Agent skill

Timeline Consolidator

by SpecterOps in SpecterOps/skills

Merge parsed timeline entries, apply MITRE tagging, and produce the final timeline outputs.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passed

Install Timeline Consolidator

skills CLI
$ npx skills add SpecterOps/skills --skill timeline-consolidator -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install SpecterOps/skills timeline-consolidator --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/SpecterOps/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/report-timeline/skills/timeline-consolidator .claude/skills/timeline-consolidator && 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
timeline-consolidator
GitHub stars
704
Token cost
~456 tokens
SKILL.md length
191 words
Files
9 (incl. references, assets)
Skills in repo
38
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Merge parsed timeline entries, apply MITRE tagging, and produce the final timeline outputs.

  • Works in 7 steps: Load available entry files; skip missing… → Normalize each entry → Apply MITRE ATT&CK tagging using pattern… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Input Contract, Output, Workflow and Notes
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Timeline Consolidator is an agent skill from SpecterOps/skills. Merge parsed timeline entries, apply MITRE tagging, and produce the final timeline outputs.

Its SKILL.md is about 460 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 11 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `agents/openai.yaml`, `references/entry-schema.md` and `references/mitre-patterns.md`).

The repository describes itself as: A marketplace for LLM skills. The licence is Apache-2.0.

Example prompts

  • “/timeline-consolidator”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Load available entry files; skip missing ones but note their absence.
  2. Normalize each entry
  3. Apply MITRE ATT&CK tagging using pattern mappings (discovery, execution, lateral movement, persistence, etc.) and add mitre_tags array.
  4. Detect duplicates within a 5-second window per operator using textual similarity (SequenceMatcher). Flag duplicates with duplicate_flag…
  5. Merge entries, sort chronologically, and emit timeline table with columns (Timestamp, Source, Operator, MITRE, Action, Details).
  6. Store diagnostics (parsers processed, duplicates found, errors) in metadata for reporting.
  7. Preserve JSON-friendly raw_timestamp and source_file references for auditing.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e655f93. 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

Timeline Consolidator loads about 456 tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 28 tokens; SKILL.md has 191 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~28
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~456
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~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

The full file from SpecterOps/skills at commit e655f93, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© SpecterOps). 191 words, ~456 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/timeline-consolidator/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 8 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
timeline-consolidator
description
Merge parsed timeline entries, apply MITRE tagging, and produce the final timeline outputs.
metadata.author
GhostWorks

Timeline Consolidator

Use after parser skills to merge their JSON entries into the consolidated timeline.

Input Contract

  • JSON files in output/: cs_entries.json, mythic_entries.json, terminal_entries.json, md_notes_entries.json, pdf_notes_entries.json, gw_entries.json.

Output

  • output/timeline.md (markdown table) and output/timeline.json (normalized array) following the schema: timestamp, source, operator, action, details, mitre_tags, duplicate_flag, raw_timestamp.
  • Metadata report summarizing counts per source, duplications, and MITRE tag coverage.

Workflow

  1. Load available entry files; skip missing ones but note their absence.
  2. Normalize each entry:
    • Ensure timestamp is ISO 8601 UTC.
    • Guarantee source, operator, action, and details are filled.
  3. Apply MITRE ATT&CK tagging using pattern mappings (discovery, execution, lateral movement, persistence, etc.) and add mitre_tags array.
  4. Detect duplicates within a 5-second window per operator using textual similarity (SequenceMatcher). Flag duplicates with duplicate_flag and keep evidence of why flagged.
  5. Merge entries, sort chronologically, and emit timeline table with columns (Timestamp, Source, Operator, MITRE, Action, Details).
  6. Store diagnostics (parsers processed, duplicates found, errors) in metadata for reporting.
  7. Preserve JSON-friendly raw_timestamp and source_file references for auditing.

Notes

  • Document MITRE pattern definitions in references/mitre-patterns.md for future tuning.
  • Provide config knobs for duplicate detection window and similarity threshold (default 5s / 0.8 similarity).

© SpecterOps, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 8 other files (references, assets) in plugins/report-timeline/skills/timeline-consolidator of SpecterOps/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • assets/icon.png
  • assets/icon.svg
  • references/entry-schema.md
  • references/mitre-patterns.md
  • references/timeline-config.yaml
  • references/timeline-gaps.md
  • references/timeline-readme.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e655f93

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Questions about Timeline Consolidator

What does Timeline Consolidator do?

Merge parsed timeline entries, apply MITRE tagging, and produce the final timeline outputs. Timeline Consolidator is an agent skill from SpecterOps/skills. Merge parsed timeline entries, apply MITRE tagging, and produce the final timeline outputs.

How do I install Timeline Consolidator in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add SpecterOps/skills --skill timeline-consolidator -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/report-timeline/skills/timeline-consolidator in SpecterOps/skills) into .claude/skills/timeline-consolidator in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Timeline Consolidator in Codex?

Run `npx skills add SpecterOps/skills --skill timeline-consolidator -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/report-timeline/skills/timeline-consolidator in SpecterOps/skills) into .agents/skills/timeline-consolidator in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Timeline Consolidator 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 SpecterOps/skills --skill timeline-consolidator -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/timeline-consolidator, .gemini/skills/timeline-consolidator, .github/skills/timeline-consolidator and .opencode/skills/timeline-consolidator in your project.

What does Timeline Consolidator need to run?

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

Does Timeline Consolidator 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 Timeline Consolidator 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 Timeline Consolidator use?

Timeline Consolidator 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 Timeline Consolidator use?

About 456 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 950 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Timeline Consolidator?

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Who maintains Timeline Consolidator?

SpecterOps (a GitHub organization) maintains it in SpecterOps/skills, which has 704 GitHub stars. The repository holds 38 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 23, 2026.

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