cue-ai 0.4.1 → 0.6.0

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  1. package/README.md +926 -62
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  3. package/profiles/README.md +12 -12
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  32. package/profiles/trendradar/profile.yaml +11 -0
  33. package/profiles/video/profile.yaml +10 -0
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  35. package/resources/mcps/configs/claude.sanitized.json +55 -0
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+ "alternateName": "cue-ai",
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+ "applicationCategory": "DeveloperApplication",
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+ "operatingSystem": "Linux, macOS, Windows (WSL2)",
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+ "description": "Open-source agent profile manager and skill package manager for Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Cline, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Roo Code, Sourcegraph Amp, and Aider. Discover Claude Code skills on GitHub, install them per-directory, organize into reusable profiles, cut per-message token cost 10–25×.",
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- # cue — Agent Profile Manager for Claude Code, Codex & 8 more
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+ # cue — Discover, install, and organize AI agent skills in one command
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+ > There are thousands of skills, MCPs, and plugins for your AI coding agent — scattered across GitHub, buried in repos, impossible to find. **cue gives you a search engine, a package manager, and a profile system in one CLI.**
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+ **Works with:** [![Claude Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Claude_Code-cc785c?style=flat-square&logo=anthropic&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code) [![Codex](https://img.shields.io/badge/Codex-000000?style=flat-square&logo=openai&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/openai/codex) [![Cursor](https://img.shields.io/badge/Cursor-000000?style=flat-square&logo=cursor&logoColor=white)](https://cursor.sh) [![Cline](https://img.shields.io/badge/Cline-5A45FF?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/cline/cline) [![Gemini](https://img.shields.io/badge/Gemini-4285F4?style=flat-square&logo=google&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli) [![Copilot](https://img.shields.io/badge/Copilot-000000?style=flat-square&logo=github&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/features/copilot) [![Windsurf](https://img.shields.io/badge/Windsurf-06B6D4?style=flat-square)](https://windsurf.com) [![Roo Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Roo_Code-7C3AED?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/RooVetGit/Roo-Code) [![Amp](https://img.shields.io/badge/Amp-FF4500?style=flat-square&logo=sourcegraph&logoColor=white)](https://sourcegraph.com/amp) [![Aider](https://img.shields.io/badge/Aider-14B8A6?style=flat-square)](https://aider.chat) &nbsp;→&nbsp; [full matrix ↓](#agents-cue-supports)
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+ **cue is an open-source agent profile manager and skill package manager for Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Cline, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, and 4 other AI coding agents.** It lets you discover Claude Code skills on GitHub, install them per-directory, organize them into reusable profiles, and reduce per-message token cost by 10–25×. cue treats a profile not as a static toolbox but as a composable **expert agent** with persona, playbooks, quality gates, structural evals, and a data-driven failure-loop. Built with Bun, distributed as `cue-ai` on npm, MIT-licensed.
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+ - **Run the same agent loadout across Cursor / Cline / Gemini / Copilot** — one `profile.yaml` materializes into each agent's native format
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- > **No GIF yet?** Generate it with [`vhs`](https://github.com/charmbracelet/vhs): `vhs docs/demo.tape` → writes `docs/assets/demo.gif`.
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+ ### Then organize with profiles
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+ Once you've installed a few skills, **profiles** keep each project lean — only the skills that repo actually needs:
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+ ```bash
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+ cue use marketing # marketing repo gets marketing skills only
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+ claude # boots with just that profile's loadout
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+ ```
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+ Profiles cut token cost by 10–25× (from ~$2.70/session to ~$0.12) because your agent stops drowning in 1,900 irrelevant tool descriptions. Discovery gets you started; profiles make it scale.
