Agent skill

Mailbox

by ritchiecarroll in ritchiecarroll/go2cs

Post to or read the fleet mailbox. An agent skill from ritchiecarroll/go2cs.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Mailbox

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ritchiecarroll/go2cs --skill mailbox -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ritchiecarroll/go2cs mailbox --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/ritchiecarroll/go2cs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/mailbox .claude/skills/mailbox && 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
mailbox
GitHub stars
400
Token cost
~8k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,971 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Post to or read the fleet mailbox. An agent skill from ritchiecarroll/go2cs.

  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Before you post a claim, Posting, Confirming delivery and Reading and anchors, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls git

What it does

Mailbox is an agent skill from ritchiecarroll/go2cs. Post to or read the fleet mailbox. Anchors, read discipline, push contention, duplicate-post defences and the state-advancing-tool rules.

Its SKILL.md is about 8k 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 Development. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: Golang to C Converter.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/mailbox”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5417664. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Mailbox loads about 8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,971 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~8k

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 1,971 words (~8,033 tokens).

“Phase 1 of docs/PLAN-context-diet.md: RELOCATION ONLY, no compression, no edits. The byte-identical original is docs/doctrine/JOURNAL-2026-09-12.md. Phase 2 (2026-09-12) distilled this file: every dated narrative was moved into an HTML comment OPENING ON THE LAST LINE OF THE RULE IT JUSTIFIES…”

— opening of SKILL.md by ritchiecarroll, Custom licence
name
mailbox

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/mailbox of ritchiecarroll/go2cs.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5417664

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Mailbox 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.

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Understand Diff AnalysisEgonex-AI/Understand-Anything86k1 repos~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Mailbox

What does Mailbox do?

Post to or read the fleet mailbox. An agent skill from ritchiecarroll/go2cs. Mailbox is an agent skill from ritchiecarroll/go2cs. Post to or read the fleet mailbox.

When should I use Mailbox?

Mailbox fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Mailbox in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ritchiecarroll/go2cs --skill mailbox -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/mailbox in ritchiecarroll/go2cs) into .claude/skills/mailbox in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Mailbox in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ritchiecarroll/go2cs --skill mailbox -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/mailbox in ritchiecarroll/go2cs) into .agents/skills/mailbox in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Mailbox 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 ritchiecarroll/go2cs --skill mailbox -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/mailbox, .gemini/skills/mailbox, .github/skills/mailbox and .opencode/skills/mailbox in your project.

What does Mailbox need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Mailbox needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Mailbox access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Mailbox 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 Mailbox use?

Mailbox 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 Mailbox use?

About 8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 32k 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 Mailbox?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Mailbox: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Codebase Knowledge Graph Q&A (Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything, 86k stars) and Code Design Rationale Investigator (cursor/plugins, 10k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Mailbox?

ritchiecarroll (a GitHub user) maintains it in ritchiecarroll/go2cs, which has 400 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: ritchiecarroll/go2cs on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.