Agent skill

System Overview

by parcadei in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3

Show users how Continuous Claude works - the opinionated setup with hooks, memory, and coordination

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Install System Overview

skills CLI
$ npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill system-overview -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 system-overview --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/parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/system_overview .claude/skills/system-overview && 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
system-overview
GitHub stars
3.9k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~687 tokens
SKILL.md length
88 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
141
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Show users how Continuous Claude works - the opinionated setup with hooks, memory, and coordination

  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Response, Key Files and Environment Variables
  • Needs VOYAGE_API_KEY and BRAINTRUST_API_KEY

What it does

System Overview is an agent skill from parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3. Show users how Continuous Claude works - the opinionated setup with hooks, memory, and coordination

Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Context management for Claude Code. Hooks maintain state via ledgers and handoffs. MCP execution without context pollution. Agent orchestration with isolated context windows. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/system-overview”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • A credential in VOYAGE_API_KEY
  • A credential in BRAINTRUST_API_KEY

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d07ff4b. 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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • VOYAGE_API_KEY
    • BRAINTRUST_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

System Overview loads about 687 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 88 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~687

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 parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 at commit d07ff4b, republished under its MIT licence (© parcadei). 88 words, ~687 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/system-overview/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
system-overview
description
Show users how Continuous Claude works - the opinionated setup with hooks, memory, and coordination

System Overview

Show users how Continuous Claude works - the opinionated setup with hooks, memory, and coordination.

When to Use

  • User asks "how does this work?"
  • User asks "what can you remember?"
  • User asks "what's different about this setup?"
  • User runs /system_overview

Response

CONTINUOUS CLAUDE SYSTEM OVERVIEW
=================================

MEMORY LAYER (PostgreSQL + pgvector)
------------------------------------
- 78,000+ temporal facts from past sessions
- Learnings extracted automatically at session end
- Semantic search with embeddings

RECALL: uv run python opc/scripts/recall_temporal_facts.py --query "your topic"

HOOKS (9 event types registered)
--------------------------------
SessionStart    → Load continuity ledger, rebuild symbol index
UserPromptSubmit → Skill activation check, context injection
PreToolUse      → Smart search routing (Grep → TLDR for code)
PostToolUse     → File claims, compiler feedback
PreCompact      → Save state before context compaction
Stop            → Extract learnings, create handoffs
SubagentStart   → Register spawned agents
SubagentStop    → Coordination, handoff creation
SessionEnd      → Cleanup

CONTINUITY SYSTEM
-----------------
Ledger:   thoughts/ledgers/CONTINUITY_CLAUDE-{session}.md
Handoffs: thoughts/shared/handoffs/{session}/*.yaml

Commands:
  /resume_handoff <path>  - Continue from handoff
  /create_handoff         - Create snapshot for transfer

TLDR CODE INTELLIGENCE
----------------------
5-layer analysis: AST → Call Graph → CFG → DFG → PDG
95% token savings vs reading raw files
Auto-intercepts Grep for .py/.ts/.go/.rs files

Pre-built index: /tmp/claude-symbol-index/symbols.json

SETUP
-----
Run: uv run python opc/scripts/setup/wizard.py

Options:
  [1] SQLite only (simple, offline)
  [2] PostgreSQL + pgvector (semantic search)

Key Files

ComponentLocation
Hook registration.claude/settings.json
Hook implementations.claude/hooks/src/*.ts
Rules (auto-injected).claude/rules/*.md
Skills.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md
Setup wizardopc/scripts/setup/wizard.py
Recall scriptopc/scripts/recall_temporal_facts.py
Store learningopc/scripts/core/store_learning.py
Symbol index builderopc/scripts/build_symbol_index.py

Environment Variables

VariablePurpose
CONTINUOUS_CLAUDE_DB_URLPostgreSQL connection
VOYAGE_API_KEYEmbeddings (optional)
BRAINTRUST_API_KEYTracing (optional)
CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIRAuto-set by Claude Code

© parcadei, 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 .claude/skills/system_overview of parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d07ff4b

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about System Overview

What does System Overview do?

Show users how Continuous Claude works - the opinionated setup with hooks, memory, and coordination. System Overview is an agent skill from parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.

How do I install System Overview in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill system-overview -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/system_overview in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3) into .claude/skills/system-overview in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install System Overview in Codex?

Run `npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill system-overview -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/system_overview in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3) into .agents/skills/system-overview in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use System Overview 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 parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill system-overview -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/system-overview, .gemini/skills/system-overview, .github/skills/system-overview and .opencode/skills/system-overview in your project.

What does System Overview need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, System Overview needs credentials named VOYAGE_API_KEY and BRAINTRUST_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3; A credential in VOYAGE_API_KEY; A credential in BRAINTRUST_API_KEY.

Does System Overview 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 System Overview 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 System Overview use?

System Overview 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 System Overview use?

About 687 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 System Overview?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with System Overview: Continue (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Continuous Learning (affaan-m/ECC, 275k stars), Continuous Learning (affaan-m/ECC, 275k stars) and Opinion (alsk1992/CloddsBot, 2.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains System Overview?

parcadei (a GitHub user) maintains it in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, which has 3,940 GitHub stars. The repository holds 141 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on January 26, 2026.

Source: parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.