Official agent skill

Actions

by JetBrains in JetBrains/intellij-community

Implement or change IntelliJ AnAction actions and registrations.

OfficialCustom licenceAuto-check passedMobile

Install Actions

skills CLI
$ npx skills add JetBrains/intellij-community --skill actions -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install JetBrains/intellij-community actions --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/JetBrains/intellij-community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/actions .claude/skills/actions && 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
actions
GitHub stars
21k
Token cost
~341 tokens
SKILL.md length
102 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
38
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Implement or change IntelliJ AnAction actions and registrations.

  • Works in 3 steps: Set the id attribute for the action in… → Optionally set the icon attribute if an… → Set text and description in the message…
  • Mobile work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Documentation and Best Practices
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Actions is an agent skill from JetBrains/intellij-community, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Implement or change IntelliJ AnAction actions and registrations.

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 Mobile. It works with JetBrains IDEs and Kotlin. The repository describes itself as: IntelliJ IDEA & IntelliJ Platform.

When your agent uses it

  • Mobile work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/actions”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Set the id attribute for the action in plugin.xml
  2. Optionally set the icon attribute if an icon is needed
  3. Set text and description in the message bundle (e.g., GitBundle.properties)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 562e3a2. 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 kotlin, xml and properties).

    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

Actions loads about 341 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 102 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~19
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~341

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 102 words (~341 tokens).

“Guidelines for implementing IntelliJ actions (AnAction).”

— opening of SKILL.md by JetBrains, Custom licence
name
actions

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/actions of JetBrains/intellij-community.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 562e3a2

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Categories

Questions about Actions

What does Actions do?

Implement or change IntelliJ AnAction actions and registrations. Actions is an agent skill from JetBrains/intellij-community, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Implement or change IntelliJ AnAction actions and registrations.

When should I use Actions?

Actions fits situations like: mobile work in your project.

How do I install Actions in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add JetBrains/intellij-community --skill actions -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/actions in JetBrains/intellij-community) into .claude/skills/actions in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Actions in Codex?

Run `npx skills add JetBrains/intellij-community --skill actions -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/actions in JetBrains/intellij-community) into .agents/skills/actions in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Actions 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 JetBrains/intellij-community --skill actions -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/actions, .gemini/skills/actions, .github/skills/actions and .opencode/skills/actions in your project.

What does Actions need to run?

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

Does Actions 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 Actions 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 Actions use?

Actions 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 Actions use?

About 341 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k 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 Actions?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Actions: Compose Multiplatform Patterns (monta-app/ocpp-emulator, 180 stars), Drop Platform Support (JetBrains/educational-plugin, 181 stars), Kotlin Tooling Kotlin Toolchain (Kotlin/kotlin-agent-skills, 1.1k stars) and Migrate Intellij Util (flutter/flutter-intellij, 2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Actions?

JetBrains (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in JetBrains/intellij-community, which has 20,613 GitHub stars. The repository holds 38 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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