Agent skill

Outline Budgeter

by WILLOSCAR in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills

Merge/simplify an over-fragmented outline to hit a paper-like section budget (NO PROSE): target final ToC ~6–8 H2, fewer thicker H3.

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Install Outline Budgeter

skills CLI
$ npx skills add WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill outline-budgeter -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills outline-budgeter --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/WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/outline-budgeter .claude/skills/outline-budgeter && 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
outline-budgeter
GitHub stars
513
Token cost
~858 tokens
SKILL.md length
395 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
107
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Merge/simplify an over-fragmented outline to hit a paper-like section budget (NO PROSE): target final ToC ~6–8 H2, fewer thicker H3.

  • SKILL.md covers Triggers & routing, Inputs, Outputs and Workflow (NO PROSE), plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Outline Budgeter is an agent skill from WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills. Merge/simplify an over-fragmented outline to hit a paper-like section budget (NO PROSE): target final ToC ~6–8 H2, fewer thicker H3.

Its SKILL.md is about 860 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: Research pipelines as semantic execution units: each skill declares inputs/outputs, acceptance criteria, and guardrails. Evidence-first methodology prevents hollow writing…

Example prompts

  • “/outline-budgeter”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c92912a. 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

Outline Budgeter loads about 858 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 395 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~858

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 395 words (~858 tokens).

“Purpose: prevent the most common survey failure mode: H3 explosion (too many tiny subsections) leading to a thin, outline-like PDF.”

— opening of SKILL.md by WILLOSCAR
name
outline-budgeter
binding
library

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .codex/skills/outline-budgeter of WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c92912a

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Outline Budgeter this skillWILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills513—~858Automated safety check: PassNone
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Merge Upsymfony/symfony31k—~4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Mergealirezarezvani/claude-skills28k—~587Automated safety check: PassMIT
Simplifyasgeirtj/system_prompts_leaks69k—~759Automated safety check: PassCC0-1.0

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Questions about Outline Budgeter

What does Outline Budgeter do?

Merge/simplify an over-fragmented outline to hit a paper-like section budget (NO PROSE): target final ToC ~6–8 H2, fewer thicker H3. Outline Budgeter is an agent skill from WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills. Merge/simplify an over-fragmented outline to hit a paper-like section budget (NO PROSE): target final ToC ~6–8 H2, fewer thicker H3.

How do I install Outline Budgeter in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill outline-budgeter -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/outline-budgeter in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills) into .claude/skills/outline-budgeter in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Outline Budgeter in Codex?

Run `npx skills add WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill outline-budgeter -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/outline-budgeter in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills) into .agents/skills/outline-budgeter in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Outline Budgeter 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 WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills --skill outline-budgeter -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/outline-budgeter, .gemini/skills/outline-budgeter, .github/skills/outline-budgeter and .opencode/skills/outline-budgeter in your project.

What does Outline Budgeter need to run?

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

Does Outline Budgeter 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 Outline Budgeter 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 Outline Budgeter use?

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

How many tokens does Outline Budgeter use?

About 858 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k 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 Outline Budgeter?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Outline Budgeter: Merge (remotion-dev/remotion, 63k stars), Merge (withastro/astro, 63k stars), Merge Up (symfony/symfony, 31k stars) and Merge (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Outline Budgeter?

WILLOSCAR (a GitHub user) maintains it in WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills, which has 513 GitHub stars. The repository holds 107 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: WILLOSCAR/research-units-pipeline-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.