Agent skill

Ask

by keli-wen in keli-wen/agy-staff

Ask Google's Antigravity CLI (agy staffer, fast Gemini) a cheap one-shot question - the fast zero-tool mode and the post-install smoke test.

MITAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Ask

skills CLI
$ npx skills add keli-wen/agy-staff --skill ask -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install keli-wen/agy-staff ask --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/keli-wen/agy-staff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask .claude/skills/ask && 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
ask
GitHub stars
733
Token cost
~763 tokens
SKILL.md length
364 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Ask Google's Antigravity CLI (agy staffer, fast Gemini) a cheap one-shot question - the fast zero-tool mode and the post-install smoke test.

  • The user says /agy:ask
  • SKILL.md covers Locating the companion, Flags (all optional) and Rules
  • Calls node
  • Quick second opinion from agy

What it does

Ask is an agent skill from keli-wen/agy-staff. Ask Google's Antigravity CLI (agy staffer, fast Gemini) a cheap one-shot question - the fast zero-tool mode and the post-install smoke test. Use when the user says /agy:ask, "ask agy", "quick second opinion from agy", or right after installing to verify the plugin works.

Its SKILL.md is about 760 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 Testing & QA, covering QA and bug reports. The repository describes itself as: Hire Google's Antigravity CLI (agy) as a fast Gemini staffer for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says /agy:ask
  • Quick second opinion from agy
  • Right after installing to verify the plugin works

Example prompts

  • “ask agy”
  • “quick second opinion from agy”
  • “/ask”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(node:*)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 65a1ab4. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash(node:*)

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node

    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

Ask loads about 763 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 364 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
~763

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

The full file from keli-wen/agy-staff at commit 65a1ab4, republished under its MIT licence (© keli-wen). 364 words, ~763 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ask/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
ask
description
Ask Google's Antigravity CLI (agy staffer, fast Gemini) a cheap one-shot question - the fast zero-tool mode and the post-install smoke test. Use when the user says /agy:ask, "ask agy", "quick second opinion from agy", or right after installing to verify the plugin works.
allowed-tools
Bash(node:*)
argument-hint
[--continue] [--model <id>|--effort low|medium|high] [--timeout <dur>] "question"

agy ask

The quick mode: one question in, one answer out, ~3 seconds on the default gemini-3.8-flash-low. Zero tools by design (restricted profile, question-only prompt), so it needs no setup and works on a fresh install — run it first as the smoke test: ask --prompt "reply with OK".

ask is the only persona that runs in the foreground: the call blocks and the answer comes back on stdout. staffer, researcher, reviewer, and implementer instead return a background job id (see the jobs skill, ../jobs/SKILL.md).

Locating the companion

This skill file lives at <plugin-root>/skills/ask/SKILL.md; resolve the companion path relative to this skill directory:

bash
node "<skill-dir>/../../companion/agy-companion.mjs" ask [flags] --prompt "question"

Pass the user's question verbatim via --prompt; use --prompt-file <path> or --stdin for a long question.

[!IMPORTANT] Run this command unsandboxed — agy needs a localhost port and its OAuth token file, which harness sandboxes hide. In Codex, request escalated permissions for the command. Details: ../jobs/references/troubleshooting.md.

Flags (all optional)

  • --prompt <text> / --prompt-file <path> / --stdin — the question, from exactly one of these three sources. Use file/stdin for a long question.
  • --continue — reuse the last ask conversation; --conversation <id> targets a specific one.
  • --model <id> or --effort low|medium|high — default model is gemini-3.8-flash-low.
  • --timeout <dur> — default 2m.

ask is always restricted (it is tool-free, so there is nothing to unrestrict); --unrestricted is ignored with a note on stderr. That is fixed for ask alone — the tool-using personas default to unrestricted, where --restricted is an opt-in hardening flag. Execution style is likewise fixed per mode and no flag changes it.

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Rules

  • Pass the user's question through verbatim and return the answer verbatim. The [agy-staff] telemetry line arrives on stderr and is metadata for you, the calling agent — do not show it to the user; mention the follow-up ability in natural language when relevant, and give model/duration/token numbers only if asked.
  • If the answer says "not sure", relay it as-is; do not silently substitute your own answer.
  • Exit 5 means a resumable response timeout: explain it and ask whether the user wants to continue with the suggested timeout or stop. Continue only after explicit user confirmation, using the recorded conversation and configuration. For other companion errors, quote the error and add a concise diagnosis. Full failure protocol: ../jobs/SKILL.md.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/ask of keli-wen/agy-staff.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 65a1ab4

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Questions about Ask

What does Ask do?

Ask Google's Antigravity CLI (agy staffer, fast Gemini) a cheap one-shot question - the fast zero-tool mode and the post-install smoke test. Ask is an agent skill from keli-wen/agy-staff. Ask Google's Antigravity CLI (agy staffer, fast Gemini) a cheap one-shot question - the fast zero-tool mode and the post-install smoke test.

When should I use Ask?

Ask fits situations like: the user says /agy:ask; quick second opinion from agy; right after installing to verify the plugin works.

How do I install Ask in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add keli-wen/agy-staff --skill ask -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ask in keli-wen/agy-staff) into .claude/skills/ask in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Ask in Codex?

Run `npx skills add keli-wen/agy-staff --skill ask -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ask in keli-wen/agy-staff) into .agents/skills/ask in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Ask 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 keli-wen/agy-staff --skill ask -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ask, .gemini/skills/ask, .github/skills/ask and .opencode/skills/ask in your project.

What does Ask need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Ask needs the command-line tools its instructions call (node). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(node:*).

Does Ask 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 Ask 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 Ask use?

Ask is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Ask use?

About 763 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Ask?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ask: Reproduce Chat States (different-ai/openwork, 24k stars), Dynamo Jira Ticket (DynamoDS/Dynamo, 2k stars), Moav E2E (MotherofallVPNs/MoaV, 448 stars) and Creating A Coral Task (Human-Agent-Society/CORAL, 1.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ask?

keli-wen (a GitHub user) maintains it in keli-wen/agy-staff, which has 733 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: keli-wen/agy-staff on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.