setup-skills
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Configure this repo for the engineering skills: set up its issue tracker, triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run once before first use of the other engineering skills.
13 other projects use a version of this, 6 of them edited.
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Most recently taken up by
- p-chan/agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- p-chan/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- SantiagoVqz/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- github/replicatheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- Zenobia000/agent-skills-startertheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- endalk200/skillsedited, first seen Oct 28, 2026
Used with
Projects with it also use implement-spec.
Other files people use alongside this one.
Files found in the same public projects as a version of this one, more often than they turn up anywhere else. Each project counts once, large collections count for less, and this file's own repository is left out.
AWSSkillimplement-spec
Implement the result of /to-spec and /to-tickets in code.
Also in 5 projects that use this
Other versions13 projects use a version of this.
Word for word · 0
None found.
Edited · 6
- officialunofficial/skills★ 740% same
- JoseArron/skills★ 260% same
- endalk200/skills★ 140% same
- nikhil-vytla/skills★ 195% same
- Danceiny/skills★ 099% same
- ngxccc/engineered-skills★ 024% same
Wrote their own version · 7
- github/replica★ 230same name
- Zenobia000/agent-skills-starter★ 4same name
- r2rka1/skills★ 2same name
- SantiagoVqz/claude-skills★ 2same name
- p-chan/agent-skills★ 0same name
- p-chan/skills★ 0same name
- sudokoi/skills★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository45 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- claude-handoffSkill
- codebase-designSkill
- code-reviewSkill
- diagnosing-bugsSkill
- domain-modelingSkill
- git-guardrails-claude-codeSkill
- grillingSkill
- grill-meSkill
- grill-with-docsSkill
- handoffSkill
- implementSkill
- improve-codebase-architectureSkill
- loop-meSkill
- migrate-to-shoehornSkill
- prototypeSkill
- researchSkill
- resolving-merge-conflictsSkill
- scaffold-exercisesSkill
- setup-pre-commitSkill
- setup-ts-deep-modulesSkill
- tddSkill
- teachSkill
- to-questionnaireSkill
- to-specSkill
- to-ticketsSkill
- triageSkill
- wait-whatSkill
- wayfinderSkill
- wizardSkill
- writing-beatsSkill
- writing-for-agentsSkill
- writing-fragmentsSkill
- writing-shapeSkill
- eslint-rule-authorSkill
- minimal-reproSkill
- rn-list-performanceSkill
- first-contributionSkill
- pr-that-mergesSkill
- survive-reviewSkill
- triage-issueSkill
- contribution-logSkill
- release-checklistSkill
- reproducibility-checkSkill
- review-research-softwareSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
8 rules. 0 are common, 5 are distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 11 edited versions we read keep these.
5
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
3
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- could be automatic: a setting could enforce it
- Distinctive: line 29
Look at the current repo to understand its starting state.
- Very specific: line 50
Default posture: these skills were designed for GitHub.
- Distinctive: line 61
If it is installed, ask exactly one question:
- Very specific: line 67
Section C: Domain docs: Default to single-context (one CONTEXT.md + docs/adr/ at the repo root).
- Distinctive: line 84
If CLAUDE.md exists, edit it.
- Distinctive: line 86
If neither exists, ask the user which one to create.
- Distinctive: line 88
Never create AGENTS.md when CLAUDE.md already exists (or vice versa).
- Very specific: line 90
If an ## Agent skills block already exists in the chosen file, update its contents in-place rather than appending a duplicate.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 11 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
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-->Set up these skills
Scaffold the per-repo configuration that the engineering skills assume:
- Issue tracker: where issues live (GitHub by default; local markdown is also supported out of the box)
- Triage labels: the strings used for the five canonical triage roles
- Domain docs: where
CONTEXT.mdand ADRs live, and the consumer rules for reading them
This is a prompt-driven skill, not a deterministic script. Explore, present what you found, confirm with the user, then write.
Process
1. Explore
Look at the current repo to understand its starting state. Read whatever exists; don't assume:
git remote -vand.git/config: is this a GitHub repo? Which one?AGENTS.mdandCLAUDE.mdat the repo root: does either exist? Is there already an## Agent skillssection in either?CONTEXT.mdandCONTEXT-MAP.mdat the repo rootdocs/adr/and anysrc/*/docs/adr/directoriesdocs/agents/: does this skill's prior output already exist?.scratch/: a sign that a local-markdown issue tracker convention is already in use- Is the
triageskill installed? (atriageskill folder alongside this one, ortriagein your available skills.) This decides whether Section B runs at all. - Monorepo signals: a
pnpm-workspace.yaml, aworkspacesfield inpackage.json, or a populatedpackages/*with its ownsrc/. These are present only in a genuinely large multi-package repo; their absence means single-context, which is almost every repo.
