Speculative Decoding
Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs
Explains three ways to speed up LLM inference: draft-model speculative decoding, Medusa heads and lookahead decoding with Jacobi iteration, and when each one fits.
Decode a pay stub line by line — every deduction explained, the gross-to-net story, and the errors worth catching.
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Install Pay Stub Decoder
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills pay-stub-decoder --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pay-stub-decoder .claude/skills/pay-stub-decoder && 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 "pay-stub-decoder" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/pay-stub-decoder into .claude/skills/pay-stub-decoder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pay-stub-decoder", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/pay-stub-decoderType 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills pay-stub-decoder --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pay-stub-decoder .agents/skills/pay-stub-decoder && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "pay-stub-decoder" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/pay-stub-decoder into .agents/skills/pay-stub-decoder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pay-stub-decoder", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills pay-stub-decoder --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pay-stub-decoder .cursor/skills/pay-stub-decoder && 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 "pay-stub-decoder" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/pay-stub-decoder into .cursor/skills/pay-stub-decoder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pay-stub-decoder", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/pay-stub-decoder--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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills pay-stub-decoder --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pay-stub-decoder .gemini/skills/pay-stub-decoder && 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 "pay-stub-decoder" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/pay-stub-decoder into .gemini/skills/pay-stub-decoder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pay-stub-decoder", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills pay-stub-decoderInstalls 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pay-stub-decoder .github/skills/pay-stub-decoder && 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 "pay-stub-decoder" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/pay-stub-decoder into .github/skills/pay-stub-decoder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pay-stub-decoder", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills pay-stub-decoder --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pay-stub-decoder .opencode/skills/pay-stub-decoder && 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 "pay-stub-decoder" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/pay-stub-decoder into .opencode/skills/pay-stub-decoder/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pay-stub-decoder", 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
pay-stub-decoder- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~1.1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 533 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Decode a pay stub line by line — every deduction explained, the gross-to-net story, and the errors worth catching.
- Works in 5 steps: Codes to English: payroll abbreviations… → Pre-tax vs post-tax matters: the… → The five common errors: withholding… → …
- Asked to explain my pay stub
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Pay Stub Decoder is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Decode a pay stub line by line — every deduction explained, the gross-to-net story, and the errors worth catching. Use when asked to explain my pay stub, why is my paycheck smaller than expected, what are all these deductions, or check my paycheck for mistakes. Produces a line-by-line decode, the gross-to-net waterfall, the error checklist (withholding, benefits, overtime), and the fixes to raise with payroll.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/worked-example.md`).
The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked to explain my pay stub
- Why is my paycheck smaller than expected
- What are all these deductions
- Check my paycheck for mistakes
Example prompts
- “/pay-stub-decoder”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Codes to English: payroll abbreviations (the cryptic 6-character kind) decoded by pattern and context; anything genuinely ambiguous gets…
- Pre-tax vs post-tax matters: the waterfall shows where each deduction lands, because a pre-tax dollar costs less than a post-tax one — and…
- The five common errors: withholding status not matching filing reality · benefit deduction ≠ elected amount · missing/mis-multiplied…
- Annualize the surprises: a $38 mystery deduction is $988/year — every finding shows both numbers.
- Year-to-date is the audit trail: YTD columns catch errors the single stub hides (a match that stopped in March shows here first).
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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
Pay Stub Decoder loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 108 tokens; SKILL.md has 533 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 533 words, ~1,075 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/pay-stub-decoder/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- pay-stub-decoder
- description
- Decode a pay stub line by line — every deduction explained, the gross-to-net story, and the errors worth catching. Use when asked to explain my pay stub, why is my paycheck smaller than expected, what are all these deductions, or check my paycheck for mistakes. Produces a line-by-line decode, the gross-to-net waterfall, the error checklist (withholding, benefits, overtime), and the fixes to raise with payroll.
Pay Stub Decoder Skill
Most people can't explain a third of the lines on their own pay stub — which is exactly how errors survive for years. This skill decodes every line, shows the gross-to-net waterfall, and runs the error checklist: wrong withholding status, benefit deductions that don't match elections, missing overtime, and the retirement match that quietly isn't there.
