Agent skill

Trellis Start

by ROYIANS in ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer

Initializes an AI development session by reading workflow guides, developer identity, git status, active tasks, and project guidelines from .trellis/.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Trellis Start

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer --skill trellis-start -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer trellis-start --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/ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/trellis-start .claude/skills/trellis-start && 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
trellis-start
GitHub stars
135
Used in
6 other repos
Token cost
~646 tokens
SKILL.md length
235 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
3
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Initializes an AI development session by reading workflow guides, developer identity, git status, active tasks, and project guidelines from .trellis/.

  • Works in 4 steps: Current state → Workflow overview → Guideline indexes → …
  • Beginning a new coding session
  • SKILL.md covers Step 1: Current state, Step 2: Workflow overview, Step 3: Guideline indexes and Step 4: Decide next action, plus 1 more section
  • Calls python3

What it does

Trellis Start is an agent skill from ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer. Initializes an AI development session by reading workflow guides, developer identity, git status, active tasks, and project guidelines from .trellis/. Classifies incoming tasks and routes to brainstorm, direct edit, or task workflow. Use when beginning a new coding session, resuming work, starting a new task, or re-establishing project context.

Its SKILL.md is about 650 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 Agent Workflows, covering Brainstorming. It works with Git and Vue.js. The repository describes itself as: Foliq — a deterministic print template designer for editable document templates and print-safe PDF export. 一个面向可编辑文档模板与确定性 PDF 输出的可视化打印页面设计器。[ 可视化 拖拽 设计器 打印…. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Beginning a new coding session
  • Starting a new task
  • Re-establishing project context

Example prompts

  • “Use the trellis-start skill to initializ an AI development session by reading workflow guides, developer identity, git status, active tasks, and…”
  • “/trellis-start”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Current state
  2. Workflow overview
  3. Guideline indexes
  4. Decide next action

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3d563b2. 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:

    • python3

    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

Trellis Start loads about 646 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 235 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~90
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~646

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 ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer at commit 3d563b2, republished under its MIT licence (© ROYIANS). 235 words, ~646 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/trellis-start/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
trellis-start
description
Initializes an AI development session by reading workflow guides, developer identity, git status, active tasks, and project guidelines from .trellis/. Classifies incoming tasks and routes to brainstorm, direct edit, or task workflow. Use when beginning a new coding session, resuming work, starting a new task, or re-establishing project context.

Start Session

Initialize a Trellis-managed development session. This platform has no session-start hook, so manually load the equivalent context by following these steps (each one mirrors a section the hook would otherwise inject).


Step 1: Current state

Identity, git status, current task, active tasks, journal location.

bash
python3 ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py

If this output includes a line beginning Trellis update available:, copy the full line verbatim when summarizing session context. Do not shorten operational command hints.

Step 2: Workflow overview

Phase Index + skill routing table + DO-NOT-skip rules.

bash
python3 ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py --mode phase

Full guide in .trellis/workflow.md (read on demand).

Step 3: Guideline indexes

Discover packages + spec layers, then read each relevant index file.

bash
python3 ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py --mode packages
cat .trellis/spec/guides/index.md
cat .trellis/spec/<package>/<layer>/index.md   # for each relevant layer

Index files list the specific guideline docs to read when you actually start coding.

Step 4: Decide next action

From Step 1 you know the current task. Check the task directory:

  • Active task + prd.md exists → Phase 2 step 2.1. Load the step detail:
    bash
    python3 ./.trellis/scripts/get_context.py --mode phase --step 2.1 --platform codex
  • Active task + no prd.md → Phase 1.1. Load the trellis-brainstorm skill.
  • No active task → when the user describes multi-step work, load the trellis-brainstorm skill to clarify requirements, then create a task via task.py create. For simple one-off questions or trivial edits, skip this and just answer directly — no task needed.

Skill routing (quick reference)

User intentSkill
New feature / unclear requirementstrellis-brainstorm
About to write codetrellis-before-dev
Done coding / quality checktrellis-check
Stuck / fixed same bug multiple timestrellis-break-loop
Learned something worth capturingtrellis-update-spec

Full rules + anti-rationalization table in .trellis/workflow.md.

© ROYIANS, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/trellis-start of ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3d563b2

Used in 6 other repositories

We found 6 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 6 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Trellis Start

What does Trellis Start do?

Initializes an AI development session by reading workflow guides, developer identity, git status, active tasks, and project guidelines from .trellis/. Trellis Start is an agent skill from ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer.trellis/.

When should I use Trellis Start?

Trellis Start fits situations like: beginning a new coding session; starting a new task; re-establishing project context.

How do I install Trellis Start in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer --skill trellis-start -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/trellis-start in ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer) into .claude/skills/trellis-start in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Trellis Start in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer --skill trellis-start -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/trellis-start in ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer) into .agents/skills/trellis-start in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Trellis Start 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 ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer --skill trellis-start -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/trellis-start, .gemini/skills/trellis-start, .github/skills/trellis-start and .opencode/skills/trellis-start in your project.

What does Trellis Start need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Trellis Start needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Trellis Start 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 Trellis Start 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 Trellis Start use?

Trellis Start is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Trellis Start use?

About 646 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Trellis Start?

ROYIANS (a GitHub user) maintains it in ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer, which has 135 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 10, 2026.

Source: ROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.