Agent skill

Collection Digest

by outline in outline/outline

Summarize what changed in an Outline collection since a date; use when the user asks what is new, what was updated, or wants a digest of recent documents.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Collection Digest

skills CLI
$ npx skills add outline/outline --skill collection-digest -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install outline/outline collection-digest --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/outline/outline.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/server/mcp/skills/collection-digest .claude/skills/collection-digest && 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
collection-digest
GitHub stars
41k
Token cost
~498 tokens
SKILL.md length
240 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Summarize what changed in an Outline collection since a date; use when the user asks what is new, what was updated, or wants a digest of recent documents.

  • Works in 5 steps: Confirm the collection and the period… → List recent documents with… → For documents that changed in the… → …
  • The user asks what is new
  • SKILL.md covers Quick start, Digest format and Tool reference
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Collection Digest is an agent skill from outline/outline. Summarize what changed in an Outline collection since a date; use when the user asks what is new, what was updated, or wants a digest of recent documents.

Its SKILL.md is about 500 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 Knowledge Management. The repository describes itself as: The fastest knowledge base for growing teams. Beautiful, realtime collaborative, feature packed, and markdown compatible.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks what is new
  • What was updated
  • Wants a digest of recent documents

Example prompts

  • “/collection-digest”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Confirm the collection and the period (for example “since Monday” or “last 2 weeks”). Resolve the collection with list_collections.
  2. List recent documents with list_documents and collectionId set, without a query. Results are published documents, newest updatedAt first…
  3. For documents that changed in the period, read the content with fetch (resource: "document") only when the title and the optional summary…
  4. Write the digest. Group by theme, not by document. Link every item to its url.
  5. If the user wants to keep the digest, save it with create_document in the same collection, or append it to a running “Digest” document…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f6f27d5. 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

Collection Digest loads about 498 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 240 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~498

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 240 words (~498 tokens).

“Produce a short digest of recent activity in one collection.”

— opening of SKILL.md by outline, Custom licence
name
collection-digest
metadata.short-description
Summarize recent changes in an Outline collection

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in server/mcp/skills/collection-digest of outline/outline.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f6f27d5

Compare with similar skills

Collection Digest 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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Esm Cjs Risk Scanlogseq/logseq45k—~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0
Karpathy LLM WikiAstro-Han/karpathy-llm-wiki2.4k—~3.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Collection Digest

What does Collection Digest do?

Summarize what changed in an Outline collection since a date; use when the user asks what is new, what was updated, or wants a digest of recent documents. Collection Digest is an agent skill from outline/outline. Summarize what changed in an Outline collection since a date; use when the user asks what is new, what was updated, or wants a digest of recent documents.

When should I use Collection Digest?

Collection Digest fits situations like: the user asks what is new; what was updated; wants a digest of recent documents.

How do I install Collection Digest in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add outline/outline --skill collection-digest -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (server/mcp/skills/collection-digest in outline/outline) into .claude/skills/collection-digest in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Collection Digest in Codex?

Run `npx skills add outline/outline --skill collection-digest -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (server/mcp/skills/collection-digest in outline/outline) into .agents/skills/collection-digest in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Collection Digest 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 outline/outline --skill collection-digest -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/collection-digest, .gemini/skills/collection-digest, .github/skills/collection-digest and .opencode/skills/collection-digest in your project.

What does Collection Digest need to run?

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

Does Collection Digest 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 Collection Digest 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 Collection Digest use?

Collection Digest has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Collection Digest use?

About 498 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Collection Digest?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Collection Digest: Logseq Review Workflow Eval (logseq/logseq, 45k stars), Baoyu URL To Markdown (sdyckjq-lab/llm-wiki-skill, 2.5k stars), Obsidian CLI (Atmosphere/atmosphere, 3.8k stars) and Esm Cjs Risk Scan (logseq/logseq, 45k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Collection Digest?

outline (a GitHub organization) maintains it in outline/outline, which has 40,849 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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