Agent skill

Setup Kiko

by Levix0501 in Levix0501/kiko-skills

Initialize or repair the project-local .kiko workspace at the project root.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Setup Kiko

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Levix0501/kiko-skills --skill setup-kiko -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Levix0501/kiko-skills setup-kiko --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/Levix0501/kiko-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/setup-kiko .claude/skills/setup-kiko && 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
setup-kiko
GitHub stars
170
Token cost
~239 tokens
SKILL.md length
131 words
Files
3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Initialize or repair the project-local .kiko workspace at the project root.

  • Development work in your project
  • Calls git

What it does

Setup Kiko is an agent skill from Levix0501/kiko-skills. Initialize or repair the project-local .kiko workspace at the project root.

Its SKILL.md is about 240 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Development. It works with Git. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/setup-kiko”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9734a55. 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/, which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, 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

Setup Kiko loads about 239 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 131 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~22
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~239

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 Levix0501/kiko-skills at commit 9734a55, republished under its MIT licence (© Levix0501). 131 words, ~239 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/setup-kiko/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
setup-kiko
description
Initialize or repair the project-local .kiko workspace at the project root.
disable-model-invocation
true

Run the bundled scripts/init-kiko <project-root> with the opened project root and report the path it prints. The script is idempotent: it creates any missing part of .kiko/{TODO.md,docs/,.implement/,.gitignore} while preserving existing artifacts and custom ignore content, so rerunning it also repairs an incomplete layout.

Initialize the root the user intends to work in — not a subdirectory and not a parent that happens to contain it. If the opened directory is ambiguous, ask the user to confirm the root first.

If the script warns that the root is not inside a Git worktree, tell the user Git has not been initialized there and the kiko artifacts are local-only; never run git init for them.

If the script exits with an error, show its message and stop; never create or repair .kiko by hand.

© Levix0501, 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 2 other files (scripts) in skills/setup-kiko of Levix0501/kiko-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • scripts/init-kiko

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9734a55

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Questions about Setup Kiko

What does Setup Kiko do?

Initialize or repair the project-local .kiko workspace at the project root. Setup Kiko is an agent skill from Levix0501/kiko-skills.kiko workspace at the project root.

When should I use Setup Kiko?

Setup Kiko fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Setup Kiko in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Levix0501/kiko-skills --skill setup-kiko -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/setup-kiko in Levix0501/kiko-skills) into .claude/skills/setup-kiko in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Setup Kiko in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Levix0501/kiko-skills --skill setup-kiko -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/setup-kiko in Levix0501/kiko-skills) into .agents/skills/setup-kiko in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Setup Kiko 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 Levix0501/kiko-skills --skill setup-kiko -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/setup-kiko, .gemini/skills/setup-kiko, .github/skills/setup-kiko and .opencode/skills/setup-kiko in your project.

What does Setup Kiko need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Setup Kiko needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Setup Kiko access the network?

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

Is Setup Kiko 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 Setup Kiko use?

Setup Kiko 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 Setup Kiko use?

About 239 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 956 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 Setup Kiko?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Setup Kiko: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Codebase Knowledge Graph Q&A (Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything, 86k stars) and Code Design Rationale Investigator (cursor/plugins, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Setup Kiko?

Levix0501 (a GitHub user) maintains it in Levix0501/kiko-skills, which has 170 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 24, 2026.

Source: Levix0501/kiko-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.