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  <summary>📑 <b>Table of contents</b></summary>
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+ - [Daily commands](#-daily-commands)
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+ - [Before & After — token cost](#-before--after--token-cost)
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  - [Why a profile manager at all?](#why-a-profile-manager-at-all)
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+ - [Skills are not just prompts](#skills-are-not-just-prompts)
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+ - [Profiles as expert agents, not toolboxes](#profiles-as-expert-agents-not-toolboxes)
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+ - [System CLI installer](#-system-cli-installer)
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+ - [Discover + outreach](#-discover--outreach)
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+ - [Quality control: SKILL.md linter + GitHub Action](#-quality-control-skillmd-linter--github-action)
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  - [How cue compares](#how-cue-compares)
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  - [How it works](#how-it-works)
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  - [Agents cue supports](#agents-cue-supports)
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  - [`cue optimizer` — see every loadout at a glance](#cue-optimizer--see-every-loadout-at-a-glance)
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- - [The 16-profile catalog](#the-16-profile-catalog)
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+ - [The 23-profile catalog](#the-23-profile-catalog)
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+ - [Create your own profile in 30 seconds](#️-create-your-own-profile-in-30-seconds)
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+ - [`cue share` — community profiles](#-cue-share--community-profiles)
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  - [What ships with each profile](#what-ships-with-each-profile-the-lean-stack)
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  - [FAQ](#faq)
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  - [Built with / built on](#built-with--built-on)
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+ ## 🧠 Daily commands
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+ The ones you'll actually type, grouped by what they do:
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+ ```bash
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+ # Pick a profile
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+ cue use <profile> # switch profile for this directory
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+ cue list # see all available profiles
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+ cue optimizer # audit: skills, MCPs, CLIs, usage per profile
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+ # Measure
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+ cue eval [profile] [--breakdown] # honest token cost — per-message vs on-demand
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+ cue eval --compare a b # side-by-side delta
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+ cue eval --all # rank every profile by per-msg cost
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+ cue debug [profile] # trace why skills/MCPs aren't loading
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+ # System dependencies
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+ cue cli list [profile] # which CLIs does this profile's skills need?
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+ cue cli install --all [profile] --yes # apt/brew/snap/pipx/npm — install everything missing
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+ # Quality + discovery
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+ cue lint-skill <path> [--fix] # validate SKILL.md against R001-R008 spec
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+ cue marketplace discover --cli-aware # find skill repos on GitHub, score them, map to profiles
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+ cue marketplace open-pr <repo> # post a quality-fix PR (safe-by-default dry-run)
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+ cue discover --export <dir> --site --html # publish per-profile SEO pages with JSON-LD
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+ # Feedback loop
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+ cue eval-behavior [profile] # does this profile have what its scenarios need?
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+ cue failures [--days 7] # what patterns broke this week?
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+ cue failures --propose [profile] # ask Claude to draft profile improvements
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+ # Skill management
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+ cue skills add <github-url> # install a skill from GitHub into a profile
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+ cue doctor --fix # diff declared vs actual state, auto-repair
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+ ```
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+ Run `cue --help` for the full surface — there are ~50 subcommands. The set above covers everything you'll touch weekly.
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+ <!-- HowTo schema — daily commands as a structured 5-step workflow
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+ <script type="application/ld+json">
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+ {
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+ "@context": "https://schema.org",
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+ "@type": "HowTo",
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+ "name": "How to manage Claude Code skills with cue",
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+ "description": "Pick a profile, measure its token cost, install missing CLIs, find more skills on GitHub, and use a failure-feedback loop to improve over time.",
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+ "totalTime": "PT5M",
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+ "tool": [{ "@type": "HowToTool", "name": "cue CLI (npm install -g cue-ai)" }],
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+ "step": [
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+ { "@type": "HowToStep", "name": "Pick a profile", "text": "Run `cue use <profile>` in your project directory. Writes .cue-profile, scopes future Claude Code sessions to that profile's skills/MCPs/plugins." },
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+ { "@type": "HowToStep", "name": "Measure cost", "text": "Run `cue eval --breakdown` to see per-message tokens (what every turn pays) vs on-demand tokens (lazy bodies). The total cost is much lower than naïve counting suggests." },
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+ { "@type": "HowToStep", "name": "Install system CLIs", "text": "Run `cue cli install --all --yes` to install every system CLI the profile's skills declare in their frontmatter — via apt, brew, snap, pipx, or npm depending on OS." },
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+ { "@type": "HowToStep", "name": "Discover more skills", "text": "Run `cue marketplace discover --cli-aware` to search GitHub Code Search for skill repos, score them, map to your profiles, and annotate with which CLIs you have." },
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+ { "@type": "HowToStep", "name": "Close the feedback loop", "text": "Run `cue failures --propose` periodically — cue scans recent session failures and asks Claude to draft concrete profile improvements." }
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+ ]
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+ }
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+ </script>
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+ -->
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+ ---
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+ ## 📊 Before & After — token cost
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+ > **TL;DR** — loading everything costs you tokens on every single message. cue cuts context size by 10–25×.
