brief is a skill in davepoon/buildwithclaude, last changed 17 May 2026. It can run shell commands and pre-approve tools — read the findings before installing.
Session-start briefing from Origin. Reads the project status file (the /handoff-maintained ledger of Active/Backlog work), then loads identity, preferences, and topic-relevant memories so the agent walks in with context. Surfaces any memories the daemon has flagged for human revision before the session uses them. Invoked as `/brief [topic]`. Call FIRST at session start, before any other Origin verb.
At a glance
What it can touch
How much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
1 item to review
Broad tools pre-approved in allowed-tools
R34 · High · SKILL.md:11Commit 82ce211 · 3 Nov 2026
How the check worksPattern check:1 item to reviewSee it
Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit 82ce211, the one we checked, or the latest version.
OpenCode also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Goose also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Windsurf (Devin Desktop) also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Zed also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Roo Code also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Factory Droid also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Junie also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
Amp also looks in .agents/skills/ and ~/.agents/skills/, so use the Any agent steps.
No install command here reaches Kiro. Copy the skill's folder into .kiro/skills/ in your project, or ~/.kiro/skills/ for all your projects. davepoon/buildwithclaude/plugins/origin/skills/brief (opens in a new tab)
Antigravity also looks in .agents/skills/, so the Any agent steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Antigravity looks.
Cline also looks in .claude/skills/, so the Claude Code steps reach it with This project. For All projects, see where Cline looks.
Read this before installing: Broad tools pre-approved in allowed-tools — SKILL.md:11
Claude Code
Pinned to commit 82ce211, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- plugins/origin/skills/brief &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&mkdir -p .claude/skills &&mkdir .claude/skills/brief &&cp -R "$tmp"/plugins/origin/skills/brief/. .claude/skills/brief/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Claude apps
Pinned to commit 82ce211, the one we checked.
Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make brief.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- plugins/origin/skills/brief &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&out="$(mktemp -d)" &&cp -R "$tmp"/plugins/origin/skills/brief "$out"/brief &&(cd "$out" && zip -qr - brief) > brief.zip &&rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose brief.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Codex
Pinned to commit 82ce211, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- plugins/origin/skills/brief &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/brief &&cp -R "$tmp"/plugins/origin/skills/brief/. .agents/skills/brief/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Cursor
Pinned to commit 82ce211, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- plugins/origin/skills/brief &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&mkdir .cursor/skills/brief &&cp -R "$tmp"/plugins/origin/skills/brief/. .cursor/skills/brief/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Copilot & VS Code
Pinned to commit 82ce211, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- plugins/origin/skills/brief &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&mkdir -p .github/skills &&mkdir .github/skills/brief &&cp -R "$tmp"/plugins/origin/skills/brief/. .github/skills/brief/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install davepoon/buildwithclaude plugins/origin/skills/brief/SKILL.md@82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 --agent github-copilot --scope projectGemini CLI
Pinned to commit 82ce211, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- plugins/origin/skills/brief &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&mkdir .gemini/skills/brief &&cp -R "$tmp"/plugins/origin/skills/brief/. .gemini/skills/brief/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"In a running session, run /skills reload.
Or use Gemini CLI’s own installer. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked.
gemini skills install https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git --path plugins/origin/skills/brief --scope workspaceAny agent
Pinned to commit 82ce211, the one we checked.
OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity read .agents/skills in a project.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/davepoon/buildwithclaude.git "$tmp" &&git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- plugins/origin/skills/brief &&git -C "$tmp" checkout -q 82ce2112b080810c6b72939201d6a53876116e12 &&mkdir -p .agents/skills &&mkdir .agents/skills/brief &&cp -R "$tmp"/plugins/origin/skills/brief/. .agents/skills/brief/ &&rm -rf "$tmp"Or use the skills CLI from skills.sh. Installs the latest version, not the one we checked. The skills CLI reports installs to skills.sh unless you set DISABLE_TELEMETRY=1.
npx skills@1.7.4 add davepoon/buildwithclaude --skill briefWhat it can touch
From the files and frontmatter at commit 82ce211. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
Pattern check
Pattern check: 1 item to review · commit 82ce211 · 3 Nov 2026
We checked every text file in this skill, at commit 82ce211 on 3 Nov 2026, against 45 published patterns such as download-and-run commands, hidden text and credential access. We don't run the skill, we don't read the web pages it points to, and we can't judge everything its instructions might lead an agent to do. In published tests, pattern checks like this one missed most malicious skills. Read the skill before you install it — especially anything it asks you to download or run.
