Agent skill

Observatory

by jgravelle in jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp

Context for the jcodemunch-observatory weekly scorecard — what it tracks, the Monday 06:00 UTC cron, why scores must be pulled live rather than transcribed, the NestJS grade story, and the…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Observatory

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp --skill observatory -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp observatory --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/jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/observatory .claude/skills/observatory && 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
observatory
GitHub stars
2.8k
Token cost
~782 tokens
SKILL.md length
390 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
10
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Context for the jcodemunch-observatory weekly scorecard — what it tracks, the Monday 06:00 UTC cron, why scores must be pulled live rather than transcribed, the NestJS grade story, and the…

  • Tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve MCP servers

What it does

Observatory is an agent skill from jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp. Context for the jcodemunch-observatory weekly scorecard — what it tracks, the Monday 06:00 UTC cron, why scores must be pulled live rather than transcribed, the NestJS grade story, and the workflow's version dispatch input. Load before quoting, interpreting, or editing observatory scores or config.

Its SKILL.md is about 780 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 Backend & APIs, covering Scheduled and recurring tasks and MCP servers. It works with NestJS and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Cut AI token costs 95%+ on code exploration. The leading MCP server for precise, symbol-level GitHub code retrieval via tree-sitter AST. Works with Claude Code, Cursor & any MCP…

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks
  • Tasks that involve MCP servers

Example prompts

  • “/observatory”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 970c457. 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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • jgravelle.github.io

    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

Observatory loads about 782 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 390 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~782

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 390 words (~782 tokens).

“jcodemunch-mcp, jdocmunch-mcp, and jdatamunch-mcp are tracked weekly at https://jgravelle.github.io/jcodemunch-observatory/ alongside Express, FastAPI, Gin, Pydantic, Django, Flask, NestJS, and Cobra (11 repos total). Cron: Mondays 06:00 UTC. Config edits auto-trigger a rebuild via the workflow's push-on-paths filter.”

— opening of SKILL.md by jgravelle, Custom licence
name
observatory

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/observatory of jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 970c457

Compare with similar skills

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Minimal Web Baas DemoTencentCloudBase/CloudBase-AI-Toolkit1.1k1 repos~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
PicoClaw Agentsipeed/picoclaw30k—~7.2kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT

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Questions about Observatory

What does Observatory do?

Context for the jcodemunch-observatory weekly scorecard — what it tracks, the Monday 06:00 UTC cron, why scores must be pulled live rather than transcribed, the NestJS grade story, and the…. Observatory is an agent skill from jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp. Context for the jcodemunch-observatory weekly scorecard — what it tracks, the Monday 06:00 UTC cron, why scores must be pulled live rather than transcribed, the NestJS grade story, and the workflow's version dispatch input.

When should I use Observatory?

Observatory fits situations like: tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks; tasks that involve MCP servers.

How do I install Observatory in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Observatory in Codex?

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

Can I use Observatory 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 jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp --skill observatory -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/observatory, .gemini/skills/observatory, .github/skills/observatory and .opencode/skills/observatory in your project.

What does Observatory need to run?

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

Does Observatory access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: jgravelle.github.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Observatory 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 Observatory use?

Observatory 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 Observatory use?

About 782 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Observatory?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Observatory: Agents SDK (hodgef/apiker, 127 stars), Nubase (OtterMind/Nubase, 622 stars), Toolify (coreyhaines31/makerskills, 851 stars) and Minimal Web Baas Demo (TencentCloudBase/CloudBase-AI-Toolkit, 1.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Observatory?

jgravelle (a GitHub user) maintains it in jgravelle/jcodemunch-mcp, which has 2,754 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

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