Agent skill

Pulse

by MagicCube in MagicCube/agentara

📡 Pulse — Twice-daily tech briefing for group distribution.

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Install Pulse

The automated check flagged lines worth reading first. See the safety section below.

skills CLI
$ npx skills add MagicCube/agentara --skill pulse -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install MagicCube/agentara pulse --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/MagicCube/agentara.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/user-home/.claude/skills/pulse .claude/skills/pulse && 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
pulse
GitHub stars
516
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
782 words
Files
20 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
21
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

📡 Pulse — Twice-daily tech briefing for group distribution.

  • Works in 4 steps: Run Prefetch Script → Fetch & Curate News → Final Deduplication → …
  • SKILL.md covers Locale and Workflow Overview
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls uv; reaches github.com and producthunt.com; needs GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN

What it does

Pulse is an agent skill from MagicCube/agentara. 📡 Pulse — Twice-daily tech briefing for group distribution. Designed to be triggered by cronjob at morning and evening, or manually. Use this skill only when the user says "pulse" or "/pulse".

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 22 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/prefetch.py`, `scripts/prefetch_sources/__init__.py` and `scripts/prefetch_sources/common.py`).

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: Your 24/7 personal assistant powered by Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. Multi-channel messaging, long-term memory, skills, task scheduling, session management, and more — all…

Example prompts

  • “/pulse”
  • “/pulse”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A credential in GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN

Workflow steps

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

  1. Run Prefetch Script
  2. Fetch & Curate News
  3. Final Deduplication
  4. Assemble Output

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5621a96. 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 17 files in scripts/ (Python, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • uv

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • github.com
    • producthunt.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Pulse loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 782 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k

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

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The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.

  • WarningContains zero-width charactersSKILL.md:187
    > 👨🏻⟨U+200D⟩💻 [Helixent](https://github.com/MagicCube/helixent)开源 Coding Agent {if helixent_stars}已有 {helixent_stars} 颗 ⭐ ,欢

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 782 words (~2,125 tokens).

“A comprehensive twice-daily tech briefing combining product launches, open-source trends, curated news, market indices, and weather forecasts. Designed for group distribution to a 4000+ person tech community. Runs at morning and evening, or manually.”

— opening of SKILL.md by MagicCube
name
pulse

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 19 other files (scripts) in user-home/.claude/skills/pulse of MagicCube/agentara.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/prefetch.py
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__init__.py
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-312.pyc
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__pycache__/common.cpython-312.pyc
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__pycache__/github.cpython-312.pyc
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__pycache__/news.cpython-312.pyc
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__pycache__/podcasts.cpython-312.pyc
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__pycache__/producthunt.cpython-312.pyc
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__pycache__/stock.cpython-312.pyc
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/__pycache__/weather.cpython-312.pyc
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/common.py
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/github.py
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/news.py
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/podcasts.py
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/producthunt.py
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/search.py
  • scripts/prefetch_sources/stock.py
  • … and 2 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5621a96

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Works with

Questions about Pulse

What does Pulse do?

📡 Pulse — Twice-daily tech briefing for group distribution. Pulse is an agent skill from MagicCube/agentara. 📡 Pulse — Twice-daily tech briefing for group distribution.

How do I install Pulse in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add MagicCube/agentara --skill pulse -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (user-home/.claude/skills/pulse in MagicCube/agentara) into .claude/skills/pulse in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pulse in Codex?

Run `npx skills add MagicCube/agentara --skill pulse -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (user-home/.claude/skills/pulse in MagicCube/agentara) into .agents/skills/pulse in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

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

What does Pulse need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Pulse needs Python for the scripts in its folder, the command-line tools its instructions call (uv) and credentials named GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN.

Does Pulse access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: github.com and producthunt.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pulse safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): contains zero-width characters. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Pulse use?

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

How many tokens does Pulse use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.5k 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 Pulse?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pulse: PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Diagnosing Superpowers Sessions (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars) and Greploop (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pulse?

MagicCube (a GitHub user) maintains it in MagicCube/agentara, which has 516 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 11, 2026.

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