Personal Operating Manual
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The operator's manual for DRIVING Gideon's API and tools — how to find an exact tool/route signature, the mandatory verify-after-mutate loop, and what NOT to hand-roll.
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Install Gideon API
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent gideon-api --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api .claude/skills/gideon-api && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "gideon-api" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api into .claude/skills/gideon-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gideon-api", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-apiType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent gideon-api --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api .agents/skills/gideon-api && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "gideon-api" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api into .agents/skills/gideon-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gideon-api", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent gideon-api --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api .cursor/skills/gideon-api && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "gideon-api" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api into .cursor/skills/gideon-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gideon-api", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git --path runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent gideon-api --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api .gemini/skills/gideon-api && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "gideon-api" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api into .gemini/skills/gideon-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gideon-api", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent gideon-apiInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api .github/skills/gideon-api && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "gideon-api" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api into .github/skills/gideon-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gideon-api", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent gideon-api --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api .opencode/skills/gideon-api && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "gideon-api" agent skill from https://github.com/Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent/tree/main/runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api into .opencode/skills/gideon-api/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gideon-api", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
gideon-api- GitHub stars
- 181
- Token cost
- ~1.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 702 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 24
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
The operator's manual for DRIVING Gideon's API and tools — how to find an exact tool/route signature, the mandatory verify-after-mutate loop, and what NOT to hand-roll.
- Works in 6 steps: Orient, then drill (don't read everything) → Never guess a signature — copy it → The mandatory verify loop (after every… → …
- SKILL.md covers 1. Orient, then drill (don't…, 2. Never guess a signature —…, 3. The mandatory verify loop… and 4. Read the error envelope —…, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Gideon API is an agent skill from Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent. The operator's manual for DRIVING Gideon's API and tools — how to find an exact tool/route signature, the mandatory verify-after-mutate loop, and what NOT to hand-roll. Load this before creating triggers, wiring models, driving app routes, or authoring skills through the API.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: The companion AI agent that learns, adapts and gets the work done no matter the task. The licence is Apache-2.0.
Example prompts
- “s manual for DRIVING Gideon”
- “/gideon-api”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2176d5b. 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
Gideon API loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 72 tokens; SKILL.md has 702 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent at commit 2176d5b, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© Sidiora-Labs). 702 words, ~1,377 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/gideon-api/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- gideon-api
- description
- The operator's manual for DRIVING Gideon's API and tools — how to find an exact tool/route signature, the mandatory verify-after-mutate loop, and what NOT to hand-roll. Load this before creating triggers, wiring models, driving app routes, or authoring skills through the API.
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- false
- triggers
- api, manifest, tool signature, drive gideon, /api, endpoint, route, agent-callable, doctor --paths, offline reference, wire a trigger, bind a model, call app…
Driving Gideon (operator's manual)
This is the operator twin of the gideon-features skill. gideon-features answers
"what can Gideon do" in prose; this skill is how you drive it correctly
from the API and native tools — the exact-signature discipline that turns a driving
session from guess-and-retry into first-try success.
The companion to this skill is the offline reference shipped in the
distribution. It is the single source of truth for signatures — generated from the
same registry the live GET /api/manifest walks, so it never drifts from reality.
1. Orient, then drill (don't read everything)
The reference is four files. Read the index first, then open only the one section you need:
reference/index.md— the map + repo gotchas + what-not-to-do. Start here.reference/tools.md— every registered tool, grouped by provider, with its exact input schema and worked examples.reference/routes.md— the agent-callable/api/*HTTP routes with summaries.reference/providers.md— the provider-type taxonomy + registered providers.
Find the reference from the binary alone — you don't need to know the install layout:
gideon doctor --pathsprints tab-separated key<TAB>path lines; the reference line is the directory
above. (It also prints config, skills, and install.) On a running gateway
the same content is live at GET /api/manifest — same source, two renderings.
2. Never guess a signature — copy it
Hallucinated parameters are the dominant driving failure. Before you call any tool or route:
- Look it up in
tools.md/routes.md(orGET /api/manifest). - Copy the exact parameter names from the schema. The examples there use real, schema-verified arg names — start from an example and adjust.
- If a name isn't in the schema, it doesn't exist — don't invent it.
