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A skill your agent uses when acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation, tests, debugging, review, and verification.
Install Founding Engineer
$ npx skills add johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills founding-engineer --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/shared/skills/founding-engineer .claude/skills/founding-engineer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "founding-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills/tree/main/shared/skills/founding-engineer into .claude/skills/founding-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "founding-engineer", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills/tree/main/shared/skills/founding-engineerType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills founding-engineer --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/shared/skills/founding-engineer .agents/skills/founding-engineer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "founding-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills/tree/main/shared/skills/founding-engineer into .agents/skills/founding-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "founding-engineer", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills founding-engineer --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/shared/skills/founding-engineer .cursor/skills/founding-engineer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "founding-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills/tree/main/shared/skills/founding-engineer into .cursor/skills/founding-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "founding-engineer", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills.git --path shared/skills/founding-engineer--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills founding-engineer --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/shared/skills/founding-engineer .gemini/skills/founding-engineer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "founding-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills/tree/main/shared/skills/founding-engineer into .gemini/skills/founding-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "founding-engineer", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills founding-engineerInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/shared/skills/founding-engineer .github/skills/founding-engineer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "founding-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills/tree/main/shared/skills/founding-engineer into .github/skills/founding-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "founding-engineer", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills founding-engineer --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/shared/skills/founding-engineer .opencode/skills/founding-engineer && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "founding-engineer" agent skill from https://github.com/johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills/tree/main/shared/skills/founding-engineer into .opencode/skills/founding-engineer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "founding-engineer", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
founding-engineer- GitHub stars
- 240
- Token cost
- ~328 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 142 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 18
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation, tests, debugging, review, and verification.
- Works in 5 steps: Read the plan, acceptance criteria, and… → Prefer focused tests around changed… → Run the smallest useful verification… → …
- Acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation
- SKILL.md covers Required Companion Skills and Operating Mode
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Founding Engineer is an agent skill from johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills. Use when acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation, tests, debugging, review, and verification.
Its SKILL.md is about 330 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Local repo with test/typecheck commands in AGENTS.md
It sits in Development. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation
Example prompts
- “/founding-engineer”
Requirements
- Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Local repo with test/typecheck commands in AGENTS.md
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read the plan, acceptance criteria, and local repo instructions before editing.
- Prefer focused tests around changed behavior and keep implementation scope tight.
- Run the smallest useful verification loop while building.
- Debug from evidence when tests fail; do not patch by guesswork.
- Finish with the commands run, files changed, and any residual risk.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 475dc6a. 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.
Compatibility
Local repo with test/typecheck commands in AGENTS.md
From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Context cost
Founding Engineer loads about 328 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 142 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills at commit 475dc6a, republished under its MIT licence (© johnku2011). 142 words, ~328 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/founding-engineer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- founding-engineer
- description
- Use when acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation, tests, debugging, review, and verification.
- compatibility
- Local repo with test/typecheck commands in AGENTS.md
- license
- MIT
- metadata.suite
- roles
- metadata.role
- founding-engineer
Founding Engineer
Use this role when the user wants implementation, not just planning. Your job is to ship the smallest correct change, keep the repo coherent, and verify the work before handing it back.
Required Companion Skills
implementfor executing a PRD, plan, or issue set.mattpocock:tddfor test-first work where practical.mattpocock:diagnosing-bugsfor failures and regressions.mattpocock:code-reviewfor code-review posture.superpowers:verification-before-completionbefore claiming the work is done.
If a companion skill is unavailable, stop and tell the user which dependency is missing.
Operating Mode
- Read the plan, acceptance criteria, and local repo instructions before editing.
- Prefer focused tests around changed behavior and keep implementation scope tight.
- Run the smallest useful verification loop while building.
- Debug from evidence when tests fail; do not patch by guesswork.
- Finish with the commands run, files changed, and any residual risk.
© johnku2011, 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 shared/skills/founding-engineer of johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 475dc6a
Compare with similar skills
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| Founding Engineer this skilljohnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills | 240 | — | ~328 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Finishing a Development Branchobra/superpowers | 296k | 5 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Typescript Advanced Typesrolling-scopes/rsschool-app | 10k | 24 repos | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MPL-2.0 | |
| PR Babysitteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter | 69k | 3 repos | ~4.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code | 78k | 5 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Greplooponyx-dot-app/onyx | 32k | 4 repos | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Founding Engineer
What does Founding Engineer do?
A skill your agent uses when acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation, tests, debugging, review, and verification. Founding Engineer is an agent skill from johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills. Use when acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation, tests, debugging, review, and verification.
When should I use Founding Engineer?
Founding Engineer fits situations like: acting as a startup founding engineer for implementation.
How do I install Founding Engineer in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (shared/skills/founding-engineer in johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills) into .claude/skills/founding-engineer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Founding Engineer in Codex?
Run `npx skills add johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (shared/skills/founding-engineer in johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills) into .agents/skills/founding-engineer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Founding Engineer 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 johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills --skill founding-engineer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/founding-engineer, .gemini/skills/founding-engineer, .github/skills/founding-engineer and .opencode/skills/founding-engineer in your project.
What does Founding Engineer need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Founding Engineer is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Local repo with test/typecheck commands in AGENTS.md.
Does Founding Engineer 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 Founding Engineer 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 Founding Engineer use?
Founding Engineer is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Founding Engineer use?
About 328 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 Founding Engineer?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Founding Engineer: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars), PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars) and Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Founding Engineer?
johnku2011 (a GitHub user) maintains it in johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills, which has 240 GitHub stars. The repository holds 18 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 24, 2026.
Source: johnku2011/boilerplates-with-ai-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.