Agent skill

Highlights Poll

by rweekly in rweekly/rweekly.org

Generate the R Weekly Highlights Poll Slack text. An agent skill from rweekly/rweekly.org.

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Install Highlights Poll

skills CLI
$ npx skills add rweekly/rweekly.org --skill highlights-poll -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install rweekly/rweekly.org highlights-poll --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/rweekly/rweekly.org.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/highlights-poll .claude/skills/highlights-poll && 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
highlights-poll
GitHub stars
826
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
504 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Generate the R Weekly Highlights Poll Slack text. An agent skill from rweekly/rweekly.org.

  • Works in 3 steps: Parse the draft → Pre-select candidates → Generate Slack poll commands
  • An editor wants to create the highlights poll for the
  • SKILL.md covers Goal and Steps
  • Reaches github.com and serve.podhome.fm

What it does

Highlights Poll is an agent skill from rweekly/rweekly.org. Generate the R Weekly Highlights Poll Slack text. Parses draft.md for all links, presents them for editor selection, then formats two /poll Slack commands (5 items each). Use when an editor wants to create the highlights poll for the

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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 Data & Analytics. It works with Slack.

When your agent uses it

  • An editor wants to create the highlights poll for the

Example prompts

  • “/highlights-poll”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash, WebFetch

Workflow steps

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

  1. Parse the draft
  2. Pre-select candidates
  3. Generate Slack poll commands

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 72b2735. 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:

    • Read
    • Bash
    • WebFetch

    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

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • github.com
    • serve.podhome.fm
    • rweekly.org
    • jumpingrivers.github.io
    • community.rstudio.com
    • sites.google.com
    • dslc.io
    • r-universe.dev
    • dirk.eddelbuettel.com

    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

Highlights Poll loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 62 tokens; SKILL.md has 504 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~62
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

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: Read, Bash, WebFetch

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 504 words (~1,151 tokens).

“Replicates the rweekly.highlights Shiny app (https://github.com/rweekly/rweekly.highlights) as a Claude Code skill.”

— opening of SKILL.md by rweekly
name
highlights-poll
allowed-tools
Read, Bash, WebFetch
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/highlights-poll of rweekly/rweekly.org.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 72b2735

Compare with similar skills

Highlights Poll 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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Web Analyticsjeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace2.8k—~1.9kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
Report Indicator Changesowid/etl158—~2.6kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
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Works with

Questions about Highlights Poll

What does Highlights Poll do?

Generate the R Weekly Highlights Poll Slack text. An agent skill from rweekly/rweekly.org. org. Generate the R Weekly Highlights Poll Slack text.

When should I use Highlights Poll?

Highlights Poll fits situations like: an editor wants to create the highlights poll for the.

How do I install Highlights Poll in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Highlights Poll in Codex?

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

Can I use Highlights Poll 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 rweekly/rweekly.org --skill highlights-poll -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/highlights-poll, .gemini/skills/highlights-poll, .github/skills/highlights-poll and .opencode/skills/highlights-poll in your project.

What does Highlights Poll need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Highlights Poll is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Bash, WebFetch.

Does Highlights Poll access the network?

SKILL.md names 9 domains. In commands or code: github.com, serve.podhome.fm, rweekly.org, jumpingrivers.github.io, community.rstudio.com, sites.google.com, dslc.io, r-universe.dev and dirk.eddelbuettel.com; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Highlights Poll 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 Highlights Poll use?

No licence was found for Highlights Poll or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Highlights Poll use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k 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 Highlights Poll?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Highlights Poll: Apify Reddit Scraper (apify/awesome-skills, 264 stars), Draft Data Update Slack Post (owid/etl, 158 stars), Web Analytics (jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace, 2.8k stars) and Report Indicator Changes (owid/etl, 158 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Highlights Poll?

rweekly (a GitHub organization) maintains it in rweekly/rweekly.org, which has 826 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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