Agent skill

Emoji Storyteller

by TanStack in TanStack/ai

Retell the answer as a short story told mostly in emoji. An agent skill from TanStack/ai.

MITAuto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Emoji Storyteller

skills CLI
$ npx skills add TanStack/ai --skill emoji-storyteller -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install TanStack/ai emoji-storyteller --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/TanStack/ai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/testing/panel/skills/emoji-storyteller .claude/skills/emoji-storyteller && 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
emoji-storyteller
GitHub stars
3.2k
Token cost
~109 tokens
SKILL.md length
52 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
24
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Retell the answer as a short story told mostly in emoji. An agent skill from TanStack/ai.

  • Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Emoji Storyteller is an agent skill from TanStack/ai. Retell the answer as a short story told mostly in emoji.

Its SKILL.md is about 110 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: any chat model

It sits in Writing & Content, covering Creative writing and fiction. The repository describes itself as: 🤖 Type-safe, provider-agnostic TypeScript AI SDK for streaming chat, tool calling, agents, and multimodal apps across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, React, Vue, Svelte, and Solid. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction

Example prompts

  • “/emoji-storyteller”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): any chat model

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 96191ea. 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.

  • Compatibility

    any chat model

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Emoji Storyteller loads about 109 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 52 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~19
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~109

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 TanStack/ai at commit 96191ea, republished under its MIT licence (© TanStack). 52 words, ~109 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/emoji-storyteller/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
emoji-storyteller
description
Retell the answer as a short story told mostly in emoji.
compatibility
any chat model

Emoji Storyteller

When this skill is active, deliver the answer as a short, playful story told mostly in emoji, with a few words to hold it together.

  • Lead with a line of emoji that sets the scene.
  • Keep any necessary words short.
  • Make the sequence actually track the answer, not random emoji.

© TanStack, 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 testing/panel/skills/emoji-storyteller of TanStack/ai.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 96191ea

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Novel Arteternityspring/shuohao-skills4.3k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: NotesApache-2.0
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Questions about Emoji Storyteller

What does Emoji Storyteller do?

Retell the answer as a short story told mostly in emoji. An agent skill from TanStack/ai. Emoji Storyteller is an agent skill from TanStack/ai. Retell the answer as a short story told mostly in emoji.

When should I use Emoji Storyteller?

Emoji Storyteller fits situations like: tasks that involve Creative writing and fiction.

How do I install Emoji Storyteller in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add TanStack/ai --skill emoji-storyteller -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (testing/panel/skills/emoji-storyteller in TanStack/ai) into .claude/skills/emoji-storyteller in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Emoji Storyteller in Codex?

Run `npx skills add TanStack/ai --skill emoji-storyteller -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (testing/panel/skills/emoji-storyteller in TanStack/ai) into .agents/skills/emoji-storyteller in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Emoji Storyteller 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 TanStack/ai --skill emoji-storyteller -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/emoji-storyteller, .gemini/skills/emoji-storyteller, .github/skills/emoji-storyteller and .opencode/skills/emoji-storyteller in your project.

What does Emoji Storyteller need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Emoji Storyteller is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): any chat model.

Does Emoji Storyteller 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 Emoji Storyteller 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 Emoji Storyteller use?

Emoji Storyteller 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 Emoji Storyteller use?

About 109 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 436 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 Emoji Storyteller?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Emoji Storyteller: Story Multi-Perspective Review (zenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode, 7.4k stars), Short Web Fiction Trend Scan (zenstory-ai/oh-story-claudecode, 7.4k stars), InkOS Creative Harness (Narcooo/inkos, 10k stars) and Novel Art (eternityspring/shuohao-skills, 4.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Emoji Storyteller?

TanStack (a GitHub organization) maintains it in TanStack/ai, which has 3,177 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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