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+ | Scenario | Context loaded | Tokens per session | Cost (Sonnet) |
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+ |---|---|---|---|
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+ | **Without cue** — all 1,927 skills + 15 MCPs | ~180k tokens | ~$2.70/session | 😱 |
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+ | **With cue** — `backend` profile (12 skills, 2 MCPs) | ~8k tokens | ~$0.12/session | ✅ |
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+ | **With cue** — `caveman-quick` (3 skills, 0 MCPs) | ~2k tokens | ~$0.03/session | 🚀 |
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+ That's **22× fewer tokens** for a typical backend session. Over a day of 20 sessions, you save ~$50 in raw API cost — or equivalently, your model picks the right tool on the first try because it's not drowning in 1,900 irrelevant skill descriptions.
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+ ```bash
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+ cue cost # see token budget for your active profile
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+ cue cost --profile full # compare against the "everything" baseline
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+ ```
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+
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+ ---
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+
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  ## Why a profile manager at all?
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  - **Materialized, hash-short-circuited.** Each launch rebuilds the runtime only when the resolved profile actually changed. Cold-start cost is a `stat()` + sha256 compare.
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+ ### Profile inheritance
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+ Profiles compose via single-parent inheritance. Each child adds or overrides what it needs:
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+ <p align="center">
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+ <img src="docs/assets/profile-inheritance.svg" alt="Profile inheritance: core inherits to backend, frontend, marketing; backend extends to medusa-dev" width="800">
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+ </p>
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+ Child profiles inherit all skills, MCPs, and plugins from their parent. Override or extend — never duplicate.
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+ ---
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+ ## Skills are not just prompts
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+ > **TL;DR** — a cue skill isn't a markdown file the model reads and forgets. It's a **wired capability** — a skill declares which CLIs it needs, which MCP tools it calls, and cue ensures all three layers (skill + MCP + CLI) are present and connected before the session starts.
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+ Most "skill" tools stop at prompt injection: paste markdown into the context window and hope the model follows it. That works for style guides. It doesn't work for *doing things*.
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+ A real capability has three layers:
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+ | Layer | What it does | Example |
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+ | **Skill** (the instruction) | Tells the model *when* and *how* to act | "When user says 'analyze video', extract frames at 1 fps…" |
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+ | **MCP server** (the tool + context) | Gives the model callable functions *and* domain knowledge — tools for action, resources/prompts for expertise | `video_watch`, `gbrain__put_page`, `reddit__search_reddit` |
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+ | **CLI** (the runtime) | The binary the MCP or skill shells out to | `ffmpeg`, `yt-dlp`, `whisper-cpp`, `uv` |
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+ **Without cue**, you install these independently and pray they line up. A skill references an MCP that isn't running. An MCP calls a CLI that isn't installed. The model hallucinates a tool name because 40 other MCPs are polluting the namespace.
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+ **With cue**, a profile declares all three as a unit:
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+ ```yaml
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+ # profiles/video/profile.yaml
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+ skills:
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+ plugins:
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+ - claude-video-vision@jordanrendric # ← registers video_watch MCP
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+ mcps: [] # ← inherited gbrain from core
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+ ```
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+ `cue optimizer` then verifies the full stack:
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+ ```
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+ ✅ ffmpeg installed (/usr/bin/ffmpeg)
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+ ✅ yt-dlp installed (~/.local/bin/yt-dlp)
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+ ❌ whisper-cpp missing → brew install whisper-cpp
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+ ✅ MCP: video_watch (claude-video-vision plugin)
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+ ✅ MCP: gbrain (inherited from core)
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+ ```
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+ **The result:** when the model receives a skill, it's not reading a suggestion — it's reading a contract backed by tools that are actually there. Skills become reliable capabilities, not hopeful prompts.
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+ ---
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+ ## Profiles as expert agents, not toolboxes
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+ > **TL;DR** — a cue profile isn't just *which tools are loaded* anymore. It declares **persona** (who the agent is), **playbooks** (proven step-by-step protocols), **quality gates** (Stop-hook validators that veto "done"), **evals** (structural fitness checks), and **failures** (data-driven improvement loop). Five dimensions of agent expertise, composable per profile, all in one `profile.yaml`.
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+ A "highly skilled agent" doesn't just have tools — it has *character*. It follows protocols instead of improvising. It refuses to claim done until quality checks pass. It learns from past failures. cue now models all five of these.
