Agent skill

Chisle Help

by JayPokale in JayPokale/Chisle

Quick-reference card for Chisle commands. An agent skill from JayPokale/Chisle.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Chisle Help

skills CLI
$ npx skills add JayPokale/Chisle --skill chisle-help -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install JayPokale/Chisle chisle-help --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/JayPokale/Chisle.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/chisle-help .claude/skills/chisle-help && 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
chisle-help
GitHub stars
636
Token cost
~273 tokens
SKILL.md length
98 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Quick-reference card for Chisle commands. An agent skill from JayPokale/Chisle.

  • The user says chisle help
  • SKILL.md covers Commands, The code ladder, Statusline and Never minimal about
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • How do I use chisle

What it does

Chisle Help is an agent skill from JayPokale/Chisle. Quick-reference card for Chisle commands. One-shot display, not a persistent mode. Use when the user says "chisle help", "how do I use chisle", "what chisle commands", or invokes /chisle-help.

Its SKILL.md is about 270 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 AI & LLM Engineering. The repository describes itself as: Cut your AI coding agent's token bill on three axes: terse prose, YAGNI-first code, and tool-output compression. Claude Code, Pi, Cursor, Codex, Gemini + 4 more. Zero deps… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says chisle help
  • How do I use chisle
  • What chisle commands
  • Invokes /chisle-help

Example prompts

  • “chisle help”
  • “how do I use chisle”
  • “what chisle commands”
  • “/chisle-help”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 52c954b. 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

Chisle Help loads about 273 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 98 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~51
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~273

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 JayPokale/Chisle at commit 52c954b, republished under its MIT licence (© JayPokale). 98 words, ~273 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/chisle-help/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
chisle-help
description
Quick-reference card for Chisle commands. One-shot display, not a persistent mode. Use when the user says "chisle help", "how do I use chisle", "what chisle commands", or invokes /chisle-help.

Chisle quick reference

What it is: maximum-efficiency dev mode. Zero-fluff prose + YAGNI-first code, always on together.

Commands

CommandEffect
/chisleActivate
/chisle-audit [path]Audit a diff/file/repo for both code bloat AND prose verbosity
/chisle-reviewReview the current diff for over-engineering
stop chisle / normal modeDeactivate

Natural language works: "activate chisle", "chisle mode", "chislify this".

The code ladder

YAGNI → reuse → stdlib → native → installed dep → one line → minimum code.

Statusline

[CHISLE] is shown while active. Configure via hooks/chisle-statusline.sh (or .ps1 on Windows).

Never minimal about

Input validation, error handling that prevents data loss, security, accessibility, anything you explicitly asked for.

© JayPokale, 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 skills/chisle-help of JayPokale/Chisle.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 52c954b

Compare with similar skills

Chisle Help 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.

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LLM Benchmarking with lm-evaluation-harnessOrchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs13k8 repos~3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Segment Anything Model GuideOrchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs13k8 repos~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
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  • Chisle Audit

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Questions about Chisle Help

What does Chisle Help do?

Quick-reference card for Chisle commands. An agent skill from JayPokale/Chisle. Chisle Help is an agent skill from JayPokale/Chisle. Quick-reference card for Chisle commands.

When should I use Chisle Help?

Chisle Help fits situations like: the user says chisle help; how do I use chisle; what chisle commands; invokes /chisle-help.

How do I install Chisle Help in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Chisle Help in Codex?

Run `npx skills add JayPokale/Chisle --skill chisle-help -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/chisle-help in JayPokale/Chisle) into .agents/skills/chisle-help in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Chisle Help 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 JayPokale/Chisle --skill chisle-help -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/chisle-help, .gemini/skills/chisle-help, .github/skills/chisle-help and .opencode/skills/chisle-help in your project.

What does Chisle Help need to run?

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

Does Chisle Help 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 Chisle Help 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 Chisle Help use?

Chisle Help 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 Chisle Help use?

About 273 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.1k 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 Chisle Help?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Chisle Help: Agent Builder (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Add Uint Support (pytorch/pytorch, 104k stars), LLM Benchmarking with lm-evaluation-harness (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars) and Segment Anything Model Guide (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Chisle Help?

JayPokale (a GitHub user) maintains it in JayPokale/Chisle, which has 636 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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