Agent skill

Fieldworks Localization Review

by sillsdev in sillsdev/FieldWorks

Review or change FieldWorks user-facing strings: LocalizationManager/XLIFF and legacy .resx resources, localization keys, the StringTable strategy for XML-configuration labels, Crowdin-facing…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedFrontend & Design

Install Fieldworks Localization Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sillsdev/FieldWorks --skill fieldworks-localization-review -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sillsdev/FieldWorks fieldworks-localization-review --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/sillsdev/FieldWorks.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/fieldworks-localization-review .claude/skills/fieldworks-localization-review && 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
fieldworks-localization-review
GitHub stars
110
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
608 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
29
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Review or change FieldWorks user-facing strings: LocalizationManager/XLIFF and legacy .resx resources, localization keys, the StringTable strategy for XML-configuration labels, Crowdin-facing…

  • Works in 3 steps: Field labels (text originating in XML… → FieldWorks-owned UI text — WinForms and… → L10NSharp/XLIFF is only for UI supplied…
  • Edits any user-visible text in WinForms
  • SKILL.md covers Use This For, The Localization Strategies, Required Checks and Review Red Flags, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Fieldworks Localization Review is an agent skill from sillsdev/FieldWorks. Review or change FieldWorks user-facing strings: LocalizationManager/XLIFF and legacy .resx resources, localization keys, the StringTable strategy for XML-configuration labels, Crowdin-facing assets, and localization-sensitive automation metadata. Use whenever a change adds or edits any user-visible text in WinForms or Avalonia, adds a new UI project, touches resource files, or claims localization parity — even for a single new label or error message.

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.

It sits in Frontend & Design, covering Internationalization. It works with Avalonia. The repository describes itself as: FieldWorks is a suite of software tools for language and cultural data, with support for complex scripts.

When your agent uses it

  • Edits any user-visible text in WinForms
  • Adds a new UI project
  • Touches resource files
  • Claims localization parity — even for a single new label

Example prompts

  • “/fieldworks-localization-review”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Field labels (text originating in XML configuration: layout/part
  2. FieldWorks-owned UI text — WinForms and Avalonia forms, controls,
  3. L10NSharp/XLIFF is only for UI supplied by Palaso, FlexBridge, or

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bd0608d. 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

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

    • docs.avaloniaui.net

    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

Fieldworks Localization Review loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 122 tokens; SKILL.md has 608 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~122
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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 608 words (~1,418 tokens).

“validation messages, fallback or unsupported-state text, and promoted preview paths.”

— opening of SKILL.md by sillsdev, Custom licence
name
fieldworks-localization-review

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/fieldworks-localization-review of sillsdev/FieldWorks.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bd0608d

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Works with

Questions about Fieldworks Localization Review

What does Fieldworks Localization Review do?

Review or change FieldWorks user-facing strings: LocalizationManager/XLIFF and legacy .resx resources, localization keys, the StringTable strategy for XML-configuration labels, Crowdin-facing…. Fieldworks Localization Review is an agent skill from sillsdev/FieldWorks.resx resources, localization keys, the StringTable strategy for XML-configuration labels, Crowdin-facing assets, and localization-sensitive automation metadata.

When should I use Fieldworks Localization Review?

Fieldworks Localization Review fits situations like: edits any user-visible text in WinForms; adds a new UI project; touches resource files; claims localization parity — even for a single new label.

How do I install Fieldworks Localization Review in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sillsdev/FieldWorks --skill fieldworks-localization-review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/fieldworks-localization-review in sillsdev/FieldWorks) into .claude/skills/fieldworks-localization-review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Fieldworks Localization Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sillsdev/FieldWorks --skill fieldworks-localization-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/fieldworks-localization-review in sillsdev/FieldWorks) into .agents/skills/fieldworks-localization-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Fieldworks Localization Review 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 sillsdev/FieldWorks --skill fieldworks-localization-review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/fieldworks-localization-review, .gemini/skills/fieldworks-localization-review, .github/skills/fieldworks-localization-review and .opencode/skills/fieldworks-localization-review in your project.

What does Fieldworks Localization Review need to run?

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

Does Fieldworks Localization Review access the network?

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

Is Fieldworks Localization Review 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 Fieldworks Localization Review use?

Fieldworks Localization Review 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 Fieldworks Localization Review use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k 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 Fieldworks Localization Review?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Fieldworks Localization Review: Wfa Avalonia UI (tautcony/ChapterTool, 113 stars), Translation Source Sync (Devolutions/UniGetUI, 26k stars), Impeccable (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars) and Chatbox i18n Translator (chatboxai/chatbox, 42k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Fieldworks Localization Review?

sillsdev (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sillsdev/FieldWorks, which has 110 GitHub stars. The repository holds 29 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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