brain.

When should I use Cold Start?

Cold Start fits situations like: A user has just finished inbrain setup and asks now what?; tasks that involve Email management.

How do I install Cold Start in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add inbrainfun/inbrain --skill cold-start -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cold-start in inbrainfun/inbrain) into .claude/skills/cold-start in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cold Start in Codex?

Run `npx skills add inbrainfun/inbrain --skill cold-start -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cold-start in inbrainfun/inbrain) into .agents/skills/cold-start in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cold Start 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 inbrainfun/inbrain --skill cold-start -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cold-start, .gemini/skills/cold-start, .github/skills/cold-start and .opencode/skills/cold-start in your project.

What does Cold Start need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Cold Start needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl) and credentials named GOOGLE_TOKEN. Our summary lists: A credential in GOOGLE_TOKEN.

Does Cold Start access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: people.googleapis.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: clawvisor.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Cold Start 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 Cold Start use?

Cold Start has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Cold Start use?

About 4.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k 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 Cold Start?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cold Start: Career-Ops Gmail Lead Plugin (career-ops-hq/career-ops, 74k stars), Gmail (team-attention/plugins-for-claude-natives, 827 stars), Connect Apps with Composio (ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, 77k stars) and Gmail Email (open-gitagent/gitagent, 710 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cold Start?

inbrainfun (a GitHub user) maintains it in inbrainfun/inbrain, which has 142 GitHub stars. The repository holds 52 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 17, 2026.

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