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Agent skill

Brainstorm Skills

by wcygan in wcygan/dotfiles

Brainstorm useful Codex skills from real project context. An agent skill from wcygan/dotfiles.

No licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Brainstorm Skills

skills CLI
$ npx skills add wcygan/dotfiles --skill brainstorm-skills -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install wcygan/dotfiles brainstorm-skills --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/wcygan/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/brainstorm-skills .claude/skills/brainstorm-skills && 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
brainstorm-skills
GitHub stars
194
Token cost
~988 tokens
SKILL.md length
445 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Brainstorm useful Codex skills from real project context. An agent skill from wcygan/dotfiles.

  • Works in 6 steps: Read the nearest AGENTS.md files for… → Scan top-level project files such as… → Review existing project skills in… → …
  • Identifying recurring workflows
  • SKILL.md covers Goal, Workflow, Skill Ideas and Quality Filters, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Brainstorm Skills is an agent skill from wcygan/dotfiles. Brainstorm useful Codex skills from real project context. Use when identifying recurring workflows, drafting dotfiles-local skills, or routing portable skills to agent-skills.

Its SKILL.md is about 990 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 Agent Workflows, covering Brainstorming. The repository describes itself as: Configuration for Development Environments.

When your agent uses it

  • Identifying recurring workflows
  • Drafting dotfiles-local skills
  • Routing portable skills to agent-skills

Example prompts

  • “/brainstorm-skills”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the nearest AGENTS.md files for project rules, commands, and conventions.
  2. Scan top-level project files such as flake.nix, package.json, Cargo.toml, pyproject.toml, Makefile, justfile, Dockerfile, and CI workflows.
  3. Review existing project skills in .agents/skills/*/SKILL.md.
  4. For portable workflows, check the dedicated agent-skills repository rather
  5. Identify recurring pain points from scripts, tests, CI, docs, and config layout.
  6. If the user names a focus area, prioritize that area while still checking for duplication.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b385ffa. 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 markdown).

    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

Brainstorm Skills loads about 988 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 445 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~48
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~988

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 445 words (~988 tokens).

“Identify useful Codex skills for the current repository and turn selected ideas into high-quality SKILL.md drafts.”

— opening of SKILL.md by wcygan
name
brainstorm-skills

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/brainstorm-skills of wcygan/dotfiles.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b385ffa

Compare with similar skills

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Categories

Questions about Brainstorm Skills

What does Brainstorm Skills do?

Brainstorm useful Codex skills from real project context. An agent skill from wcygan/dotfiles. Brainstorm Skills is an agent skill from wcygan/dotfiles. Brainstorm useful Codex skills from real project context.

When should I use Brainstorm Skills?

Brainstorm Skills fits situations like: identifying recurring workflows; drafting dotfiles-local skills; routing portable skills to agent-skills.

How do I install Brainstorm Skills in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Brainstorm Skills in Codex?

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

Can I use Brainstorm Skills 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 wcygan/dotfiles --skill brainstorm-skills -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/brainstorm-skills, .gemini/skills/brainstorm-skills, .github/skills/brainstorm-skills and .opencode/skills/brainstorm-skills in your project.

What does Brainstorm Skills need to run?

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

Does Brainstorm Skills 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 Brainstorm Skills 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 Brainstorm Skills use?

No licence was found for Brainstorm Skills or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Brainstorm Skills use?

About 988 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 Brainstorm Skills?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Brainstorm Skills: Brainstorming (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Brainstorming (xpinjection/test-driven-spring-boot, 112 stars), Yao Meta Skill (yaojingang/yao-meta-skill, 2.7k stars) and Typesafe AI (OpenAgentsInc/openagents, 455 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Brainstorm Skills?

wcygan (a GitHub user) maintains it in wcygan/dotfiles, which has 194 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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