Reconstruct the workflow behind a past artifact - "what made X work" / "extract workflow from <date|sha" / "how did we ship Y".
$ npx skills add Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Necmttn/ax ax-extract-workflow --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/Necmttn/ax.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ax-extract-workflow .claude/skills/ax-extract-workflow && 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 "ax-extract-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Necmttn/ax/tree/main/skills/ax-extract-workflow into .claude/skills/ax-extract-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ax-extract-workflow", 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/Necmttn/ax/tree/main/skills/ax-extract-workflowType 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 Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Necmttn/ax ax-extract-workflow --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Necmttn/ax.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ax-extract-workflow .agents/skills/ax-extract-workflow && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ax-extract-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Necmttn/ax/tree/main/skills/ax-extract-workflow into .agents/skills/ax-extract-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ax-extract-workflow", 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 Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Necmttn/ax ax-extract-workflow --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Necmttn/ax.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ax-extract-workflow .cursor/skills/ax-extract-workflow && 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 "ax-extract-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Necmttn/ax/tree/main/skills/ax-extract-workflow into .cursor/skills/ax-extract-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ax-extract-workflow", 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/Necmttn/ax.git --path skills/ax-extract-workflow--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 Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Necmttn/ax ax-extract-workflow --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Necmttn/ax.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ax-extract-workflow .gemini/skills/ax-extract-workflow && 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 "ax-extract-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Necmttn/ax/tree/main/skills/ax-extract-workflow into .gemini/skills/ax-extract-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ax-extract-workflow", 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 Necmttn/ax ax-extract-workflowInstalls 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 Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Necmttn/ax.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ax-extract-workflow .github/skills/ax-extract-workflow && 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 "ax-extract-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Necmttn/ax/tree/main/skills/ax-extract-workflow into .github/skills/ax-extract-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ax-extract-workflow", 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 Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Necmttn/ax ax-extract-workflow --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Necmttn/ax.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ax-extract-workflow .opencode/skills/ax-extract-workflow && 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 "ax-extract-workflow" agent skill from https://github.com/Necmttn/ax/tree/main/skills/ax-extract-workflow into .opencode/skills/ax-extract-workflow/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ax-extract-workflow", 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.
ax-extract-workflowReconstruct the workflow behind a past artifact - "what made X work" / "extract workflow from <date|sha" / "how did we ship Y".
Ax Extract Workflow is an agent skill from Necmttn/ax. Reconstruct the workflow behind a past artifact - "what made X work" / "extract workflow from <date|sha" / "how did we ship Y". Uses ax to find the relevant sessions and narrate the ordered skill arcs that produced the result. Triggers on "what made X work", "how did we build Y", "extract workflow from <date", "extract workflow from <sha", "what was the workflow around <topic", "show me how I shipped <feature", "reconstruct the recipe for <artifact". Do NOT fire on generic "show recent activity" - this skill is…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: the agent experience layer · observability + memory for AI coding agents (Claude Code + Codex) · local-first, typed, yours. The licence is AGPL-3.0.
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fca259c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
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.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Ax Extract Workflow loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 151 tokens; SKILL.md has 607 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.
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.
The full file from Necmttn/ax at commit fca259c, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© Necmttn). 607 words, ~1,178 tokens.
.claude/skills/ax-extract-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Given a deliverable (a demo, a PR, a feature) the user wants to know: what skills, in what order, produced it? This skill resolves an anchor (date or sha), windows the relevant sessions, and narrates the ordered skill arcs in plain text. Eats its own dogfood: it is itself a framing skill.
Assumes ax (axctl) is on PATH. If ax sessions here fails, tell the user
to check docs/development.md#setup (DuckDB dylib setup - no daemon
required) and stop.
ONLY on explicit reconstruction triggers:
<X> work" / "how did we ship <Y>"<date>" / "extract workflow from <sha>"<topic>"<artifact>"<feature>"Do NOT fire on generic "what did I do today" or "show recent activity".
That is ax sessions here territory, not this skill.
Decide one of three modes based on what the user gave you:
| User said | Mode | Action |
|---|---|---|
| commit sha (full or short) | sha | use it directly |
| date or date range (YYYY-MM-DD) | date | use ax sessions around <date> |
| topic / feature / artifact name | topic | ax recall "<topic>" --sources=commit --json to find candidate shas |
| "this repo, recently" | pwd | ax sessions here --days=14 |
For topic mode pick the most relevant sha and proceed in sha mode. If results are ambiguous, ask the user to pick one before continuing.
Pick the right command for the resolved anchor:
ax sessions near <sha> --jsonax sessions around <date> --days=3 --jsonax sessions here --days=14 --jsonPick the N most relevant sessions from the JSON (default N=5). Bias to sessions with the highest turn counts and that touch files related to the artifact.
For each picked session:
ax sessions show <id> --json
ax sessions show <id> --by-role # optional, see Step 4Read the top_skills and agent_delegations arrays. If a subagent's
work looks central to the artifact, drill in:
ax sessions show <id> --expand=<subagent-uuid>Produce two artifacts inline (no files written - keep the answer in chat).