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+ ```mermaid
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+ A[Tools loaded<br/>Toolbox] -->|+ persona| B[Defined<br/>character]
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+ B -->|+ playbooks| C[Proven<br/>protocols]
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+ C -->|+ quality gates| D[Veto&nbsp;'done'<br/>until validated]
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+ D -->|+ evals| E[Structural<br/>fitness score]
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+ E -->|+ failure loop| F[Self-improving<br/>expert agent]
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+ style F fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#16a34a,color:#166534
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+ ```
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+ > Phase 1 → 5 is **additive and opt-in**. A profile that declares only skills still works exactly as before. Add `persona:` when you want character, `playbooks:` when you want repeatable protocols, etc. Each layer compounds.
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+ ```yaml
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+ # profile.yaml — full anatomy of an expert agent profile
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+ name: backend
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+ inherits: core
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+ persona: | # who this agent IS
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+ You're a senior backend engineer. You default to safety. You write
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+ skills: { local: [api/express, db/postgres-migrations, …] }
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+ mcps: [gbrain, claude-mem]
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+ rules: [common/security, typescript/patterns] # standards loaded into CLAUDE.md
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+ commands: [code-review, checkpoint, /cost-report] # slash commands
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+ hooks: [secrets-guard, commit-message-guard] # PreToolUse/Stop guards
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+ playbooks: # proven step-by-step protocols
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+ - ship-feature # triggered when the user asks to ship X
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+ - triage-bug # triggered when something's broken
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+ qualityGates: # vetoes Stop if work isn't actually done
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+ - tests-pass # `bun test` / `pytest` / `cargo test`
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+ evals: # structural fitness checks
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+ - feature-shipping
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+ - bug-triage
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+ ```
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+ ### The 5 dimensions
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+ | Field | Phase | What it does | Example |
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+ | `persona:` | 1 | Multi-line role priming injected at top of CLAUDE.md as `## Your Expertise` | "You're a senior Rust engineer. You default to safety. You write tests first. You never panic in library code." |
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+ | `playbooks:` | 2 | Symlinks proven step-by-step protocols into the runtime; indexed in CLAUDE.md so the model consults them when the matching task type comes up | `ship-feature.md`, `triage-bug.md` |
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+ | `qualityGates:` | 3 | Stop-hook validators that veto "done" if the work doesn't actually meet the bar | `tests-pass.sh` auto-detects bun/npm/pytest/cargo/go, fails Stop if tests broke |
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+ | `evals:` | 4 | Scenario refs declaring "for task X, profile should have skills A,B + commands C". `cue eval-behavior` scores structural fitness, no LLM needed | `feature-shipping.md`, `bug-triage.md` |
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+ | (failure loop) | 5 | `cue failures` scans `~/.config/cue/session-log.jsonl` + recent transcripts for failure markers. `--propose` asks Claude to draft profile fixes from real failure data | "53 test failures, 9 tool errors → add `meta/doctor` skill, tighten persona rule about Read-before-Edit" |
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+ ### See it work
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+ ```bash
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+ # core PASS 2/2
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+ # ✓ feature-shipping (3/4)
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+ # ✓ bug-triage (3/4)
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+ cue failures --days 7
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+ # ecc 58 hits
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+ # · 53 × Tests failed
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+ # · 5 × Tool errored
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+ cue failures --propose ecc
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+ # 📝 Asking Claude to draft profile improvements for "ecc"... ✓ (119s)
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+ # Proposal written to: ~/.config/cue/proposals/ecc-2026-05-24-17-08-25.md
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+ # Proposal 1: Wire the tests-pass quality gate
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+ # Proposal 2: Tighten persona with a Read-before-Edit/Write rule
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+ # Proposal 3: Add meta/doctor skill
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+ ```
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+
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+ **Why this matters:** giving an agent more tools makes it bigger. Giving it a persona + playbook + quality gate makes it *better at one thing*. cue is the first profile system that treats expertise as a composable dimension, not a hope.
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+ Each piece is **opt-in and additive** — profiles without these fields keep working exactly as before. Add them when you want to specialize.
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 📦 System CLI installer
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+ > **TL;DR** — `cue cli list` shows what system CLIs your profile's skills need (extracted from `allowed-tools:` frontmatter and `## Prerequisites` sections). `cue cli install --all --yes` installs everything missing via the right package manager per OS (apt, brew, dnf, pacman, snap, pipx, npm, scripts).
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+ Skills declare CLI dependencies in their frontmatter. cue collects them across the profile, checks `which` for each, and installs the missing ones via a per-tool recipe registry (`resources/cli-recipes.json`).
