Official agent skill

Implementation Kickoff

by openai in openai/openai-guardrails-js

Start or resume a requested Guardrails implementation or PR takeover in the selected linked worktree with bounded scope and verification.

OfficialMITAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Implementation Kickoff

skills CLI
$ npx skills add openai/openai-guardrails-js --skill implementation-kickoff -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install openai/openai-guardrails-js implementation-kickoff --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/openai/openai-guardrails-js.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/implementation-kickoff .claude/skills/implementation-kickoff && 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
implementation-kickoff
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~1k tokens
SKILL.md length
531 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Start or resume a requested Guardrails implementation or PR takeover in the selected linked worktree with bounded scope and verification.

  • Tasks that involve Git worktrees
  • SKILL.md covers Establish the checkout and scope, Take over an existing PR, Implement and verify and Handoff
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve LLM guardrails

What it does

Implementation Kickoff is an agent skill from openai/openai-guardrails-js, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Start or resume a requested Guardrails implementation or PR takeover in the selected linked worktree with bounded scope and verification.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k 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 AI & LLM Engineering, covering Git worktrees and LLM guardrails. The repository describes itself as: OpenAI Guardrails - TypeScript / JavaScript. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Git worktrees
  • Tasks that involve LLM guardrails

Example prompts

  • “/implementation-kickoff”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8e88be0. 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

Implementation Kickoff loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 531 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1k

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 openai/openai-guardrails-js at commit 8e88be0, republished under its MIT licence (© openai). 531 words, ~1,016 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/implementation-kickoff/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
implementation-kickoff
description
Start or resume a requested Guardrails implementation or PR takeover in the selected linked worktree with bounded scope and verification.

Implementation Kickoff

Start from the user's actual implementation request. An investigation or a plan alone is not permission to implement, push, or publish. Preserve authorization already given; this skill adds none. Apply AGENTS.md and implementation-strategy where applicable.

Establish the checkout and scope

Record the original outcome, acceptance criteria, affected paths, non-goals, and intended base. Reuse the current task's selected linked worktree. If running in a primary checkout, follow AGENTS.md and ask to start or hand off to a worktree. Do not automatically create another worktree or change unrelated checkouts.

Refresh remote references and record the full intended starting SHA. For a new independent task use the refreshed default branch unless the user chose another base. For an explicitly requested stack, use the exact previous slice's tip. Verify the checkout equals that SHA before editing a new task. For a resumed task, preserve its existing changes and record HEAD plus the original comparison base instead of resetting it to main. Stop on an unexplained base mismatch.

Inspect tracked and untracked state before edits. Keep task deliverables distinct from existing user work and operational plans/review notes. Use codex/ branch names by default, preserving an explicitly selected branch or user preference.

Take over an existing PR

Read current metadata, author commits, discussions, and the complete PR diff. Confirm the PR is still an appropriate source. Preserve its underlying outcome, but evaluate the proposal against the current architecture and toolchain. Import only the accepted scope; a takeover does not require copying the entire patch or preserving intermediate commits.

Record the source PR and verified author/coauthor identities. Credit adapted work with valid Co-authored-by trailers, without inventing identities. If the identity needed for attribution cannot be verified, resolve it before committing. For a split takeover, describe each slice as part of the replacement effort; do not claim the first slice completes the whole source PR.

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Implement and verify

Keep changes within the agreed scope. Preserve user work and avoid automatic stashing, rebasing, or rewriting unrelated branches. Check integration with an advanced target before submission; if an update is needed, handle only this task's branch and rerun checks/review affected by any content change. Do not force a detached checkout, one-commit topology, or history rewrite to manufacture a clean handoff.

Use verification and final review before pushing or creating or updating a PR. Follow the release guide: ordinary user-visible SDK changes need a changeset; internal workflow changes need none. Leave version and changelog generation to the release PR.

Handoff

Use pr-draft-summary for the final description and authorized submission/follow-up.

Inspect status, full diff statistics, and every task commit before staging or reporting. Stage only task-owned deliverables; keep local planning and review artifacts out of the PR. Preserve hooks and inspect the committed result.

Report branch, base, commit, requested outcome, verification, review status, and remaining blockers. When authorized to submit, follow AGENTS.md for current-head CI monitoring, scoped fixes, root-channel review requests, and feedback replies. For a requested stack, create each PR against its predecessor and verify that relationship. Do not assume all workflows run on feature-branch PR targets: inspect triggers and use an authorized manual CI run on each head when needed. Never merge or close the source PR without authorization.

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in .agents/skills/implementation-kickoff of openai/openai-guardrails-js.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8e88be0

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Questions about Implementation Kickoff

What does Implementation Kickoff do?

Start or resume a requested Guardrails implementation or PR takeover in the selected linked worktree with bounded scope and verification. Implementation Kickoff is an agent skill from openai/openai-guardrails-js, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Start or resume a requested Guardrails implementation or PR takeover in the selected linked worktree with bounded scope and verification.

When should I use Implementation Kickoff?

Implementation Kickoff fits situations like: tasks that involve Git worktrees; tasks that involve LLM guardrails.

How do I install Implementation Kickoff in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add openai/openai-guardrails-js --skill implementation-kickoff -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/implementation-kickoff in openai/openai-guardrails-js) into .claude/skills/implementation-kickoff in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Implementation Kickoff in Codex?

Run `npx skills add openai/openai-guardrails-js --skill implementation-kickoff -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/implementation-kickoff in openai/openai-guardrails-js) into .agents/skills/implementation-kickoff in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Implementation Kickoff 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 openai/openai-guardrails-js --skill implementation-kickoff -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/implementation-kickoff, .gemini/skills/implementation-kickoff, .github/skills/implementation-kickoff and .opencode/skills/implementation-kickoff in your project.

What does Implementation Kickoff need to run?

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

Does Implementation Kickoff 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 Implementation Kickoff 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 Implementation Kickoff use?

Implementation Kickoff 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 Implementation Kickoff use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 Implementation Kickoff?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Implementation Kickoff: Serviceradar Bazel Guardrails (carverauto/serviceradar, 921 stars), Explore Code (lllllllama/RigorPilot-Skills, 497 stars), AI Coding Agent Guardrails (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and AI Native CLI (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.

Who maintains Implementation Kickoff?

openai (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in openai/openai-guardrails-js, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.

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