Agent skill

Index Refresh

A skill your agent uses when an LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh.

MITAuto-check passedKnowledge Management

Install Index Refresh

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paperclipai/paperclip index-refresh --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/paperclipai/paperclip.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh .claude/skills/index-refresh && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "index-refresh" agent skill from https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/master/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh into .claude/skills/index-refresh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "index-refresh", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/master/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paperclipai/paperclip index-refresh --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh .agents/skills/index-refresh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "index-refresh" agent skill from https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/master/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh into .agents/skills/index-refresh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "index-refresh", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paperclipai/paperclip index-refresh --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh .cursor/skills/index-refresh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "index-refresh" agent skill from https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/master/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh into .cursor/skills/index-refresh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "index-refresh", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip.git --path packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paperclipai/paperclip index-refresh --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh .gemini/skills/index-refresh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "index-refresh" agent skill from https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/master/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh into .gemini/skills/index-refresh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "index-refresh", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paperclipai/paperclip index-refresh

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh .github/skills/index-refresh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "index-refresh" agent skill from https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/master/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh into .github/skills/index-refresh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "index-refresh", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install paperclipai/paperclip index-refresh --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh .opencode/skills/index-refresh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "index-refresh" agent skill from https://github.com/paperclipai/paperclip/tree/master/packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh into .opencode/skills/index-refresh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "index-refresh", 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.

Facts

Skill name: index-refresh
GitHub stars: 99k
Token cost: ~994 tokens
SKILL.md length: 486 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 60
Repo updated: Oct 10, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when an LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh.

Works in 9 steps: Read the target space's wiki/index.md as… → Walk the target space's wiki/.… → Read the target space's last ~50 entries… → …
An LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh
SKILL.md covers Inputs, Workflow, What this skill does NOT do and Voice, plus 2 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Index Refresh is an agent skill from paperclipai/paperclip. Use when an LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh. Rebuild wiki/index.md from the actual wiki tree, reconcile missing/deleted entries, and log counts without editing page bodies.

Its SKILL.md is about 990 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, covering LLM wikis. The repository describes itself as: The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

An LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh
Tasks that involve LLM wikis

Example prompts

“/index-refresh”

Workflow steps

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

Read the target space's wiki/index.md as it currently stands.
Walk the target space's wiki/. wiki/projects//standup.md entries are current-state companions for durable wiki/projects//index.md pages…
Read the target space's last ~50 entries of wiki/log.md to spot pages that were created or substantially changed but never made it to the…
Per category, produce sorted entries of the form
Drop entries whose page no longer exists. Note the deletion in the log
Add entries for pages that exist on disk but were missing from the index. Skip wiki/log.md and wiki/index.md themselves. For standalone…
Write project entries editorially. The Projects section should group work by the project's concept and purpose, not by issue ids, dates…
Preserve custom categories. If the wiki has added e.g. wiki/papers/ or wiki/runbooks/, keep its index section. Do not collapse to the…
Append a log entry with counts

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3ec7309. 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

Index Refresh loads about 994 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 486 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~994

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 paperclipai/paperclip at commit 3ec7309, republished under its MIT licence (© paperclipai). 486 words, ~994 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/index-refresh/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: index-refresh
description: Use when an LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh. Rebuild `wiki/index.md` from the actual wiki tree, reconcile missing/deleted entries, and log counts without editing page bodies.

Index Refresh

Keep wiki/index.md accurate and scannable. The index is the maintainer's first stop for navigation — its quality determines how cheap every subsequent operation becomes.

Inputs

An operation issue with operationType: "index" (or the index-refresh routine title).
The operation issue's target wikiId, spaceSlug, and space root. Refresh only that space unless the issue explicitly says this is a multi-space sweep.

Workflow

Read the target space's wiki/index.md as it currently stands.
Walk the target space's wiki/. wiki/projects/<slug>/standup.md entries are current-state companions for durable wiki/projects/<slug>/index.md pages; index them only as links attached to the matching project entry. Walk wiki/ by category (sources/, projects/, entities/, concepts/, synthesis/, plus any custom subdirectories the wiki schema added).
Read the target space's last ~50 entries of wiki/log.md to spot pages that were created or substantially changed but never made it to the index.
Per category, produce sorted entries of the form:
```
- [[<path>]] — <one-line summary>
```
The summary is one factual sentence pulled from the page's first paragraph or its title. No status, no datestamps in the index — those belong in the page itself or in the log.

