Architecture Design Review
bbartling/open-fdd
A skill your agent uses to evaluate architecture, design proposals, refactors, module boundaries, dependency direction, data flow, concurrency model, and maintainability tradeoffs across any codebase.
Design, critique, set, create, activate, or run durable Codex goals for persistent or long-running objectives.
Install Ultragoal
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill ultragoal -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template ultragoal --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/ultragoal .claude/skills/ultragoal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ultragoal" agent skill from https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template/tree/main/.codex/skills/ultragoal into .claude/skills/ultragoal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ultragoal", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template/tree/main/.codex/skills/ultragoalType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill ultragoal -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template ultragoal --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/ultragoal .agents/skills/ultragoal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ultragoal" agent skill from https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template/tree/main/.codex/skills/ultragoal into .agents/skills/ultragoal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ultragoal", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill ultragoal -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template ultragoal --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/ultragoal .cursor/skills/ultragoal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ultragoal" agent skill from https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template/tree/main/.codex/skills/ultragoal into .cursor/skills/ultragoal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ultragoal", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git --path .codex/skills/ultragoal--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill ultragoal -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template ultragoal --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/ultragoal .gemini/skills/ultragoal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ultragoal" agent skill from https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template/tree/main/.codex/skills/ultragoal into .gemini/skills/ultragoal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ultragoal", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template ultragoalInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill ultragoal -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/ultragoal .github/skills/ultragoal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ultragoal" agent skill from https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template/tree/main/.codex/skills/ultragoal into .github/skills/ultragoal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ultragoal", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill ultragoal -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template ultragoal --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/ultragoal .opencode/skills/ultragoal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ultragoal" agent skill from https://github.com/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template/tree/main/.codex/skills/ultragoal into .opencode/skills/ultragoal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ultragoal", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
ultragoal- GitHub stars
- 563
- Token cost
- ~1.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 921 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 12
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Design, critique, set, create, activate, or run durable Codex goals for persistent or long-running objectives.
- Works in 7 steps: Ground the Outcome → Research Enough → Check Goal Fit → …
- The user says set a goal
- SKILL.md covers Modes, Default Activation Rule, Workflow and Goal Packet, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Ultragoal is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template. Design, critique, set, create, activate, or run durable Codex goals for persistent or long-running objectives. Use when the user says "set a goal", "start a goal", "activate goal mode", "persistent goal", "long-running objective", "goal tree", or asks for a goal with verifiers, durable state, approval gates, completion proof, bounded delegation, or parent/child subagent goals.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k 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 Agent Workflows, covering Design review and critique and Subagents.
When your agent uses it
- The user says set a goal
- Activate goal mode
- Persistent goal
- Long-running objective
Example prompts
- “set a goal”
- “start a goal”
- “activate goal mode”
- “/ultragoal”
Workflow steps
7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Ground the Outcome
- Research Enough
- Check Goal Fit
- Define the Loop
- Keep State Durable
- Delegate Carefully
- Activate Last
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
Ultragoal loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 921 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 921 words (~1,805 tokens).
“Use this skill when a user wants a persistent Codex goal, not just a longer task. A good goal has an observable finish line, a verifier that can fail, and enough context for Codex to recover after interruptions.”
- name
- ultragoal
- last_edited
- 2026-06-15
Files
Just SKILL.md in .codex/skills/ultragoal of jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit df86376
Compare with similar skills
Ultragoal 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultragoal this skilljxnl/personal-monorepo-template | 563 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Architecture Design Reviewbbartling/open-fdd | 173 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Personal Assistant Reviewedonyzpc/personal-assistant | 147 | — | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Azsdk Common Pipeline TroubleshootingAzure/azure-sdk-for-android | 121 | — | ~496 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| LLM Councilffroliva/gflow-cli | 278 | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Product Designqf-studio/navigator | 355 | — | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT |
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Questions about Ultragoal
What does Ultragoal do?
Design, critique, set, create, activate, or run durable Codex goals for persistent or long-running objectives. Ultragoal is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template. Design, critique, set, create, activate, or run durable Codex goals for persistent or long-running objectives.
When should I use Ultragoal?
Ultragoal fits situations like: the user says set a goal; activate goal mode; persistent goal; long-running objective.
How do I install Ultragoal in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill ultragoal -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/ultragoal in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template) into .claude/skills/ultragoal in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ultragoal in Codex?
Run `npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill ultragoal -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/ultragoal in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template) into .agents/skills/ultragoal in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ultragoal 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 ultragoal -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ultragoal, .gemini/skills/ultragoal, .github/skills/ultragoal and .opencode/skills/ultragoal in your project.
What does Ultragoal need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ultragoal is instructions for the agent only.
Does Ultragoal 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 Ultragoal 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 Ultragoal use?
No licence was found for Ultragoal or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Ultragoal use?
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k 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 Ultragoal?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ultragoal: Architecture Design Review (bbartling/open-fdd, 173 stars), Personal Assistant Review (edonyzpc/personal-assistant, 147 stars), Azsdk Common Pipeline Troubleshooting (Azure/azure-sdk-for-android, 121 stars) and LLM Council (ffroliva/gflow-cli, 278 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Ultragoal?
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.