Lead with the framing skill that opened the work (use --by-role output
if available - the framing group goes first). Then execution skills,
then verification. For each skill, name it and write one line on what
it produced.
Example:
1. brainstorming -> defined the workflow extraction problem
2. writing-plans -> turned 13 grilled questions into a plan
3. subagent-driven -> executed the plan as 17 typed-CLI tasks
4. code-review -> two-stage spec + quality review per task
5. test-driven-dev -> 100% green throughoutPull 2-4 turn excerpts where the user steered the work. Use:
ax recall "<keyword>" --skill=<framing-skill> --limit=5 --jsonQuote one line per decision; cite the session id.
A one-paragraph "to do this again, you would" summary - the skills, the order, and the key user inputs at the steering points.
If ax sessions show <id> --by-role returns many skills in the
(unclassified) group, the role-weighted output above will be noisy.
Suggest the user run ax skills classify once - it generates briefs
the user can fill in to seed roles. Don't block on it; the
artifact-reconstruction story still works without roles.
Write everything inline. Do not create files under .ax/tasks/ or
anywhere else. Do not modify the repo. This is a read-only,
reconstruction-focused skill.
If the user asks for a permanent recipe, recommend they paste your
output into docs/recipes/<name>.md themselves - ax intentionally has
no recipe save format yet (per the workflow-extraction-frictions plan).
© Necmttn, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Just SKILL.md in skills/ax-extract-workflow of Necmttn/ax.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit fca259c
Ax Extract Workflow 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ax Extract Workflow this skillNecmttn/ax | 116 | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Extracting Browser History Artifactsmukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | 34k | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Warn | Apache-2.0 | |
| Extracting Windows Event Logs Artifactsmukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | 34k | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Extracting Memory Artifacts With Rekallmukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills | 34k | — | ~642 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Ax Extract Workflowsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0-only | |
| Artifacts Buildernexu-io/open-design | 100k | — | ~347 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
Extracts and analyzes browser history, cookies, cache, downloads, and bookmarks from Chrome, Firefox, and Edge using sqlite3, DB Browser for SQLite, Hindsight, and NirSoft tools…
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
Extract, parse, and analyze Windows Event Logs (EVTX) using Chainsaw, Hayabusa, and EvtxECmd to detect lateral movement, persistence, and privilege escalation.
mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills
Uses Rekall memory forensics framework to analyze memory dumps for process hollowing, injected code via VAD anomalies, hidden processes, and rootkit detection.
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Reconstruct workflow behind a past coding-agent artifact using local ax sessions/commits/skills/tool traces.
nexu-io/open-design
Suite of tools for creating elaborate, multi-component claude.ai HTML artifacts using modern frontend web technologies (React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui).
anthropics/skills
Builds multi-component claude.ai HTML artifacts as a small React, TypeScript and Tailwind project, then bundles it into one shareable HTML file.
Necmttn/ax
Retrospective on one coding session that proposes changes to the agent's environment (hooks, checks, steering files, tool access) and files each as an ax proposal.
Necmttn/ax
Write the agent-generated narration of the current session - the reviewable story of what changed, including what never reaches a PR (user corrections, abandoned attempts, tool failures).
Necmttn/ax
Star the ax repo, file an issue / bug report, or fork-and-open-a-PR against github.com/Necmttn/ax on the user's behalf, by shelling out to the gh CLI.
Necmttn/ax
Draft or revise ax release announcements and website changelog pages.
Necmttn/ax
Guided experiment-loop retrospective over the ax agent-experience graph.
Necmttn/ax
Deep retro of retros - investigation pass that surfaces improvements across older retros and the current ax setup.
Reconstruct the workflow behind a past artifact - "what made X work" / "extract workflow from <date|sha" / "how did we ship Y". Ax Extract Workflow is an agent skill from Necmttn/ax. Reconstruct the workflow behind a past artifact - "what made X work" / "extract workflow from <date|sha" / "how did we ship Y".
Ax Extract Workflow fits situations like: what made X work; how did we build Y; extract workflow from <date; extract workflow from <sha.
Run `npx skills add Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ax-extract-workflow in Necmttn/ax) into .claude/skills/ax-extract-workflow in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ax-extract-workflow in Necmttn/ax) into .agents/skills/ax-extract-workflow in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Necmttn/ax --skill ax-extract-workflow -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ax-extract-workflow, .gemini/skills/ax-extract-workflow, .github/skills/ax-extract-workflow and .opencode/skills/ax-extract-workflow in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ax Extract Workflow is instructions for the agent only.
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.
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.
Ax Extract Workflow is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ax Extract Workflow: Extracting Browser History Artifacts (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars), Extracting Windows Event Logs Artifacts (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars), Extracting Memory Artifacts With Rekall (mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills, 34k stars) and Ax Extract Workflow (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Necmttn (a GitHub user) maintains it in Necmttn/ax, which has 116 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: Necmttn/ax on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.
