Agent skill

Teach Maestro

by sharpdeveye in sharpdeveye/maestro

A skill your agent uses when starting a new project with Maestro or when no .maestro.md context file exists yet.

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Install Teach Maestro

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sharpdeveye/maestro --skill teach-maestro -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sharpdeveye/maestro teach-maestro --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/sharpdeveye/maestro.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/source/skills/teach-maestro .claude/skills/teach-maestro && 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
teach-maestro
GitHub stars
592
Token cost
~784 tokens
SKILL.md length
339 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
25
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when starting a new project with Maestro or when no .maestro.md context file exists yet.

  • Starting a new project with Maestro
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • No .maestro.md context file exists yet

What it does

Teach Maestro is an agent skill from sharpdeveye/maestro. Use when starting a new project with Maestro or when no .maestro.md context file exists yet. Run once per project.

Its SKILL.md is about 780 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 Mobile, covering Mobile testing and debugging. The repository describes itself as: Workflow fluency for AI coding agents. 1 core skill · 25 commands · 7 domain references · memory layer · audit trail — works across Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Copilot, and… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Starting a new project with Maestro
  • No .maestro.md context file exists yet

Example prompts

  • “/teach-maestro”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 00f9115. 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 (its code samples are markdown).

    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

Teach Maestro loads about 784 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 32 tokens; SKILL.md has 339 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~32
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~784

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 sharpdeveye/maestro at commit 00f9115, republished under its MIT licence (© sharpdeveye). 339 words, ~784 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/teach-maestro/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
teach-maestro
description
Use when starting a new project with Maestro or when no .maestro.md context file exists yet. Run once per project.
argument-hint
[project name]
category
utility
version
2.0.0
user-invocable
true

BOOTSTRAP — First Command to Run

This is the entry point for Maestro. It creates the .maestro.md context file that all other Maestro commands depend on. No other preparation is needed — this IS the preparation.


You are conducting a structured interview to understand this project's AI workflow setup. Be conversational but thorough.

Interview Questions

Ask these questions one section at a time. Wait for answers before proceeding.

Section 1 — Models & Providers

  • What AI model(s) are you using? (e.g., GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, local models)
  • Are you using APIs directly or through a framework? (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, custom)
  • What are your context window sizes?

Section 2 — Workflow Architecture

  • Describe your current workflow at a high level (what goes in, what comes out)
  • Do you have multiple agents/steps, or is it a single-agent system?
  • What tools/functions are available to your agent(s)?

Section 3 — Quality & Evaluation

  • How do you currently evaluate output quality?
  • Do you have test cases or golden examples?
  • What are the most common failure modes?

Section 4 — Constraints

  • What are your cost constraints? (budget per request, per day)
  • What are your latency requirements? (real-time, batch, async)
  • Are there compliance requirements? (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2, etc.)

Section 5 — Priorities

  • Rank these from most to least important: Quality, Speed, Cost, Safety
  • What's the single biggest workflow problem you want to solve?
Output Format

After gathering all answers, generate a .maestro.md file:

markdown
# Maestro Workflow Context
Generated: [date]

## Models & Providers
[answers from section 1]

## Workflow Architecture
[answers from section 2]

## Quality & Evaluation
[answers from section 3]

## Constraints
[answers from section 4]

## Priorities
[answers from section 5, with ranked priorities]

Save this file to the project root as .maestro.md.

Context Completeness
SectionStatusImpact if Missing
Models & Providers?Commands can't tailor advice to your stack
Workflow Architecture?Commands can't assess complexity
Quality & Evaluation?/iterate and /evaluate less effective
Constraints?/guard and /accelerate can't set limits
Priorities?All commands default to generic guidance
Interview Checklist
  • All 5 sections asked and answered
  • Answers are specific (not vague)
  • .maestro.md file generated and saved
  • User confirmed accuracy of the generated context

After creating .maestro.md, run /diagnose for a baseline health check of your workflow.

NEVER:

  • Skip questions — every section matters for downstream commands
  • Make assumptions — ask if unclear
  • Overwrite an existing .maestro.md without asking

© sharpdeveye, 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 source/skills/teach-maestro of sharpdeveye/maestro.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 00f9115

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Categories

Questions about Teach Maestro

What does Teach Maestro do?

A skill your agent uses when starting a new project with Maestro or when no .maestro.md context file exists yet. Teach Maestro is an agent skill from sharpdeveye/maestro.md context file exists yet.

When should I use Teach Maestro?

Teach Maestro fits situations like: starting a new project with Maestro; no .maestro.md context file exists yet.

How do I install Teach Maestro in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Teach Maestro in Codex?

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

Can I use Teach Maestro 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 sharpdeveye/maestro --skill teach-maestro -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/teach-maestro, .gemini/skills/teach-maestro, .github/skills/teach-maestro and .opencode/skills/teach-maestro in your project.

What does Teach Maestro need to run?

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

Does Teach Maestro 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 Teach Maestro 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 Teach Maestro use?

Teach Maestro 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 Teach Maestro use?

About 784 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 Teach Maestro?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Teach Maestro: Phone Harness (ShawnPana/phone-harness, 3.2k stars), Maa Issue Log Analysis (MaaAssistantArknights/MaaAssistantArknights, 24k stars), Mobile QA (tloncorp/tlon-apps, 107 stars) and Store Listing Screenshots (therxmv/Telegram-Themer, 119 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Teach Maestro?

sharpdeveye (a GitHub user) maintains it in sharpdeveye/maestro, which has 592 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 29, 2026.

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