Agent skill

Expert Signal Intake

by real-simple-labs in real-simple-labs/parker-brain

Turn a knowledge source Jimmy hands Parker — an expert video, transcript, tweet, post, newsletter, podcast, article, or report — into an exact, verbatim proposal of what Parker would change, for…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Expert Signal Intake

skills CLI
$ npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill expert-signal-intake -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain expert-signal-intake --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/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/expert-signal-intake .claude/skills/expert-signal-intake && 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
expert-signal-intake
GitHub stars
102
Token cost
~2.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,364 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
22
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Turn a knowledge source Jimmy hands Parker — an expert video, transcript, tweet, post, newsletter, podcast, article, or report — into an exact, verbatim proposal of what Parker would change, for…

  • Works in 4 steps: Context docs — knowledge tied to a… → Knowledge docs — broader marketing,… → Tool calls — when the source changes… → …
  • Jimmy drops a source and wants Parker to learn from it
  • SKILL.md covers Goal, What "exact and verbatim" means, The four components Parker can… and Two proposal stances, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Expert Signal Intake is an agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain. Turn a knowledge source Jimmy hands Parker — an expert video, transcript, tweet, post, newsletter, podcast, article, or report — into an exact, verbatim proposal of what Parker would change, for Jimmy to approve, modify, or deny before anything is written. Use when Jimmy drops a source and wants Parker to learn from it.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.4k 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 Writing & Content, covering Newsletters, Social media posts and Video and podcast notes.

When your agent uses it

  • Jimmy drops a source and wants Parker to learn from it
  • Tasks that involve Newsletters
  • Tasks that involve Social media posts

Example prompts

  • “/expert-signal-intake”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Context docs — knowledge tied to a specific subject Parker reasons about: brand, competitor, and creative-strategy context. Most…
  2. Knowledge docs — broader marketing, platform, or method knowledge not tied to one brand and not itself a process. Platform mechanics…
  3. Tool calls — when the source changes which Parker MCP tool or data source to reach for, or how to read its output. Updates the tool-use…
  4. Processes — when the source changes how Parker does a task: a step, an ordering, a check. Updates a process doc inside a skill.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2a6f6c6. 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

Expert Signal Intake loads about 2.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,364 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~86
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.4k

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 1,364 words (~2,388 tokens).

“Jimmy hands Parker a knowledge source. Parker studies it, decides which part of the system should learn from it, and writes the exact change it would make — verbatim — as a proposal for Jimmy to approve, modify, or deny…”

— opening of SKILL.md by real-simple-labs, Custom licence
name
expert-signal-intake
triggers
add this expert link, upload this expert video, analyze this expert video, save this video to Parker, save this expert insight, drop this into Parker's brain…

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/expert-signal-intake of real-simple-labs/parker-brain.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2a6f6c6

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Changelog Social RecapFlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide6.1k—~1.8kAutomated safety check: NotesCC-BY-SA-4.0
Voice Buildercharlie947/social-media-skills3.8k—~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Expert Signal Intake

What does Expert Signal Intake do?

Turn a knowledge source Jimmy hands Parker — an expert video, transcript, tweet, post, newsletter, podcast, article, or report — into an exact, verbatim proposal of what Parker would change, for…. Expert Signal Intake is an agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain. Turn a knowledge source Jimmy hands Parker — an expert video, transcript, tweet, post, newsletter, podcast, article, or report — into an exact, verbatim proposal of what Parker would change, for Jimmy to approve, modify, or deny before anything is written.

When should I use Expert Signal Intake?

Expert Signal Intake fits situations like: jimmy drops a source and wants Parker to learn from it; tasks that involve Newsletters; tasks that involve Social media posts.

How do I install Expert Signal Intake in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill expert-signal-intake -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/expert-signal-intake in real-simple-labs/parker-brain) into .claude/skills/expert-signal-intake in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Expert Signal Intake in Codex?

Run `npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill expert-signal-intake -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/expert-signal-intake in real-simple-labs/parker-brain) into .agents/skills/expert-signal-intake in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Expert Signal Intake 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill expert-signal-intake -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/expert-signal-intake, .gemini/skills/expert-signal-intake, .github/skills/expert-signal-intake and .opencode/skills/expert-signal-intake in your project.

What does Expert Signal Intake need to run?

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

Does Expert Signal Intake 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 Expert Signal Intake 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 Expert Signal Intake use?

Expert Signal Intake 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 Expert Signal Intake use?

About 2.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.6k 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 Expert Signal Intake?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Expert Signal Intake: Idea Extractor (aiskilloftheweek/claude-ai-skill-of-the-week, 149 stars), Repurpose (Blotato-Inc/blotato-skills, 183 stars), Content Repurposer (infometa/workbuddyskills, 348 stars) and Changelog Social Recap (FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide, 6.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Expert Signal Intake?

real-simple-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in real-simple-labs/parker-brain, which has 102 GitHub stars. The repository holds 22 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: real-simple-labs/parker-brain on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.