Build Dashclaw

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Project scaffolding
• Tasks that involve Building AI agents

Example prompts

• “/build-dashclaw”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Node.js

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Migration — Add table with TEXT PKs and crypto-random IDs
2. 2Repository — Create app/lib/repositories/.repository.js (all SQL here)
3. 3Lib module — Create app/lib/.js (business logic)
4. 4Route handler — Create app/api//route.js (imports from repository)
5. 5Demo fixtures — Add fixture data if the feature needs demo mode support
6. 6Demo middleware — Wire fixtures into demo mode if needed
7. 7Node SDK method — Add to sdk/dashclaw.js (camelCase)
8. 8Python SDK method — Add to sdk-python/dashclaw/client.py (snake_case)
9. 9Docs page — Create dashboard page or update existing docs
10. 10Node README — Add method to SDK README
11. 11Python README — Add method to Python SDK README
12. 12Parity matrix — Update docs/sdk-parity.md with new method counts

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 704824d. 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:

  • npm
  • npx

  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 npx, 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 no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Build Dashclaw loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 511 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~22

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.3k

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

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 ucsandman/DashClaw at commit 704824d, republished under its MIT licence (© ucsandman). 511 words, ~1,338 tokens.

name

build-dashclaw

description

Contribute to the DashClaw codebase — architecture, scaffolding, tests, CI

license

MIT

metadata.author

ucsandman

metadata.version

1.0.0

metadata.category

development

import { randomBytes } from 'crypto';
const id = `act_${randomBytes(16).toString('hex')}`;

app/lib/repositories/*.repository.js

Request → Strip client org headers → Rate limit → Route matching
  → Public routes: pass through
  → Protected routes: x-api-key (fast path: timing-safe compare)
    → Inject org context from resolved key

# Run all tests (watch mode)
npm run test

# Run tests once (CI mode)
npm run test -- --run

# Run specific test file
npx vitest run app/lib/__tests__/guard.test.js

# 1. Governance boundary — enforces 7-route API limit
npm run governance:boundary:check

# 2. OpenAPI contract — detects API drift
npm run openapi:check

# 3. Tests
npm run test -- --run

© ucsandman, 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 .claude/skills/dashclaw-agent/build-dashclaw of ucsandman/DashClaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 704824d