2. Present findings and ask
Summarise what's present and what's missing. Then take the sections in order. One section, one answer, then the next.
Lead each section with the recommended answer so the user can accept it in a word. Give a one-line explainer only when the choice genuinely branches; skip the section entirely when exploration already settled it (Section B when triage isn't installed, Section C when there's no monorepo).
Section A: Issue tracker.
Explainer: The "issue tracker" is where issues live for this repo. Skills like
to-tickets,triage, andto-specread from and write to it. They need to know whether to callgh issue create, write a markdown file under.scratch/, or follow some other workflow you describe. Pick the place you actually track work for this repo.
Default posture: these skills were designed for GitHub. If a git remote points at GitHub, propose that. If a git remote points at GitLab (gitlab.com or a self-hosted host), propose GitLab. Otherwise (or if the user prefers), offer:
- GitHub: issues live in the repo's GitHub Issues (uses the
ghCLI) - GitLab: issues live in the repo's GitLab Issues (uses the
glabCLI) - Local markdown: issues live as files under
.scratch/<feature>/in this repo (good for solo projects or repos without a remote) - Other (Jira, Linear, etc.): ask the user to describe the workflow in one paragraph; the skill will record it as freeform prose
Record the choice in docs/agents/issue-tracker.md. The GitHub and GitLab templates carry a "PRs as a request surface" flag, defaulted off. Leave it off and don't raise it: a user who wants external PRs in the triage queue can flip the flag in the file later.
Section B: Triage label vocabulary. Skip this section entirely if the triage skill isn't installed (exploration told you), since an uninstalled skill needs no labels.
If it is installed, ask exactly one question:
Do you want to keep the default triage labels? (recommended: yes)
The defaults are the five canonical roles, each label string equal to its name: needs-triage, needs-info, ready-for-agent, ready-for-human, wontfix. On yes, write them as-is. Only if the user says no, usually because their tracker already uses other names (e.g. bug:triage for needs-triage), collect the overrides so triage applies existing labels instead of creating duplicates.
Section C: Domain docs. Default to single-context (one CONTEXT.md + docs/adr/ at the repo root). This fits almost every repo; write it without asking.
Offer multi-context (a root CONTEXT-MAP.md pointing to per-context CONTEXT.md files) only when exploration found monorepo signals. Then confirm which layout they want.
3. Confirm and edit
Show the user a draft of:
- The
## Agent skillsblock to add to whichever ofCLAUDE.md/AGENTS.mdis being edited (see step 4 for selection rules) - The contents of
docs/agents/issue-tracker.md,docs/agents/domain.md, anddocs/agents/triage-labels.md(the last only whentriageis installed)
Let them edit before writing.
4. Write
Pick the file to edit:
- If
CLAUDE.mdexists, edit it. - Else if
AGENTS.mdexists, edit it. - If neither exists, ask the user which one to create; don't pick for them.
Never create AGENTS.md when CLAUDE.md already exists (or vice versa); always edit the one that's already there.
If an ## Agent skills block already exists in the chosen file, update its contents in-place rather than appending a duplicate. Don't overwrite user edits to the surrounding sections.
The block:
## Agent skills
### Issue tracker
[one-line summary of where issues are tracked]. See `docs/agents/issue-tracker.md`.
### Triage labels
[one-line summary of the label vocabulary]. See `docs/agents/triage-labels.md`.
### Domain docs
[one-line summary of layout: "single-context" or "multi-context"]. See `docs/agents/domain.md`.Include the ### Triage labels sub-block, and write docs/agents/triage-labels.md, only when triage is installed and Section B ran. When it isn't, both are omitted.
Then write the docs files using the seed templates in this skill folder as a starting point:
- issue-tracker-github.md: GitHub issue tracker
- issue-tracker-gitlab.md: GitLab issue tracker
- issue-tracker-local.md: local-markdown issue tracker
- triage-labels.md: label mapping (only if
triageis installed) - domain.md: domain doc consumer rules + layout
For "other" issue trackers, write docs/agents/issue-tracker.md from scratch using the user's description.
5. Done
Tell the user the setup is complete and which engineering skills will now read from these files. Mention they can edit docs/agents/*.md directly later; re-running this skill is only necessary if they want to switch issue trackers or restart from scratch.
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