Agent skill

Method Transfer Guide

by Jinze-Lee in Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench

Follow the bundled method-transfer guide. An agent skill from Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench.

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Install Method Transfer Guide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench --skill method-transfer-guide -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench method-transfer-guide --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/Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/method-transfer-guide .claude/skills/method-transfer-guide && 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
method-transfer-guide
GitHub stars
108
Token cost
~282 tokens
SKILL.md length
105 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Follow the bundled method-transfer guide. An agent skill from Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read references/source-note.md first. → Follow the note's transfer rules,… → Treat historical code and outputs as… → …
  • Explicitly invokes $method-transfer-guide
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Workflow and Source
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Method Transfer Guide is an agent skill from Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench. Follow the bundled method-transfer guide. Use this skill only when the user explicitly invokes $method-transfer-guide. Do not auto-select this skill for general method reuse, code transfer, or analysis tasks.

Its SKILL.md is about 280 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/source-note.md`).

It sits in Data & Analytics.

When your agent uses it

  • Explicitly invokes $method-transfer-guide

Example prompts

  • “/method-transfer-guide”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read references/source-note.md first.
  2. Follow the note's transfer rules, adaptation cautions, and anti-copying guidance closely.
  3. Treat historical code and outputs as method examples rather than fixed templates.
  4. Preserve the original methodological intent while rewriting details against the current data structure.
  5. If the note conflicts with the current user request, follow the current request and explain the adjustment.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7aa34a5. 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

Method Transfer Guide loads about 282 tokens when it runs, and up to ~613 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 58 tokens; SKILL.md has 105 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~58
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~282
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~613

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 105 words (~282 tokens).

“Use references/source-note.md as the source of truth for this skill.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Jinze-Lee
name
method-transfer-guide

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/method-transfer-guide of Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/source-note.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7aa34a5

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Questions about Method Transfer Guide

What does Method Transfer Guide do?

Follow the bundled method-transfer guide. An agent skill from Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench. Method Transfer Guide is an agent skill from Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench. Follow the bundled method-transfer guide.

When should I use Method Transfer Guide?

Method Transfer Guide fits situations like: explicitly invokes $method-transfer-guide.

How do I install Method Transfer Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench --skill method-transfer-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/method-transfer-guide in Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench) into .claude/skills/method-transfer-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Method Transfer Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench --skill method-transfer-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/method-transfer-guide in Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench) into .agents/skills/method-transfer-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Method Transfer Guide 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 Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench --skill method-transfer-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/method-transfer-guide, .gemini/skills/method-transfer-guide, .github/skills/method-transfer-guide and .opencode/skills/method-transfer-guide in your project.

What does Method Transfer Guide need to run?

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

Does Method Transfer Guide 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 Method Transfer Guide 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 Method Transfer Guide use?

No licence was found for Method Transfer Guide or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Method Transfer Guide use?

About 282 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. Its references folder adds about 331 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Method Transfer Guide?

Jinze-Lee (a GitHub user) maintains it in Jinze-Lee/codex-skills-workbench, which has 108 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 2, 2026.

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