Agent skill

Groom

by wp-media in wp-media/wp-rocket

Groom a single GitHub issue — produce an implementation spec and optionally post the grooming summary as a GitHub comment.

GPL-2.0Auto-check passed

Install Groom

skills CLI
$ npx skills add wp-media/wp-rocket --skill groom -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install wp-media/wp-rocket groom --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/wp-media/wp-rocket.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/groom .claude/skills/groom && 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
groom
GitHub stars
767
Token cost
~685 tokens
SKILL.md length
294 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
GPL-2.0

At a glance

Groom a single GitHub issue — produce an implementation spec and optionally post the grooming summary as a GitHub comment.

  • Works in 4 steps: Config → Sync the issue → Invoke the grooming agent → …
  • SKILL.md covers Step 1 — Config, Step 2 — Sync the issue, Step 3 — Invoke the grooming… and Step 4 — Offer to post
  • Calls gh and bash

What it does

Groom is an agent skill from wp-media/wp-rocket. Groom a single GitHub issue — produce an implementation spec and optionally post the grooming summary as a GitHub comment. Standalone entry point for the grooming-agent.

Its SKILL.md is about 690 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with GitHub and WordPress. The repository describes itself as: Performance optimization plugin for WordPress. The licence is GPL-2.0.

Example prompts

  • “/groom”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Config
  2. Sync the issue
  3. Invoke the grooming agent
  4. Offer to post

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3a96b66. 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:

    • gh
    • bash

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, 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

Groom loads about 685 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 294 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~685

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 wp-media/wp-rocket at commit 3a96b66, republished under its GPL-2.0 licence (© wp-media). 294 words, ~685 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/groom/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
groom
description
Groom a single GitHub issue — produce an implementation spec and optionally post the grooming summary as a GitHub comment. Standalone entry point for the grooming-agent.
argument-hint
<issue-number>

Groom

Standalone grooming for a single issue. Runs the full grooming analysis and writes the spec to disk. Posting to GitHub is your choice — you are prompted at the end.

Step 1 — Config

This skill targets wp-media/wp-rocket. The issue and spec files live at the wp-rocket temp convention:

  • Issue file: .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>.md
  • Spec file: .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>-spec.md

Step 2 — Sync the issue

Ensure the issue file exists at .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>.md. Run:

bash
bash .claude/skills/issue-workflow/scripts/issue-sync.sh <N>

If the file already exists and is recent (less than 5 minutes old), skip the sync.

Step 3 — Invoke the grooming agent

Invoke the grooming-agent sub-agent with the following invocation context:

Issue number: <N> Issue file path: .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>.md Repo: wp-media/wp-rocket complexity_signal: derive from the issue content yourself

STANDALONE MODE — two differences from the normal pipeline run:

  1. Skip Step 5 (posting to GitHub). Instead, include the full comment body you would have posted in a section titled ## Grooming Comment Draft at the end of your response. Use exactly the same format the pipeline would post (including the <!-- ai-pipeline:grooming-plan --> marker), so it is ready to post as-is.
  2. Skip the StructuredOutput JSON return. Return a short human-readable summary instead: effort, risk, complexity, and any open questions.

The spec file is still written to .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>-spec.md as normal.

Step 4 — Offer to post

After the agent responds, display its ## Grooming Comment Draft to the user, then ask:

Post this as a comment on issue #<N>? Reply yes to post as-is, no to finish without posting, or paste edited text to post a modified version.

If yes — check for an existing grooming comment first (dedup):

bash
EXISTING_ID=$(gh api repos/wp-media/wp-rocket/issues/<N>/comments \
  --jq '[.[] | select(.body | contains("<!-- ai-pipeline:grooming-plan -->"))] | last | .id // empty')

Update with gh api --method PATCH repos/wp-media/wp-rocket/issues/comments/$EXISTING_ID if found, otherwise post a new comment.

If no — confirm the spec was written to .TemporaryItems/Issues/wp-rocket/issues/<N>-spec.md and finish.

If edited — use the user-provided text as the comment body and post.

© wp-media, GPL-2.0. 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/groom of wp-media/wp-rocket.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3a96b66

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Works with

Questions about Groom

What does Groom do?

Groom a single GitHub issue — produce an implementation spec and optionally post the grooming summary as a GitHub comment. Groom is an agent skill from wp-media/wp-rocket. Groom a single GitHub issue — produce an implementation spec and optionally post the grooming summary as a GitHub comment.

How do I install Groom in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add wp-media/wp-rocket --skill groom -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/groom in wp-media/wp-rocket) into .claude/skills/groom in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Groom in Codex?

Run `npx skills add wp-media/wp-rocket --skill groom -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/groom in wp-media/wp-rocket) into .agents/skills/groom in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Groom 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 wp-media/wp-rocket --skill groom -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/groom, .gemini/skills/groom, .github/skills/groom and .opencode/skills/groom in your project.

What does Groom need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Groom needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh and bash).

Does Groom access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Groom 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 Groom use?

Groom is published under the GPL-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Groom use?

About 685 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 Groom?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Groom: Release Blog Drafter (obot-platform/obot, 1.1k stars), Wp 71 Dev Note Issues (WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker, 109 stars), Deploy To Hosting (hostinger/api-mcp-server, 159 stars) and Wjs Converting Wp To Hugo (jianshuo/claude-skills, 131 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Groom?

wp-media (a GitHub organization) maintains it in wp-media/wp-rocket, which has 767 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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