Agent skill

Kairos Lite

by LearnPrompt in LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills

Build a lightweight proactive mode with scheduled checks, sleep intervals, concise user briefs, and expiry safeguards so an agent can work in the background without becoming an uncontrolled daemon.

MITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Kairos Lite

skills CLI
$ npx skills add LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills --skill kairos-lite -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills kairos-lite --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/LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/kairos-lite .claude/skills/kairos-lite && 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
kairos-lite
GitHub stars
237
Token cost
~334 tokens
SKILL.md length
100 words
Files
5 (incl. scripts, references)
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Build a lightweight proactive mode with scheduled checks, sleep intervals, concise user briefs, and expiry safeguards so an agent can work in the background without becoming an uncontrolled daemon.

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Use It For, Avoid It For, Quick Start and Minimum Building Blocks, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3

What it does

Kairos Lite is an agent skill from LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills. Build a lightweight proactive mode with scheduled checks, sleep intervals, concise user briefs, and expiry safeguards so an agent can work in the background without becoming an uncontrolled daemon.

Its SKILL.md is about 330 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `README.md`, `references/prompt-template.md` and `references/source-notes.md`).

It sits in AI & LLM Engineering. The repository describes itself as: Portable CC-inspired skills for memory, verification, multi-agent coordination, context compression, and proactive coding-agent workflows. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/kairos-lite”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3899650. 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:

    • python3

    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

Kairos Lite loads about 334 tokens when it runs, and up to ~577 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 100 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~334
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~577

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

The full file from LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills at commit 3899650, republished under its MIT licence (© LearnPrompt). 100 words, ~334 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/kairos-lite/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
kairos-lite
description
Build a lightweight proactive mode with scheduled checks, sleep intervals, concise user briefs, and expiry safeguards so an agent can work in the background without becoming an uncontrolled daemon.

Kairos Lite

Use this skill when you want proactive behavior, but not a full always-on autonomous platform.

Use It For

  • scheduled repo patrols
  • unattended follow-up checks
  • short user-facing briefs after background work
  • proactive jobs with expiry

Avoid It For

  • unrestricted permanent daemons
  • hidden background mutation without explicit user opt-in
  • complex host-specific notification plumbing as an MVP

Quick Start

Create a portable proactive job spec:

bash
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/job_spec.py \
  --name "daily-repo-check" \
  --prompt "Summarize risky changes in the repo" \
  --schedule "0 9 * * 1-5"

Then use the prompt in references/prompt-template.md.

Minimum Building Blocks

  • sleep or wait
  • a schedule or automation trigger
  • a brief output channel
  • expiry or renewal

Supporting Files

© LearnPrompt, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (scripts, references) in skills/kairos-lite of LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • references/prompt-template.md
  • references/source-notes.md
  • scripts/job_spec.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3899650

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Codebase Managementgiancarloerra/SocratiCode3.3k1 repos~1.8kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Context Compressionguanyang/open-agent-hub9772 repos~4.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
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Questions about Kairos Lite

What does Kairos Lite do?

Build a lightweight proactive mode with scheduled checks, sleep intervals, concise user briefs, and expiry safeguards so an agent can work in the background without becoming an uncontrolled daemon. Kairos Lite is an agent skill from LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills. Build a lightweight proactive mode with scheduled checks, sleep intervals, concise user briefs, and expiry safeguards so an agent can work in the background without becoming an uncontrolled daemon.

When should I use Kairos Lite?

Kairos Lite fits situations like: AI & LLM Engineering work in your project.

How do I install Kairos Lite in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills --skill kairos-lite -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kairos-lite in LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills) into .claude/skills/kairos-lite in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Kairos Lite in Codex?

Run `npx skills add LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills --skill kairos-lite -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/kairos-lite in LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills) into .agents/skills/kairos-lite in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Kairos Lite 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 LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills --skill kairos-lite -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/kairos-lite, .gemini/skills/kairos-lite, .github/skills/kairos-lite and .opencode/skills/kairos-lite in your project.

What does Kairos Lite need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Kairos Lite needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Kairos Lite 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 Kairos Lite 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 Kairos Lite use?

Kairos Lite 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 Kairos Lite use?

About 334 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 243 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Kairos Lite?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Kairos Lite: Agent Builder (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Planning With Files (jarrodwatts/claude-code-config, 1.1k stars), Codebase Management (giancarloerra/SocratiCode, 3.3k stars) and Context Compression (guanyang/open-agent-hub, 977 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Kairos Lite?

LearnPrompt (a GitHub user) maintains it in LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills, which has 237 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 10, 2026.

Source: LearnPrompt/cc-harness-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.