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Reference Skillpack Explainer

Explains how third-party gbrain skillpacks are structured and scored by the doctor tool

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Repository
garrytan/gbrain
Stars
31,447
Licence
MIT
Files
1 file

What it does

This skill teaches the agent to answer questions about how third-party gbrain skillpacks are built. When someone asks what a skillpack is or how to author one, the agent explains the four standard artifacts (manifest, skill instructions, bootstrap runbook, changelog), the ten quality checks the gbrain doctor tool applies, and the tiers a pack can earn. It can also point users to live registry commands for more detail.

Great for

  • Developers who want to write a gbrain skillpack and need the contract explained
  • Maintainers reviewing whether a third-party pack meets the publishing checklist

Skip it if

  • People looking for a general-purpose capability; it only explains the gbrain skillpack format and does not perform the work it describes (reason: its scope is narrow documentation)
  • Users without gbrain installed, since the commands it mentions only work with that tool (reason: the referenced commands depend on gbrain)

Try asking

  • “What is the reference skillpack?”
  • “Explain the skillpack contract to me”
  • “How do third-party skillpacks work?”
  • “What's a 10/10 skillpack?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Reference Skillpack ExplainerInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    reference-pack.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip reference-pack.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip reference-pack.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Ask a specific question, such as which dimensions are core versus badges, to get a focused answer.
  • Run gbrain skillpack doctor on your own pack directory to see exactly which checks pass and the suggested fixes.
  • Treat this file as a template: its tree layout shows how to structure a new pack.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from garrytan/gbrain under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.