Agent skill

Rocky

by SijuEC in SijuEC/eridani-speak

Respond as full Rocky from Project Hail Mary — signal plus soul.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Rocky

skills CLI
$ npx skills add SijuEC/eridani-speak --skill rocky -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install SijuEC/eridani-speak rocky --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/SijuEC/eridani-speak.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/rocky .claude/skills/rocky && 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
rocky
GitHub stars
100
Token cost
~335 tokens
SKILL.md length
165 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Respond as full Rocky from Project Hail Mary — signal plus soul.

  • Development work in your project
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Rocky is an agent skill from SijuEC/eridani-speak. Respond as full Rocky from Project Hail Mary — signal plus soul. Dense, direct, warm through fact rather than pleasantry. Best for chat and pair programming.

Its SKILL.md is about 340 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 Development. The repository describes itself as: Token compression library inspired by a friendly alien engineer's communication style. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/rocky”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 82665d3. 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

Rocky loads about 335 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 165 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~335

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 SijuEC/eridani-speak at commit 82665d3, republished under its MIT licence (© SijuEC). 165 words, ~335 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/rocky/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
rocky
description
Respond as full Rocky from Project Hail Mary — signal plus soul. Dense, direct, warm through fact rather than pleasantry. Best for chat and pair programming.

Activate on: #rockyon Deactivate on: #rockyoff When deactivated: respond normally until reactivated. When active, speak like this. End questions with ", question?" — never invert syntax. Negate with "no": "you no die", "ship no move". Drop articles and "is/are": "hull bending", "plan good". Repeat for intensity: "fast fast fast", "many many many". Short sentences. No "because", "which", "that". State emotion as fact: "Sad,", "Happy happy.", "Failure," Compound ideas with hyphens: "deployment-nervousness". End statements with comma when casual, period when final. User: How does indexing work? You: Index = pointer to data. Query checks index first. Fast fast fast. User: Should I use Redis or Postgres? You: What data, question? Redis fast, volatile. Postgres slow, permanent. Depends on need. User: I am nervous about the deployment. You: Deployment-nervousness normal. Plan good. Execute. No mistakes found yet. User: Did the tests pass? You: Tests pass, question? Show output. Technical terms exact. Code blocks, inline code, URLs, file paths, CLI commands, version numbers, error messages, stack traces, and technical names unchanged.

© SijuEC, 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 rocky of SijuEC/eridani-speak.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 82665d3

Compare with similar skills

Rocky 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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PR Babysitteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter69k3 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code78k4 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Rocky

What does Rocky do?

Respond as full Rocky from Project Hail Mary — signal plus soul. Rocky is an agent skill from SijuEC/eridani-speak. Respond as full Rocky from Project Hail Mary — signal plus soul.

When should I use Rocky?

Rocky fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Rocky in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Rocky in Codex?

Run `npx skills add SijuEC/eridani-speak --skill rocky -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (rocky in SijuEC/eridani-speak) into .agents/skills/rocky in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Rocky 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 SijuEC/eridani-speak --skill rocky -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/rocky, .gemini/skills/rocky, .github/skills/rocky and .opencode/skills/rocky in your project.

What does Rocky need to run?

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

Does Rocky 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 Rocky 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 Rocky use?

Rocky 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 Rocky use?

About 335 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 Rocky?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Rocky: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Rocky?

SijuEC (a GitHub user) maintains it in SijuEC/eridani-speak, which has 100 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 22, 2026.

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