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Agent skill

Ask Matt

by stevesolun in stevesolun/ctx

Recommend the smallest Matt Pocock skill or short skill sequence that fits the user's current goal.

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Install Ask Matt

skills CLI
$ npx skills add stevesolun/ctx --skill ask-matt -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install stevesolun/ctx ask-matt --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/stevesolun/ctx.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ask-matt .claude/skills/ask-matt && 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
ask-matt
GitHub stars
588
Token cost
~213 tokens
SKILL.md length
103 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Recommend the smallest Matt Pocock skill or short skill sequence that fits the user's current goal.

  • Works in 4 steps: Identify the user's immediate outcome,… → Recommend the smallest skill that… → Explain the recommendation and any… → …
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Ask Matt is an agent skill from stevesolun/ctx. Recommend the smallest Matt Pocock skill or short skill sequence that fits the user's current goal.

Its SKILL.md is about 210 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/skill-map.md`).

The repository describes itself as: CTX Fit finds the cheapest AI coding setup that reliably works on your repository, then applies the winner as a reviewable change. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/ask-matt”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify the user's immediate outcome, the context already available, and
  2. Recommend the smallest skill that materially helps. Use a sequence only
  3. Explain the recommendation and any important tradeoff in a few sentences.
  4. Mention setup only when the chosen workflow depends on missing tracker or

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 11b582a. 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

Ask Matt loads about 213 tokens when it runs, and up to ~644 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 27 tokens; SKILL.md has 103 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~27
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~213
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~644

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 stevesolun/ctx at commit 11b582a, republished under its MIT licence (© stevesolun). 103 words, ~213 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/ask-matt/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
ask-matt
description
Recommend the smallest Matt Pocock skill or short skill sequence that fits the user's current goal.

Route to a skill

  1. Identify the user's immediate outcome, the context already available, and whether they want advice, investigation, planning, implementation, or review.
  2. Recommend the smallest skill that materially helps. Use a sequence only when each handoff adds value; do not force the full idea-to-ship flow.
  3. Explain the recommendation and any important tradeoff in a few sentences. If two choices are genuinely close, present both and recommend one.
  4. Mention setup only when the chosen workflow depends on missing tracker or domain configuration.

Read references/skill-map.md when the choice is not obvious or the user asks to see the available routes.

© stevesolun, MIT. 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 2 other files (references) in .agents/skills/ask-matt of stevesolun/ctx.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/skill-map.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 11b582a

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Questions about Ask Matt

What does Ask Matt do?

Recommend the smallest Matt Pocock skill or short skill sequence that fits the user's current goal. Ask Matt is an agent skill from stevesolun/ctx. Recommend the smallest Matt Pocock skill or short skill sequence that fits the user's current goal.

How do I install Ask Matt in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Ask Matt in Codex?

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

Can I use Ask Matt 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 stevesolun/ctx --skill ask-matt -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ask-matt, .gemini/skills/ask-matt, .github/skills/ask-matt and .opencode/skills/ask-matt in your project.

What does Ask Matt need to run?

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

Does Ask Matt 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 Ask Matt 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 Ask Matt use?

Ask Matt 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 Ask Matt use?

About 213 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 852 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 431 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Ask Matt?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ask Matt: Short (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Setup Matt Pocock Skills (vinvcn/mattpocock-skills-zh-CN, 4.7k stars), Setup Matt Pocock Skills (bestofjs/bestofjs, 3.1k stars) and Recommend (agenticnotetaking/arscontexta, 3.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Ask Matt?

stevesolun (a GitHub user) maintains it in stevesolun/ctx, which has 588 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

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