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+ ```bash
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+ cue cli list cybersecurity
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+ # cybersecurity — 74 CLIs · ✅ 38 installed · ❌ 36 missing
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+ # ✗ nmap 1 skills → apt
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+ # ✗ helm 7 skills → snap (Default Ubuntu apt has no helm)
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+ # ✗ ghidra 14 skills manual (Java app, no package)
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+ # ✗ shodan 18 skills → pipx (set API key: shodan init <key>)
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+ cue cli list --all-profiles --missing-only # cross-profile demand: what's needed where
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+ ```
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+ **Recipe registry** (`resources/cli-recipes.json`) covers ~50 common CLIs with per-platform install commands. Auto-detects:
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+ - **Linux:** apt → dnf → pacman → snap (in priority order)
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+ - **macOS:** brew
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+ - **Windows:** winget
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+ - **Cross-platform:** prefers `pipx` (isolated) over `pip` for Python CLI tools, falls back to `pip3` then `python3 -m pip`
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+ For tools that aren't in any package manager (`ghidra`, `metasploit`, `splunk`, `gcloud`), cue prints the manual install URL instead of pretending it can help.
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## 🌐 Discover + outreach
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+
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+ > **TL;DR** — `cue marketplace discover` uses GitHub Code Search for `filename:SKILL.md` to find real skill repos (not awesome-lists matching on keywords). Each repo is scored, mapped to your cue profiles by keyword overlap, and annotated with which CLIs it needs (and whether you have them). Optionally publish to your own GitHub Pages with per-profile SEO pages + JSON-LD schema for AI search engine citation.
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+ ```mermaid
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+ flowchart TD
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+ A[gh search code<br/>filename:SKILL.md] --> B[~100 raw file matches]
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+ B --> C[Dedupe by repo<br/>count SKILL.md files]
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+ C --> D[Enrich stars<br/>concurrent gh api]
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+ D --> E[Sort: skill count desc,<br/>stars desc]
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+ E --> F[For each repo:<br/>fetch SKILL.md bodies]
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+ F --> G[Extract CLIs +<br/>keywords + descriptions]
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+ G --> H[Map keywords to<br/>cue profiles by overlap]
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+ H --> I{Output mode}
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+ I -->|--cli-aware| J[Terminal table<br/>fits + ✓/⚠ CLI status]
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+ I -->|--site --html| K[Per-profile MD + HTML<br/>w/ JSON-LD schema]
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+ I -->|--pr-preview| L[PR title + body<br/>read-only preview]
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+ I -->|open-pr --post --yes| M[Throttle check →<br/>opt-out fetch →<br/>fork → branch → PR]
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+ style A fill:#dbeafe,stroke:#3b82f6,color:#1e3a8a
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+ style M fill:#fee2e2,stroke:#dc2626,color:#7f1d1d
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+ style K fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#16a34a,color:#166534
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Find skills that didn't reach the front page
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ cue marketplace discover --cli-aware --limit 30
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+ # 30 repos with SKILL.md files (sorted by skill count, then stars)
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+ #
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+ # 13 skills 334 ★ majiayu000/claude-skill-registry → video, creative-media
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+ # ✓ no new installs (1 CLIs)
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+ # 5 skills 2237 ★ jeremylongshore/cc-plugins-plus-skills → backend, fleet-control
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+ # ⚠ 2/3 missing: gcloud, vault
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+ # 1 skill 352 ★ CTCT-CT2/openclaw-security-watchdog → cybersecurity, backend
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+ ```
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+
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+ Sorted by **skill density** (repos with many SKILL.md files rank higher than viral but unrelated repos). Each row shows: install status, skill count, stars, repo, best-fit cue profiles, keywords from frontmatter, CLI requirements.
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+
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+ ### Publish per-profile pages for SEO + GEO
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ # ✅ Exported 50 gems → 28 files under docs/discovered/
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+ # index: docs/discovered/index.md (+ .html with JSON-LD)
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+ # per-profile pages: 13 (+ HTML)
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+ ```
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+ Each per-profile page (`cybersecurity.md`, `marketing.md`, etc.) is a static page targeting long-tail queries like *"Claude Code skills for cybersecurity"*. HTML output ships **JSON-LD Schema.org markup** (ItemList + SoftwareApplication entries) so AI search engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews — can cite individual repos by name.
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+ A nightly GitHub Action (`.github/workflows/discover-publish.yml`) refreshes the pages and deploys them to GitHub Pages. Discovered repos get a backlink; cue gets indexed for the long-tail query; AI assistants get a structured source to cite.
