Re-pitch the preceding response in clear, shared language. An agent skill from jackfranklin/dotfiles.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Wtf

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jackfranklin/dotfiles --skill wtf -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jackfranklin/dotfiles wtf --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/jackfranklin/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude/skills/wtf .claude/skills/wtf && 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
wtf
GitHub stars
255
Token cost
~335 tokens
SKILL.md length
188 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Re-pitch the preceding response in clear, shared language. An agent skill from jackfranklin/dotfiles.

  • Works in 6 steps: If the earlier response may have… → Give the minimum context needed to… → State the point again in ASD-STE100… → …
  • Development work in your project
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Wtf is an agent skill from jackfranklin/dotfiles. Re-pitch the preceding response in clear, shared language.

Its SKILL.md is about 340 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 Development. The repository describes itself as: My dotfiles for my dev environment, compromising of tmux, vim, zsh and git. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/wtf”

Workflow steps

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

  1. If the earlier response may have answered the wrong question, start with What I think you mean. In one sentence, state the request or…
  2. Give the minimum context needed to understand the point.
  3. State the point again in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English: use short sentences, common words, active voice, and one instruction or…
  4. Use the conversation's working terms. Reuse exact names for concepts, entities, decisions, requirements, and identifiers that the user has…
  5. If a term is new or can have two meanings, define it before using it. If the conversation does not establish a working term, use ordinary…
  6. End with the next action, decision, or question, if there is one.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 48208f5. 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

Wtf loads about 335 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 16 tokens; SKILL.md has 188 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~16
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~335

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 jackfranklin/dotfiles at commit 48208f5, republished under its MIT licence (© jackfranklin). 188 words, ~335 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/wtf/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
wtf
description
Re-pitch the preceding response in clear, shared language.
disable-model-invocation
true

WTF

The previous response did not land. Re-pitch it.

  1. If the earlier response may have answered the wrong question, start with What I think you mean. In one sentence, state the request or point that you are about to explain. This lets the user correct the premise.
  2. Give the minimum context needed to understand the point.
  3. State the point again in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English: use short sentences, common words, active voice, and one instruction or idea per sentence.
  4. Use the conversation's working terms. Reuse exact names for concepts, entities, decisions, requirements, and identifiers that the user has introduced, defined, repeated, or corrected. Do not rename them or introduce a synonym.
  5. If a term is new or can have two meanings, define it before using it. If the conversation does not establish a working term, use ordinary, precise language.
  6. End with the next action, decision, or question, if there is one.

Use this shape when you include the interpretation:

markdown
## What I think you mean

## Context

## The point

## Next step

Do not defend the earlier wording. Do not merely shorten it. Explain the idea so the user can follow it from this point.

© jackfranklin, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in claude/skills/wtf of jackfranklin/dotfiles.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 48208f5

Compare with similar skills

Wtf 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.

Wtf compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Wtf this skilljackfranklin/dotfiles255—~335Automated safety check: PassMIT
Vercel Composition Patternssupabase/supabase111k59 repos~726Automated safety check: PassMIT
Finishing a Development Branchobra/superpowers296k5 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Typescript Advanced Typesrolling-scopes/rsschool-app10k25 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassMPL-2.0
PR Babysitteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter69k3 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code78k5 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

Similar skills

  • Official

    React composition patterns that scale. An agent skill from supabase/supabase.

    111k GitHub starsUsed in 59 repos~726 tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Walks the last step of a branch: confirm tests pass, detect the git environment, ask how to integrate, carry out your choice and clean up the worktree.

    296k GitHub starsUsed in 5 repos~1.9k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Typescript Advanced Types

    rolling-scopes/rsschool-app

    Master TypeScript's advanced type system including generics, conditional types, mapped types, template literals, and utility types for building type-safe applications.

    10k GitHub starsUsed in 25 repos~4.2k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • PR Babysitter

    openinterpreter/openinterpreter

    Watches an open GitHub pull request until it merges, handling review comments, diagnosing CI failures and retrying flaky checks along the way.

    69k GitHub starsUsed in 3 repos~4.2k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Code Review Checklist

    shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code

    Reviews code against a five-part checklist covering security, correctness, performance, maintainability and testing, and reports findings in a fixed format.

    78k GitHub starsUsed in 5 repos~1.1k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Greploop

    onyx-dot-app/onyx

    Iteratively improves a PR (GitHub), MR (GitLab), or shelved changelist (Perforce) until Greptile gives it a 5/5 confidence score with zero unresolved comments.

    32k GitHub starsUsed in 4 repos~3.3k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed

More from jackfranklin/dotfiles

All 19 skills in this repo
  • GitHub Code Review

    jackfranklin/dotfiles

    Perform a thorough, read-only review of one GitHub pull request.

    255 GitHub stars~1.8k tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check passed
  • Adr

    jackfranklin/dotfiles

    Capture an Architecture Decision Record (ADR) for a significant decision made in the current project.

    255 GitHub stars~962 tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check passed
  • Jack References

    jackfranklin/dotfiles

    Manage Jack's personal technical reference library at ~/git/references.

    255 GitHub stars~1.2k tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check passed
  • Later

    jackfranklin/dotfiles

    Log items to come back to later — bugs found mid-task, feature ideas, project feedback — as GitHub Issues.

    255 GitHub stars~767 tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check passed
  • New Deno App

    jackfranklin/dotfiles

    Scaffold a new Deno 2 + Hono + Deno KV + Eta + HTMX app with password auth and PWA support.

    255 GitHub stars~3.6k tokensUpdated yesterday
    Auto-check: notes
  • Resolve Merge Conflict

    jackfranklin/dotfiles

    A skill your agent uses when you need to resolve an in-progress git merge/rebase conflict.

    255 GitHub starsUsed in 23 repos~427 tokens
    Auto-check passed

Categories

Questions about Wtf

What does Wtf do?

Re-pitch the preceding response in clear, shared language. An agent skill from jackfranklin/dotfiles. Wtf is an agent skill from jackfranklin/dotfiles. Re-pitch the preceding response in clear, shared language.

When should I use Wtf?

Wtf fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Wtf in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Wtf in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jackfranklin/dotfiles --skill wtf -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (claude/skills/wtf in jackfranklin/dotfiles) into .agents/skills/wtf in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Wtf 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 jackfranklin/dotfiles --skill wtf -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/wtf, .gemini/skills/wtf, .github/skills/wtf and .opencode/skills/wtf in your project.

What does Wtf need to run?

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

Does Wtf 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 Wtf 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 Wtf use?

Wtf 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 Wtf use?

About 335 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 Wtf?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Wtf: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Wtf?

jackfranklin (a GitHub user) maintains it in jackfranklin/dotfiles, which has 255 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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