Pierre Highlights
pierrecomputer/pierre
Shows how to use @pierre/highlights for syntax-highlighted HTML or tokens, streaming and incremental tokenizing, and Zed-compatible themes with CSS variables.
This skill should be used when the user invokes "/highlight" to highlight relevant regions in one or more files in Emacs via emacsclient.
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Install Highlight
$ npx skills add xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install xenodium/emacs-skills highlight --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/highlight .claude/skills/highlight && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "highlight" agent skill from https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills/tree/main/skills/highlight into .claude/skills/highlight/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "highlight", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills/tree/main/skills/highlightType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install xenodium/emacs-skills highlight --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/highlight .agents/skills/highlight && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "highlight" agent skill from https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills/tree/main/skills/highlight into .agents/skills/highlight/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "highlight", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install xenodium/emacs-skills highlight --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/highlight .cursor/skills/highlight && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "highlight" agent skill from https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills/tree/main/skills/highlight into .cursor/skills/highlight/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "highlight", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills.git --path skills/highlight--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install xenodium/emacs-skills highlight --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/highlight .gemini/skills/highlight && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "highlight" agent skill from https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills/tree/main/skills/highlight into .gemini/skills/highlight/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "highlight", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install xenodium/emacs-skills highlightInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/highlight .github/skills/highlight && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "highlight" agent skill from https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills/tree/main/skills/highlight into .github/skills/highlight/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "highlight", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install xenodium/emacs-skills highlight --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/highlight .opencode/skills/highlight && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "highlight" agent skill from https://github.com/xenodium/emacs-skills/tree/main/skills/highlight into .opencode/skills/highlight/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "highlight", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
highlight- GitHub stars
- 143
- Token cost
- ~395 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 142 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 19
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
This skill should be used when the user invokes "/highlight" to highlight relevant regions in one or more files in Emacs via emacsclient.
- Invokes /highlight to highlight relevant regions in one
- SKILL.md covers How to highlight and Rules
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- More files in Emacs via emacsclient
What it does
Highlight is an agent skill from xenodium/emacs-skills. This skill should be used when the user invokes "/highlight" to highlight relevant regions in one or more files in Emacs via emacsclient.
Its SKILL.md is about 400 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file.
The repository describes itself as: Emacs skills for coding agents.
When your agent uses it
- Invokes /highlight to highlight relevant regions in one
- More files in Emacs via emacsclient
Example prompts
- “/highlight”
- “/highlight”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a158238. 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 bash).
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
Highlight loads about 395 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 142 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 142 words (~395 tokens).
“Highlight relevant regions in one or more files in Emacs using emacsclient --eval. Files are opened in a temporary read-only minor mode with highlighted overlays. The user presses q to exit the mode and remove all highlights in that buffer.”
- name
- highlight
- tools
- Bash
- disable-model-invocation
- true
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/highlight of xenodium/emacs-skills.
- SKILL.md
- agent-skill-highlight.el
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a158238
Compare with similar skills
Highlight 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highlight this skillxenodium/emacs-skills | 143 | — | ~395 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Pierre Highlightspierrecomputer/pierre | 6.3k | — | ~409 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Create Invoke TaskDataDog/datadog-agent | 3.8k | — | ~606 | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Molcell Highlightsbrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills | 1.2k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Video HighlightsZJU-REAL/Easel | 3.3k | — | ~588 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Sports Highlight EditorLeoYeAI/openclaw-master-skills | 2.2k | — | ~4.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Highlight
What does Highlight do?
This skill should be used when the user invokes "/highlight" to highlight relevant regions in one or more files in Emacs via emacsclient. Highlight is an agent skill from xenodium/emacs-skills. This skill should be used when the user invokes "/highlight" to highlight relevant regions in one or more files in Emacs via emacsclient.
When should I use Highlight?
Highlight fits situations like: invokes /highlight to highlight relevant regions in one; more files in Emacs via emacsclient.
How do I install Highlight in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/highlight in xenodium/emacs-skills) into .claude/skills/highlight in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Highlight in Codex?
Run `npx skills add xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/highlight in xenodium/emacs-skills) into .agents/skills/highlight in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Highlight 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 xenodium/emacs-skills --skill highlight -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/highlight, .gemini/skills/highlight, .github/skills/highlight and .opencode/skills/highlight in your project.
What does Highlight need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Highlight is instructions for the agent only.
Does Highlight 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 Highlight 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 Highlight use?
No licence was found for Highlight or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Highlight use?
About 395 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 Highlight?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Highlight: Pierre Highlights (pierrecomputer/pierre, 6.3k stars), Create Invoke Task (DataDog/datadog-agent, 3.8k stars), Molcell Highlights (brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, 1.2k stars) and Video Highlights (ZJU-REAL/Easel, 3.3k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Highlight?
xenodium (a GitHub user) maintains it in xenodium/emacs-skills, which has 143 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 21, 2026.
Source: xenodium/emacs-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.