Agent skill

Cctop Restart

by st0012 in st0012/cctop

Restart cctop for local development and testing. An agent skill from st0012/cctop.

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Install Cctop Restart

skills CLI
$ npx skills add st0012/cctop --skill cctop-restart -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install st0012/cctop cctop-restart --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/st0012/cctop.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/cctop-restart .claude/skills/cctop-restart && 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
cctop-restart
GitHub stars
154
Token cost
~395 tokens
SKILL.md length
204 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Restart cctop for local development and testing. An agent skill from st0012/cctop.

  • Works in 4 steps: Run ./script/build_and_run.sh --verify… → If the script is unavailable, run make… → Verify ~/.cctop/bin/cctop-hook reports… → …
  • The user asks to restart
  • Calls make
  • Prepare the cctop app locally

What it does

Cctop Restart is an agent skill from st0012/cctop. Restart cctop for local development and testing. Use when the user asks to restart, relaunch, run, or prepare the cctop app locally; ensures the current cctop-hook is installed before the menubar app is relaunched and verified.

Its SKILL.md is about 400 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 Mobile. It works with macOS. The repository describes itself as: A keyboard-first menubar app to monitor and jump between AI coding sessions — minimum setup required. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to restart
  • Prepare the cctop app locally
  • Ensures the current cctop-hook is installed before the menubar app is relaunched and verified

Example prompts

  • “/cctop-restart”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Run ./script/build_and_run.sh --verify from the repo root when available.
  2. If the script is unavailable, run make restart.
  3. Verify ~/.cctop/bin/cctop-hook reports or contains the current Config.hookVersion.
  4. Verify the running CctopMenubar process path points at the current worktree/debug app.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4ee2258. 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:

    • make

    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

Cctop Restart loads about 395 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 204 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~395

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 st0012/cctop at commit 4ee2258, republished under its MIT licence (© st0012). 204 words, ~395 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/cctop-restart/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
cctop-restart
description
Restart cctop for local development and testing. Use when the user asks to restart, relaunch, run, or prepare the cctop app locally; ensures the current cctop-hook is installed before the menubar app is relaunched and verified.

cctop Restart

When the user asks to restart or relaunch cctop during development, treat it as an end-to-end client refresh:

  1. Run ./script/build_and_run.sh --verify from the repo root when available.
  2. If the script is unavailable, run make restart.
  3. Verify ~/.cctop/bin/cctop-hook reports or contains the current Config.hookVersion.
  4. Verify the running CctopMenubar process path points at the current worktree/debug app.

Do not use make run or open ...CctopMenubar.app alone for restart requests; those can leave shims using a stale installed hook.

After cctop investigation, validation, delegated PR work, or any workflow that launches or kills the dev app, leave the verified debug app running for the developer unless the user explicitly asks to stop it or a concrete blocker prevents a safe relaunch. Report the running app path and installed hook version. Do not stop the app at the end merely to keep the process table tidy; the developer uses the app while reviewing the work.

For delegated task closeout after merge, make restart/app state part of the handoff: confirm the developer-facing app is running when relevant, then archive or park the driver thread. Only remove the driver worktree after confirming no app, build, test, or agent process is still running from it.

© st0012, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/cctop-restart of st0012/cctop.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4ee2258

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Questions about Cctop Restart

What does Cctop Restart do?

Restart cctop for local development and testing. An agent skill from st0012/cctop. Cctop Restart is an agent skill from st0012/cctop. Restart cctop for local development and testing.

When should I use Cctop Restart?

Cctop Restart fits situations like: the user asks to restart; prepare the cctop app locally; ensures the current cctop-hook is installed before the menubar app is relaunched and verified.

How do I install Cctop Restart in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add st0012/cctop --skill cctop-restart -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/cctop-restart in st0012/cctop) into .claude/skills/cctop-restart in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Cctop Restart in Codex?

Run `npx skills add st0012/cctop --skill cctop-restart -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/cctop-restart in st0012/cctop) into .agents/skills/cctop-restart in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Cctop Restart 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 st0012/cctop --skill cctop-restart -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/cctop-restart, .gemini/skills/cctop-restart, .github/skills/cctop-restart and .opencode/skills/cctop-restart in your project.

What does Cctop Restart need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Cctop Restart needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make).

Does Cctop Restart 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 Cctop Restart 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 Cctop Restart use?

Cctop Restart is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Cctop Restart use?

About 395 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 Cctop Restart?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Cctop Restart: Ip As Logo (KartikLabhshetwar/better-shot, 2.4k stars), Hig Project Context (raintree-technology/hig-doctor, 144 stars), Hig Components Content (raintree-technology/hig-doctor, 144 stars) and macOS Capabilities (KartikLabhshetwar/better-shot, 2.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Cctop Restart?

st0012 (a GitHub user) maintains it in st0012/cctop, which has 154 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: st0012/cctop on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.