Agent skill

Write Compressor

by lazyFrogLOL in lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering

This skill provides guidance for implementing custom compression encoders that must be compatible with existing decoders (especially arithmetic coding).

No licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Write Compressor

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering --skill write-compressor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering write-compressor --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/lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/write-compressor .claude/skills/write-compressor && 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
write-compressor
GitHub stars
128
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
770 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

This skill provides guidance for implementing custom compression encoders that must be compatible with existing decoders (especially arithmetic coding).

  • Works in 12 steps: Decoder-First Analysis → Incremental Complexity Approach → Dual Simulation Verification → …
  • Testing & QA work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Critical Success Factors, Verification Strategy and Common Pitfalls, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Write Compressor is an agent skill from lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering. This skill provides guidance for implementing custom compression encoders that must be compatible with existing decoders (especially arithmetic coding). It should be used when the task requires writing a compressor/encoder that produces output compatible with a given decompressor/decoder, or when implementing arithmetic coding or similar bit-level compression schemes.

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 Testing & QA.

When your agent uses it

  • Testing & QA work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/write-compressor”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

12 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Decoder-First Analysis
  2. Incremental Complexity Approach
  3. Dual Simulation Verification
  4. State Synchronization
  5. Trial-and-Error Implementation
  6. Wrong Byte Output Formula
  7. Premature Optimization
  8. Testing Full Files Before Simple Cases
  9. Insufficient Decoder Analysis
  10. Analysis (Do Not Skip)
  11. Minimal Implementation
  12. Incremental Extension

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit cae3b25. 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 (its code samples are python and c).

    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

Write Compressor loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 770 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~97
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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 770 words (~1,773 tokens).

“This skill guides the implementation of compression encoders that must produce output compatible with an existing decoder. The key challenge is ensuring encoder state transitions exactly mirror decoder expectations—particularly critical for arithmetic coding where even minor state drift causes decompression…”

— opening of SKILL.md by lazyFrogLOL
name
write-compressor

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/write-compressor of lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit cae3b25

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Categories

Questions about Write Compressor

What does Write Compressor do?

This skill provides guidance for implementing custom compression encoders that must be compatible with existing decoders (especially arithmetic coding). Write Compressor is an agent skill from lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering. This skill provides guidance for implementing custom compression encoders that must be compatible with existing decoders (especially arithmetic coding).

When should I use Write Compressor?

Write Compressor fits situations like: testing & QA work in your project.

How do I install Write Compressor in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Write Compressor in Codex?

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

Can I use Write Compressor 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 lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering --skill write-compressor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/write-compressor, .gemini/skills/write-compressor, .github/skills/write-compressor and .opencode/skills/write-compressor in your project.

What does Write Compressor need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Write Compressor is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Write Compressor 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 Write Compressor 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 Write Compressor use?

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

How many tokens does Write Compressor use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.1k 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 Write Compressor?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Write Compressor: Web Application Testing (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Diagnosing Bugs (fossasia/eventyay-interpretation, 1.6k stars), TDD (fossasia/eventyay-interpretation, 1.6k stars) and TDD Workflow (hellangleZ/burn-in-cceverywhere-ralph, 112 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Write Compressor?

lazyFrogLOL (a GitHub user) maintains it in lazyFrogLOL/Harness_Engineering, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 18, 2026.

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