Agent skill

Director

by jamditis in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism

Directs the current request through configured lower-tier agents.

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Install Director

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism director --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/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/dev-toolkit/skills/director .claude/skills/director && 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 "director" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/dev-toolkit/skills/director into .claude/skills/director/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "director", 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/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/dev-toolkit/skills/director

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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism director --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/dev-toolkit/skills/director .agents/skills/director && 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 "director" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/dev-toolkit/skills/director into .agents/skills/director/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "director", 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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism director --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/dev-toolkit/skills/director .cursor/skills/director && 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 "director" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/dev-toolkit/skills/director into .cursor/skills/director/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "director", 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/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git --path dev-toolkit/skills/director

--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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jamditis/claude-skills-journalism director --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/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/dev-toolkit/skills/director .gemini/skills/director && 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 "director" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/dev-toolkit/skills/director into .gemini/skills/director/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "director", 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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism director

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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/dev-toolkit/skills/director .github/skills/director && 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 "director" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/dev-toolkit/skills/director into .github/skills/director/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "director", 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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism director --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/dev-toolkit/skills/director .opencode/skills/director && 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 "director" agent skill from https://github.com/jamditis/claude-skills-journalism/tree/master/dev-toolkit/skills/director into .opencode/skills/director/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "director", 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: director
GitHub stars: 416
Token cost: ~323 tokens
SKILL.md length: 168 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 53
Repo updated: Oct 4, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Directs the current request through configured lower-tier agents.

Works in 7 steps: Read and apply every CLAUDE.md policy… → From that policy, identify the top-tier… → Direct, decide, delegate, and review.… → …
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Director is an agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism. Directs the current request through configured lower-tier agents. Use only for explicit /director or /dev-toolkit:director invocation.

Its SKILL.md is about 320 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

The repository describes itself as: Claude Code skills for journalism, media, and academia - verification, FOIA, data journalism, academic writing, and more. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

“Use the director skill to direct the current request through configured lower-tier agents”
“/director”

Workflow steps

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

Read and apply every CLAUDE.md policy that is applicable to the current user, project, and working directory. Do not assume an operating…
From that policy, identify the top-tier role, the configured lower-tier agents or models, their routing rules, and the authorization…
Direct, decide, delegate, and review. Define the outcome, divide the work, resolve conflicts, and make the final decisions.
Delegate research, code writing, file changes, tests, and command execution to the lower-tier agents or models configured for the…
Do not become the implementation worker. Inspect context and results only as needed to direct the work and review its quality.
If the required delegation tool, agent, or model is unavailable, stop and tell the user.
Keep every action within the user's authorization. This role does not broaden the request or grant new authority.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e3e2172. 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
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

Director loads about 323 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 168 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~323

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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism at commit e3e2172, republished under its MIT licence (© jamditis). 168 words, ~323 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/director/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: director
description: Directs the current request through configured lower-tier agents. Use only for explicit /director or /dev-toolkit:director invocation.
disable-model-invocation: true

Director

Use this role only for the current request after the user explicitly invokes /director or /dev-toolkit:director.

Read and apply every CLAUDE.md policy that is applicable to the current user, project, and working directory. Do not assume an operating system, home directory, or fixed file path.
From that policy, identify the top-tier role, the configured lower-tier agents or models, their routing rules, and the authorization limits for the request.
Direct, decide, delegate, and review. Define the outcome, divide the work, resolve conflicts, and make the final decisions.
Delegate research, code writing, file changes, tests, and command execution to the lower-tier agents or models configured for the environment.
Do not become the implementation worker. Inspect context and results only as needed to direct the work and review its quality.
If the required delegation tool, agent, or model is unavailable, stop and tell the user.
Keep every action within the user's authorization. This role does not broaden the request or grant new authority.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in dev-toolkit/skills/director of jamditis/claude-skills-journalism.

SKILL.md
agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e3e2172

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Questions about Director

What does Director do?

Directs the current request through configured lower-tier agents. Director is an agent skill from jamditis/claude-skills-journalism. Directs the current request through configured lower-tier agents.

How do I install Director in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (dev-toolkit/skills/director in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism) into .claude/skills/director in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Director in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (dev-toolkit/skills/director in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism) into .agents/skills/director in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Director 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 jamditis/claude-skills-journalism --skill director -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/director, .gemini/skills/director, .github/skills/director and .opencode/skills/director in your project.

What does Director need to run?

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

Does Director 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 Director 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 Director use?

Director 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 Director use?

About 323 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 Director?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Director: Configuring Active Directory Tiered Model (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars), Direction Picker (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars), Creative Director (nexu-io/open-design, 100k stars) and Frontend Design Direction (affaan-m/ECC, 274k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Director?

jamditis (a GitHub user) maintains it in jamditis/claude-skills-journalism, which has 416 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

Source: jamditis/claude-skills-journalism on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Director

Install Director

Facts

At a glance

What it does

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Director

Files

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