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Agent skill

Freeze

by oliver-kriska in oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix

Scope or freeze which files Claude can edit during debugging, a refactor, or review.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Freeze

skills CLI
$ npx skills add oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix --skill freeze -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix freeze --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/oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/elixir-phoenix/skills/freeze .claude/skills/freeze && 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
freeze
GitHub stars
565
Token cost
~699 tokens
SKILL.md length
272 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
109
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Scope or freeze which files Claude can edit during debugging, a refactor, or review.

  • Works in 3 steps: MANAGE the sentinel via Bash only (:>,… → NEVER leave a freeze active across… → PATHS ARE PROJECT-RELATIVE PREFIXES, one…
  • Edits should stay in specific dirs
  • SKILL.md covers Usage, Iron Laws and Notes
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Freeze is an agent skill from oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix. Scope or freeze which files Claude can edit during debugging, a refactor, or review. Use when edits should stay in specific dirs, or for a read-only investigate lock. Backed by a sentinel + PreToolUse hook.

Its SKILL.md is about 700 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Refactoring. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code plugin for Elixir/Phoenix/LiveView — 26 specialist agents, Iron Laws enforcement, and Tidewave MCP integration. Plan features with parallel research agents, execute… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Edits should stay in specific dirs
  • For a read-only investigate lock

Example prompts

  • “/freeze”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. MANAGE the sentinel via Bash only (:>, printf, rm) — NEVER via
  2. NEVER leave a freeze active across unrelated tasks — it persists until
  3. PATHS ARE PROJECT-RELATIVE PREFIXES, one per line — lib/foo allows

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9767a82. 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 (its code samples are bash).

    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

Freeze loads about 699 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 272 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
~699

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 oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix at commit 9767a82, republished under its MIT licence (© oliver-kriska). 272 words, ~699 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/freeze/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
freeze
description
Scope or freeze which files Claude can edit during debugging, a refactor, or review. Use when edits should stay in specific dirs, or for a read-only investigate lock. Backed by a sentinel + PreToolUse hook.
effort
low

Freeze — scoped edit lock

Toggle a project-local edit lock so Claude can only modify the files you intend during a focused task (debugging, a tight refactor, a review pass). Enforced by the freeze-gate.sh PreToolUse hook, which denies Edit/Write/NotebookEdit outside the allow-list. No sentinel = no lock; the hook stays dormant.

The lock lives in .claude/.freeze — one allowed path prefix per line, project-relative. Empty file = freeze everything.

Usage

/phx:freeze [args] — resolve $ARGUMENTS and run the matching Bash branch.

InvocationEffect
/phx:freezeFreeze ALL edits — read-only investigation mode
/phx:freeze lib/app_web priv/repoAllow edits only under these dirs
/phx:freeze statusShow current lock state
/phx:freeze offLift the lock (delete the sentinel)
Freeze all edits (investigation mode)
bash
mkdir -p .claude && : > .claude/.freeze
echo "Freeze ON — all edits blocked. Lift with /phx:freeze off"
Scope edits to specific directories
bash
mkdir -p .claude
printf '%s\n' lib/app_web priv/repo > .claude/.freeze
echo "Freeze ON — edits limited to: lib/app_web priv/repo"

Map $ARGUMENTS to the dirs the user named. Include any directory you still need to write to — e.g. add .claude if progress/scratchpad logging must continue.

Show status
bash
if [ -f .claude/.freeze ]; then
  if [ -s .claude/.freeze ]; then echo "Freeze ON — limited to:"; cat .claude/.freeze
  else echo "Freeze ON — ALL edits blocked"; fi
else echo "Freeze OFF — no edit lock"; fi
Lift the lock
bash
rm -f .claude/.freeze && echo "Freeze OFF — edits unlocked"

Iron Laws

  1. MANAGE the sentinel via Bash only (:>, printf, rm) — NEVER via Edit/Write. The freeze hook gates Edit/Write and would block you from re-scoping or clearing the lock.
  2. NEVER leave a freeze active across unrelated tasks — it persists until /phx:freeze off, including into later sessions. Clear it when the task ends.
  3. PATHS ARE PROJECT-RELATIVE PREFIXES, one per line — lib/foo allows lib/foo and everything under it; it does NOT allow lib/foobar.

Notes

  • The hook denies with a reason and tells Claude not to retry, so a frozen edit surfaces clearly instead of failing silently.
  • Pairs with /phx:investigate (freeze all while root-causing) and /phx:work (scope to the plan's dirs). The lock is advisory tooling, not a security boundary — anyone can run /phx:freeze off.

© oliver-kriska, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/elixir-phoenix/skills/freeze of oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9767a82

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Component Refactoringlangflow-ai/langflow155k—~3.5kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Ponytail Lazy Developer ModeDietrichGebert/ponytail160k1 repos~873Automated safety check: PassMIT
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Categories

Questions about Freeze

What does Freeze do?

Scope or freeze which files Claude can edit during debugging, a refactor, or review. Freeze is an agent skill from oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix. Scope or freeze which files Claude can edit during debugging, a refactor, or review.

When should I use Freeze?

Freeze fits situations like: edits should stay in specific dirs; for a read-only investigate lock.

How do I install Freeze in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix --skill freeze -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/elixir-phoenix/skills/freeze in oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix) into .claude/skills/freeze in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Freeze in Codex?

Run `npx skills add oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix --skill freeze -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/elixir-phoenix/skills/freeze in oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix) into .agents/skills/freeze in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Freeze 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 oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix --skill freeze -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/freeze, .gemini/skills/freeze, .github/skills/freeze and .opencode/skills/freeze in your project.

What does Freeze need to run?

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

Does Freeze 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 Freeze 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 Freeze use?

Freeze 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 Freeze use?

About 699 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 Freeze?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Freeze: Guidelines (akash-network/node, 1.1k stars), Migrate Core Code to Submodules (tinyhumansai/openhuman, 42k stars), Component Refactoring (langflow-ai/langflow, 155k stars) and Ponytail Lazy Developer Mode (DietrichGebert/ponytail, 160k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Freeze?

oliver-kriska (a GitHub user) maintains it in oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix, which has 565 GitHub stars. The repository holds 109 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: oliver-kriska/claude-elixir-phoenix on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.