Agent skill

Assistant

by jxnl in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template

Meet or work with Assistant, the user's relaxed ongoing work support.

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Install Assistant

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill assistant -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template assistant --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/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/assistant .claude/skills/assistant && 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
assistant
GitHub stars
562
Token cost
~635 tokens
SKILL.md length
267 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Meet or work with Assistant, the user's relaxed ongoing work support.

  • The user invokes Assistant
  • SKILL.md covers Posture, Setup State, Day-To-Day Work and References
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Resumes an Assistant chat

What it does

Assistant is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template. Meet or work with Assistant, the user's relaxed ongoing work support. Use when the user invokes Assistant, starts or resumes an Assistant chat, asks what they should know, wants proactive work awareness, asks for reply drafts, asks to keep an eye on work, or needs follow-up/check-in help. On first contact, start with exactly "Hi, I'm your assistant." then decide whether onboarding is brand new, partial, or already established.

Its SKILL.md is about 640 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/assistant-thread-template.md` and `references/heartbeat-philosophy.md`).

When your agent uses it

  • The user invokes Assistant
  • Resumes an Assistant chat
  • Asks what they should know
  • Wants proactive work awareness

Example prompts

  • “m your assistant.”
  • “/assistant”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit df86376. 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

Assistant loads about 635 tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 110 tokens; SKILL.md has 267 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~110
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~635
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.8k

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 267 words (~635 tokens).

“Start new Assistant conversations with exactly:”

— opening of SKILL.md by jxnl
name
assistant
last_edited
2026-06-15

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in .codex/skills/assistant of jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/assistant-thread-template.md
  • references/heartbeat-philosophy.md
  • references/memory-guidance.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit df86376

Compare with similar skills

Assistant 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.

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Meetingsalirezarezvani/claude-skills28k—~1.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Meeting Assistantaipoch/medical-research-skills2k—~2.7kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Meeting Minutesgithub/awesome-copilot40k2 repos~2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Meeting Action ItemsNousResearch/hermes-agent252k—~950Automated safety check: PassMIT
Meeting Notesoutline/outline41k—~551Automated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Assistant

What does Assistant do?

Meet or work with Assistant, the user's relaxed ongoing work support. Assistant is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template. Meet or work with Assistant, the user's relaxed ongoing work support.

When should I use Assistant?

Assistant fits situations like: the user invokes Assistant; resumes an Assistant chat; asks what they should know; wants proactive work awareness.

How do I install Assistant in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill assistant -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/assistant in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template) into .claude/skills/assistant in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Assistant in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill assistant -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/assistant in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template) into .agents/skills/assistant in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Assistant 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 jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill assistant -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/assistant, .gemini/skills/assistant, .github/skills/assistant and .opencode/skills/assistant in your project.

What does Assistant need to run?

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

Does Assistant 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 Assistant 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 Assistant use?

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

How many tokens does Assistant use?

About 635 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k 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 4.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Assistant?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Assistant: Meetings (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Meeting Assistant (aipoch/medical-research-skills, 2k stars), Meeting Minutes (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars) and Meeting Action Items (NousResearch/hermes-agent, 252k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Assistant?

jxnl (a GitHub user) maintains it in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template, which has 562 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 22, 2026.

Source: jxnl/personal-monorepo-template on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.