Ponytail
DavidObando/gsharp
Forces the laziest solution that actually works, simplest, shortest, most minimal.
Modern, interactive alternative to /do — clarify intent up front, then take a task end-to-end with a serial AI review gauntlet (lens debate (lowy ⇄ hickey) → codex debate → simplify → code-police…
Install Be
The automated check flagged lines worth reading first. See the safety section below.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote be --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/be .claude/skills/be && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "be" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/be into .claude/skills/be/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "be", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/beType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote be --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/be .agents/skills/be && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "be" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/be into .agents/skills/be/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "be", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote be --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/be .cursor/skills/be && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "be" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/be into .cursor/skills/be/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "be", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/srid/emanote.git --path .agents/skills/be--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote be --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/be .gemini/skills/be && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "be" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/be into .gemini/skills/be/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "be", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote beInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/be .github/skills/be && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "be" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/be into .github/skills/be/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "be", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install srid/emanote be --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/srid/emanote.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/be .opencode/skills/be && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "be" agent skill from https://github.com/srid/emanote/tree/master/.agents/skills/be into .opencode/skills/be/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "be", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
be- GitHub stars
- 963
- Token cost
- ~5.4k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 3,106 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 25
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Modern, interactive alternative to /do — clarify intent up front, then take a task end-to-end with a serial AI review gauntlet (lens debate (lowy ⇄ hickey) → codex debate → simplify → code-police…
- Works in 6 steps: Interview (the differentiator) → Set up → Implement → …
- Explicitly types /be
- SKILL.md covers 0. Interview (the…, 1. Set up, 2. Implement and 3. Open the PR, plus 3 more sections
- Calls nix, just and git
What it does
Be is an agent skill from srid/emanote. Modern, interactive alternative to /do — clarify intent up front, then take a task end-to-end with a serial AI review gauntlet (lens debate (lowy ⇄ hickey) → codex debate → simplify → code-police, each editing the branch in turn) → CI → evidence. ONLY invoke when the user explicitly types /be or $be; never auto-select from a natural-language request.
Its SKILL.md is about 5.4k 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 Development, covering Code simplification. The repository describes itself as: Emanate a structured view of your plain-text notes.
When your agent uses it
- Explicitly types /be
- Never auto-select from a natural-language request
Example prompts
- “/be”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Interview (the differentiator)
- Set up
- Implement
- Open the PR
- Review gauntlet
- Ship — CI and evidence in parallel
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9d01037. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
nixjustgitpnpmgh
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):
kolu.dev
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
Be loads about 5.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 3,106 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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: warnings
The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.
- WarningTells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmationSKILL.md:11
ass), its prompt must say *execute now; do not wait for confirmation, do not ask me to "say go"* — a subagent starts wit
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 3,106 words (~5,369 tokens).
“Take a task to a shipped, reviewed PR. Unlike /do (autonomous start to finish), /be opens with a short interview — and is then fully autonomous, exactly like /do, from §1 onward. The interview is the only place /be asks…”
- name
- be
- argument-hint
- <issue-url | prompt>
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/be of srid/emanote.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9d01037
Compare with similar skills
Be 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be this skillsrid/emanote | 963 | — | ~5.4k | Automated safety check: Warn | Custom licence | |
| PonytailDavidObando/gsharp | 564 | 8 repos | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ponytail Reviewkortix-ai/suna | 20k | 4 repos | ~593 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Code Simplification for ego-litecitrolabs/ego-lite | 17k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Refactor Pass for Simplicitystar-history/star-history | 9.6k | 1 repos | ~168 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| RTK Rust Code Simplifierrtk-ai/rtk | 83k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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Questions about Be
What does Be do?
Modern, interactive alternative to /do — clarify intent up front, then take a task end-to-end with a serial AI review gauntlet (lens debate (lowy ⇄ hickey) → codex debate → simplify → code-police…. Be is an agent skill from srid/emanote. Modern, interactive alternative to /do — clarify intent up front, then take a task end-to-end with a serial AI review gauntlet (lens debate (lowy ⇄ hickey) → codex debate → simplify → code-police, each editing the branch in turn) → CI → evidence.
When should I use Be?
Be fits situations like: explicitly types /be; never auto-select from a natural-language request.
How do I install Be in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/be in srid/emanote) into .claude/skills/be in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Be in Codex?
Run `npx skills add srid/emanote --skill be -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/be in srid/emanote) into .agents/skills/be in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Be 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 srid/emanote --skill be -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/be, .gemini/skills/be, .github/skills/be and .opencode/skills/be in your project.
What does Be need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Be needs the command-line tools its instructions call (nix, just, git, pnpm and gh).
Does Be access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: kolu.dev. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Be safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): tells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmation. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way.
What licence does Be use?
Be 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 Be use?
About 5.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 21k 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 Be?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Be: Ponytail (DavidObando/gsharp, 564 stars), Ponytail Review (kortix-ai/suna, 20k stars), Code Simplification for ego-lite (citrolabs/ego-lite, 17k stars) and Refactor Pass for Simplicity (star-history/star-history, 9.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Be?
srid (a GitHub user) maintains it in srid/emanote, which has 963 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 26, 2026.
Source: srid/emanote on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.