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Agent skill

Updates

by jtenniswood in jtenniswood/espcontrol

Summarize user-facing project changes from the last 7 days. An agent skill from jtenniswood/espcontrol.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Updates

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jtenniswood/espcontrol --skill updates -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jtenniswood/espcontrol updates --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/jtenniswood/espcontrol.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/updates .claude/skills/updates && 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
updates
GitHub stars
1.1k
Token cost
~703 tokens
SKILL.md length
297 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
14
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Summarize user-facing project changes from the last 7 days. An agent skill from jtenniswood/espcontrol.

  • Works in 4 steps: Collect Recent Changes → Understand User Impact → Order by Importance → …
  • The user says /updates
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow and Output Format
  • Calls git

What it does

Updates is an agent skill from jtenniswood/espcontrol. Summarize user-facing project changes from the last 7 days. Use when the user says "/updates", asks for recent updates, wants a changelog-style summary, or wants the most important feature changes from the past week.

Its SKILL.md is about 700 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Development, covering Changelog and release notes. The repository describes itself as: Esphome based smart home control panel.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says /updates
  • Asks for recent updates
  • Wants a changelog-style summary
  • Wants the most important feature changes from the past week

Example prompts

  • “/updates”
  • “/updates”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Collect Recent Changes
  2. Understand User Impact
  3. Order by Importance
  4. Write the Update

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 72cf82c. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Updates loads about 703 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 297 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~703

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 297 words (~703 tokens).

“Summarize what changed in this project over the last 7 days, focusing on user-facing features and behavior rather than implementation details.”

— opening of SKILL.md by jtenniswood, Custom licence
name
updates

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/updates of jtenniswood/espcontrol.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 72cf82c

Compare with similar skills

Updates 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.

Updates compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Updates this skilljtenniswood/espcontrol1.1k—~703Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
Simple Englishmoeru-ai/airi50k2 repos~4.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
StarRocks Release NotesStarRocks/starrocks12k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0
Cutting A ReleaseTriliumNext/Trilium38k—~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Rea Changelog Updatemorluto/rea80k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Mole CLI Release Flowtw93/Mole70k—~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassGPL-3.0

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Categories

Questions about Updates

What does Updates do?

Summarize user-facing project changes from the last 7 days. An agent skill from jtenniswood/espcontrol. Updates is an agent skill from jtenniswood/espcontrol. Summarize user-facing project changes from the last 7 days.

When should I use Updates?

Updates fits situations like: the user says /updates; asks for recent updates; wants a changelog-style summary; wants the most important feature changes from the past week.

How do I install Updates in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Updates in Codex?

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

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

What does Updates need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Updates needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Updates access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Updates 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 Updates use?

Updates 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 Updates use?

About 703 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 Updates?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Updates: Simple English (moeru-ai/airi, 50k stars), StarRocks Release Notes (StarRocks/starrocks, 12k stars), Cutting A Release (TriliumNext/Trilium, 38k stars) and Rea Changelog Update (morluto/rea, 80k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Updates?

jtenniswood (a GitHub user) maintains it in jtenniswood/espcontrol, which has 1,091 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

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