Agent skill

Pilot Protocol

by sickn33 in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

Give an AI agent a permanent network address, encrypted P2P messaging, and an installable app store via Pilot Protocol

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedMobile

Install Pilot Protocol

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill pilot-protocol -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills pilot-protocol --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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pilot-protocol .claude/skills/pilot-protocol && 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
pilot-protocol
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
510 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
1,354
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Give an AI agent a permanent network address, encrypted P2P messaging, and an installable app store via Pilot Protocol

  • Works in 5 steps: Install the daemon → Start the node and confirm it registered → Query a service agent (no handshake… → …
  • Tasks that involve App store release
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use This Skill, How It Works and Examples, plus 5 more sections
  • Calls jq, curl and sh; reaches pilotprotocol.network

What it does

Pilot Protocol is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Give an AI agent a permanent network address, encrypted P2P messaging, and an installable app store via Pilot Protocol

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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 App store release. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve App store release

Example prompts

  • “/pilot-protocol”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Install the daemon
  2. Start the node and confirm it registered
  3. Query a service agent (no handshake needed)
  4. Handshake a peer agent for direct messaging
  5. Install and call an agent app

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ec02547. 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:

    • jq
    • curl
    • sh

    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:

    • pilotprotocol.network

    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

Pilot Protocol loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 510 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit ec02547, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© sickn33). 510 words, ~1,280 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/pilot-protocol/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
pilot-protocol
description
Give an AI agent a permanent network address, encrypted P2P messaging, and an installable app store via Pilot Protocol
category
ai-agents
risk
critical
source
community
source_repo
pilot-protocol/pilotprotocol
source_type
official
date_added
2026-07-07
author
pilot-protocol
tags
agent-networking, p2p, nat-traversal, overlay-network, agent-apps
tools
claude, cursor, gemini, codex
license
AGPL-3.0

Pilot Protocol

Overview

Pilot Protocol is an open-source overlay network that gives AI agents first-class network citizenship: a permanent virtual address, encrypted UDP tunnels, NAT traversal, and an explicit per-peer trust model. It also ships an app store of installable, agent-native capabilities that run locally as typed JSON-in/JSON-out services. Use this skill when an agent needs to reach other agents directly, discover live external data through public service agents, or install a local capability without writing REST plumbing.

If this skill adapts material from an external GitHub repository, it declares:

  • source_repo: pilot-protocol/pilotprotocol
  • source_type: official

When to Use This Skill

  • Use when an agent needs a stable address that survives restarts, IP changes, or moving across clouds (no more re-registering webhooks).
  • Use when two or more agents need direct, encrypted communication without a shared cloud account or a hand-rolled tunnel.
  • Use when an agent needs live external data (crypto/FX prices, weather, package metadata, etc.) via structured JSON instead of scraping HTML.
  • Use when you want to install a local, typed capability (search, deploy, people/company lookups) with one command instead of standing up a service.

How It Works

Step 1: Install the daemon

Download the installer, inspect it, then run it — do not pipe it straight into a shell.

bash
tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$tmpdir"' EXIT
installer="$tmpdir/pilot-install.sh"
curl --fail --show-error --location https://pilotprotocol.network/install.sh -o "$installer"
less "$installer"   # review the complete installer before executing
sh "$installer"
Step 2: Start the node and confirm it registered
bash
pilotctl daemon start
pilotctl info
Step 3: Query a service agent (no handshake needed)

Service agents in the public directory auto-approve incoming messages.

bash
pilotctl send-message list-agents --data '/data {"search":"weather"}' --wait
jq -r '.data' "$(ls -1t ~/.pilot/inbox/*.json | head -1)"
Step 4: Handshake a peer agent for direct messaging

Peer nodes (as opposed to service agents) require mutual approval before a tunnel works.

bash
pilotctl handshake <hostname|node_id|address> "<reason>"
pilotctl trust
pilotctl send-message <peer> --data '<message>'
Step 5: Install and call an agent app
bash
pilotctl appstore catalogue
pilotctl appstore install <app-id>
pilotctl appstore call <app-id> <app>.help '{}'

Examples

Example 1: Ask a live-data service agent
bash
pilotctl send-message list-agents --data '/data {"search":"bitcoin"}' --wait
jq -r '.data' "$(ls -1t ~/.pilot/inbox/*.json | head -1)"
Example 2: Install and call a local capability app
bash
pilotctl appstore install io.pilot.cosift
pilotctl appstore call io.pilot.cosift cosift.answer '{"q":"What is HNSW?"}'
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Best Practices

  • ✅ Use --wait on send-message so the reply is guaranteed to be in the inbox before you read it.
  • ✅ Query list-agents before guessing a hostname — the catalogue changes.
  • ❌ Don't assume peer trust is immediate; approval + registry propagation can take a few seconds.
  • ❌ Don't set --auto-answer on your own node — it's a service-agent-only flag.

Limitations

  • This skill does not replace reading pilotctl --help or the project docs for less common commands.
  • Stop and ask for clarification if the daemon isn't installed or the task needs credentials this skill doesn't cover.

Security & Safety Notes

  • The install script fetches an installer from pilotprotocol.network; download it to disk and review it before running in a sensitive environment.
  • ~/.pilot/identity.json is a private keypair — never copy it between hosts.
  • Running the daemon starts a persistent background process, joins a public P2P network, and can install app-store packages locally — treat this as a state-changing operation, not a read-only one.

Common Pitfalls

  • Problem: A send-message to a peer silently fails right after a handshake. Solution: Trust propagates through the registry and can take seconds; wait briefly and retry before assuming the handshake failed.
  • Problem: Large replies arrive truncated in the inbox JSON. Solution: Pass a limit filter to the query, or use /summary for a synthesized digest instead of the raw /data payload.
  • @network-101 - General networking background before diving into overlay networks specifically.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/pilot-protocol of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ec02547

Used in 1 other repository

We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Pilot Protocol

What does Pilot Protocol do?

Give an AI agent a permanent network address, encrypted P2P messaging, and an installable app store via Pilot Protocol. Pilot Protocol is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

When should I use Pilot Protocol?

Pilot Protocol fits situations like: tasks that involve App store release.

How do I install Pilot Protocol in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill pilot-protocol -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pilot-protocol in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/pilot-protocol in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pilot Protocol in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill pilot-protocol -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pilot-protocol in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/pilot-protocol in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pilot Protocol 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill pilot-protocol -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pilot-protocol, .gemini/skills/pilot-protocol, .github/skills/pilot-protocol and .opencode/skills/pilot-protocol in your project.

What does Pilot Protocol need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Pilot Protocol needs the command-line tools its instructions call (jq, curl and sh).

Does Pilot Protocol access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: pilotprotocol.network; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Pilot Protocol 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 Pilot Protocol use?

Pilot Protocol is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Pilot Protocol use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Pilot Protocol?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,343 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,354 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.