Where task data and taskset code live across prime-tasks and prime-envs, and how to fix a broken task.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Prime Tasks

skills CLI
$ npx skills add PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs --skill prime-tasks -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs prime-tasks --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/PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/prime-tasks .claude/skills/prime-tasks && 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
prime-tasks
GitHub stars
130
Token cost
~504 tokens
SKILL.md length
221 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Where task data and taskset code live across prime-tasks and prime-envs, and how to fix a broken task.

  • Works in 2 steps: prime-tasks: fix the task dir. For an… → prime-envs (this repo): after the…
  • A Harbor task has a bad image
  • SKILL.md covers Rules and Fix a broken task
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Prime Tasks is an agent skill from PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs. Where task data and taskset code live across prime-tasks and prime-envs, and how to fix a broken task. Use when a Harbor task has a bad image, test, instruction, or asset, or before editing a taskset in prime-envs to work around one task.

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 DevOps & Cloud. The repository describes itself as: Environments by the Prime Intellect Research Team. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • A Harbor task has a bad image
  • Before editing a taskset in prime-envs to work around one task

Example prompts

  • “/prime-tasks”

Workflow steps

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

  1. prime-tasks: fix the task dir. For an image fix, change the Dockerfile under environment/, build and push the image, and set the new ref…
  2. prime-envs (this repo): after the prime-tasks PR merges, point the taskset at its merge commit. Update git_commit_id in registry.json, or…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a46b48d. 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

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • github.com

    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

Prime Tasks loads about 504 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 221 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~504

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 PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs at commit a46b48d, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© PrimeIntellect-ai). 221 words, ~504 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/prime-tasks/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
prime-tasks
description
Where task data and taskset code live across prime-tasks and prime-envs, and how to fix a broken task. Use when a Harbor task has a bad image, test, instruction, or asset, or before editing a taskset in prime-envs to work around one task.

prime-tasks vs. prime-envs

RepoHolds
prime-tasksRaw Harbor task data: task.toml (with the image ref), instruction.md, environment/ (Dockerfile, assets), tests/, solution/.
prime-envsRuntime logic: taskset classes, configs, prompts, judges, registry.json, and the pinned prime-tasks commit.

Rules

  • Do not put task data in this repo. No task dirs, Dockerfiles, test files, or data files for single tasks.
  • Do not special-case single tasks in taskset code. No if task.name == ... that swaps an image, test, instruction, or answer.
  • Pin prime-tasks by commit SHA, never by main.

Fix a broken task

Open two companion PRs and link them to each other:

  1. prime-tasks: fix the task dir. For an image fix, change the Dockerfile under environment/, build and push the image, and set the new ref in task.toml. For an upstream dataset, export the full task dir (see datasets/terminal-bench-2/).
  2. prime-envs (this repo): after the prime-tasks PR merges, point the taskset at its merge commit. Update git_commit_id in registry.json, or the pinned repo URL in the taskset. Bump the env version and add a changelog line to its README.

Taskset code may select which tasks come from prime-tasks (e.g. REPAIRED_TASKS in environments/terminal/pi_terminal_bench_2). The task data itself stays in prime-tasks.

PI-TerminalBench2.1 uses datasets/pi-terminalbench2-1 in prime-tasks. Its image builder and grader author checks live in scripts/pi-terminalbench2-1; prime-envs keeps only the pinned loader and its taskset integration checks.

© PrimeIntellect-ai, Apache-2.0. 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 skills/prime-tasks of PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a46b48d

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Categories

Questions about Prime Tasks

What does Prime Tasks do?

Where task data and taskset code live across prime-tasks and prime-envs, and how to fix a broken task. Prime Tasks is an agent skill from PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs. Where task data and taskset code live across prime-tasks and prime-envs, and how to fix a broken task.

When should I use Prime Tasks?

Prime Tasks fits situations like: A Harbor task has a bad image; before editing a taskset in prime-envs to work around one task.

How do I install Prime Tasks in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs --skill prime-tasks -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/prime-tasks in PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs) into .claude/skills/prime-tasks in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Prime Tasks in Codex?

Run `npx skills add PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs --skill prime-tasks -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/prime-tasks in PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs) into .agents/skills/prime-tasks in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Prime Tasks 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 PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs --skill prime-tasks -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/prime-tasks, .gemini/skills/prime-tasks, .github/skills/prime-tasks and .opencode/skills/prime-tasks in your project.

What does Prime Tasks need to run?

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

Does Prime Tasks access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Prime Tasks 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 Prime Tasks use?

Prime Tasks is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Prime Tasks use?

About 504 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 Prime Tasks?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Prime Tasks: Monitor CI (nrwl/nx, 29k stars), Terraform and OpenTofu Guide (agentscope-ai/QwenPaw, 36k stars), Vercel Optimize Audit (vercel-labs/agent-skills, 32k stars) and Analyze GitHub Action Logs (withastro/astro, 63k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Prime Tasks?

PrimeIntellect-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in PrimeIntellect-ai/prime-envs, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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