# skills

> Russian version: [README.ru.md](README.ru.md).

Joint workshop and storage for Claude skills.

## About

A shared workspace where Claude and I author, debug, and ship skills together:

- **`skills/`** — editable sources (markdown + assets), the source of truth
- **`dist/`** — built `.skill` archives for Claude, committed to the repo
- **`hermes/`** — Hermes-rollout config: `mapping.yaml` and any `mode: manual` overrides under `hermes/skills/`
- **`dist-hermes/`** — pre-converted Hermes-flavour skill tree, committed (regenerated by `scripts/build-hermes.py`)
- **`scripts/`** — utilities: `build.sh` (source → `.skill`), `install.sh` (source → `~/.claude/skills/`), `build-hermes.py` (source → `dist-hermes/`)
- **`.wiki/`**, **`.tasks/`** — working notes and the task board

## Quick start

### Install skills on a fresh machine

**Windows (PowerShell):**

```powershell
git clone <repo> skills
cd skills
bash scripts/install.sh           # copies every skills/* into ~/.claude/skills/
# or only specific ones:
bash scripts/install.sh mappa-knowledge caveman
```

**Linux / macOS (bash):**

```bash
git clone <repo> skills
cd skills
bash scripts/install.sh           # copies every skills/* into ~/.claude/skills/
# or only specific ones:
bash scripts/install.sh mappa-knowledge caveman
```

The install target can be overridden with `CLAUDE_SKILLS_DIR=/path bash scripts/install.sh`.

> `install.sh` works on Windows under git-bash; `install.ps1` provides a native PowerShell path.

### Using skills in projects

Once the skills are installed, the easiest way to wire them into a new
(or existing) project is the [`project-bootstrap`](skills/project-bootstrap/)
skill. Tell the agent **"bootstrap"** or **"set everything up"** from the
project's folder and it will, in one pass:

- initialize `git` (if missing) and write a sane `.gitignore`
- create a starter `README.md`
- lay out `.wiki/` per the [Karpathy LLM Wiki pattern](https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f) (delegated to [`setup-wiki`](skills/setup-wiki/))
- lay out `.tasks/` with the canonical task board (delegated to [`setup-tasks`](skills/setup-tasks/))
- write `AGENTS.md` (canon) with skill triggers (`use project wiki`, `use task management system`, `check across all projects`, `we're on Windows`) plus a `CLAUDE.md` legacy pointer
- record the skill versions used in `.wiki/concepts/bootstrap-manifest.md` so cross-project layout drift stays debuggable

Two modes, picked automatically: **init** for an empty folder, **upgrade**
for an existing project (the skill only fills the gaps and never overwrites
without explicit confirmation). On upgrade, `AGENTS.md` is merged
idempotently — only canonical trigger lines that aren't already present are
appended after explicit confirm, so re-running `project-bootstrap` after a
template change picks up the new triggers without duplicating the old ones.

### Edit a skill

```bash
# 1. Edit skills/<name>/SKILL.md (or its assets).
# 2. Push the changes into the live skill folder:
bash scripts/install.sh <name>
# 3. Rebuild the archive (optional, but handy before a commit):
bash scripts/build.sh <name>
```

### Build `.skill` archives

```bash
bash scripts/build.sh                 # all skills
bash scripts/build.sh caveman         # one skill
```

`build.sh` uses `zip` when it's available (Linux/macOS) or delegates to
`scripts/build.ps1` via PowerShell (Windows without `zip`). On Windows you
can also run `powershell scripts/build.ps1` directly.

### Build for Hermes

The same `skills/` are rolled out to Hermes Agent (Nous Research) on factory
Linux machines. The converter reads `hermes/mapping.yaml` (per-skill
mode / category / replace-rules / skip-list) and writes a Hermes-formatted
skill tree to `dist-hermes/`, which is committed to the repo.

```bash
python scripts/build-hermes.py        # regenerate dist-hermes/ from mapping
```

Every skill in `skills/` must have an explicit entry in `mapping.yaml`
(`auto` / `manual` / `skip` / `pending`); the build fails on unmapped skills.
Skip and pending entries land in `dist-hermes/SKIPPED.md` with reasons. Full
design rationale lives in
[`.wiki/concepts/hermes-skills-rollout-design.md`](.wiki/concepts/hermes-skills-rollout-design.md).

