Agent skill

Vibeguard

by majiayu000 in majiayu000/spellbook

Lightweight anti-hallucination workflow for task kickoff, review prioritization, and regression retrospectives.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Vibeguard

skills CLI
$ npx skills add majiayu000/spellbook --skill vibeguard -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install majiayu000/spellbook vibeguard --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/majiayu000/spellbook.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/vibeguard .claude/skills/vibeguard && 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
vibeguard
GitHub stars
287
Token cost
~723 tokens
SKILL.md length
310 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
97
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Lightweight anti-hallucination workflow for task kickoff, review prioritization, and regression retrospectives.

  • Works in 4 steps: Start With The Task Contract → Score Findings Before Acting → Pick The Right Delivery Mode → …
  • The user asks for guardrails
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Includes, Hard Boundaries, When To Use It and Workflow, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Vibeguard is an agent skill from majiayu000/spellbook. Lightweight anti-hallucination workflow for task kickoff, review prioritization, and regression retrospectives. Use when the user asks for guardrails, task contracts, risk scoring, or review templates.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/review-template.md`, `references/scoring-matrix.md` and `references/task-contract.yaml`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering Prioritization frameworks, Retrospectives and LLM guardrails. The repository describes itself as: Cross-runtime skills for Claude Code, Codex, and multi-agent workflows. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for guardrails
  • Review templates

Example prompts

  • “/vibeguard”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Start With The Task Contract
  2. Score Findings Before Acting
  3. Pick The Right Delivery Mode
  4. Review The Failure, Not Just The Symptom

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ed52af7. 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

Vibeguard loads about 723 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 310 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~723
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~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

The full file from majiayu000/spellbook at commit ed52af7, republished under its MIT licence (© majiayu000). 310 words, ~723 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/vibeguard/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
vibeguard
description
Lightweight anti-hallucination workflow for task kickoff, review prioritization, and regression retrospectives. Use when the user asks for guardrails, task contracts, risk scoring, or review templates.

VibeGuard

Lightweight VibeGuard for everyday use inside Spellbook.

This skill helps with three moments where AI-assisted work usually drifts:

  • before implementation starts
  • while review findings are being prioritized
  • after regressions or avoidable mistakes happen

What This Skill Includes

  • A task contract checklist for scoping work before coding
  • A scoring matrix for prioritizing findings with evidence
  • A weekly review template for regression and guardrail retrospectives

Hard Boundaries

This skill is intentionally lightweight.

It does:

  • guide task kickoff
  • structure review output
  • make risk tradeoffs explicit

It does not:

  • install hooks
  • run guard scripts automatically
  • patch global Claude or Codex configuration
  • claim that full VibeGuard enforcement is active

If the user asks for automated interception, repo-level rules, or environment setup, escalate to the full VibeGuard repository and tooling.

When To Use It

Trigger this skill when the user asks for:

  • anti-hallucination guardrails
  • task startup checks
  • review scoring or triage
  • regression prevention
  • retrospective templates
  • "vibeguard" by name

Workflow

1. Start With The Task Contract

Open references/task-contract.yaml and confirm:

  • goal
  • source of truth
  • acceptance criteria
  • scope

Do not move into implementation until these are concrete.

2. Score Findings Before Acting

Open references/scoring-matrix.md and score each finding on:

  • impact
  • effort
  • risk
  • confidence

Use the score to separate urgent fixes from weak guesses.

3. Pick The Right Delivery Mode
  • 1-2 files: implement directly once the contract is clear
  • 3-5 files: write a short spec or step plan first
  • 6+ files: produce a full design/spec and staged execution plan
4. Review The Failure, Not Just The Symptom

If something regressed, identify which defense failed:

  • scope control
  • source-of-truth validation
  • verification depth
  • review prioritization
  • missing guardrail

Then capture the follow-up in references/review-template.md.

Expected Outputs

Depending on the request, produce one of these:

  • a filled task contract
  • a scored findings table with priorities
  • a short regression review or weekly retrospective

Reference Files

© majiayu000, 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 3 other files (references) in skills/vibeguard of majiayu000/spellbook.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/review-template.md
  • references/scoring-matrix.md
  • references/task-contract.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ed52af7

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Agile Product Owneralirezarezvani/claude-skills28k3 repos~3.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Prioritization Framework Advisordeanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills7.2k2 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Vibeguard

What does Vibeguard do?

Lightweight anti-hallucination workflow for task kickoff, review prioritization, and regression retrospectives. Vibeguard is an agent skill from majiayu000/spellbook. Lightweight anti-hallucination workflow for task kickoff, review prioritization, and regression retrospectives.

When should I use Vibeguard?

Vibeguard fits situations like: the user asks for guardrails; review templates.

How do I install Vibeguard in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add majiayu000/spellbook --skill vibeguard -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/vibeguard in majiayu000/spellbook) into .claude/skills/vibeguard in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Vibeguard in Codex?

Run `npx skills add majiayu000/spellbook --skill vibeguard -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/vibeguard in majiayu000/spellbook) into .agents/skills/vibeguard in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Vibeguard 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 majiayu000/spellbook --skill vibeguard -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/vibeguard, .gemini/skills/vibeguard, .github/skills/vibeguard and .opencode/skills/vibeguard in your project.

What does Vibeguard need to run?

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

Does Vibeguard 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 Vibeguard 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 Vibeguard use?

Vibeguard 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 Vibeguard use?

About 723 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 1.2k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Vibeguard?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Vibeguard: Impediment Prioritization (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars), AI Prioritization (ILoveDotNet/ilovedotnet, 155 stars), Weekly Engineering Retro (garrytan/gstack, 136k stars) and Agile Product Owner (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Vibeguard?

majiayu000 (a GitHub user) maintains it in majiayu000/spellbook, which has 287 GitHub stars. The repository holds 97 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: majiayu000/spellbook on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.