Agent skill

Working From Reference Documents

by lukapiskorec in lukapiskorec/craftbot

A skill your agent uses when an experiment is grounded in a construction manual, design guide, or standard (typically a summarized md document with a source PDF behind it) and the model must stay…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDocuments & Office

Install Working From Reference Documents

skills CLI
$ npx skills add lukapiskorec/craftbot --skill working-from-reference-documents -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install lukapiskorec/craftbot working-from-reference-documents --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/lukapiskorec/craftbot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/working-from-reference-documents .claude/skills/working-from-reference-documents && 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
working-from-reference-documents
GitHub stars
143
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,119 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when an experiment is grounded in a construction manual, design guide, or standard (typically a summarized md document with a source PDF behind it) and the model must stay…

  • Works in 2 steps: Phase 1: build from the tables. Extract… → Phase 2: diff against the source's…
  • An experiment is grounded in a construction manual
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, The mapping table comes first, Rules for taking numbers and When the reference and the…, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Working From Reference Documents is an agent skill from lukapiskorec/craftbot. Use when an experiment is grounded in a construction manual, design guide, or standard (typically a summarized md document with a source PDF behind it) and the model must stay traceable to it.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k 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 Documents & Office. The repository describes itself as: CraftBot is an architect AI agent. It interprets design briefs, grounds its thinking in domain knowledge through ingesting documents, images and other references, and outputs…

When your agent uses it

  • An experiment is grounded in a construction manual
  • Standard (typically a summarized md document with a source PDF behind it) and the model must stay traceable to it

Example prompts

  • “/working-from-reference-documents”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Phase 1: build from the tables. Extract sizes, spacings and grid rules; get a complete, numerically clean model standing. Layout and…
  2. Phase 2: diff against the source's images. Re-read the figures and photographs one by one against your renders, as a table: in the figure…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2c9715b. 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

Working From Reference Documents loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,119 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,119 words (~1,851 tokens).

“Fidelity to a reference is an auditable property, not a feeling. Every number in the model should trace back to a clause in the source, and every departure should be written down with its reason. Successful runs converge on the…”

— opening of SKILL.md by lukapiskorec, Custom licence
name
working-from-reference-documents

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/working-from-reference-documents of lukapiskorec/craftbot.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2c9715b

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Questions about Working From Reference Documents

What does Working From Reference Documents do?

A skill your agent uses when an experiment is grounded in a construction manual, design guide, or standard (typically a summarized md document with a source PDF behind it) and the model must stay…. Working From Reference Documents is an agent skill from lukapiskorec/craftbot. Use when an experiment is grounded in a construction manual, design guide, or standard (typically a summarized md document with a source PDF behind it) and the model must stay traceable to it.

When should I use Working From Reference Documents?

Working From Reference Documents fits situations like: an experiment is grounded in a construction manual; standard (typically a summarized md document with a source PDF behind it) and the model must stay traceable to it.

How do I install Working From Reference Documents in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add lukapiskorec/craftbot --skill working-from-reference-documents -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/working-from-reference-documents in lukapiskorec/craftbot) into .claude/skills/working-from-reference-documents in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Working From Reference Documents in Codex?

Run `npx skills add lukapiskorec/craftbot --skill working-from-reference-documents -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/working-from-reference-documents in lukapiskorec/craftbot) into .agents/skills/working-from-reference-documents in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Working From Reference Documents 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 lukapiskorec/craftbot --skill working-from-reference-documents -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/working-from-reference-documents, .gemini/skills/working-from-reference-documents, .github/skills/working-from-reference-documents and .opencode/skills/working-from-reference-documents in your project.

What does Working From Reference Documents need to run?

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

Does Working From Reference Documents 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 Working From Reference Documents 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 Working From Reference Documents use?

Working From Reference Documents has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Working From Reference Documents use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.4k 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 Working From Reference Documents?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Working From Reference Documents: Markdown Article Formatter (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 26k stars), Markitdown (ImCa0/just-laws, 781 stars), Obsidian Markdown (Atmosphere/atmosphere, 3.8k stars) and DOCX (rvdbreemen/OTGW-firmware, 207 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Working From Reference Documents?

lukapiskorec (a GitHub user) maintains it in lukapiskorec/craftbot, which has 143 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 30, 2026.

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