What This Skill Produces
- Line-by-line decode — every earning, tax, and deduction in plain English
- The waterfall — gross → taxes → pre-tax deductions → post-tax → net, with percentages
- The error checklist — run against the user's stated situation, discrepancies flagged
- Payroll fixes — what to raise, with the wording
Required Inputs
Ask for these only if not provided:
- The stub — lines and amounts (redact identifiers freely; the codes and numbers are what matter)
- The expectations: stated salary/rate, hours if hourly, benefit elections (retirement %, insurance tier), filing status
- Jurisdiction — tax lines and mandatory deductions vary by country/state; never guess
- What prompted this — "smaller than expected" gets a targeted diff, not just a tour
Framework
- Codes to English: payroll abbreviations (the cryptic 6-character kind) decoded by pattern and context; anything genuinely ambiguous gets flagged ask payroll what this code means rather than guessed.
- Pre-tax vs post-tax matters: the waterfall shows where each deduction lands, because a pre-tax dollar costs less than a post-tax one — and misclassified deductions are a real error class.
- The five common errors: withholding status not matching filing reality · benefit deduction ≠ elected amount · missing/mis-multiplied overtime · retirement contribution or employer match absent or mismatched · state/locality taxes for the wrong place (remote-work classic).
- Annualize the surprises: a $38 mystery deduction is $988/year — every finding shows both numbers.
- Year-to-date is the audit trail: YTD columns catch errors the single stub hides (a match that stopped in March shows here first).
Output Format
Show full SKILL.md (235 more words)Show less
Pay Stub Decode: [period]
The waterfall: Gross $[n] → taxes −$[n] ([n]%) → pre-tax −$[n] → post-tax −$[n] → Net $[n] ([n]% of gross)
Line decode | Line/code | Plain English | Amount | /year | Check | ⚠ Findings — each: the line, expected vs actual, the annualized gap, likely cause For payroll: [the message: specific lines, specific asks — payroll fixes line items, not feelings] Looks right: [the lines verified clean — decoded confidence, not just alarms]
End verbatim: "This is a plain-language reading, not tax or legal advice — payroll rules vary by jurisdiction; confirm anything load-bearing with payroll or a tax professional."
Quality Checks
- Every line is decoded or explicitly flagged ask-payroll — none skipped
- The waterfall reconciles to the stated net to the cent
- Findings show single-period and annualized amounts
- The error checklist ran against the user's stated elections
- Clean lines are affirmed, not just silent
- The disclaimer appears verbatim
Anti-Patterns
- Do not guess ambiguous codes — a wrong decode plants a wrong grievance
- Do not treat all deductions as losses — the waterfall distinguishes taxes, savings, and benefits
- Do not skip YTD — the single stub hides what the year reveals
- Do not draft an angry payroll email — line numbers and expected-vs-actual get fixes; tone gets ticket queues
- Do not give tax advice — decode what IS withheld; what SHOULD be is a professional's call
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Explain my pay stub."
- "Why is my paycheck smaller than expected?"
- "What are all these deductions?"
- "Check my paycheck for mistakes."
© mohitagw15856, 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 (references) in skills/pay-stub-decoder of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/worked-example.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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| Explain Usageasgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks | 69k | — | ~345 | Automated safety check: Pass | CC0-1.0 | |
| Logic Explainsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~894 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Faceless Explainer Videoheygen-com/hyperframes | 59k | 3 repos | ~7.7k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
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Questions about Pay Stub Decoder
What does Pay Stub Decoder do?
Decode a pay stub line by line — every deduction explained, the gross-to-net story, and the errors worth catching. Pay Stub Decoder is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Decode a pay stub line by line — every deduction explained, the gross-to-net story, and the errors worth catching.
When should I use Pay Stub Decoder?
Pay Stub Decoder fits situations like: asked to explain my pay stub; why is my paycheck smaller than expected; what are all these deductions; check my paycheck for mistakes.
How do I install Pay Stub Decoder in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pay-stub-decoder in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/pay-stub-decoder in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Pay Stub Decoder in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pay-stub-decoder in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/pay-stub-decoder in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Pay Stub Decoder 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill pay-stub-decoder -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pay-stub-decoder, .gemini/skills/pay-stub-decoder, .github/skills/pay-stub-decoder and .opencode/skills/pay-stub-decoder in your project.
What does Pay Stub Decoder need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Pay Stub Decoder is instructions for the agent only.
Does Pay Stub Decoder 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 Pay Stub Decoder 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 Pay Stub Decoder use?
Pay Stub Decoder 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 Pay Stub Decoder use?
About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k 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 1.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Pay Stub Decoder?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pay Stub Decoder: Speculative Decoding (Orchestra-Research/AI-Research-SKILLs, 13k stars), Explain Usage (asgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks, 69k stars), Logic Explain (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Faceless Explainer Video (heygen-com/hyperframes, 59k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Pay Stub Decoder?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.