The examples[] in each tool entry are checked against the live schema by the
drift test, so an example never carries an invented parameter. Trust them.
3. The mandatory verify loop (after every mutation)
A tool or route reporting success is not proof the change took. After any mutating call — create/update/delete a trigger, bind a model, install a skill, create a task — read the entity back and confirm the field you set is present:
- Wired a trigger with
hook_register→ list hooks / re-read and confirm it's there. - Bound a model with
PUT /api/models/active/{use_case}→GET /api/models/activeand confirm the binding. - Added a knowledge item with
knowledge_create→knowledge_search(orknowledge_getby id) and confirm it's retrievable. - Installed a skill →
skill_searchand confirm it's in the index.
If the read-back doesn't show your change, the call silently missed — treat that as a failure and diagnose, don't report success.
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4. Read the error envelope — it tells you the fix
Failures returned into your session carry a WHAT / WHY / FIX envelope and a
stable code (e.g. ERR_TOOL_ARG_INVALID, ERR_MODEL_UNRESOLVED,
ERR_HOOK_PROVIDER_UNKNOWN). Branch on the code, never on the prose. A
DID YOU MEAN: line lists the nearest valid values — pick from it directly. When
a hook/trigger rejects an unknown action provider, the allowed set arrives as the
suggestions; use one of those.
5. Worked patterns
- Create + wire a trigger: register the follow-up with
hook_register(hook_id,context_summary), or schedule recurring work withautomation_create. Then read it back (§3). - Add knowledge and verify retrieval:
knowledge_create(type,title,content) →knowledge_searchfor the title to confirm it's indexed. - Bind a model to a use case:
PUT /api/models/active/{use_case}with body{"models": ["provider_name:model_id", ...]}→GET /api/models/activeto confirm. - Drive an app backend route: call the app-route tool the manifest surfaces
for that app's declared route (see
app_surfaces[]in the manifest); don't reach into the app's process directly. - Author + install a skill: persist a reusable how-to with
skill_remember(title,body) →skill_searchto confirm it's live.
6. Scope — what NOT to do
- Don't hand-roll UI when a tool or route already does the job. The manifest is the inventory of what exists; check it before building.
- Don't edit an installed app's files to change its behavior. Push edits with
POST /api/apps/{name}/update{source, confirm:true}— the gateway runs the INSTALLED copy under$GIDEON_HOME/apps/<name>/, not the workspace tree. - Don't call a route the manifest doesn't mark
agent_callableas if it were an agent API — those are UI transport or websocket surfaces. - Don't replace the
static/distsymlink with a copy — acp -Rshadows it and serves a stale SPA; rebuild the frontend in place.
For the capability overview and channel-neutral "what can you do", see the
gideon-features skill.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api of Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2176d5b
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| Operator Approval Loopaffaan-m/ECC | 275k | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Business Operations Skillsalirezarezvani/claude-skills | 28k | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Feishu Driveopenclaw/openclaw | 392k | — | ~375 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Gideon API
What does Gideon API do?
The operator's manual for DRIVING Gideon's API and tools — how to find an exact tool/route signature, the mandatory verify-after-mutate loop, and what NOT to hand-roll. Gideon API is an agent skill from Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent. The operator's manual for DRIVING Gideon's API and tools — how to find an exact tool/route signature, the mandatory verify-after-mutate loop, and what NOT to hand-roll.
How do I install Gideon API in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api in Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent) into .claude/skills/gideon-api in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Gideon API in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (runtime/gideon/extensions/skills/bundled/gideon-api in Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent) into .agents/skills/gideon-api in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Gideon API 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 Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent --skill gideon-api -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/gideon-api, .gemini/skills/gideon-api, .github/skills/gideon-api and .opencode/skills/gideon-api in your project.
What does Gideon API need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Gideon API is instructions for the agent only.
Does Gideon API 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 Gideon API 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 Gideon API use?
Gideon API is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Gideon API use?
About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k 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 Gideon API?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Gideon API: Personal Operating Manual (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars), It Operations (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars), Operator Approval Loop (affaan-m/ECC, 275k stars) and Business Operations Skills (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Gideon API?
Sidiora-Labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent, which has 181 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: Sidiora-Labs/centra-gideon-agent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.