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Agent skill

Nba

by LilMGenius in LilMGenius/paperthin

Read the live cycle state and return the single highest-leverage next best action, not a menu.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Nba

skills CLI
$ npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill nba -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install LilMGenius/paperthin nba --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/LilMGenius/paperthin.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/coil/nba .claude/skills/nba && 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
nba
GitHub stars
1.1k
Token cost
~540 tokens
SKILL.md length
309 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
28
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Read the live cycle state and return the single highest-leverage next best action, not a menu.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read the live cycle state: plan gates,… → Locate the project in the cycle: FRAME,… → Diagnose the blank-out cause: too many… → …
  • A project is between phases
  • SKILL.md covers Goal, Workflow, Rules and Verification
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Nba is an agent skill from LilMGenius/paperthin. Read the live cycle state and return the single highest-leverage next best action, not a menu. Use when a project is between phases, the author asks what to do next, too many valid threads are open, or the work needs re-entry into frame, build, drive, re0-memo, hate, re0-work, or ship.

Its SKILL.md is about 540 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 Development. The repository describes itself as: Low-level agentic design patterns. Turning old engineering wisdom into reflexes your agent reaches for on its own—on any agent. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • A project is between phases
  • The author asks what to do next
  • Too many valid threads are open
  • The work needs re-entry into frame

Example prompts

  • “/nba”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the live cycle state: plan gates, re0-memo anti-patterns, priority notes, recent git/file changes, QA evidence, and the current…
  2. Locate the project in the cycle: FRAME, BUILD, DRIVE, RE0-MEMO, HATE, RE0-WORK, BUILD AGAIN, or SHIP.
  3. Diagnose the blank-out cause: too many open threads, lost thread, unnamed blocker, closed-loop fatigue, avoidance of the hard step, or a…
  4. Return one action: the cheapest move that clears the most. It may name the right skill for the human to fire, the external input needed…
  5. Frame it as: where you are, next best action, why now, and done when.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7d5dc62. 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.

    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

Nba loads about 540 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 309 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~540

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 LilMGenius/paperthin at commit 7d5dc62, republished under its MIT licence (© LilMGenius). 309 words, ~540 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/nba/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
nba
description
Read the live cycle state and return the single highest-leverage next best action, not a menu. Use when a project is between phases, the author asks what to do next, too many valid threads are open, or the work needs re-entry into frame, build, drive, re0-memo, hate, re0-work, or ship.

Find the next best action from state, not from vibes.

Goal

nba is the manual re-entry point for a stalled cycle. It reads the current state and returns one action: the cheapest move that clears the binding constraint. It does not execute the action and it does not offer a menu, because a menu recreates the paralysis it exists to resolve.

Workflow

  1. Read the live cycle state: plan gates, re0-memo anti-patterns, priority notes, recent git/file changes, QA evidence, and the current workflow phase.
  2. Locate the project in the cycle: FRAME, BUILD, DRIVE, RE0-MEMO, HATE, RE0-WORK, BUILD AGAIN, or SHIP.
  3. Diagnose the blank-out cause: too many open threads, lost thread, unnamed blocker, closed-loop fatigue, avoidance of the hard step, or a phase that is already done.
  4. Return one action: the cheapest move that clears the most. It may name the right skill for the human to fire, the external input needed, the first nail to test, or the phase transition that is already due.
  5. Frame it as: where you are, next best action, why now, and done when.

Rules

  • One action, not a checklist.
  • State-grounded, never generic. Cite the gate, doc, evidence, or file state that drives the pick.
  • Return the avoided move, not the easy busywork.
  • If no outside truth is entering, the next action is external input, not another internal lap.
  • If the gate is already met, the action is to move phase or ship, not add another surface.
  • Read-only on the project. nba recommends; it does not execute.
  • Do not auto-invoke user-only skills. Tell the human when one is the next move.

Verification

Before finishing:

  1. The recommendation cites the state it read.
  2. There is exactly one next action.
  3. The action has a clear "done when" observable.
  4. A reader can tell why this action beats the other visible options.

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/coil/nba of LilMGenius/paperthin.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7d5dc62

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Categories

Questions about Nba

What does Nba do?

Read the live cycle state and return the single highest-leverage next best action, not a menu. Nba is an agent skill from LilMGenius/paperthin. Read the live cycle state and return the single highest-leverage next best action, not a menu.

When should I use Nba?

Nba fits situations like: A project is between phases; the author asks what to do next; too many valid threads are open; the work needs re-entry into frame.

How do I install Nba in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Nba in Codex?

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

Can I use Nba 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 LilMGenius/paperthin --skill nba -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/nba, .gemini/skills/nba, .github/skills/nba and .opencode/skills/nba in your project.

What does Nba need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Nba is instructions for the agent only.

Does Nba 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 Nba 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 Nba use?

Nba 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 Nba use?

About 540 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k 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 Nba?

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Who maintains Nba?

LilMGenius (a GitHub user) maintains it in LilMGenius/paperthin, which has 1,130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 28 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

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