Agent skill

Scope Discipline

by yokki-vans in yokki-vans/InkPointX

Feature-scope discipline for a dedicated e-reader (not a Swiss Army knife).

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Install Scope Discipline

skills CLI
$ npx skills add yokki-vans/InkPointX --skill scope-discipline -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install yokki-vans/InkPointX scope-discipline --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/yokki-vans/InkPointX.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scope-discipline .claude/skills/scope-discipline && 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
scope-discipline
GitHub stars
107
Token cost
~691 tokens
SKILL.md length
357 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Feature-scope discipline for a dedicated e-reader (not a Swiss Army knife).

  • Works in 4 steps: Is it in SCOPE.md? Explicitly out:… → Does it materially improve focused… → What does it cost in RAM and in the… → …
  • Adding a feature
  • SKILL.md covers The gate, Surface awareness, Settings are not free and Self-review
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Scope Discipline is an agent skill from yokki-vans/InkPointX. Feature-scope discipline for a dedicated e-reader (not a Swiss Army knife). Use when adding a feature, a new activity, a new lib, a setting, or a dependency, or when a request would grow the firmware's surface. Covers the SCOPE.md test, the RAM-cost vs reading-benefit gate, preferring no-code or existing-mechanism solutions, awareness of the existing activity surface, and how to push back on out-of-scope asks.

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 sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: Firmware for Xteink X3/X4. Personal fork of Crosspoint and CrossInk. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Adding a feature
  • A request would grow the firmwares surface

Example prompts

  • “/scope-discipline”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Is it in SCOPE.md? Explicitly out: interactive apps (notepad,
  2. Does it materially improve focused reading? If the benefit is
  3. What does it cost in RAM and in the largest-free-block budget? A feature
  4. Can it be done with no new code? Prefer an existing activity, an existing

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d272143. 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

Scope Discipline loads about 691 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 108 tokens; SKILL.md has 357 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~108
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~691

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 yokki-vans/InkPointX at commit d272143, republished under its MIT licence (© yokki-vans). 357 words, ~691 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/scope-discipline/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
scope-discipline
description
Feature-scope discipline for a dedicated e-reader (not a Swiss Army knife). Use when adding a feature, a new activity, a new lib, a setting, or a dependency, or when a request would grow the firmware's surface. Covers the SCOPE.md test, the RAM-cost vs reading-benefit gate, preferring no-code or existing-mechanism solutions, awareness of the existing activity surface, and how to push back on out-of-scope asks.

Scope Discipline

The mission: do one thing exceptionally well, focused reading on constrained hardware. SCOPE.md is the source of truth for what is in and out. Read it before adding surface. This is the gate to run before writing a new feature.

The gate

Before adding a feature, activity, lib, setting, or dependency, answer in order:

  1. Is it in SCOPE.md? Explicitly out: interactive apps (notepad, calculator, games), active connectivity (RSS, news, browser), media/audio playback. If it is out, say so and stop.
  2. Does it materially improve focused reading? If the benefit is "nice to have" or serves a different use case, it is out. This is not a PDA.
  3. What does it cost in RAM and in the largest-free-block budget? A feature that adds steady-state RAM or a large transient allocation needs a reading benefit that clearly outweighs it. Quantify with firmware_size_history.py and script_profile_mem.sh rather than guessing.
  4. Can it be done with no new code? Prefer an existing activity, an existing setting, or a doc over a new code path. The cheapest feature is the one already built.

If a request fails the gate, push back with the specific reason and the SCOPE.md basis, and offer the in-scope alternative. Make the call and say why; do not just hand over a menu.

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Surface awareness

The firmware already carries dozens of activities. Each new one is permanent RAM, permanent maintenance, and another thing every future refactor must not break. Default to extending an existing activity or setting before adding a new screen. New top-level surface needs a real justification, not "it would be convenient."

Settings are not free

A new setting is a field to persist, migrate, validate, translate, and render, plus combinatorial test burden. Add one only when users genuinely need the choice; otherwise pick a sensible fixed default.

Self-review

  • Checked against SCOPE.md; not on the out-of-scope list.
  • Stated the concrete reading benefit, not a generic "useful."
  • Named the RAM/size cost (measured, not guessed) and why the benefit wins.
  • Checked whether an existing activity/setting/doc already covers it.
  • New setting (if any) is justified by a real user need, not added "just in case."

© yokki-vans, MIT. 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/scope-discipline of yokki-vans/InkPointX.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d272143

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Questions about Scope Discipline

What does Scope Discipline do?

Feature-scope discipline for a dedicated e-reader (not a Swiss Army knife). Scope Discipline is an agent skill from yokki-vans/InkPointX. Feature-scope discipline for a dedicated e-reader (not a Swiss Army knife).

When should I use Scope Discipline?

Scope Discipline fits situations like: adding a feature; A request would grow the firmwares surface.

How do I install Scope Discipline in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add yokki-vans/InkPointX --skill scope-discipline -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/scope-discipline in yokki-vans/InkPointX) into .claude/skills/scope-discipline in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Scope Discipline in Codex?

Run `npx skills add yokki-vans/InkPointX --skill scope-discipline -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/scope-discipline in yokki-vans/InkPointX) into .agents/skills/scope-discipline in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Scope Discipline 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 yokki-vans/InkPointX --skill scope-discipline -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scope-discipline, .gemini/skills/scope-discipline, .github/skills/scope-discipline and .opencode/skills/scope-discipline in your project.

What does Scope Discipline need to run?

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

Does Scope Discipline 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 Scope Discipline 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 Scope Discipline use?

Scope Discipline is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Scope Discipline use?

About 691 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 Scope Discipline?

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Who maintains Scope Discipline?

yokki-vans (a GitHub user) maintains it in yokki-vans/InkPointX, which has 107 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 24, 2026.

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