Agent skill

New Tool

by juliepy in juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach

Add a new tool to Waku the right way — schema, safe execution, deterministic eval, honest output.

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Install New Tool

skills CLI
$ npx skills add juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach --skill new-tool -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach new-tool --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/juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/12-hermes-agent-small/.claude/skills/new-tool .claude/skills/new-tool && 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
new-tool
GitHub stars
433
Token cost
~343 tokens
SKILL.md length
148 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Add a new tool to Waku the right way — schema, safe execution, deterministic eval, honest output.

  • Works in 6 steps: One file per tool in waku/tools/,… → The tool function must be → Register it in… → …
  • Modifying agent tools
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • The user asks for a new capability

What it does

New Tool is an agent skill from juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach. Add a new tool to Waku the right way — schema, safe execution, deterministic eval, honest output. Use when adding or modifying agent tools or when the user asks for a new capability.

Its SKILL.md is about 340 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

When your agent uses it

  • Modifying agent tools
  • The user asks for a new capability

Example prompts

  • “/new-tool”

Workflow steps

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

  1. One file per tool in waku/tools/, exposing make_tool(...) -> Tool.
  2. The tool function must be
  3. Register it in waku/tools/init.py:build_registry.
  4. Add deterministic eval coverage in evals/deterministic/
  5. If the tool needs usage guidance, add a rule to DEFAULT_SOUL
  6. Check scope first: the repo ships flagship-task tools only. New capabilities

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d9e02cb. 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

New Tool loads about 343 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 148 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~343

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 148 words (~343 tokens).

“Copy the shape of waku/tools/calendar.py (the reference implementation).”

— opening of SKILL.md by juliepy
name
new-tool

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in 12-hermes-agent-small/.claude/skills/new-tool of juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d9e02cb

Compare with similar skills

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Safe SQL Executionsupabase/supabase111k—~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Performing Ot Vulnerability Scanning Safelymukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills34k—~2.9kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about New Tool

What does New Tool do?

Add a new tool to Waku the right way — schema, safe execution, deterministic eval, honest output. New Tool is an agent skill from juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach. Add a new tool to Waku the right way — schema, safe execution, deterministic eval, honest output.

When should I use New Tool?

New Tool fits situations like: modifying agent tools; the user asks for a new capability.

How do I install New Tool in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach --skill new-tool -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (12-hermes-agent-small/.claude/skills/new-tool in juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach) into .claude/skills/new-tool in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install New Tool in Codex?

Run `npx skills add juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach --skill new-tool -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (12-hermes-agent-small/.claude/skills/new-tool in juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach) into .agents/skills/new-tool in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use New Tool 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 juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach --skill new-tool -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/new-tool, .gemini/skills/new-tool, .github/skills/new-tool and .opencode/skills/new-tool in your project.

What does New Tool need to run?

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

Does New Tool 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 New Tool 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 New Tool use?

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

How many tokens does New Tool use?

About 343 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.4k 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 New Tool?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with New Tool: Safe Push (JetBrains/intellij-community, 21k stars), Safe Refactor (JuliusBrussee/caveman, 110k stars), Right To Erasure (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars) and Safe SQL Execution (supabase/supabase, 111k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains New Tool?

juliepy (a GitHub user) maintains it in juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach, which has 433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 6, 2026.

Source: juliepy/AI-Engineer-from-scrach on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.