Agent skill

Canvas Skip

by X-isdoingreat in X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot

This skill should be used when an assignment was routed as mixedunsupported (currently the zyBooks math course).

AGPL-3.0Auto-check: notesProductivity & Automation

Install Canvas Skip

skills CLI
$ npx skills add X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot --skill canvas-skip -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot canvas-skip --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/X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/canvas-skip .claude/skills/canvas-skip && 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
canvas-skip
GitHub stars
125
Token cost
~329 tokens
SKILL.md length
124 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

This skill should be used when an assignment was routed as mixedunsupported (currently the zyBooks math course).

  • Works in 3 steps: Read the assignment item passed by… → Append a section to runs//todo.md with → Return result
  • Productivity & Automation work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers What you do, Future work and Important
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Canvas Skip is an agent skill from X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot. This skill should be used when an assignment was routed as mixedunsupported (currently the zyBooks math course). Logs the assignment to the daily todo.md so the user can do it manually, and returns a skipped status to canvas-execute. Does no automation work.

Its SKILL.md is about 330 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 Productivity & Automation. The repository describes itself as: Local-first Canvas LMS AI agent that learns each course's recurring assignment workflow and reuses it through scan - approval - execute with student review. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Productivity & Automation work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/canvas-skip”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Edit

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the assignment item passed by canvas-execute.
  2. Append a section to runs//todo.md with
  3. Return result

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6b79d5b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Read
    • Write
    • Edit

    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 json).

    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

Canvas Skip loads about 329 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 124 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~329

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit

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 X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot at commit 6b79d5b, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© X-isdoingreat). 124 words, ~329 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/canvas-skip/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
canvas-skip
description
This skill should be used when an assignment was routed as `mixed_unsupported` (currently the zyBooks math course). Logs the assignment to the daily todo.md so the user can do it manually, and returns a `skipped` status to canvas-execute. Does no automation work.
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Write, Edit

canvas-skip

Handler for assignments we don't currently automate (zyBooks-based math-course work).

What you do

  1. Read the assignment item passed by canvas-execute.
  2. Append a section to runs/<today>/todo.md with:
    • Course name and assignment title
    • Due date
    • URL (html_url)
    • submission_types
    • Whether description mentions zyBooks (search for "zybook" case-insensitive)
    • First 400 chars of description as an excerpt
  3. Return result:
json
{
  "status": "skipped",
  "notes": "logged to todo.md"
}

Future work

When a browse skill exists that can drive a headless browser to log into zyBooks, this skill becomes a router into that. For now, no automation.

Important

  • Do NOT try to fetch zyBooks content via Canvas API. There isn't any — it's all on zybooks.com behind their auth.
  • Do NOT mark anything as draft_ready unless you actually produced a draft. skipped is the honest status.

© X-isdoingreat, AGPL-3.0. 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/canvas-skip of X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6b79d5b

Compare with similar skills

Canvas Skip next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Questions about Canvas Skip

What does Canvas Skip do?

This skill should be used when an assignment was routed as mixedunsupported (currently the zyBooks math course). Canvas Skip is an agent skill from X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot. This skill should be used when an assignment was routed as mixedunsupported (currently the zyBooks math course).

When should I use Canvas Skip?

Canvas Skip fits situations like: productivity & Automation work in your project.

How do I install Canvas Skip in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot --skill canvas-skip -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/canvas-skip in X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot) into .claude/skills/canvas-skip in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Canvas Skip in Codex?

Run `npx skills add X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot --skill canvas-skip -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/canvas-skip in X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot) into .agents/skills/canvas-skip in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Canvas Skip 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 X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot --skill canvas-skip -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/canvas-skip, .gemini/skills/canvas-skip, .github/skills/canvas-skip and .opencode/skills/canvas-skip in your project.

What does Canvas Skip need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Canvas Skip is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Write, Edit.

Does Canvas Skip 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 Canvas Skip safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Canvas Skip use?

Canvas Skip is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Canvas Skip use?

About 329 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 Canvas Skip?

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Who maintains Canvas Skip?

X-isdoingreat (a GitHub user) maintains it in X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot, which has 125 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 31, 2026.

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