Agent skill

Setup

by Shpigford in Shpigford/chops

Get a new developer up and running with the Chops codebase — prerequisites, build, architecture, and common tasks.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedMobile

Install Setup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Shpigford/chops --skill setup -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Shpigford/chops setup --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/Shpigford/chops.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/setup .claude/skills/setup && 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
setup
GitHub stars
1.9k
Token cost
~980 tokens
SKILL.md length
417 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Get a new developer up and running with the Chops codebase — prerequisites, build, architecture, and common tasks.

  • Works in 4 steps: Check prerequisites → Generate Xcode project → Build and run → …
  • Tasks that involve iOS development
  • SKILL.md covers Instructions, Common tasks to be aware of and Important Rules
  • Calls xcodebuild and brew

What it does

Setup is an agent skill from Shpigford/chops. Get a new developer up and running with the Chops codebase — prerequisites, build, architecture, and common tasks.

Its SKILL.md is about 980 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 iOS development. It works with Xcode, macOS and SwiftUI. The repository describes itself as: Your AI agent skills, finally organized. A macOS app to browse, edit, and manage skills across Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, and Amp.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve iOS development

Example prompts

  • “/setup”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Check prerequisites
  2. Generate Xcode project
  3. Build and run
  4. Orient the developer

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9d379d5. 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:

    • xcodebuild
    • brew

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • brew.sh

    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

Setup loads about 980 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 417 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~30
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~980

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 417 words (~980 tokens).

“Set up the Chops development environment and orient a new contributor to the codebase.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Shpigford, Custom licence
name
setup

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/setup of Shpigford/chops.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9d379d5

Compare with similar skills

Setup 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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Xcstrings ManagerEslzzyl/Pixiv-SwiftUI111—~482Automated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0

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Categories

Questions about Setup

What does Setup do?

Get a new developer up and running with the Chops codebase — prerequisites, build, architecture, and common tasks. Setup is an agent skill from Shpigford/chops. Get a new developer up and running with the Chops codebase — prerequisites, build, architecture, and common tasks.

When should I use Setup?

Setup fits situations like: tasks that involve iOS development.

How do I install Setup in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Setup in Codex?

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

Can I use Setup 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 Shpigford/chops --skill setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/setup, .gemini/skills/setup, .github/skills/setup and .opencode/skills/setup in your project.

What does Setup need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Setup needs the command-line tools its instructions call (xcodebuild and brew).

Does Setup access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: brew.sh. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Setup 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 Setup use?

Setup has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Setup use?

About 980 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Setup?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Setup: SwiftUI Design Skill (Wholiver/swiftui-design-skill, 210 stars), Flowdeck (SwiftedMind/Tessera, 116 stars), macOS Menubar Tuist App (Dimillian/Skills, 4k stars) and Bootstrap iOS (RayFernando1337/rayfernando-skills, 130 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Setup?

Shpigford (a GitHub user) maintains it in Shpigford/chops, which has 1,938 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 23, 2026.

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