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+ ### Open meaningful PRs (safely)
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+ When `cue marketplace discover --cli-aware --pr-preview <repo>` shows a skill repo with fixable spec issues, you can open a real PR:
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+ ```bash
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+ cue marketplace open-pr owner/repo # dry-run by default
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+ cue marketplace open-pr owner/repo --post --yes # actually post
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+ cue marketplace cleanup-forks --dry-run # delete cue's forks once PRs merge/close
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+ ```
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+ Built-in safety:
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+ - **Throttle DB** at `~/.cache/cue/pr-opened.json` — never PR the same repo within 90 days
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+ - **Opt-out marker** — repos with `<!-- cue: ignore -->` in README are skipped permanently
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+ - **Opt-in mode** (`--opt-in-only`) — flip the consent model to require `<!-- cue: ok -->`
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+ - **Daily cap** — hard 25 PRs/day to stay under GitHub's spam-flag threshold
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+ - **Confirmation flow** — interactive `[y/N]` prompt unless `--yes`
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+ - **Branch naming** — `cue/skill-md-fixes-<date>-<content-hash>` (no silent overwrites)
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+ - **PR title** names the actual fixes ("fix `allowed-tools` syntax + add Prerequisites"), not generic recognition
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+ - **Inline diff** in PR body so maintainers review without clicking through
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+ The PR contributes a real code change (spec-compliance fixes via the lint engine), not a badge or marketing.
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+ ---
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+ ## 🔍 Quality control: SKILL.md linter + GitHub Action
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+ > **TL;DR** — `cue lint-skill` runs 8 spec-compliance rules against any SKILL.md. Auto-fixable rules (R001 missing `name:`, R005 malformed `allowed-tools:`, R006 missing `## Prerequisites`) get a `--fix` flag. The same engine powers `cue marketplace open-pr` for outbound contributions, and a drop-in GitHub Action lets skill authors run it in their own CI without installing cue.
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+ ### Run locally on your own skills
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+ ```bash
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+ cue lint-skill resources/skills/skills/meta/acpx/SKILL.md
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+ # ✓ Frontmatter has name, description, tags
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+ # ⚠ R004: description has no trigger phrase
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+ cue lint-skill resources/skills/ --fix # recursive; writes corrections back
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+ ```
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+ | Rule | Severity | Auto-fix |
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+ | R001 missing `name:` | error | ✅ derived from first H1 |
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+ | R002 missing `description:` | error | — (needs judgment) |
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+ | R003 description >200 chars | warning | — |
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+ | R004 description lacks trigger phrase | warning | — |
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+ | R005 malformed `allowed-tools:` syntax | error | ✅ wraps as `Bash(name:*)` |
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+ | R006 missing `## Prerequisites` | warning | ✅ generates section with **per-platform install commands** from `cli-recipes.json` |
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+ | R007 missing `tags:` / `domain:` | info | — |
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+ | R008 broken in-doc anchor links | warning | — |
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+ ### Drop-in GitHub Action for skill authors
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+ Authors can adopt cue's linter in their own repo's CI **without installing cue at all**:
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+ ```yaml
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+ # .github/workflows/lint-skill-md.yml
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+ on: [pull_request]
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+ jobs:
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+ lint:
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+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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+ steps:
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+ - uses: actions/checkout@v4
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+ - uses: opencue/cue/skill-md-lint-action@main
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+ with:
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+ fix: false # set true to auto-commit fixes
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+ fail-on: error # error | warning | info
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+ comment-pr: true # report findings as a PR comment
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+ ```
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+ Every PR gets a lint report comment. This is the strategy shift from "we PR you" to "you pull us in" — authors get value by adopting the action, cue gets indexed without sending unsolicited PRs.
