Agent skill

Intelligence Transfer

by ruvnet in ruvnet/ruflo

Publish or fetch learned patterns across projects via IPFS (Pinata) -- the cross-project pattern transfer that hookstransfer enables

MITAuto-check: notes

Install Intelligence Transfer

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill intelligence-transfer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ruvnet/ruflo intelligence-transfer --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/ruvnet/ruflo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ruflo-intelligence/skills/intelligence-transfer .claude/skills/intelligence-transfer && 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
intelligence-transfer
GitHub stars
74k
Token cost
~877 tokens
SKILL.md length
312 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
264
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Publish or fetch learned patterns across projects via IPFS (Pinata) -- the cross-project pattern transfer that hookstransfer enables

  • SKILL.md covers Why this exists, Prerequisite, Workflows and When to use this skill, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Intelligence Transfer is an agent skill from ruvnet/ruflo. Publish or fetch learned patterns across projects via IPFS (Pinata) -- the cross-project pattern transfer that hookstransfer enables

Its SKILL.md is about 880 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: 🌊 The original agent harness. Deploy intelligent multi-player swarms, coordinate autonomous workflows, and build conversational AI systems. Features adaptive memory…. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/intelligence-transfer”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_transfer, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_pattern-search, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_pattern-store, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__neural_patterns, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__neural_status, Bash

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6051f67. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_transfer
    • mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_pattern-search
    • mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_pattern-store
    • mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__neural_patterns
    • mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__neural_status
    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    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

Intelligence Transfer loads about 877 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 39 tokens; SKILL.md has 312 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~39
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~877

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_transfer, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_patte

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 ruvnet/ruflo at commit 6051f67, republished under its MIT licence (© ruvnet). 312 words, ~877 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/intelligence-transfer/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
intelligence-transfer
description
Publish or fetch learned patterns across projects via IPFS (Pinata) -- the cross-project pattern transfer that hooks_transfer enables
allowed-tools
mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_transfer, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_pattern-search, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_pattern-store, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__neural_patterns, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__neural_status, Bash
argument-hint
<store|load|from-project> [--cid <ipfs-cid>] [--source <project-path>]

Intelligence Transfer

Cross-project pattern sharing via IPFS. Lets a different project — or a different machine — fetch and apply patterns this project has already learned.

Why this exists

Most learning is project-local. hooks_transfer is the escape hatch: publish patterns to IPFS, share the CID, and any peer can ingest them. Equivalent to "a deploy artifact for what your agents have learned."

Prerequisite

bash
# Required env var (or equivalent endpoint config)
echo $PINATA_API_JWT

If unset, hooks_transfer returns a structured success: false with error: "PINATA_API_JWT not configured". Configure before running this skill.

Workflows

Publish current project's patterns
bash
# Inspect what's stored locally first
mcp tool call neural_patterns --json -- '{"list": true}'

# Publish to IPFS — returns a CID
mcp tool call hooks_transfer --json -- '{"action": "store"}'

The response includes the IPFS CID. Save it; share it with peers who need the patterns.

Fetch + apply a peer's patterns
bash
# Pull a CID and apply locally
mcp tool call hooks_transfer --json -- '{"action": "load", "cid": "QmXyz..."}'

# Verify they landed
mcp tool call hooks_intelligence_pattern-search --json -- '{"query": "<test>", "limit": 5}'

Patterns are merged with local state, not replaced. Conflicts are resolved by recency (newer wins).

Mirror an entire project's patterns
bash
# Read patterns from a sibling project on disk and republish under a new CID
mcp tool call hooks_transfer --json -- '{"action": "from-project", "source": "/path/to/peer-project"}'

Useful for consolidating learnings across a monorepo or a fleet of related projects.

When to use this skill

  • Before a fresh project starts — fetch the relevant patterns from a parent project so the new project's agents start with prior knowledge instead of cold.
  • After a major learning milestone — publish so other projects benefit.
  • When debugging a regression — fetch a known-good pattern set to compare against.

When NOT to use

  • Daily — it's a heavyweight operation. agentdb_consolidate does the local equivalent.
  • For sensitive patterns — IPFS is public by default. Pinata pinning does NOT make patterns private. Strip PII (use aidefence_has_pii first) before publishing.

Caveats

  • IPFS CIDs are content-addressed; republishing the same pattern set gives you the same CID.
  • Patterns are stored as JSON; they include only the embedding hashes + metadata, not raw text. Decoding requires the same SONA / MicroLoRA adapter version that produced them.
  • This skill does NOT publish AgentDB rows — only the intelligence-side patterns. To ship full memory, use agentdb_* export tools (out of scope here).
  • ruflo-agentdb ADR-0001 §"Namespace convention" — defines pattern namespace that this transfer reads from
  • neural-train skill — produces the patterns that this skill ships

© ruvnet, 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 plugins/ruflo-intelligence/skills/intelligence-transfer of ruvnet/ruflo.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6051f67

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Social Publisheraffaan-m/ECC275k1 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Scikit LearnK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills48k1 repos~3.3kAutomated safety check: NotesBSD-3-Clause

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Questions about Intelligence Transfer

What does Intelligence Transfer do?

Publish or fetch learned patterns across projects via IPFS (Pinata) -- the cross-project pattern transfer that hookstransfer enables. Intelligence Transfer is an agent skill from ruvnet/ruflo.

How do I install Intelligence Transfer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill intelligence-transfer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ruflo-intelligence/skills/intelligence-transfer in ruvnet/ruflo) into .claude/skills/intelligence-transfer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Intelligence Transfer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ruvnet/ruflo --skill intelligence-transfer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ruflo-intelligence/skills/intelligence-transfer in ruvnet/ruflo) into .agents/skills/intelligence-transfer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Intelligence Transfer 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 ruvnet/ruflo --skill intelligence-transfer -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/intelligence-transfer, .gemini/skills/intelligence-transfer, .github/skills/intelligence-transfer and .opencode/skills/intelligence-transfer in your project.

What does Intelligence Transfer need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Intelligence Transfer is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_transfer, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_pattern-search, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__hooks_intelligence_pattern-store, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__neural_patterns, mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__neural_status, Bash.

Does Intelligence Transfer 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 Intelligence Transfer safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Intelligence Transfer use?

Intelligence Transfer 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 Intelligence Transfer use?

About 877 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 Intelligence Transfer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Intelligence Transfer: Learning to Learn (OpenMAIC) (THU-MAIC/OpenMAIC, 40k stars), Publish (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars), Adapting Transfer Learning Models (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars) and Social Publisher (affaan-m/ECC, 275k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Intelligence Transfer?

ruvnet (a GitHub user) maintains it in ruvnet/ruflo, which has 74,089 GitHub stars. The repository holds 264 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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