Agent skill

Skillkit Help

by rfxlamia in rfxlamia/skillkit

Pre-build orientation for skill creators. An agent skill from rfxlamia/skillkit.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Skillkit Help

skills CLI
$ npx skills add rfxlamia/skillkit --skill skillkit-help -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install rfxlamia/skillkit skillkit-help --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/rfxlamia/skillkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/skillkit-help .claude/skills/skillkit-help && 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
skillkit-help
GitHub stars
102
Token cost
~775 tokens
SKILL.md length
368 words
Files
9
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Pre-build orientation for skill creators. An agent skill from rfxlamia/skillkit.

  • : understand skills
  • SKILL.md covers Routing, Path A: Understand How Skills… and Path B: Validate an Existing…
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Decide skills vs subagents

What it does

Skillkit Help is an agent skill from rfxlamia/skillkit. Pre-build orientation for skill creators. Answers "what are skills?", "should I make one?", and "is my skill good enough?" before you start building. Use for: understand skills, decide skills vs subagents, validate an existing skill. When ready to actually build, invoke /skillkit directly instead.

Its SKILL.md is about 780 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 12 other files (for example `knowledge/application/09-case-studies.md`, `knowledge/application/12-testing-and-validation.md` and `knowledge/foundation/01-why-skills-exist.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Skill authoring and Subagents. The repository describes itself as: An open toolkit for creating reusable skills that extend how your AI agent works. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • : understand skills
  • Decide skills vs subagents
  • Validate an existing skill

Example prompts

  • “what are skills?”
  • “should I make one?”
  • “is my skill good enough?”
  • “/skillkit-help”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5021813. 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

Skillkit Help loads about 775 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 78 tokens; SKILL.md has 368 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~78
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~775

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 rfxlamia/skillkit at commit 5021813, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© rfxlamia). 368 words, ~775 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/skillkit-help/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 8 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
skillkit-help
description
Pre-build orientation for skill creators. Answers "what are skills?", "should I make one?", and "is my skill good enough?" before you start building. Use for: understand skills, decide skills vs subagents, validate an existing skill. When ready to actually build, invoke /skillkit directly instead.
category
core

Routing

Detect which path the user needs and jump directly to it.

User saysRoute
"what are skills", "how do skills work", "explain", "understand", "not sure", "should I"→ Path A
"validate", "check", "review my skill", "is this good"→ Path B
"ready to build", "let's create", "make a skill"Tell them: "You're ready — invoke /skillkit directly to start building."
AmbiguousAsk: "Do you want to (A) understand how skills work, (B) validate an existing skill, or are you ready to build (invoke /skillkit)?"

Path A: Understand How Skills Work

Goal: Build a mental model of skills — what they are, when to use them, and whether you actually need one — before starting to build.

Step 1 — Why skills exist

Load and read in full: knowledge/foundation/01-why-skills-exist.md

Summarize for the user: skills are reusable prompt-time instructions that extend your agent's behavior for specific tasks. They live in ~/.claude/skills/ and are invoked via /skill-name.

Step 2 — Skills vs subagents

Load and read: knowledge/foundation/02-skills-vs-subagents-comparison.md

Explain the difference with a concrete example:

  • Skill: "When I type /review-pr, load these code review instructions"
  • Subagent: "Spin up a separate agent with browser tools to scrape and summarize a URL"

Step 3 — Decision framework

Load and read: knowledge/foundation/03-skills-vs-subagents-decision-tree.md

Walk the user through the decision tree for their specific use case.

Step 4 — Platform constraints

Load and read: knowledge/foundation/06-platform-constraints.md

Cover the key rules: frontmatter requirements, size limits, trigger conditions.

Step 5 — Hand off to the builder

Tell the user: "You now have enough context to start building. Invoke /skillkit — it will guide you through the full creation workflow."


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Path B: Validate an Existing Skill

Goal: Check an existing skill for quality issues before sharing or publishing.

Step 1 — Load validation standards

Load and read in full: knowledge/application/12-testing-and-validation.md

Step 2 — Run the checklist

Ask the user to share their SKILL.md content or path. Then check:

  • Frontmatter: name, description, category all present
  • Description has a clear trigger (when to invoke it)
  • At least one concrete usage example in description or body
  • No hardcoded secrets, API keys, or PII
  • SKILL.md is under 500 lines (if over, recommend splitting)
  • Sections are clearly delimited with ## headings
  • Invoke in Claude Code: does it fire correctly?

Report findings: pass/fail per item, specific fix for each failure.

© rfxlamia, 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

SKILL.md and 8 other files in skills/skillkit-help of rfxlamia/skillkit.

  • SKILL.md
  • knowledge/application/09-case-studies.md
  • knowledge/application/12-testing-and-validation.md
  • knowledge/foundation/01-why-skills-exist.md
  • knowledge/foundation/02-skills-vs-subagents-comparison.md
  • knowledge/foundation/03-skills-vs-subagents-decision-tree.md
  • knowledge/foundation/06-platform-constraints.md
  • knowledge/foundation/08-when-not-to-use-skills.md
  • template/SKILL.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5021813

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Questions about Skillkit Help

What does Skillkit Help do?

Pre-build orientation for skill creators. An agent skill from rfxlamia/skillkit. Skillkit Help is an agent skill from rfxlamia/skillkit. Pre-build orientation for skill creators.

When should I use Skillkit Help?

Skillkit Help fits situations like: : understand skills; decide skills vs subagents; validate an existing skill.

How do I install Skillkit Help in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add rfxlamia/skillkit --skill skillkit-help -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/skillkit-help in rfxlamia/skillkit) into .claude/skills/skillkit-help in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Skillkit Help in Codex?

Run `npx skills add rfxlamia/skillkit --skill skillkit-help -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/skillkit-help in rfxlamia/skillkit) into .agents/skills/skillkit-help in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Skillkit Help 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 rfxlamia/skillkit --skill skillkit-help -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/skillkit-help, .gemini/skills/skillkit-help, .github/skills/skillkit-help and .opencode/skills/skillkit-help in your project.

What does Skillkit Help need to run?

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

Does Skillkit Help 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 Skillkit Help 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 Skillkit Help use?

Skillkit Help 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 Skillkit Help use?

About 775 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Skillkit Help?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Skillkit Help: Reflect on Session Learnings (cursor/plugins, 10k stars), Harness Agent Team Designer (revfactory/harness, 9.1k stars), Skill Builder (metaskills/skill-builder, 111 stars) and Writing Skills (ed3dai/ed3d-plugins, 250 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Skillkit Help?

rfxlamia (a GitHub user) maintains it in rfxlamia/skillkit, which has 102 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 25, 2026.

Source: rfxlamia/skillkit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.