## Sovereignty / provenance

This catalog is sovereign: every skill is either **authored by us** or an
**adapted vendored copy** we maintain ourselves. No raw vendor plugins are
installed as dependencies — anything borrowed is vendored into this repo with
an explicit `adapted-from` marker in its frontmatter.

| skill | provenance |
|---|---|
| `caveman`, `caveman-commit`, `caveman-compress`, `caveman-help`, `caveman-review` | `adapted-from: JuliusBrussee/caveman @ 0993277` (MIT) — vendored copy |
| `find-skills` | `adapted-from: vercel-labs/skills @ c6f69c6` (MIT) — vendored copy |
| `grilling` | `adapted-from: mattpocock/skills @ 84fdeffd` (MIT) — family collapsed to one skill (pi hides `disable-model-invocation` wrappers) |
| `brainstorming` | `adapted-from: obra/superpowers @ 6.2.0` (MIT) — divergent phase, visual-companion dropped |
| `diagnosing-bugs` | `adapted-from: mattpocock/skills @ 84fdeffd` (MIT) + superpowers 6.2.0 concepts (Iron Law, red flags) |
| `loop-me` | `adapted-from: mattpocock/skills @ 84fdeffd` (MIT) — workflow-spec design gate |
| `review-kit-pi-method` | `author: ours` — pi-native spawn for clean-context review subagents |
| `command-index` | `author: ours` — just/Makefile command-index convention (standard targets, auto-doc; idea 3/18) |
| `code-review` | `adapted-from: mattpocock/skills @ 84fdeffd` (MIT) — two-axis + Fowler baseline; output: caveman-review format |
| `writing-skills` | `adapted-from: obra/superpowers @ 6.2.0` (MIT) — TDD-for-skills core + ideya 8 self-skill-authoring |
| `web-search` | `author: ours` — search_web tool (pi-extension) + policy: when to search, «без поиска» session-off |
| `review-subagent` | `author: ours` — review_subagent tool (pi-extension): clean-context review by your own model, optional `model` override |
| `report-mappa-issue` | `author: ours` — TEMPORARY stopgap: mappa deviation reporting (mail to `mappa` + `.workshop`) while the service is unstable; retire when stabilized |
| all other `skills/*` | `author: ours` |

Adaptation policy: a clone is rewritten to our conventions (`.tasks/` boards,
`.wiki/concepts/` specs, `using-*` skill names), never shipped with vendor junk,
and versioned under our own semver. Upstream pins are reviewed by the catalog
owner on update; no automatic upstream sync.

## Layout

```
skills/
├── skills/                 ← sources (one folder per skill)
├── dist/                   ← .skill archives for Claude (committed)
├── hermes/
│   ├── mapping.yaml        ← per-skill Hermes-rollout config
│   └── skills/             ← `mode: manual` overrides (Hermes-flavour rewrites)
├── dist-hermes/            ← pre-converted Hermes-flavour tree (committed)
│   ├── <category>/<name>/  ← e.g. software-development/diagnosing-bugs/
│   └── SKIPPED.md          ← skip + pending log (auto-generated)
├── scripts/
│   ├── build.sh / build.ps1
│   ├── install.sh / install.ps1
│   └── build-hermes.py
├── .wiki/                  ← design docs, notes
├── .tasks/                 ← STATUS.md
├── AGENTS.md              ← canon (CLAUDE.md is a legacy pointer)
└── README.md               (this file — see README.ru.md for Russian)
```

For the principles and decisions behind this layout see
[`.wiki/concepts/repo-layout.md`](.wiki/concepts/repo-layout.md).