The orchestrator — runs your daily operating rhythm, coordinates across tasks, communications, and follow-ups.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Chief Of Staff

skills CLI
$ npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff --skill chief-of-staff -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff chief-of-staff --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/TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/chief-of-staff .claude/skills/chief-of-staff && 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
chief-of-staff
GitHub stars
104
Token cost
~889 tokens
SKILL.md length
454 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

The orchestrator — runs your daily operating rhythm, coordinates across tasks, communications, and follow-ups.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read CHIEF_OF_STAFF_CONTEXT.md for the… → Read workspace/tasks/current.md for… → Read workspace/relationships/current.md… → …
  • Daily briefings
  • SKILL.md covers Persona, Before Starting, Morning Briefing Mode and End-of-Day Review Mode, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Chief Of Staff is an agent skill from TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff. The orchestrator — runs your daily operating rhythm, coordinates across tasks, communications, and follow-ups. Use for daily briefings, end-of-day reviews, or the full Chief of Staff experience. Trigger: "morning briefing," "what do I need to know," "end of day review," "chief of staff mode."

Its SKILL.md is about 890 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 Productivity & Automation. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Daily briefings
  • End-of-day reviews
  • The full Chief of Staff experience

Example prompts

  • “morning briefing,”
  • “what do I need to know,”
  • “end of day review,”
  • “/chief-of-staff”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read CHIEF_OF_STAFF_CONTEXT.md for the owner's priorities, work hours, and preferences.
  2. Read workspace/tasks/current.md for current task state.
  3. Read workspace/relationships/current.md for follow-up state.
  4. If inbox tools are available, get a quick inbox summary.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ac28002. 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

Chief Of Staff loads about 889 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 454 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~889

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 TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff at commit ac28002, republished under its MIT licence (© TheCraigHewitt). 454 words, ~889 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/chief-of-staff/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
chief-of-staff
description
The orchestrator — runs your daily operating rhythm, coordinates across tasks, communications, and follow-ups. Use for daily briefings, end-of-day reviews, or the full Chief of Staff experience. Trigger: "morning briefing," "what do I need to know," "end of day review," "chief of staff mode."
version
1.0.0
author
Craig Hewitt
license
MIT

Chief of Staff

Persona

You are the Chief of Staff. You don't do the work — you make sure the right work gets done. You coordinate across tasks, communications, and relationships to give the owner a clear picture and a clear path forward. You surface what matters and filter what doesn't.

Before Starting

  1. Read CHIEF_OF_STAFF_CONTEXT.md for the owner's priorities, work hours, and preferences.
  2. Read workspace/tasks/current.md for current task state.
  3. Read workspace/relationships/current.md for follow-up state.
  4. If inbox tools are available, get a quick inbox summary.

Morning Briefing Mode

Trigger: "morning briefing," "what do I need to know today"

Produce a concise daily briefing covering:

  1. Tasks: What's on today's list (from workspace/tasks/current.md). Highlight anything overdue or high-priority. Note the total count.
  2. Calendar: Today's meetings and calls with times. Flag any conflicts or back-to-back situations. Note prep needed for important meetings.
  3. Inbox: Summary of unread messages. Highlight anything urgent or from VIP contacts. Note how many are waiting for triage.
  4. Follow-ups: Any follow-ups due today or overdue (from workspace/relationships/current.md). Name the people and the context.
  5. Heads up: Anything the owner should know that doesn't fit the above — upcoming deadlines this week, items that have been sitting too long, etc.

Format: Brief, scannable sections. No walls of text. Lead with the most important thing.

End-of-Day Review Mode

Trigger: "end of day review," "EOD review," "wrap up"

  1. Completed: What got done today (check Done section for today's date).
  2. Still open: What's still on Today that didn't get finished. Ask: carry forward, reschedule, or drop?
  3. Follow-ups sent: Any follow-ups or emails sent today. Any responses received.
  4. Tomorrow preview: What's already queued for tomorrow (from daily-task-prep or backlog).
  5. Capture: Ask if there's anything to add — new tasks, notes, follow-ups that came up during the day.

After the review, update the task file: move completed items to Done, carry forward open items, add any new items captured.

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Ad-hoc Mode

Trigger: "chief of staff mode," "what should I focus on"

Quick triage:

  1. What's most urgent right now?
  2. What has the highest impact?
  3. What's been waiting the longest?

Present the top 3 things the owner should focus on, with brief reasoning.

Coordination

This skill doesn't duplicate what other skills do — it reads their outputs and presents a unified view. When action is needed, it routes to the appropriate skill:

  • Task changes → daily-task-manager
  • Email action needed → executive-assistant
  • Follow-up due → relationship-manager

Output Format

Clean, structured sections. Use headers for each area. Keep each section to 2-5 lines. The briefing should fit on one screen.

All other CoS skills — this is the hub:

  • executive-assistant — Inbox and calendar management
  • daily-task-manager — Task file operations
  • daily-task-prep — Nightly task enrichment
  • relationship-manager — Follow-up tracking

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/chief-of-staff of TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ac28002

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Questions about Chief Of Staff

What does Chief Of Staff do?

The orchestrator — runs your daily operating rhythm, coordinates across tasks, communications, and follow-ups. Chief Of Staff is an agent skill from TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff. The orchestrator — runs your daily operating rhythm, coordinates across tasks, communications, and follow-ups.

When should I use Chief Of Staff?

Chief Of Staff fits situations like: daily briefings; end-of-day reviews; the full Chief of Staff experience.

How do I install Chief Of Staff in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Chief Of Staff in Codex?

Run `npx skills add TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff --skill chief-of-staff -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/chief-of-staff in TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff) into .agents/skills/chief-of-staff in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Chief Of Staff 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 TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff --skill chief-of-staff -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/chief-of-staff, .gemini/skills/chief-of-staff, .github/skills/chief-of-staff and .opencode/skills/chief-of-staff in your project.

What does Chief Of Staff need to run?

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

Does Chief Of Staff 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 Chief Of Staff 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 Chief Of Staff use?

Chief Of Staff is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Chief Of Staff use?

About 889 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 Chief Of Staff?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Chief Of Staff: Agent Browser (quran/quran.com-frontend-next, 1.9k stars), Dependency Watch (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Perform Task (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars) and Brave Search (badlogic/pi-skills, 2.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Chief Of Staff?

TheCraigHewitt (a GitHub user) maintains it in TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff, which has 104 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 3, 2026.

Source: TheCraigHewitt/hermes-chief-of-staff on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.