Agent skill

Judge Task Lifecycle

by sno-ai in sno-ai/sno-station

Judge how a memory changes active-task state and whether it refers to an existing task.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Judge Task Lifecycle

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sno-ai/sno-station --skill judge-task-lifecycle -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sno-ai/sno-station judge-task-lifecycle --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/sno-ai/sno-station.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/memory/skills/judge-task-lifecycle .claude/skills/judge-task-lifecycle && 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
judge-task-lifecycle
GitHub stars
487
Token cost
~679 tokens
SKILL.md length
414 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Judge how a memory changes active-task state and whether it refers to an existing task.

  • Works in 3 steps: **Does the candidate report OR INSTRUCT… → Otherwise, if the candidate describes… → Otherwise use none.
  • Mem-claw task-lifecycle model calls
  • SKILL.md covers Active Task State and Existing Task Relation
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Judge Task Lifecycle is an agent skill from sno-ai/sno-station. Judge how a memory changes active-task state and whether it refers to an existing task. Use for mem-claw task-lifecycle model calls.

Its SKILL.md is about 680 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 Agent Workflows. The repository describes itself as: Sno Station — your Claude Code and Codex working as one squad on your own machine. Shared encrypted memory, agent-to-agent messaging (Reach), squad skills for handoff and… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Mem-claw task-lifecycle model calls

Example prompts

  • “/judge-task-lifecycle”

Workflow steps

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

  1. **Does the candidate report OR INSTRUCT that an existing active task is done, finished,
  2. Otherwise, if the candidate describes work still to be done, use open_or_refine.
  3. Otherwise use none.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 515c835. 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

Judge Task Lifecycle loads about 679 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 414 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~679

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 sno-ai/sno-station at commit 515c835, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© sno-ai). 414 words, ~679 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/judge-task-lifecycle/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
judge-task-lifecycle
description
Judge how a memory changes active-task state and whether it refers to an existing task. Use for mem-claw task-lifecycle model calls.

Judge Task Lifecycle

Judge task meaning. Do not decide from exact wording alone.

Active Task State

Apply the To-do Boundary section supplied from extract-atomic-memory before these state rules.

Decide in this order and stop at the first step that applies.

  1. Does the candidate report OR INSTRUCT that an existing active task is done, finished, handled, cancelled, or dropped? If yes, the answer is complete or remove on THAT task. Never open_or_refine, and never none. A report ("I finished X", "X is done") and an instruction ("mark X complete", "tick X off", "close X", "remove X from my list") both land here. An instruction to change a task's state IS the state change; do not treat it as a request you decline to act on. A candidate that speaks about an active task's ending is never a new task, however it is worded, and restating the task's name inside such a sentence is naming the task to close, not opening one.
  2. Otherwise, if the candidate describes work still to be done, use open_or_refine.
  3. Otherwise use none.
  • Use open_or_refine only for a current task that remains active.
  • Use complete only when the candidate says an active task was achieved.
  • Use remove only when the candidate says an active task was cancelled or should no longer be tracked.
  • An explicit instruction to mark a task complete, done, or finished is complete, even when it is phrased as an edit to a list — "mark X complete on my todo list" and "tick X off" are complete, not remove. Taking a finished task off a list is what completing it looks like; the words that decide are whether the work was done. Reserve remove for a task abandoned, cancelled, called off, no longer needed, or added by mistake — cases where the work will NOT happen.
  • Use none when the candidate does not change active-task state.
  • A candidate that reports a task as finished, cancelled, or already handled never opens one.
  • If that task is active, complete or remove it. If it is not active, make no task change.
  • Match tasks by meaning, not exact wording. Refine an existing task instead of opening a duplicate.
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Existing Task Relation

  • Use same_instance when the assertion refers to one listed active task, including different wording with the same meaning.
  • Use distinct_instance when the assertion is a different active task.
  • Use none when the assertion does not describe an active-task relation.
  • Use uncertain when the evidence does not settle the relation.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in packages/memory/skills/judge-task-lifecycle of sno-ai/sno-station.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 515c835

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Questions about Judge Task Lifecycle

What does Judge Task Lifecycle do?

Judge how a memory changes active-task state and whether it refers to an existing task. Judge Task Lifecycle is an agent skill from sno-ai/sno-station. Judge how a memory changes active-task state and whether it refers to an existing task.

When should I use Judge Task Lifecycle?

Judge Task Lifecycle fits situations like: mem-claw task-lifecycle model calls.

How do I install Judge Task Lifecycle in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sno-ai/sno-station --skill judge-task-lifecycle -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/memory/skills/judge-task-lifecycle in sno-ai/sno-station) into .claude/skills/judge-task-lifecycle in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Judge Task Lifecycle in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sno-ai/sno-station --skill judge-task-lifecycle -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/memory/skills/judge-task-lifecycle in sno-ai/sno-station) into .agents/skills/judge-task-lifecycle in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Judge Task Lifecycle 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 sno-ai/sno-station --skill judge-task-lifecycle -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/judge-task-lifecycle, .gemini/skills/judge-task-lifecycle, .github/skills/judge-task-lifecycle and .opencode/skills/judge-task-lifecycle in your project.

What does Judge Task Lifecycle need to run?

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

Does Judge Task Lifecycle 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 Judge Task Lifecycle 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 Judge Task Lifecycle use?

Judge Task Lifecycle 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 Judge Task Lifecycle use?

About 679 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 Judge Task Lifecycle?

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Who maintains Judge Task Lifecycle?

sno-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sno-ai/sno-station, which has 487 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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