Agent skill

AI Chat

by windmill-labs in windmill-labs/windmill

Guidance for improving the Windmill AI chat (copilot), especially global mode — tools, prompts, and context-window discipline.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install AI Chat

skills CLI
$ npx skills add windmill-labs/windmill --skill ai-chat -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install windmill-labs/windmill ai-chat --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/windmill-labs/windmill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/ai-chat .claude/skills/ai-chat && 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
ai-chat
GitHub stars
18k
Token cost
~672 tokens
SKILL.md length
335 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
42
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Guidance for improving the Windmill AI chat (copilot), especially global mode — tools, prompts, and context-window discipline.

  • Editing chat tools
  • SKILL.md covers Always benchmark before and…, Where guidance goes, Measure the window first, and… and Context discipline, plus 1 more section
  • Calls python
  • Tool-result shapes under frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat

What it does

AI Chat is an agent skill from windmill-labs/windmill. Guidance for improving the Windmill AI chat (copilot), especially global mode — tools, prompts, and context-window discipline. Use when editing chat tools, system prompts, or tool-result shapes under frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat, or when changing how the chat manages its context window.

Its SKILL.md is about 670 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 AI & LLM Engineering, covering Prompt engineering and Context engineering. The repository describes itself as: Open-source developer platform to power your entire infra and turn scripts into webhooks, workflows and UIs. Fastest workflow engine (13x vs Airflow). Open-source alternative to…

When your agent uses it

  • Editing chat tools
  • Tool-result shapes under frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat
  • Changing how the chat manages its context window

Example prompts

  • “/ai-chat”

Requirements

  • Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f40eea2. 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:

    • python

    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

AI Chat loads about 672 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 77 tokens; SKILL.md has 335 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~77
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~672

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 335 words (~672 tokens).

“No context or behavior change ships without an ai_evals A/B on the affected mode. Add or adjust cases for exactly what you changed — see the ai-evals skill for authoring and the full run reference.”

— opening of SKILL.md by windmill-labs, Custom licence
name
ai-chat

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/ai-chat of windmill-labs/windmill.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f40eea2

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Agent Experiencesingula-ai/alego1091 repos~531Automated safety check: PassMIT
Context Engineeringclosedloop-ai/claude-plugins122—~3.1kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Codex Fable5baskduf/FableCodex437—~1.6kAutomated safety check: PassAGPL-3.0

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Questions about AI Chat

What does AI Chat do?

Guidance for improving the Windmill AI chat (copilot), especially global mode — tools, prompts, and context-window discipline. AI Chat is an agent skill from windmill-labs/windmill. Guidance for improving the Windmill AI chat (copilot), especially global mode — tools, prompts, and context-window discipline.

When should I use AI Chat?

AI Chat fits situations like: editing chat tools; tool-result shapes under frontend/src/lib/components/copilot/chat; changing how the chat manages its context window.

How do I install AI Chat in Claude Code?

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

How do I install AI Chat in Codex?

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

Can I use AI Chat 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 windmill-labs/windmill --skill ai-chat -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ai-chat, .gemini/skills/ai-chat, .github/skills/ai-chat and .opencode/skills/ai-chat in your project.

What does AI Chat need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, AI Chat needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does AI Chat 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 AI Chat 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 AI Chat use?

AI Chat has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does AI Chat use?

About 672 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 AI Chat?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with AI Chat: Context Engineering Review (mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, 1.4k stars), Agents Best Practices (DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices, 2.4k stars), Agent Experience (singula-ai/alego, 109 stars) and Context Engineering (closedloop-ai/claude-plugins, 122 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains AI Chat?

windmill-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in windmill-labs/windmill, which has 18,128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 42 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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