Agent skill

Development Workflow

by nelsonPires5 in nelsonPires5/herdr-board

Default sandbox-first developer workflow for herdr-board. An agent skill from nelsonPires5/herdr-board.

No licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Development Workflow

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nelsonPires5/herdr-board --skill development-workflow -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nelsonPires5/herdr-board development-workflow --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/nelsonPires5/herdr-board.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/development-workflow .claude/skills/development-workflow && 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
development-workflow
GitHub stars
170
Token cost
~2.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,016 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Default sandbox-first developer workflow for herdr-board. An agent skill from nelsonPires5/herdr-board.

  • Works in 7 steps: Hard rules (never negotiate) → One-command edit-test loop → Interactive shell, board CLI, TUI → …
  • Tasks that involve End-to-end testing
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Hard rules (never negotiate), 2. One-command edit-test loop, 3. Interactive shell, board… and 4. Real-provider agent mode…, plus 3 more sections
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls cargo and git

What it does

Development Workflow is an agent skill from nelsonPires5/herdr-board. Default sandbox-first developer workflow for herdr-board. Run every test gate and the live Herdr E2E suite through scripts/sandbox.sh in an isolated, network-disabled, non-root container (worktree read-only); never run cargo tests, the live E2E suite, the TUI, or real-provider agent runs directly against the host Herdr/board. Covers the one-command edit-test loop, interactive shell/board CLI/TUI, the explicit opt-in real-provider agent mode (pi/codex/antigravity), artifact/cache housekeeping, and the…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/playbook.md`, `references/pty-capture.py` and `references/visual-validation.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering End-to-end testing, Git worktrees and Scheduled and recurring tasks. It works with Docker. The repository describes itself as: Kanban board for herdr — cards are prompts dispatched to AI agents in visible panes.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve End-to-end testing
  • Tasks that involve Git worktrees
  • Tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks

Example prompts

  • “/development-workflow”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Docker

Workflow steps

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

  1. Hard rules (never negotiate)
  2. One-command edit-test loop
  3. Interactive shell, board CLI, TUI
  4. Real-provider agent mode (explicit opt-in only)
  5. Housekeeping
  6. Visual-validation stage
  7. Handoff checklist

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 754c836. 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 script files (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • cargo
    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Development Workflow loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~12k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 155 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,016 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~155
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~12k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,016 words (~2,437 tokens).

“Use this skill for any development work in a herdr-board worktree: editing code, running tests, exercising the CLI/TUI, or shepherding a change to a PR. Running tests on the host conflicts with the user's active Herdr, board daemon, sockets, sessions…”

— opening of SKILL.md by nelsonPires5
name
development-workflow

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in .agents/skills/development-workflow of nelsonPires5/herdr-board.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/playbook.md
  • references/pty-capture.py
  • references/visual-validation.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 754c836

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Development 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.

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Questions about Development Workflow

What does Development Workflow do?

Default sandbox-first developer workflow for herdr-board. An agent skill from nelsonPires5/herdr-board. Development Workflow is an agent skill from nelsonPires5/herdr-board. Default sandbox-first developer workflow for herdr-board.

When should I use Development Workflow?

Development Workflow fits situations like: tasks that involve End-to-end testing; tasks that involve Git worktrees; tasks that involve Scheduled and recurring tasks.

How do I install Development Workflow in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add nelsonPires5/herdr-board --skill development-workflow -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/development-workflow in nelsonPires5/herdr-board) into .claude/skills/development-workflow in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Development Workflow in Codex?

Run `npx skills add nelsonPires5/herdr-board --skill development-workflow -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/development-workflow in nelsonPires5/herdr-board) into .agents/skills/development-workflow in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Development Workflow 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 nelsonPires5/herdr-board --skill development-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/development-workflow, .gemini/skills/development-workflow, .github/skills/development-workflow and .opencode/skills/development-workflow in your project.

What does Development Workflow need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Development Workflow needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (cargo and git). Our summary lists: Python 3; Docker.

Does Development Workflow access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Development Workflow 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 Development Workflow use?

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

How many tokens does Development Workflow use?

About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.7k 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 9.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Development Workflow?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Development Workflow: Dx Harness (pproenca/dot-skills, 214 stars), MongoDB Source Connector E2E Harness (airbytehq/airbyte, 22k stars), source-mssql E2E Test Harness (airbytehq/airbyte, 22k stars) and Airbyte source-mysql E2E Tests (airbytehq/airbyte, 22k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Development Workflow?

nelsonPires5 (a GitHub user) maintains it in nelsonPires5/herdr-board, which has 170 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: nelsonPires5/herdr-board on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.