software-lifecycle
software-lifecycle is a skill in inkeep/open-knowledge, last changed 13 Oct 2026. It can name web addresses. Our pattern check flagged nothing at commit c7ee9e9 on 27 Oct 2026.
Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit c7ee9e9 · 27 Oct 2026
InstallHow to work in a Software Lifecycle project (the `software-lifecycle` starter pack): proposals → decisions → specs → postmortems, plus guides. Read when the project has these folders, or when asked how this project is organized. Carries the doc lifecycle, status flows, and per-folder agent behaviors so that guidance does not live inside template bodies or folder descriptions. The five workflows — frame a proposal, write a spec, record a decision, write a postmortem, review a design — each ship as their own sibling skill in this pack. Complements the platform `open-knowledge` skill; does not replace it.
- Licence
- GPL 3.0
- Repo stars
- 4.7k
- Folder last changed
- 13 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
- Publisher
- inkeep
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- c7ee9e9 (opens in a new tab) · 27 Oct 2026
Install
Each tab says whether it installs commit c7ee9e9, the one we checked, or the latest version.
No tab for your agent? Use Any agent for OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Zed, Roo Code, Factory Droid, Junie, Amp and Antigravity, and Claude Code for Cline. Kiro needs the folder copied by hand.
Pinned to commit c7ee9e9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
mkdir -p .claude/skills &&
mkdir .claude/skills/software-lifecycle &&
cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/. .claude/skills/software-lifecycle/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"If Claude Code was already running and this created the skills folder, run /reload-skills.
Pinned to commit c7ee9e9, the one we checked.
Skills in the Claude apps belong to your account rather than to a project.
Make software-lifecycle.zip, with the skill folder at the top level:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
out="$(mktemp -d)" &&
cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle "$out"/software-lifecycle &&
(cd "$out" && zip -qr - software-lifecycle) > software-lifecycle.zip &&
rm -rf "$tmp" "$out"In Claude, open Customize > Skills, select +, then + Create skill > Upload a skill, and choose software-lifecycle.zip.
On Free, Pro and Max plans, turn on Code execution and file creation (Create and edit files in newer settings) under Settings > Capabilities.
Pinned to commit c7ee9e9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
mkdir .agents/skills/software-lifecycle &&
cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/. .agents/skills/software-lifecycle/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"Codex picks up new skills on its own; restart it if this one does not appear.
Pinned to commit c7ee9e9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
mkdir -p .cursor/skills &&
mkdir .cursor/skills/software-lifecycle &&
cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/. .cursor/skills/software-lifecycle/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"Pinned to commit c7ee9e9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
mkdir -p .github/skills &&
mkdir .github/skills/software-lifecycle &&
cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/. .github/skills/software-lifecycle/ &&
rm -rf "$tmp"In a running Copilot CLI session, run /skills reload.
Or install it with gh skill, which also installs the commit we checked. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90 or later.
gh skill install inkeep/open-knowledge packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/SKILL.md@c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 --agent github-copilot --scope projectPinned to commit c7ee9e9, the one we checked.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
mkdir -p .gemini/skills &&
mkdir .gemini/skills/software-lifecycle &&
cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/. .gemini/skills/software-lifecycle/ &&
rm -rf "$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/inkeep/open-knowledge.git --path packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle --scope workspacePinned to commit c7ee9e9, the one we checked.
Codex, Cursor, Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Goose, Amp and Zed all read .agents/skills; Claude Code and Kiro list only their own folders.
From your project's root folder:
tmp="$(mktemp -d)" &&
git clone -q --depth 1 --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge.git "$tmp" &&
git -C "$tmp" fetch -q --depth 1 origin c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
git -C "$tmp" sparse-checkout set -- packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle &&
git -C "$tmp" checkout -q c7ee9e9dcc2d0922fddf60e53d3540119332e682 &&
mkdir -p .agents/skills &&
mkdir .agents/skills/software-lifecycle &&
cp -R "$tmp"/packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/. .agents/skills/software-lifecycle/ &&
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 inkeep/open-knowledge --skill software-lifecycleWhat it can touch
From the files and frontmatter at commit c7ee9e9. This is how much a skill can do, not whether it is risky.
What it can touch: Scripts or outside hosts
Names web addresses
It mentions outside web addresses the agent may visit. We list them but don't follow them.
Pattern check
Pattern check: nothing flagged · commit c7ee9e9 · 27 Oct 2026
We checked every text file in this skill, at commit c7ee9e9 on 27 Oct 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.
How the check worksReport an incorrect finding
Outside links we did not follow
- https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge-skills
- https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json
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
The open format from agentskills.io, held to what the strictest agents enforce, so one folder loads everywhere.
- 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.
- Note
- Claude CodePasses
Claude apps & API uploadPasses
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.
- Note
The description is 609 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
- OpenAI (Codex & API)Passes
- VS Code & CopilotPasses
SKILL.md
We only show SKILL.md text here when its licence clearly allows it.
Read SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)Files
2 files
| Path | Size |
|---|---|
| SKILL.md (opens in a new tab) | 4.7 KB |
| plugin.json (opens in a new tab) | 346 B |
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