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  ## How cue compares
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- > **TL;DR** — `claude-code-switcher` swaps MCPs only; `skillport` / `skillshub` / `agent-skills-cli` / `agent-skill-manager` / `add-skills` deliver skills only; Kiro Powers is IDE-locked. **cue is the only tool that composes skills + MCPs + plugins together, per-directory, with inheritance and materialized isolation.**
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+ > **TL;DR** — `claude-code-switcher` swaps MCPs only; `skillport` / `skillshub` / `agent-skills-cli` / `agent-skill-manager` / `add-skills` deliver skills only; Kiro Powers is IDE-locked. **cue is the only tool that composes skills + MCPs + plugins + rules + commands + hooks + persona + playbooks + quality gates + evals together, per-directory, with inheritance and a failure-feedback loop.**
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564
+ ### 5 things only cue does
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+
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+ | What | Why it matters |
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+ |---|---|
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+ | 🏗️ **5-dimension expert agents** — persona + playbooks + quality gates + evals + failure loop | Treats agent expertise as a composable system, not just "more tools loaded" |
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+ | 📦 **Per-OS CLI dependency installer** with auto-detected package manager | Skills declare CLIs; cue installs them via apt/brew/snap/pipx in one command |
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+ | 🔍 **GitHub Code Search–powered discovery** with profile-fit mapping | Finds repos that demonstrably contain SKILL.md, scored + categorized |
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+ | 🤖 **LLM-drafted profile improvements** from failure data | `cue failures --propose` reads recent session failures, asks Claude to draft concrete profile fixes |
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+ | 🌐 **Per-profile SEO/GEO publishing** with JSON-LD Schema.org | Nightly Action publishes discovered skills as a GitHub Pages site that AI search engines can cite |
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  1. **`.cue-profile` per-directory pinning** — `cd` into a repo, the right loadout loads automatically.
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  2. **Materialized isolation** — builds a real `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` per profile, not just a config swap.
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  3. **Hash-cached rebuilds** — content-addressed sha256 check, <5 ms when unchanged.
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- 4. **Three dimensions as one unit** — skills + MCPs + plugins composed together. Others manage one at a time.
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- 5. **Inheritance with merge semantics** — `core → backend → medusa-dev` chains; child overrides parent cleanly.
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+ 4. **Five dimensions as one unit** — skills + MCPs + plugins **+ rules + commands + hooks + persona + playbooks + quality gates + evals** composed together. Others manage one at a time.
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+ 5. **Inheritance with merge semantics** — `core → backend → medusa-dev` chains; child overrides parent cleanly. Persona is leaf-wins; everything else dedupes.
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  6. **Shim-based interception** — type `claude` like always. The right environment just shows up.
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  7. **No daemon** — pure CLI, no background process, nothing to monitor.
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  8. **`cue optimizer` dashboard** — visual audit of every profile's loadout, install status, and per-skill usage scanned from your actual session transcripts.
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+ 9. **Failure feedback loop** — `cue failures --propose` reads recent failure markers + asks Claude to draft profile improvements. Closes the learning loop without LLM-eval infrastructure.
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+ 10. **Discovery + outreach engine** — `cue marketplace discover --cli-aware` finds skill repos via GitHub Code Search, scores them, maps to your profiles, optionally posts meaningful PRs with full throttle/opt-out safety.
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  2. **Materialize** — cue builds `~/.config/cue/runtime/<profile>/{claude,codex}/` with a content-addressed hash check. If the profile hasn't changed, this is a no-op.
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+ ```mermaid
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+ sequenceDiagram
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+ participant U as You<br/>(type `claude`)
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+ participant S as ~/.local/bin<br/>shim
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+ participant R as cue<br/>resolver
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+ participant M as cue<br/>materializer
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+ participant C as Real<br/>claude binary
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+
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+ U->>S: claude
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+ S->>R: cue launch claude
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+ R->>R: Walk up for .cue-profile<br/>or pick from TUI
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+ R->>M: Profile resolved
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+ M->>M: sha256(skills+mcps+plugins+...)
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+ alt Hash matches existing runtime
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+ M-->>C: exec — &lt;5 ms
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+ else Hash differs — rebuild
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+ M->>M: Symlink skills, write CLAUDE.md,<br/>merge hooks into settings.json
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+ M-->>C: exec — 50-200 ms
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+ end
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+ C->>U: Real Claude Code session<br/>w/ scoped CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR
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+ ```
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- ## The 16-profile catalog
207
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208
- > **TL;DR** — 16 profiles ship with cue: `core`, `backend`, `frontend`, `marketing`, `medusa-dev`, `cybersecurity`, `nvidia`, `creative-media`, `docs-writer`, `caveman-quick`, `coolify`, `hostinger`, `fleet-control`, `readme-writer`, `full`, plus the per-OS `setup` profile. Switch with `cue use <name>`.
