Index Refresh
paperclipai/paperclip
A skill your agent uses when an LLM Wiki operation issue requests an index refresh.
Keep the brand brain from going stale. An agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain.
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Install Refresh Context
$ npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill refresh-context -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain refresh-context --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/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/refresh-context .claude/skills/refresh-context && 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 "refresh-context" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/refresh-context into .claude/skills/refresh-context/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refresh-context", 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/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/refresh-contextType 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill refresh-context -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain refresh-context --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/refresh-context .agents/skills/refresh-context && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "refresh-context" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/refresh-context into .agents/skills/refresh-context/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refresh-context", 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill refresh-context -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain refresh-context --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/refresh-context .cursor/skills/refresh-context && 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 "refresh-context" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/refresh-context into .cursor/skills/refresh-context/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refresh-context", 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/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git --path .claude/skills/refresh-context--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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill refresh-context -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain refresh-context --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/refresh-context .gemini/skills/refresh-context && 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 "refresh-context" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/refresh-context into .gemini/skills/refresh-context/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refresh-context", 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain refresh-contextInstalls 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill refresh-context -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/refresh-context .github/skills/refresh-context && 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 "refresh-context" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/refresh-context into .github/skills/refresh-context/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refresh-context", 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 real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill refresh-context -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install real-simple-labs/parker-brain refresh-context --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/refresh-context .opencode/skills/refresh-context && 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 "refresh-context" agent skill from https://github.com/real-simple-labs/parker-brain/tree/main/.claude/skills/refresh-context into .opencode/skills/refresh-context/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refresh-context", 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
refresh-context- GitHub stars
- 100
- Token cost
- ~2.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,524 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 20
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Keep the brand brain from going stale. An agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain.
- Works in 9 steps: Read the schedule. Open… → Compare to today. Read today from… → Walk the phase spine for dependency… → …
- SKILL.md covers When it runs, The freshness mechanism, Process and Hard rules, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Refresh Context is an agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain. Keep the brand brain from going stale. Reads running-notes/refresh-schedule.md and each standing doc's refreshby frontmatter, surfaces what is overdue or due soon, walks the Phase 1→2→3 dependency spine to catch docs made stale by upstream changes even when their own date is fine, and re-runs the generating prompt for each — carrying the prior version forward and re-stamping the dates. Use weekly as a scheduled routine, or whenever asked to refresh, re-run, or check the freshness of the brand brain or any context…
Its SKILL.md is about 2.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
Example prompts
- “/refresh-context”
Workflow steps
9 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read the schedule. Open running-notes/refresh-schedule.md. If it is missing (a fresh brain may not have one yet), build it: walk every…
- Compare to today. Read today from get_current_time. Mark each doc overdue, due soon (within ~2 weeks), or fresh. Then scan for fired…
- Walk the phase spine for dependency staleness. After the date pass, check the Phase 1→2→3 chain: for each downstream doc (the four Phase-2…
- Surface before acting. List what is overdue / due-soon / stale-by-dependency with one line each — "your performance read is from March and…
- Re-run each due doc, and note whether the read changed. A refresh is a re-run of the generating prompt, not a patch. The prompt lives in…
- Update the schedule line for every doc re-run, so refresh-schedule.md stays a true aggregate. When a re-run materially changed the read…
- Refresh the folder indexes. If a refresh added, removed, or materially changed a competitor profile or an audit, regenerate that folder's…
- Close the loop. If a refresh surfaced something new — a shift the old read missed — capture it as an open loop in open-loops/ for the next…
- Log the run. Prepend one entry to running-notes/routine-log.md (create it from parker-system/templates/routine-log-template.md if it does…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 62c4f72. 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
Refresh Context loads about 2.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 135 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,524 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 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 1,524 words (~2,805 tokens).
“A context doc is a photograph of a moving thing. The ad account moves weekly, reviews pile up, a competitor enters, the brand relaunches. Every standing doc carries a refresh_by date; this routine watches those dates so a stale doc…”
- name
- refresh-context
- argument-hint
- [optional: a doc name or cadence tier to refresh; default = everything overdue]
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/refresh-context of real-simple-labs/parker-brain.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 62c4f72
Compare with similar skills
Refresh Context 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refresh Context this skillreal-simple-labs/parker-brain | 100 | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Index Refreshpaperclipai/paperclip | 99k | — | ~994 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Meta Refreshthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~434 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Brainjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace | 2.8k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Go In Depthsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~530 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Collectors Go Framework V2netdata/netdata | 81k | — | ~5.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 |
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Questions about Refresh Context
What does Refresh Context do?
Keep the brand brain from going stale. An agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain. Refresh Context is an agent skill from real-simple-labs/parker-brain. Keep the brand brain from going stale.
How do I install Refresh Context in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill refresh-context -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/refresh-context in real-simple-labs/parker-brain) into .claude/skills/refresh-context in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Refresh Context in Codex?
Run `npx skills add real-simple-labs/parker-brain --skill refresh-context -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/refresh-context in real-simple-labs/parker-brain) into .agents/skills/refresh-context in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Refresh Context 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 refresh-context -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/refresh-context, .gemini/skills/refresh-context, .github/skills/refresh-context and .opencode/skills/refresh-context in your project.
What does Refresh Context need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Refresh Context is instructions for the agent only.
Does Refresh Context 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 Refresh Context 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 Refresh Context use?
Refresh Context 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 Refresh Context use?
About 2.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 11k 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 Refresh Context?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Refresh Context: Index Refresh (paperclipai/paperclip, 99k stars), Meta Refresh (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Brain (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars) and Go In Depth (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Refresh Context?
real-simple-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in real-simple-labs/parker-brain, which has 100 GitHub stars. The repository holds 20 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 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.