Agent skill

Claude Code

by taracodlabs in taracodlabs/aiden

Delegate coding and file edits to Anthropic Claude Code CLI. An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Claude Code

skills CLI
$ npx skills add taracodlabs/aiden --skill claude-code -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install taracodlabs/aiden claude-code --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/taracodlabs/aiden.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/claude-code .claude/skills/claude-code && 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
claude-code
GitHub stars
849
Token cost
~895 tokens
SKILL.md length
273 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
63
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Delegate coding and file edits to Anthropic Claude Code CLI. An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.

  • Works in 7 steps: Install Claude Code → Run Claude Code on a task → Non-interactive (headless) mode → …
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, How to Use, Examples and Cautions
  • Calls claude, npm and git; needs ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

What it does

Claude Code is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden. Delegate coding and file edits to Anthropic Claude Code CLI

Its SKILL.md is about 900 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill.json`).

It sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: Aiden — an autonomous AI agent and work engine built solo. It can operate your browser, terminal, files, apps, APIs, skills and tools, remember context, recover from failures… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/claude-code”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Install Claude Code
  2. Run Claude Code on a task
  3. Non-interactive (headless) mode
  4. Run Claude Code on a specific file
  5. Run in print mode to get a response without editing files
  6. Delegate a complex refactoring task
  7. Run on a different directory

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3704204. 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:

    • claude
    • npm
    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npm and git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Claude Code loads about 895 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 18 tokens; SKILL.md has 273 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~18
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~895

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 taracodlabs/aiden at commit 3704204, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© taracodlabs). 273 words, ~895 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/claude-code/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
claude-code
description
Delegate coding and file edits to Anthropic Claude Code CLI
category
agent-bridge
version
1.0.0
origin
aiden
license
Apache-2.0
tags
claude, anthropic, code, cli, agent-bridge, coding, delegation, agentic, pair-programming

Claude Code Agent Bridge

Delegate complex multi-file coding tasks, refactoring, and code review to Anthropic Claude Code CLI. Claude Code has deep IDE integration and can make targeted edits across an entire codebase.

When to Use

  • Task requires deep multi-file refactoring beyond a single script
  • User wants an expert code review with inline suggestions
  • Task requires reading, understanding, and rewriting large codebases
  • User wants to pair-program with an AI that can navigate projects
  • Task requires complex TypeScript/Python/Rust code generation

How to Use

1. Install Claude Code
powershell
# Requires Node.js 18+
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

# Verify installation
claude --version

# Authenticate (requires Anthropic API key)
$env:ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = "sk-ant-..."
2. Run Claude Code on a task
powershell
# Navigate to the project
Set-Location "C:\Users\<you>\myproject"

# Run with a specific task
claude "Refactor the authentication module to use JWT tokens instead of sessions"
3. Non-interactive (headless) mode
powershell
# Run a specific task non-interactively (for automation)
claude --print "Review the function in src/utils.ts and suggest improvements" 

# Pipe output to a file
claude --print "Generate TypeScript interfaces for this JSON schema" | Out-File types.ts
4. Run Claude Code on a specific file
powershell
# Ask Claude to work on a specific file
claude "Fix all TypeScript type errors in src/components/Dashboard.tsx"

# With additional context
claude "The function processPayment in src/payments.ts fails when amount is 0. Fix it."
5. Run in print mode to get a response without editing files
powershell
# Get a code review without applying changes
$review = claude --print "Review src/api.ts for security vulnerabilities and anti-patterns"
Write-Host $review
6. Delegate a complex refactoring task
powershell
# Multi-step task with context
$task = @"
Refactor the codebase to:
1. Extract all database queries from controllers into a repository layer
2. Add TypeScript types for all repository methods  
3. Update all tests to use the new repository interfaces
"@
claude $task
7. Run on a different directory
powershell
claude --directory "C:\Users\<you>\other-project" "Add error handling to all async functions"

Examples

"Refactor my Express API to use async/await everywhere" → Navigate to the project directory and use step 2: claude "Refactor all callback-based Express route handlers to use async/await with proper error handling".

"Review my authentication code for security issues" → Use step 5 with --print to get a review without applying changes.

"Generate TypeScript interfaces for my API response types" → Use step 3 in headless mode, pipe output to a types file.

Cautions

  • Claude Code applies edits directly to files — review changes with git diff after each session
  • ANTHROPIC_API_KEY must be set — Claude Code bills against the Anthropic API
  • Headless mode (--print) does not apply changes — it only returns text
  • For large codebases, scope the task to a specific module or file to avoid context overflow
  • Always commit or stash changes before running Claude Code on a large task, so you can revert if needed

© taracodlabs, 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 1 other file in skills/claude-code of taracodlabs/aiden.

