Agent skill

Temporal Helper

by shepherdjerred in shepherdjerred/monorepo

Safely design, implement, test, deploy, debug, and operate Temporal durable applications, with current TypeScript SDK, Workflow, Activity, Worker, Task Queue, Schedule, CLI, Cloud/server, replay…

GPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Temporal Helper

skills CLI
$ npx skills add shepherdjerred/monorepo --skill temporal-helper -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install shepherdjerred/monorepo temporal-helper --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/shepherdjerred/monorepo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/dotfiles/dot_agents/skills/temporal-helper .claude/skills/temporal-helper && 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
temporal-helper
GitHub stars
112
Token cost
~601 tokens
SKILL.md length
161 words
Files
12 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
63
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
GPL-3.0

At a glance

Safely design, implement, test, deploy, debug, and operate Temporal durable applications, with current TypeScript SDK, Workflow, Activity, Worker, Task Queue, Schedule, CLI, Cloud/server, replay…

  • Retries/timeouts/heartbeats/cancellation
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Signals/Queries/Updates
  • Worker performance

What it does

Temporal Helper is an agent skill from shepherdjerred/monorepo. Safely design, implement, test, deploy, debug, and operate Temporal durable applications, with current TypeScript SDK, Workflow, Activity, Worker, Task Queue, Schedule, CLI, Cloud/server, replay, versioning, observability, and repository-specific Node/Bun guidance. Use for Temporal code or architecture, nondeterminism, retries/timeouts/heartbeats/cancellation, Signals/Queries/Updates, schedules, worker performance, production incidents, SDK upgrades, or live inspection and operations.

Its SKILL.md is about 600 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 13 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/core-execution-model.md` and `references/failure-semantics.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Background jobs and Observability. It works with TypeScript. The repository describes itself as: Monorepo for all of my projects. The licence is GPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Retries/timeouts/heartbeats/cancellation
  • Signals/Queries/Updates
  • Worker performance
  • Production incidents

Example prompts

  • “/temporal-helper”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit da14ae9. 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.

    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

Temporal Helper loads about 601 tokens when it runs, and up to ~13k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 126 tokens; SKILL.md has 161 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~126
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~601
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~13k

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 shepherdjerred/monorepo at commit da14ae9, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© shepherdjerred). 161 words, ~601 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/temporal-helper/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 11 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
temporal-helper
description
Safely design, implement, test, deploy, debug, and operate Temporal durable applications, with current TypeScript SDK, Workflow, Activity, Worker, Task Queue, Schedule, CLI, Cloud/server, replay, versioning, observability, and repository-specific Node/Bun guidance. Use for Temporal code or architecture, nondeterminism, retries/timeouts/heartbeats/cancellation, Signals/Queries/Updates, schedules, worker performance, production incidents, SDK upgrades, or live inspection and operations.

Temporal helper

Treat Workflow history as the durable program input. Workflow code must be deterministic; I/O, clocks, filesystem, processes, and secrets belong in Activities.

Route by problem

For live work, identify namespace, workflow ID, run ID, task queue, worker build, and schedule before mutation. Read history and pending tasks rather than inferring from a summary. Distinguish retryable infrastructure failure from a terminal domain outcome.

For Workflow changes, run unit/time-skipping tests as appropriate and replay representative retained histories. Source checks, worker polling, open execution compatibility, schedule state, and downstream effects are separate acceptance claims.

Use sources.md for authoritative documentation routes and verify version-sensitive behavior against the installed SDK and server.

© shepherdjerred, GPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 11 other files (references) in packages/dotfiles/dot_agents/skills/temporal-helper of shepherdjerred/monorepo.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/core-execution-model.md
  • references/failure-semantics.md
  • references/messaging-and-schedules.md
  • references/operations-observability.md
  • references/sources.md
  • references/testing-versioning-deployment.md
  • references/troubleshooting.md
  • references/typescript-runtime-boundaries.md
  • references/workers-and-task-queues.md
  • references/workflow-activity-design.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit da14ae9

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Questions about Temporal Helper

What does Temporal Helper do?

Safely design, implement, test, deploy, debug, and operate Temporal durable applications, with current TypeScript SDK, Workflow, Activity, Worker, Task Queue, Schedule, CLI, Cloud/server, replay…. Temporal Helper is an agent skill from shepherdjerred/monorepo. Safely design, implement, test, deploy, debug, and operate Temporal durable applications, with current TypeScript SDK, Workflow, Activity, Worker, Task Queue, Schedule, CLI, Cloud/server, replay, versioning, observability, and repository-specific Node/Bun guidance.

When should I use Temporal Helper?

Temporal Helper fits situations like: retries/timeouts/heartbeats/cancellation; signals/Queries/Updates; worker performance; production incidents.

How do I install Temporal Helper in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add shepherdjerred/monorepo --skill temporal-helper -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/dotfiles/dot_agents/skills/temporal-helper in shepherdjerred/monorepo) into .claude/skills/temporal-helper in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Temporal Helper in Codex?

Run `npx skills add shepherdjerred/monorepo --skill temporal-helper -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/dotfiles/dot_agents/skills/temporal-helper in shepherdjerred/monorepo) into .agents/skills/temporal-helper in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Temporal Helper 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 shepherdjerred/monorepo --skill temporal-helper -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/temporal-helper, .gemini/skills/temporal-helper, .github/skills/temporal-helper and .opencode/skills/temporal-helper in your project.

What does Temporal Helper need to run?

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

Does Temporal Helper 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 Temporal Helper 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 Temporal Helper use?

Temporal Helper is published under the GPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Temporal Helper use?

About 601 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 12k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Temporal Helper?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Temporal Helper: Sls Dashboard Builder (alibaba/loongsuite-pilot, 198 stars), Agent Advisor (aws/agent-toolkit-for-aws, 2.8k stars), Logfire Instrumentation (basicmachines-co/basic-memory, 4.1k stars) and Loongsuite Pilot Insight (alibaba/loongsuite-pilot, 198 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Temporal Helper?

shepherdjerred (a GitHub user) maintains it in shepherdjerred/monorepo, which has 112 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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