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Agent skill

Steal Like An Artist Kleon

by simbajigege in simbajigege/book2skills

Apply Austin Kleon creative practice for idea theft, remixing, starting work, sharing process, constraints, and sustainable output.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Steal Like An Artist Kleon

skills CLI
$ npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill steal-like-an-artist-kleon -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install simbajigege/book2skills steal-like-an-artist-kleon --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/simbajigege/book2skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon .claude/skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon && 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
steal-like-an-artist-kleon
GitHub stars
183
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,123 words
Files
5
Skills in repo
37
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Apply Austin Kleon creative practice for idea theft, remixing, starting work, sharing process, constraints, and sustainable output.

  • Works in 4 steps: Diagnose whether the block is identity,… → Choose the relevant dimensions. → Give a one-session action plan with… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use This Skill, Core Principle and Workflow Inventory, plus 6 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Steal Like An Artist Kleon is an agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills. Apply Austin Kleon creative practice for idea theft, remixing, starting work, sharing process, constraints, and sustainable output.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files (for example `README.md`, `quotes/creative-principles-quotes.md` and `quotes/creative-process-quotes.md`).

The repository describes itself as: Create best skills based on best books.

Example prompts

  • “/steal-like-an-artist-kleon”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Diagnose whether the block is identity, originality, tools, options, or routine.
  2. Choose the relevant dimensions.
  3. Give a one-session action plan with constraints.
  4. Define what to save or share afterward.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e5ba66c. 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 (its code samples are markdown).

    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

Steal Like An Artist Kleon loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,123 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,123 words (~2,319 tokens).

“Knowledge source: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon.”

— opening of SKILL.md by simbajigege, Custom licence
name
steal-like-an-artist-kleon
license
Skill distillation for personal/educational use. Do not reproduce source passages verbatim.

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files in skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon of simbajigege/book2skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • LICENSE.txt
  • README.md
  • quotes/creative-principles-quotes.md
  • quotes/creative-process-quotes.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e5ba66c

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Questions about Steal Like An Artist Kleon

What does Steal Like An Artist Kleon do?

Apply Austin Kleon creative practice for idea theft, remixing, starting work, sharing process, constraints, and sustainable output. Steal Like An Artist Kleon is an agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills. Apply Austin Kleon creative practice for idea theft, remixing, starting work, sharing process, constraints, and sustainable output.

How do I install Steal Like An Artist Kleon in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill steal-like-an-artist-kleon -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon in simbajigege/book2skills) into .claude/skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Steal Like An Artist Kleon in Codex?

Run `npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill steal-like-an-artist-kleon -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon in simbajigege/book2skills) into .agents/skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Steal Like An Artist Kleon 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 simbajigege/book2skills --skill steal-like-an-artist-kleon -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon, .gemini/skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon, .github/skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon and .opencode/skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon in your project.

What does Steal Like An Artist Kleon need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Steal Like An Artist Kleon is instructions for the agent only.

Does Steal Like An Artist Kleon 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 Steal Like An Artist Kleon 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 Steal Like An Artist Kleon use?

Steal Like An Artist Kleon has a licence file (from the LICENSE file in the skill folder) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Steal Like An Artist Kleon use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.3k 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 Steal Like An Artist Kleon?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Steal Like An Artist Kleon: Remix (remix-run/remix, 33k stars), Idea Darwin (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Idea Refinement (addyosmani/agent-skills, 105k stars) and Same Idea Both Platforms (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Steal Like An Artist Kleon?

simbajigege (a GitHub user) maintains it in simbajigege/book2skills, which has 183 GitHub stars. The repository holds 37 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 26, 2026.

Source: simbajigege/book2skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.