Format check
Each agent reads SKILL.md a little differently. We check the file against each one's published rules; we don't run the skill in any agent.
Agent Skills specPasses with warnings
The open format from agentskills.io, held to the strictest version of each rule among the agents we check.
- Warning
The frontmatter uses [ ] or { } values. Most agents accept them, but the spec's validator (skills-ref) rejects the file. F4
Fix: Write lists as "- item" lines and maps as indented key: value lines, without anchors or tags.
- Warning
Fields outside the spec: argument-hint (read by Claude Code and VS Code). Uploads to the Claude apps and API, and the spec's validator, reject the file; most agents ignore these fields. O1
Fix: Delete them for a portable skill, or keep them if you only target the agents that read them.
- Warning
allowed-tools is a list; the spec defines a space-separated string. gh skill publish rejects a list, though Claude Code accepts one. O5
Fix: Write it on one line: allowed-tools: Bash mcp__plugin_origin_origin__context mcp__plugin_origin_origin__recall mcp__plugin_origin_origin__list_pending_revisions mcp__plugin_origin_origin__accept_revision mcp__plugin_origin_origin__dismi…
- Note
There is no license field, so readers can't tell whether they may reuse the skill. O2
Fix: Add license: with an SPDX name such as MIT or Apache-2.0, or the name of a bundled licence file.
- Warning
- Claude CodePasses
Claude apps & API uploadFails
Uploading to claude.ai or the Claude API, or packaging with Anthropic's script, accepts only the six spec fields and stops on anything else.
- Error
Upload and packaging fail on fields outside the spec: argument-hint. O1
Fix: Delete them, and keep your own data under metadata as text values.
- Note
The description is 402 characters. The claude.ai Help Center says 200 at most, though Anthropic's API docs and validator allow 1,024. D4
Fix: If the claude.ai upload refuses it, trim the description to 200 characters.
- Note
allowed-tools is a list; the spec defines a space-separated string. O5
Fix: Write it on one line: allowed-tools: Bash mcp__plugin_origin_origin__context mcp__plugin_origin_origin__recall mcp__plugin_origin_origin__list_pending_revisions mcp__plugin_origin_origin__accept_revision mcp__plugin_origin_origin__dismi…
- Error
OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes with warnings
Codex finds SKILL.md by its exact name and needs a description; OpenAI's Skills API checks the frontmatter against the spec and caps uploads.
- Warning
Fields outside the spec: argument-hint. Codex ignores them; OpenAI doesn't say whether its upload accepts them. O1
Fix: Delete them, or move your own data under metadata as text values.
- Note
allowed-tools is a list; the spec defines a space-separated string. O5
Fix: Write it on one line: allowed-tools: Bash mcp__plugin_origin_origin__context mcp__plugin_origin_origin__recall mcp__plugin_origin_origin__list_pending_revisions mcp__plugin_origin_origin__accept_revision mcp__plugin_origin_origin__dismi…
- Warning
VS Code & CopilotPasses
VS Code reads skills one folder below .github/skills, .claude/skills or .agents/skills and falls back to the folder name when the name is missing or differs; GitHub's Copilot docs require the exact name SKILL.md.
- Note
allowed-tools is a list; the spec defines a space-separated string. O5
Fix: Write it on one line: allowed-tools: Bash mcp__plugin_origin_origin__context mcp__plugin_origin_origin__recall mcp__plugin_origin_origin__list_pending_revisions mcp__plugin_origin_origin__accept_revision mcp__plugin_origin_origin__dismi…
- Note
SKILL.md
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