Drop entries whose page no longer exists. Note the deletion in the log:

## [YYYY-MM-DD] index-refresh | reconciled
- removed: [[wiki/old-page]] (page deleted)
- added: [[wiki/new-page]] — <summary>

Add entries for pages that exist on disk but were missing from the index. Skip wiki/log.md and wiki/index.md themselves. For standalone wiki/projects/<slug>/standup.md without a matching durable project page, add it under Projects and flag it for later durable-page distillation.
Write project entries editorially. The Projects section should group work by the project's concept and purpose, not by issue ids, dates, statuses, UUIDs, or source metadata. Link task identifiers only as supporting evidence.
Preserve custom categories. If the wiki has added e.g. wiki/papers/ or wiki/runbooks/, keep its index section. Do not collapse to the default five categories.
Append a log entry with counts:
```
## [YYYY-MM-DD] index-refresh | added=N removed=M
- operation issue: <issue identifier>
```
If the index was already accurate, the log entry says added=0 removed=0 — still write it so future audits can see the run happened.

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What this skill does NOT do

Does not change page content.
Does not resolve contradictions, fix broken links, or fill concept gaps. Those go to the next wiki-lint run.
Does not write summaries that are not already supported by the page itself. If a page lacks a clear first paragraph to summarise, flag it for wiki-lint.

Voice

Index entries are one factual line per page, present tense.
No emojis, no statuses, no dates in wiki/index.md. Dates live in the log.

Verification

Before closing the operation issue:

wiki/index.md matches the actual contents of wiki/ — no missing pages, no dangling entries.
Project entries include current wiki/projects/<slug>/standup.md links when standups exist.
Each index line has the form - [[path]] — <summary>.
Custom category sections are preserved.
wiki/log.md has the index-refresh entry with counts (even if the counts are zero).
No page bodies were modified. No file under raw/ was modified.

Tools

wiki_search, wiki_read_page, wiki_write_page (for wiki/index.md and wiki/log.md only). Always include the operation issue's wikiId and spaceSlug.

Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh of paperclipai/paperclip.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3ec7309

Compare with similar skills

Index Refresh 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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LLM Wikilewislulu/llm-wiki-skill	655	—	~3.7k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	5 mo ago
Wiki Builderrohitg00/pro-workflow	2.9k	—	~1k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	11 days ago
Codex History IngestAr9av/obsidian-wiki	3.5k	—	~2.2k	Automated safety check: Notes	MIT	yesterday
Arkon Editnduckmink/arkon	1.5k	—	~1.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	Custom licence	4 mo ago

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Questions about Index Refresh

What does Index Refresh do?

A skill your agent uses when an LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh. Index Refresh is an agent skill from paperclipai/paperclip. Use when an LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh.

When should I use Index Refresh?

Index Refresh fits situations like: an LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh; tasks that involve LLM wikis.

How do I install Index Refresh in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh in paperclipai/paperclip) into .claude/skills/index-refresh in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Index Refresh in Codex?

Run `npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/plugins/plugin-llm-wiki/skills/index-refresh in paperclipai/paperclip) into .agents/skills/index-refresh in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Index Refresh 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 paperclipai/paperclip --skill index-refresh -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/index-refresh, .gemini/skills/index-refresh, .github/skills/index-refresh and .opencode/skills/index-refresh in your project.

What does Index Refresh need to run?

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

Does Index Refresh 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 Index Refresh 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 Index Refresh use?

Index Refresh 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 Index Refresh use?

About 994 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 Index Refresh?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Index Refresh: Karpathy LLM Wiki (Astro-Han/karpathy-llm-wiki, 2.5k stars), LLM Wiki (lewislulu/llm-wiki-skill, 655 stars), Wiki Builder (rohitg00/pro-workflow, 2.9k stars) and Codex History Ingest (Ar9av/obsidian-wiki, 3.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Index Refresh?

paperclipai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in paperclipai/paperclip, which has 99,357 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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

Index Refresh

Install Index Refresh

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Index Refresh

Inputs

Workflow

What this skill does NOT do

Voice

Verification

Tools

Files

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Install Index Refresh

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Index Refresh

Inputs

Workflow

What this skill does NOT do

Voice

Verification

Tools

Files

Compare with similar skills

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