Agent skill

Vself

by vlinx-io in vlinx-io/VelaTerm

Read a VelaTerm session's saved properties and parent-child relationships.

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Install Vself

skills CLI
$ npx skills add vlinx-io/VelaTerm --skill vself -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install vlinx-io/VelaTerm vself --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/vlinx-io/VelaTerm.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/vself .claude/skills/vself && 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
vself
GitHub stars
270
Token cost
~764 tokens
SKILL.md length
353 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Read a VelaTerm session's saved properties and parent-child relationships.

  • Agent sessions when the user asks who spawned a session
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Which child sessions it has
  • What configuration is saved on it

What it does

Vself is an agent skill from vlinx-io/VelaTerm. Read a VelaTerm session's saved properties and parent-child relationships. Use for ordinary or agent sessions when the user asks who spawned a session, which child sessions it has, or what configuration is saved on it. Can inspect the current session or another session by ID or name. Read-only: does not open, launch, message or interrupt any session.

Its SKILL.md is about 760 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: VelaTerm = Codex + iTerm2, The Best ADE for AI Coding. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Agent sessions when the user asks who spawned a session
  • Which child sessions it has
  • What configuration is saved on it

Example prompts

  • “/vself”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 98b5f2f. 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 (its code samples are bash).

    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

Vself loads about 764 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 353 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~90
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~764

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 vlinx-io/VelaTerm at commit 98b5f2f, republished under its MIT licence (© vlinx-io). 353 words, ~764 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/vself/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
vself
description
Read a VelaTerm session's saved properties and parent-child relationships. Use for ordinary or agent sessions when the user asks who spawned a session, which child sessions it has, or what configuration is saved on it. Can inspect the current session or another session by ID or name. Read-only: does not open, launch, message or interrupt any session.

vself

bash
vself
vself <session>
vself [session] --json

Omit the target to query the calling session. A target accepts a full ID, an ID prefix of at least eight characters, an exact name or a unique name substring. Quote names containing spaces. An ambiguous reference returns candidates; use an exact ID rather than guessing. To find a session ID by name, vrefer --list lists the connected instance's sessions, including those with no readable transcript.

The text form lists identity, parent, ancestors and direct children. Use --json whenever saved attributes are requested. This works for terminal, agent and browser sessions, including archived ones, without requiring a plan-execute workflow or an active process.

JSON has session, parent, ancestors and children. parent is null for a top-level session; ancestors starts with the immediate parent. children contains only direct children, ordered as in the sidebar, including archived children whose parent link is still saved. Query a child to inspect its children. Relationships come from parentSessionId, not similar names or groupId.

Each session object contains its saved fields: ID, project/group, name, agent kind, shell, directory, launch configuration, permissions, collaboration mode, preset, executable, shortcut, engine, native conversation ID, parent ID, collapse/fork state, worktree and baseline ref, archive time, browser URL, mark, sort order and creation time. Additional properties are modelSettings (saved model/effort), launchModelSettings (model/effort explicitly present in saved launch arguments), codexSettings (service tier/personality), claudeSettings (Chrome), autoContinue (saved resumption schedule), and workflowIds (direct memberships). Null denotes an unset saved value, not an inferred effective default. Lookup does not run the agent or sample its native configuration files.

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redactedFields identifies masked launch input, environment values and URL credentials/query/fragment; environment variable names remain visible. Do not interpret masked values as missing configuration. Use vflow list <session> for related plan-execute tasks and current workflow states, or vrefer <session> for its conversation. A native agentSessionId is different from the VelaTerm ID: use id/sessionId in VelaTerm commands.

Run inside a VelaTerm-hosted session so the injected VLX_* environment points at the right backend. Queries read only that connected instance. If the command rejects a target argument, the running backend predates this query form; report the version mismatch instead of guessing or modifying SQLite.

© vlinx-io, 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 skills/vself of vlinx-io/VelaTerm.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 98b5f2f

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Setting Up Warehouse PropertiesPostHog/posthog40k—~2.3kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence
Context Savegarrytan/gstack136k—~9.8kAutomated safety check: NotesMIT
CSS Custom Propertiesthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist74k—~492Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Vself

What does Vself do?

Read a VelaTerm session's saved properties and parent-child relationships. Vself is an agent skill from vlinx-io/VelaTerm. Read a VelaTerm session's saved properties and parent-child relationships.

When should I use Vself?

Vself fits situations like: agent sessions when the user asks who spawned a session; which child sessions it has; what configuration is saved on it.

How do I install Vself in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Vself in Codex?

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

Can I use Vself 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 vlinx-io/VelaTerm --skill vself -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/vself, .gemini/skills/vself, .github/skills/vself and .opencode/skills/vself in your project.

What does Vself need to run?

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

Does Vself 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 Vself 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 Vself use?

Vself 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 Vself use?

About 764 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Vself?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Vself: CSS At Property (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Logical Properties (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Setting Up Warehouse Properties (PostHog/posthog, 40k stars) and Context Save (garrytan/gstack, 136k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Vself?

vlinx-io (a GitHub user) maintains it in vlinx-io/VelaTerm, which has 270 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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