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A skill your agent uses when checking an Argus project's progress, pending questions, active role, diagnostics, selected artifacts, intervention state, recovery options, or graceful stop status.
Install Argus Status
$ npx skills add microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/ArgusAgent argus-status --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status .claude/skills/argus-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "argus-status" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent/tree/main/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status into .claude/skills/argus-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "argus-status", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent/tree/main/plugins/argus/skills/argus-statusType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/ArgusAgent argus-status --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status .agents/skills/argus-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "argus-status" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent/tree/main/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status into .agents/skills/argus-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "argus-status", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/ArgusAgent argus-status --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status .cursor/skills/argus-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "argus-status" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent/tree/main/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status into .cursor/skills/argus-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "argus-status", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent.git --path plugins/argus/skills/argus-status--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/ArgusAgent argus-status --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status .gemini/skills/argus-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "argus-status" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent/tree/main/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status into .gemini/skills/argus-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "argus-status", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install microsoft/ArgusAgent argus-statusInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status .github/skills/argus-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "argus-status" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent/tree/main/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status into .github/skills/argus-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "argus-status", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install microsoft/ArgusAgent argus-status --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status .opencode/skills/argus-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "argus-status" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/ArgusAgent/tree/main/plugins/argus/skills/argus-status into .opencode/skills/argus-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "argus-status", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
argus-status- GitHub stars
- 135
- Token cost
- ~295 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 133 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 6
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when checking an Argus project's progress, pending questions, active role, diagnostics, selected artifacts, intervention state, recovery options, or graceful stop status.
- Works in 6 steps: Resolve the project ID from the user's… → Call argus_status. Report daemon state,… → Call argus_artifacts when the user asks… → …
- Checking an Argus projects progress
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Pending questions
What it does
Argus Status is an agent skill from microsoft/ArgusAgent, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when checking an Argus project's progress, pending questions, active role, diagnostics, selected artifacts, intervention state, recovery options, or graceful stop status.
Its SKILL.md is about 300 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).
It sits in Agent Workflows. The repository describes itself as: A persistent, reviewed multi-agent runtime for long-horizon research and engineering. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Checking an Argus projects progress
- Pending questions
- Selected artifacts
- Intervention state
Example prompts
- “/argus-status”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Resolve the project ID from the user's explicit ID or call
- Call argus_status. Report daemon state, active role, completed and pending
- Call argus_artifacts when the user asks for outputs. Report only existing
- Call argus_doctor only when status exposes a runtime/backend fault or the
- Send ordinary steering or answers through argus_message; Manager remains
- Call argus_stop only on an explicit stop request. Keep force=false unless
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 746f76b. 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
Argus Status loads about 295 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 47 tokens; SKILL.md has 133 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 microsoft/ArgusAgent at commit 746f76b, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 133 words, ~295 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/argus-status/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- argus-status
- description
- Use when checking an Argus project's progress, pending questions, active role, diagnostics, selected artifacts, intervention state, recovery options, or graceful stop status.
Inspect And Control Argus
- Resolve the project ID from the user's explicit ID or call
argus_project_listfor the exact work directory. - Call
argus_status. Report daemon state, active role, completed and pending work, pending operator questions, and continuous objective separately. - Call
argus_artifactswhen the user asks for outputs. Report only existing allowlisted artifacts returned by Argus. - Call
argus_doctoronly when status exposes a runtime/backend fault or the user requests diagnostics. - Send ordinary steering or answers through
argus_message; Manager remains the operator front door. - Call
argus_stoponly on an explicit stop request. Keepforce=falseunless the user explicitly requests a force stop after understanding interruption risk.
Do not count provider, transport, interrupted, or resource failures as task failures. Do not translate training loss or activity into a successful result.
© microsoft, 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 1 other file in plugins/argus/skills/argus-status of microsoft/ArgusAgent.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 746f76b
Compare with similar skills
Argus Status next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argus Status this skillmicrosoft/ArgusAgent | 135 | — | ~295 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MCP Server Builderanthropics/skills | 180k | 62 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Hook Development for Claude Code Pluginsanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 37k | 11 repos | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Using Superpowersfarm-fe/farm | 5.6k | 34 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Executing Plans Inlineobra/superpowers | 296k | 2 repos | ~5.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Claude Code Agent Developmentanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 37k | 8 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Argus Status
What does Argus Status do?
A skill your agent uses when checking an Argus project's progress, pending questions, active role, diagnostics, selected artifacts, intervention state, recovery options, or graceful stop status. Argus Status is an agent skill from microsoft/ArgusAgent, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when checking an Argus project's progress, pending questions, active role, diagnostics, selected artifacts, intervention state, recovery options, or graceful stop status.
When should I use Argus Status?
Argus Status fits situations like: checking an Argus projects progress; pending questions; selected artifacts; intervention state.
How do I install Argus Status in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/argus/skills/argus-status in microsoft/ArgusAgent) into .claude/skills/argus-status in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Argus Status in Codex?
Run `npx skills add microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/argus/skills/argus-status in microsoft/ArgusAgent) into .agents/skills/argus-status in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Argus Status 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 microsoft/ArgusAgent --skill argus-status -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/argus-status, .gemini/skills/argus-status, .github/skills/argus-status and .opencode/skills/argus-status in your project.
What does Argus Status need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Argus Status is instructions for the agent only.
Does Argus Status 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 Argus Status 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 Argus Status use?
Argus Status 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 Argus Status use?
About 295 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k 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 Argus Status?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Argus Status: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Hook Development for Claude Code Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 37k stars), Using Superpowers (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars) and Executing Plans Inline (obra/superpowers, 296k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Argus Status?
microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/ArgusAgent, which has 135 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 2, 2026.
Source: microsoft/ArgusAgent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.