Agent skill

New Person

by jxnl in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template

Create or update a public-safe person note under people/ from the repository's people/person.md template.

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Install New Person

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template new-person --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/new-person .claude/skills/new-person && 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-person
GitHub stars
563
Token cost
~250 tokens
SKILL.md length
85 words
Files
2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Create or update a public-safe person note under people/ from the repository's people/person.md template.

  • Works in 6 steps: Read people/README.md and… → Choose a lowercase hyphenated slug from… → Run the helper when possible → …
  • The user asks to add a collaborator
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow and Output
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

New Person is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template. Create or update a public-safe person note under people/ from the repository's people/person.md template. Use when the user asks to add a collaborator, create a person profile, remember someone's preferences, make a people note, or bootstrap people/<name.md.

Its SKILL.md is about 250 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/new_person.py`).

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to add a collaborator
  • Create a person profile
  • Remember someones preferences
  • Make a people note

Example prompts

  • “/new-person”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read people/README.md and people/person.md.
  2. Choose a lowercase hyphenated slug from the person's name.
  3. Run the helper when possible
  4. Edit the generated note with only useful, non-sensitive context.
  5. Keep private facts, secrets, health details, account data, and confidential content out of the note.
  6. Add or update Last Verified when facts may go stale.

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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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 Person loads about 250 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 85 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~250

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 85 words (~250 tokens).

“Create a durable, public-safe note for a human collaborator.”

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

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in .codex/skills/new-person of jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/new_person.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit df86376

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Note Takinginkeep/open-knowledge4.5k—~485Automated safety check: PassGPL-3.0
Release Notes One Pagernexu-io/open-design100k—~920Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Questions about New Person

What does New Person do?

Create or update a public-safe person note under people/ from the repository's people/person.md template. New Person is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.md template.

When should I use New Person?

New Person fits situations like: the user asks to add a collaborator; create a person profile; remember someones preferences; make a people note.

How do I install New Person in Claude Code?

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

How do I install New Person in Codex?

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

Can I use New Person 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 new-person -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-person, .gemini/skills/new-person, .github/skills/new-person and .opencode/skills/new-person in your project.

What does New Person need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, New Person needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does New Person 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 Person 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does New Person use?

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

How many tokens does New Person use?

About 250 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1k 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 Person?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with New Person: Meeting Notes (outline/outline, 41k stars), Meeting Notes And Actions (composio-community/awesome-codex-skills, 17k stars), Meeting Notes (holaboss-ai/holaOS, 11k stars) and Note Taking (inkeep/open-knowledge, 4.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains New Person?

jxnl (a GitHub user) maintains it in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template, which has 563 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.