  • SKILL.md
  • skill.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3704204

Compare with similar skills

Claude Code 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.

Claude Code compared with similar skills
SkillStarsUsed inTokensAuto-checkLicenceRepo updated
Claude Code this skilltaracodlabs/aiden849—~895Automated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Finishing a Development Branchobra/superpowers296k5 repos~1.9kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Typescript Advanced Typesrolling-scopes/rsschool-app10k24 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassMPL-2.0
PR Babysitteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter69k3 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code78k5 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Greplooponyx-dot-app/onyx32k4 repos~3.3kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

Similar skills

  • Walks the last step of a branch: confirm tests pass, detect the git environment, ask how to integrate, carry out your choice and clean up the worktree.

    296k GitHub starsUsed in 5 repos~1.9k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Typescript Advanced Types

    rolling-scopes/rsschool-app

    Master TypeScript's advanced type system including generics, conditional types, mapped types, template literals, and utility types for building type-safe applications.

    10k GitHub starsUsed in 24 repos~4.2k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • PR Babysitter

    openinterpreter/openinterpreter

    Watches an open GitHub pull request until it merges, handling review comments, diagnosing CI failures and retrying flaky checks along the way.

    69k GitHub starsUsed in 3 repos~4.2k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Code Review Checklist

    shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code

    Reviews code against a five-part checklist covering security, correctness, performance, maintainability and testing, and reports findings in a fixed format.

    78k GitHub starsUsed in 5 repos~1.1k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Greploop

    onyx-dot-app/onyx

    Iteratively improves a PR (GitHub), MR (GitLab), or shelved changelist (Perforce) until Greptile gives it a 5/5 confidence score with zero unresolved comments.

    32k GitHub starsUsed in 4 repos~3.3k tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed
  • Guidelines

    akash-network/node

    Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. An agent skill from akash-network/node.

    1.1k GitHub starsUsed in 22 repos~577 tokens
    DevelopmentAuto-check passed

More from taracodlabs/aiden

All 63 skills in this repo
  • Google Flights Search

    taracodlabs/aiden

    Searches Google Flights for prices, schedules and availability through browser automation with URL-based queries, and stops short of booking.

    849 GitHub stars~1.5k tokensUpdated 23 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • OpenAI Codex CLI Bridge

    taracodlabs/aiden

    Delegates code generation, editing and explanation tasks to the OpenAI Codex CLI, with commands for interactive, auto-edit, question-only and model-specific runs.

    849 GitHub starsUsed in 1 repo~826 tokens
    Auto-check passed
  • Google Hotels Search

    taracodlabs/aiden

    Searches Google Hotels through the agent-browser tool for prices, ratings, amenities and availability, building a search URL from the location and dates and reporting a results table.

    849 GitHub stars~1.5k tokensUpdated 23 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Generates dark-themed architecture, component, data-flow and network diagrams as self-contained HTML and SVG files that open in any browser.

    849 GitHub stars~1.3k tokensUpdated 23 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • Aggregates holdings across Zerodha, Upstox and Angel One and normalizes order parameters into one format, with confirmation required before any routing.

    849 GitHub stars~1.1k tokensUpdated 23 days ago
    Auto-check passed
  • arXiv Paper Search

    taracodlabs/aiden

    Searches arXiv by keyword, category, author or paper ID through its public API and downloads PDFs, with no API key needed.

    849 GitHub stars~1k tokensUpdated 23 days ago
    Auto-check passed

Categories

Questions about Claude Code

What does Claude Code do?

Delegate coding and file edits to Anthropic Claude Code CLI. An agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden. Claude Code is an agent skill from taracodlabs/aiden.

When should I use Claude Code?

Claude Code fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Claude Code in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Claude Code in Codex?

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

Can I use Claude Code 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 taracodlabs/aiden --skill claude-code -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/claude-code, .gemini/skills/claude-code, .github/skills/claude-code and .opencode/skills/claude-code in your project.

What does Claude Code need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Claude Code needs the command-line tools its instructions call (claude, npm and git) and credentials named ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in ANTHROPIC_API_KEY.

Does Claude Code access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npm and git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Claude Code 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 Claude Code use?

Claude Code is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Claude Code use?

About 895 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 Claude Code?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Claude Code: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars), PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars) and Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Claude Code?

taracodlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in taracodlabs/aiden, which has 849 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 13, 2026.

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