Agent skill

Wildcard

by jigripokri in jigripokri/POHA

Generate one contrarian, non-obvious insight on whatever the user is thinking about.

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Install Wildcard

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jigripokri/POHA --skill wildcard -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jigripokri/POHA wildcard --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/jigripokri/POHA.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/wildcard .claude/skills/wildcard && 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
wildcard
GitHub stars
120
Token cost
~512 tokens
SKILL.md length
260 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Generate one contrarian, non-obvious insight on whatever the user is thinking about.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read the user's context. What are they… → Read memory/insights.md, memory/life.md,… → Generate the obvious take. Privately, in… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Recipe, What makes a good wildcard and What's NOT a wildcard
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Wildcard is an agent skill from jigripokri/POHA. Generate one contrarian, non-obvious insight on whatever the user is thinking about. The thing nobody else would say.

Its SKILL.md is about 510 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Personal Overnight Helper Agent. Runs while you sleep. Serves up a morning brief before your alarm. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/wildcard”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the user's context. What are they thinking about? What's the obvious framing?
  2. Read memory/insights.md, memory/life.md, memory/people.md. Apply existing lenses.
  3. Generate the obvious take. Privately, in your head. Don't share this.
  4. Now generate the wildcard. Properties
  5. Format

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 68f3e38. 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

Wildcard loads about 512 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 260 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~512

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 jigripokri/POHA at commit 68f3e38, republished under its MIT licence (© jigripokri). 260 words, ~512 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/wildcard/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
wildcard
description
Generate one contrarian, non-obvious insight on whatever the user is thinking about. The thing nobody else would say.

/wildcard

User brings a question, decision, or topic. You return one wildcard observation — the thing nobody else would say.

Recipe

  1. Read the user's context. What are they thinking about? What's the obvious framing?

  2. Read memory/insights.md, memory/life.md, memory/people.md. Apply existing lenses.

  3. Generate the obvious take. Privately, in your head. Don't share this.

  4. Now generate the wildcard. Properties:

    • Contrarian to the obvious take. Or orthogonal — a different question entirely.
    • Non-obvious. Not something a smart friend would say in the first 30 seconds.
    • Specific. Not "have you considered the long term?" — name the specific tension.
    • Honest. Not edgy for edginess' sake. Edge in service of insight.
    • Brief. 2–3 sentences max.
  5. Format:

**Wildcard:** <The contrarian insight in 2–3 sentences.>

(Obvious take, for contrast: <one sentence on what most people would say>)

The "for contrast" line is optional — include it when the user's question has an obvious answer that's worth naming.

What makes a good wildcard

Examples of the shape (not the content):

  • "The thing you're calling indecision is actually principles in conflict. Pick which principle wins; the decision falls out."
  • "You keep framing this as a tradeoff, but the bottleneck isn't either option — it's that you're trying to optimize for someone whose opinion stopped mattering six months ago."
  • "The version of this you'd choose at 70 isn't the version that maximizes outcomes — it's the one with the best story."

What's NOT a wildcard

  • "Have you considered both sides?" (not insightful)
  • "What does your gut say?" (passes the buck)
  • "Sometimes the answer is to do nothing." (true but generic)
  • A summary of the user's situation (not new)

If you can't generate a real wildcard, say so. Don't fake it.

© jigripokri, 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/wildcard of jigripokri/POHA.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 68f3e38

Compare with similar skills

Wildcard 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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Insightsrohitg00/pro-workflow2.9k—~719Automated safety check: PassNone
Creating Box Plot InsightsPostHog/posthog40k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Signals Scout Insight AlertsPostHog/posthog40k—~3.8kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Wildcard

What does Wildcard do?

Generate one contrarian, non-obvious insight on whatever the user is thinking about. Wildcard is an agent skill from jigripokri/POHA. Generate one contrarian, non-obvious insight on whatever the user is thinking about.

How do I install Wildcard in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Wildcard in Codex?

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

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

What does Wildcard need to run?

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

Does Wildcard 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 Wildcard 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 Wildcard use?

Wildcard 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 Wildcard use?

About 512 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Wildcard?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Wildcard: Formatting Insight Axes (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars), Insight Error Page (vercel/next.js, 143k stars), Insights (rohitg00/pro-workflow, 2.9k stars) and Creating Box Plot Insights (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Wildcard?

jigripokri (a GitHub user) maintains it in jigripokri/POHA, which has 120 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 2, 2026.

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