Agent skill

Tendem Task

by Toloka in Toloka/tendem-mcp

Explicitly submit a new task to Tendem (hybrid AI + human experts) and drive it through scoping.

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Install Tendem Task

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Toloka/tendem-mcp --skill tendem-task -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Toloka/tendem-mcp tendem-task --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/Toloka/tendem-mcp.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/codex/tendem/skills/tendem-task .claude/skills/tendem-task && 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
tendem-task
GitHub stars
102
Token cost
~475 tokens
SKILL.md length
235 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Explicitly submit a new task to Tendem (hybrid AI + human experts) and drive it through scoping.

  • Works in 4 steps: Call create_task now — description is… → If the instruction references local… → Scoping loop: poll with… → …
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Tendem Task is an agent skill from Toloka/tendem-mcp. Explicitly submit a new task to Tendem (hybrid AI + human experts) and drive it through scoping. Invoke as $tendem-task <what you want a human expert to do.

Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It works with OpenAI. The repository describes itself as: Home for Human In The Loop Tendem plugin for your agent. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/tendem-task”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Call create_task now — description is the user's instruction,
  2. If the instruction references local files: **⚠️ do not upload them
  3. Scoping loop: poll with get_task(task_id, wait_for_change_seconds=30),
  4. Stop when the quote is ready (next_action=await_user_approval): call

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 683885a. 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

Tendem Task loads about 475 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 42 tokens; SKILL.md has 235 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~42
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~475

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 Toloka/tendem-mcp at commit 683885a, republished under its MIT licence (© Toloka). 235 words, ~475 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tendem-task/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
tendem-task
description
Explicitly submit a new task to Tendem (hybrid AI + human experts) and drive it through scoping. Invoke as $tendem-task <what you want a human expert to do>.

Submit a new Tendem task from the user's instruction — the text accompanying this invocation.

Follow the tendem-tasks skill. Fidelity first:

  1. Call create_task now — description is the user's instruction, passed as faithfully as possible. Add only context the user actually stated (input files by name, a deadline if one was given). Do NOT expand it into a synthesized brief, and do NOT pre-ask the user clarifying questions — scoping is Tendem's job. Derive a short name (≤120 chars) and reuse a stable conversation_id for this conversation.
  2. If the instruction references local files: ⚠️ do not upload them yourself — OpenAI's security policies block the sandbox from PUTting files to external storage (an OpenAI platform restriction, not a Tendem one). Immediately after creating the task, call get_file_upload_url, build fully-substituted curl upload commands per the tendem-tasks skill's references/files.md, and hand them to the user to run on their host machine — telling them the manual step is due to OpenAI's sandbox policy. After the user confirms, send the naming send_message.
  3. Scoping loop: poll with get_task(task_id, wait_for_change_seconds=30), answer Tendem's questions from conversation context via send_message, escalate to the user only when the answer isn't in context or scope/deliverables/deadline are at stake.
  4. Stop when the quote is ready (next_action=await_user_approval): call get_contract(task_id) for the full scope + price, show the user both, and wait for their explicit go-ahead before approve_task.

Report the task_id in your reply so it can be referenced later.

© Toloka, 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 1 other file in codex/tendem/skills/tendem-task of Toloka/tendem-mcp.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 683885a

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Works with

Questions about Tendem Task

What does Tendem Task do?

Explicitly submit a new task to Tendem (hybrid AI + human experts) and drive it through scoping. Tendem Task is an agent skill from Toloka/tendem-mcp. Explicitly submit a new task to Tendem (hybrid AI + human experts) and drive it through scoping.

How do I install Tendem Task in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Tendem Task in Codex?

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

Can I use Tendem Task 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 Toloka/tendem-mcp --skill tendem-task -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tendem-task, .gemini/skills/tendem-task, .github/skills/tendem-task and .opencode/skills/tendem-task in your project.

What does Tendem Task need to run?

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

Does Tendem Task 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 Tendem Task 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 Tendem Task use?

Tendem Task 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 Tendem Task use?

About 475 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 Tendem Task?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tendem Task: Geo Fundamentals (wasp-lang/wasp, 19k stars), AI SDK (vercel-labs/ai-facts, 168 stars), AI Image Generation and Editing (zhayujie/CowAgent, 47k stars) and ModLens Image Vision Bridge (liustack/modlens, 4.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Tendem Task?

Toloka (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Toloka/tendem-mcp, which has 102 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 8, 2026.

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