skills
skills is Summary Some Codex models fork the parent conversation when they spawn a subagent. The fork inherits the parent's context window, which throws away the reason for using a subagent: a clean cont.... It is ranked #266 on the AI Radar, in AI coding agents, first seen 51 days ago and shared in 13 posts (526k views).
Start subagents with a fresh context window, not a fork by mattpocock · Pull Request #1341 · mattpocock/skills · GitHub Skip to content Navigation Menu Sign in Search / Sign in Sign up Appearance settings You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You signed out in another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. You switched accounts on another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session. Dismiss alert {{ message }} Repository navigation Start subagents with a fresh context window, not a fork - # 1341 # 1341 Merged mattpocock merged 3 commits into main mattpocock/skills:main from…
What people said about skills on X
Just shipped an important skill fix for Codex users. Codex was biasing most of its subagents to inherit its context window from the parent agent. I.e. forking it. This has a big negative impact on a lot of my skills, that rely on a clean context window (for code review, implement-spec etc) So, a fix:…
— @mattpocockuk, 8 days ago · 871 likes · see the post
this is all f*cking free the 9 most-starred Claude Code setups on GitHub have 1,877,443 stars between them, and each one fixes a different bad habit of your agent find your agent's worst habit, then grab the fix: it starts coding before anyone agreed on a plan superpowers, 305,441 stars - brainstorm, plan, tests and…
— @Mr_Buzzoni, 10 days ago · 150 likes · see the post
Matt Pocock released a free collection of skills that help Claude Code and Codex plan, debug, test and review code properly. Get started in 3 steps: 1. Install: Run npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills 2. Set Up: Run /setup-matt-pocock-skills 3. Build: Use the skills to plan, test and review your next project Less…
— @RoundtableSpace, 7 h ago · 54 likes · see the post
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skills in numbers
- Rank on the AI Radar: #266 of 10389
- Shared in 13 posts by 7 accounts: @mattpocockuk, @Mr_Buzzoni, @RoundtableSpace, @KakaluoteW45042
- 526k views on those posts
- First seen 51 days ago, last shared 7 h ago
- Pricing seen by AGK Intelligence: open source
- Market: AI coding agents
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What is skills?
Summary Some Codex models fork the parent conversation when they spawn a subagent. The fork inherits the parent's context window, which throws away the reason for using a subagent: a clean cont... It was first shared on X 51 days ago and is ranked #266 on the AI Radar.
Is skills free?
It is open source.
Who shared skills?
7 accounts on X, including @mattpocockuk, @Mr_Buzzoni, @RoundtableSpace, in 13 posts totalling 526k views.
Every post is read and classified by AGK Intelligence: what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 65.7k posts from 5k X accounts over the last 14 days, 10.4k tools, 19 markets. New posts are collected several times an hour and the full ranking is recomputed every hour — last update 2026-11-06 13:30 UTC. Full method.