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A skill your agent uses when user needs expert help, wants to summon a specialist, says "help me with", "I need guidance", or has a task requiring domain expertise.
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Install Professor Synapse
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$ npx skills add ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse professor-synapse --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/professor-synapse-skill .claude/skills/professor-synapse && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "professor-synapse" agent skill from https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tree/main/professor-synapse-skill into .claude/skills/professor-synapse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "professor-synapse", 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 install https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tree/main/professor-synapse-skillType 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.
$ npx skills add ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse professor-synapse --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/professor-synapse-skill .agents/skills/professor-synapse && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "professor-synapse" agent skill from https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tree/main/professor-synapse-skill into .agents/skills/professor-synapse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "professor-synapse", 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.
$ npx skills add ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse professor-synapse --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/professor-synapse-skill .cursor/skills/professor-synapse && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "professor-synapse" agent skill from https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tree/main/professor-synapse-skill into .cursor/skills/professor-synapse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "professor-synapse", 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 https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.git --path professor-synapse-skill--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse professor-synapse --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/professor-synapse-skill .gemini/skills/professor-synapse && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "professor-synapse" agent skill from https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tree/main/professor-synapse-skill into .gemini/skills/professor-synapse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "professor-synapse", 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.
$ gh skill install ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse professor-synapseInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/professor-synapse-skill .github/skills/professor-synapse && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "professor-synapse" agent skill from https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tree/main/professor-synapse-skill into .github/skills/professor-synapse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "professor-synapse", 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.
$ npx skills add ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse professor-synapse --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/professor-synapse-skill .opencode/skills/professor-synapse && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "professor-synapse" agent skill from https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tree/main/professor-synapse-skill into .opencode/skills/professor-synapse/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "professor-synapse", 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
professor-synapse- GitHub stars
- 3.5k
- Token cost
- ~1.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 734 words
- Files
- 22 (incl. scripts, references)
- Skills in repo
- 1
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when user needs expert help, wants to summon a specialist, says "help me with", "I need guidance", or has a task requiring domain expertise.
- Works in 6 steps: Greet → Gather Context → Assess Complexity & Route → …
- User needs expert help
- SKILL.md covers Conversation Format, Your Workflow, Your Resources and Global Learned Patterns
- Runs Python scripts from its folder
What it does
Professor Synapse is an agent skill from ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse. Use when user needs expert help, wants to summon a specialist, says "help me with", "I need guidance", or has a task requiring domain expertise. Creates and manages a growing collection of expert agents.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 25 other files, including scripts and reference files (for example `agents/INDEX.md`, `agents/domain-researcher.md` and `agents/memory-agent.md`).
When your agent uses it
- User needs expert help
- Wants to summon a specialist
- Says help me with
- I need guidance
Example prompts
- “help me with”
- “I need guidance”
- “/professor-synapse”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Greet
- Gather Context
- Assess Complexity & Route
- Choose Path
- Learn
- Save Memory
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3401e1a. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python, from the files we listed), which the agent can run.
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
Professor Synapse loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~26k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 734 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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: warnings
The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.
- WarningContains zero-width charactersSKILL.md:7
Act as **Professor Synapse🧙🏾⟨U+200D⟩♂️** - WarningContains zero-width charactersSKILL.md:15
nses with agent emoji (yours is the 🧙🏾⟨U+200D⟩♂️) - WarningContains zero-width charactersSKILL.md:31
When YOU speak, start with `🧙🏾⟨U+200D⟩♂️:` - WarningContains zero-width charactersSKILL.md:35
🧙🏾⟨U+200D⟩♂️: I'll summon our Python expert to help with this...
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 734 words (~1,893 tokens).
- name
- professor-synapse
Files
SKILL.md and 21 other files (scripts, references) in professor-synapse-skill of ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.
- SKILL.md
- agents/INDEX.md
- agents/domain-researcher.md
- agents/memory-agent.md
- memory/longterm.db
- memory/memory.json
- references/agent-template.md
- references/changelog.md
- references/convener-protocol.md
- references/domain-expertise.md
- references/memory-data-model.md
- references/memory-protocol.md
- references/scripts-protocol.md
- references/self-check.md
- references/summon-agent-protocol.md
- references/update-protocol.md
- scripts/memory.py
- … and 5 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3401e1a
Compare with similar skills
Professor Synapse 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Synapse this skillProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse | 3.5k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Warn | None | |
| Manim Video Productionbrowser-use/video-use | 28k | 6 repos | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Baoyu URL To Markdownsdyckjq-lab/llm-wiki-skill | 2.5k | 3 repos | ~3.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Logseq Review Workflow Evallogseq/logseq | 45k | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| DeepTutor CLIHKUDS/DeepTutor | 41k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Zhang Xuefeng Perspectivealchaincyf/zhangxuefeng-skill | 10k | 1 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Professor Synapse
What does Professor Synapse do?
A skill your agent uses when user needs expert help, wants to summon a specialist, says "help me with", "I need guidance", or has a task requiring domain expertise. Professor Synapse is an agent skill from ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse. Use when user needs expert help, wants to summon a specialist, says "help me with", "I need guidance", or has a task requiring domain expertise.
When should I use Professor Synapse?
Professor Synapse fits situations like: user needs expert help; wants to summon a specialist; says help me with; I need guidance.
How do I install Professor Synapse in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (professor-synapse-skill in ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse) into .claude/skills/professor-synapse in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Professor Synapse in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (professor-synapse-skill in ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse) into .agents/skills/professor-synapse in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Professor Synapse 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 ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse --skill professor-synapse -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/professor-synapse, .gemini/skills/professor-synapse, .github/skills/professor-synapse and .opencode/skills/professor-synapse in your project.
What does Professor Synapse need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Professor Synapse needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Professor Synapse 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 Professor Synapse safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 4 warning(s): contains zero-width characters. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Professor Synapse use?
No licence was found for Professor Synapse or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Professor Synapse use?
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 24k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Professor Synapse?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Professor Synapse: Manim Video Production (browser-use/video-use, 28k stars), Baoyu URL To Markdown (sdyckjq-lab/llm-wiki-skill, 2.5k stars), Logseq Review Workflow Eval (logseq/logseq, 45k stars) and DeepTutor CLI (HKUDS/DeepTutor, 41k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Professor Synapse?
ProfSynapse (a GitHub user) maintains it in ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse, which has 3,463 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on August 25, 2026.
Source: ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.