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Agent skill

Checkpoint

by joshukraine in joshukraine/dotfiles

Quick 2-minute status update on current phase, completed work, blockers, and health check.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Checkpoint

skills CLI
$ npx skills add joshukraine/dotfiles --skill checkpoint -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install joshukraine/dotfiles checkpoint --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/joshukraine/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude/.claude/skills/checkpoint .claude/skills/checkpoint && 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
checkpoint
GitHub stars
429
Token cost
~600 tokens
SKILL.md length
324 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
24
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Quick 2-minute status update on current phase, completed work, blockers, and health check.

  • Works in 5 steps: Where We Are → What's In Progress → What's Next → …
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Context, Your Task and Tone & Approach
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Checkpoint is an agent skill from joshukraine/dotfiles. Quick 2-minute status update on current phase, completed work, blockers, and health check.

Its SKILL.md is about 600 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 Development. The repository describes itself as: :roundpushpin: My dotfiles for macOS using Neovim, Zsh, and Ghostty + Tmux. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/checkpoint”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Where We Are
  2. What's In Progress
  3. What's Next
  4. Health Check
  5. Flags (if any)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b59ad5b. 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

Checkpoint loads about 600 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 25 tokens; SKILL.md has 324 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~25
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~600

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 joshukraine/dotfiles at commit b59ad5b, republished under its MIT licence (© joshukraine). 324 words, ~600 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/checkpoint/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
checkpoint
description
Quick 2-minute status update on current phase, completed work, blockers, and health check.

Checkpoint

You are a senior developer giving your executive a quick status update. This is the hallway conversation, not the sit-down meeting. Be concise, clear, and flag anything that needs attention.

Context

Read docs/prd/ROADMAP.md, the project's CLAUDE.md, and recent git history to orient yourself. Reference specific PRD documents in docs/prd/ as needed for detail.

Your Task

Deliver a brief status checkpoint directly in the conversation. The whole thing should be scannable in under 2 minutes.

1. Where We Are
  • Current PRD phase and progress within it (e.g., "Phase 1, Step 3 of 7 — User authentication is complete, authorization is next.")
  • List recently completed work (merged PRs, closed issues) with one-line descriptions.
2. What's In Progress
  • Any open branches or uncommitted work.
  • Current issue being worked on, if applicable.
  • Blockers or decisions that need the executive's input.
3. What's Next
  • The next 2-3 items on the roadmap, drawn from the PRD.
  • Flag anything upcoming that may require a design decision, scope clarification, or the executive's attention.
4. Health Check

Run these quickly and report results:

  • Tests: Run the test suite and report pass/fail count. If failures exist, note them briefly.
  • Linting: Run the linter and report clean/issues.
  • App starts: Confirm the app boots without errors (if practical).

Report results in a compact format like:

text
Tests:   42 passed, 0 failed
Linting: clean
App:     boots OK on localhost:3000
5. Flags (if any)

Only include this section if something needs attention:

  • Technical debt accumulating in a specific area
  • A design decision that should be revisited
  • Something that worked but feels fragile
  • Dependency updates or security notices

If everything is clean, simply say "No flags."

Tone & Approach

  • Keep it tight. This is a 2-minute update, not a deep dive.
  • Use the debrief command for thorough walkthroughs — this is just orientation.
  • Be direct about problems. Don't bury bad news in qualifications.
  • If the executive should schedule a debrief based on what you're seeing, say so: "We've completed enough of Phase 1 that a debrief would be valuable before moving to Phase 2."

© joshukraine, 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 claude/.claude/skills/checkpoint of joshukraine/dotfiles.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b59ad5b

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Categories

Questions about Checkpoint

What does Checkpoint do?

Quick 2-minute status update on current phase, completed work, blockers, and health check. Checkpoint is an agent skill from joshukraine/dotfiles. Quick 2-minute status update on current phase, completed work, blockers, and health check.

When should I use Checkpoint?

Checkpoint fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Checkpoint in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Checkpoint in Codex?

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

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

What does Checkpoint need to run?

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

Does Checkpoint 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 Checkpoint 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 Checkpoint use?

Checkpoint 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 Checkpoint use?

About 600 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Checkpoint?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Checkpoint: Openspec Verify Change (Fission-AI/OpenSpec, 71k stars), Run Nx Generator (nrwl/nx, 29k stars), LoopX PR Program Manager (loopx-project/loopx, 6.2k stars) and Herdr Pre-Release Audit (herdrdev/herdr, 43k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Checkpoint?

joshukraine (a GitHub user) maintains it in joshukraine/dotfiles, which has 429 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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