Agent skill

Tla Precheck

by kingbootoshi in kingbootoshi/tla-precheck

Design and verify state machines using the TLA PreCheck TypeScript DSL.

No licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Tla Precheck

skills CLI
$ npx skills add kingbootoshi/tla-precheck --skill tla-precheck -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install kingbootoshi/tla-precheck tla-precheck --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/kingbootoshi/tla-precheck.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/tla-precheck .claude/skills/tla-precheck && 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
tla-precheck
GitHub stars
113
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
470 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Design and verify state machines using the TLA PreCheck TypeScript DSL.

  • Works in 6 steps: One risky workflow per machine. Don't… → Keep proof domains tiny. 2 users, 3 runs… → Fix the design, not the code. If check… → …
  • Building billing flows
  • SKILL.md covers What This Is, Design Rules, The Three Commands and DSL Quick Reference, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls npx

What it does

Tla Precheck is an agent skill from kingbootoshi/tla-precheck. Design and verify state machines using the TLA PreCheck TypeScript DSL. Use when building billing flows, subscription lifecycles, agent orchestration, queue processing, deployment pipelines, or any critical state machine where a bug means corrupted data, stuck users, or silent failures. Triggers on .machine.ts files, state machine design tasks, or when formal verification of state transitions is needed.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/cli-workflow.md` and `references/dsl-cheatsheet.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering CI/CD and Multi-agent orchestration. It works with TypeScript. The repository describes itself as: Your TLA+ spec and your TypeScript code drift apart. This kit makes that impossible.

When your agent uses it

  • Building billing flows
  • Subscription lifecycles
  • Agent orchestration
  • Queue processing

Example prompts

  • “/tla-precheck”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. One risky workflow per machine. Don't model your whole system. Model the billing state machine. Model the subscription lifecycle. One…
  2. Keep proof domains tiny. 2 users, 3 runs finds most bugs. Scale up in nightly tiers.
  3. Fix the design, not the code. If check fails, the state machine design is wrong. Redesign the transitions and invariants.
  4. Never edit generated artifacts. Don't touch .tla files, certificates, or adapter code. Regenerate with build.
  5. Never write directly to machine-owned tables. All mutations go through the generated adapter or interpreter.
  6. Prefer small atomic machines. Multiple small machines composed at the application layer beat one giant spec.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 66684df. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Tla Precheck loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 105 tokens; SKILL.md has 470 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~105
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.4k

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 470 words (~1,448 tokens).

“TLA PreCheck is a restricted TypeScript DSL with TLA+ semantics.”

— opening of SKILL.md by kingbootoshi
name
tla-precheck

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/tla-precheck of kingbootoshi/tla-precheck.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/cli-workflow.md
  • references/dsl-cheatsheet.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 66684df

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Works with

Questions about Tla Precheck

What does Tla Precheck do?

Design and verify state machines using the TLA PreCheck TypeScript DSL. Tla Precheck is an agent skill from kingbootoshi/tla-precheck. Design and verify state machines using the TLA PreCheck TypeScript DSL.

When should I use Tla Precheck?

Tla Precheck fits situations like: building billing flows; subscription lifecycles; agent orchestration; queue processing.

How do I install Tla Precheck in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add kingbootoshi/tla-precheck --skill tla-precheck -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tla-precheck in kingbootoshi/tla-precheck) into .claude/skills/tla-precheck in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tla Precheck in Codex?

Run `npx skills add kingbootoshi/tla-precheck --skill tla-precheck -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/tla-precheck in kingbootoshi/tla-precheck) into .agents/skills/tla-precheck in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tla Precheck 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 kingbootoshi/tla-precheck --skill tla-precheck -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tla-precheck, .gemini/skills/tla-precheck, .github/skills/tla-precheck and .opencode/skills/tla-precheck in your project.

What does Tla Precheck need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tla Precheck needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Tla Precheck access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tla Precheck 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 Tla Precheck use?

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

How many tokens does Tla Precheck use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.8k 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 1.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Tla Precheck?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tla Precheck: Agentopology Skill (agentopology/agentopology, 104 stars), Argentos Dev Ops (ArgentAIOS/argentos-core, 126 stars), Ultraapp Interview (Enderfga/claw-orchestrator, 587 stars) and Smithers Durable Flow Driver (smithersai/smithers, 430 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Tla Precheck?

kingbootoshi (a GitHub user) maintains it in kingbootoshi/tla-precheck, which has 113 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on April 4, 2026.

Source: kingbootoshi/tla-precheck on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.