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729
+ <img src="./docs/assets/profiles-grid.svg" alt="The profiles shipped with cue" width="820">
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213
731
 
214
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215
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+ <!-- AUTOGEN:PROFILES:START -->
733
+ ## 🎯 The 35-profile catalog
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217
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218
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219
- | `core` | Baseline shared by every profile — claude-mem, caveman, RTK, gbrain. |
220
- | `backend` | APIs, webhooks, security review, CI, packaging, databases. |
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- | `frontend` | UI implementation, redesign, screenshots, browser testing. |
222
- | `marketing` | Copywriting, SEO, CRO, growth, channels, brand. |
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- | `medusa-dev` | Medusa v2 backend, storefront, admin, migration, shop setup. |
224
- | `cybersecurity` | 754 cybersecurity skills (red/blue team, forensics, DFIR). |
225
- | `nvidia` | NVIDIA cuOpt: routing, LP/MILP, GPU-accelerated optimization. |
226
- | `creative-media` | Image, video, product asset, brand, visual generation. |
227
- | `docs-writer` | Documentation, Markdown, PDF, Obsidian, structured writing. |
228
- | `readme-writer` | Beautiful README design with SVG diagrams. |
229
- | `caveman-quick` | Fast low-context edits, summaries, reviews, notes, commits. |
230
- | `coolify` | Coolify deploys, server config, app env vars, CI. |
231
- | `hostinger` | Hostinger DNS, domain, VPS, hosting management. |
232
- | `fleet-control` | Multi-agent orchestration, Colony coordination, OMX flows. |
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- | `full` | Diagnostic fallback — loads every local skill and MCP. |
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- | `setup` | Per-OS install assistant. |
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+ > **One repo. 35 pre-built expert agents.** Pin one with `cue use <name>` and `claude` launches with that profile's skills, MCPs, hooks, and commands materialized into a per-profile `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR`. Profiles inherit, so a focused profile like `rust-cli` gets `rust-core`'s foundations + `core`'s baselines for free.
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736
 
238
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737
+ <p align="center"><kbd>🐢 core</kbd> <kbd>🐻 backend</kbd> <kbd>🦋 frontend</kbd> <kbd>🦀 rust</kbd> <kbd>🔒 cybersecurity</kbd> <kbd>🦊 medusa-dev</kbd> <kbd>🦚 creative-media</kbd> <kbd>🐆 caveman-quick</kbd></p>
239
738
 
240
739
  ```bash
241
- cue list # show all
740
+ cue list # show everything
741
+ cue auto-detect # suggest the right one for cwd
242
742
  cue use medusa-dev # pin to current directory
243
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743
+ claude # launches with that profile's loadout
244
744
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245
745
 
746
+ ### 🐢 Foundation
747
+
748
+ <sub>What every profile inherits, plus the diagnostic fallback.</sub>
749
+
750
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
751
+ |---|---|---|---|
752
+ | 🐢 **core** | Baseline shared by every cue profile — essentials only | 11 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use core` |
753
+ | 🦄 **full** | Diagnostic fallback profile that loads every local skill and MCP <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 12 skills · 14 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use full` |
754
+
755
+ ### 🐻 Backend & Languages
756
+
757
+ <sub>Language-scoped expert agents for API and systems work.</sub>
758
+
759
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
760
+ |---|---|---|---|
761
+ | 🐻 **backend** | APIs, webhooks, security review, CI, package, database, and deploy work <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 23 skills · 2 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use backend` |
762
+ | 🐍 **python-api** | Python API development — FastAPI, Django, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, pytest <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 12 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use python-api` |
763
+ | 🐹 **go-api** | Go API development — net/http, gin/echo/chi, GORM, migrations, testing <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 13 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use go-api` |
764
+ | 🦀 **rust** | General Rust development — async, serde, tracing, perf, docs, testing, releases <sub>inherits `rust-core`</sub> | 39 skills · 1 MCP · 8 cmds | `cue use rust` |
765
+ | 🦀 **rust-core** | Foundation shared by every rust sub-profile — toolchain essentials, gates, discovery <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 24 skills · 1 MCP · 8 cmds | `cue use rust-core` |
766
+ | ⌨️ **rust-cli** | Rust command-line tools — clap, ratatui TUIs, snapshot testing, cross-platform releases <sub>inherits `rust-core`</sub> | 31 skills · 1 MCP · 8 cmds | `cue use rust-cli` |
767
+ | 🕸️ **rust-web** | Rust web services — axum HTTP APIs, reqwest, sqlx, serde, tracing, container deploys <sub>inherits `rust-core`</sub> | 34 skills · 1 MCP · 8 cmds | `cue use rust-web` |
768
+ | 🔗 **rust-ffi** | Rust foreign-function interface — Python (pyo3), Node (napi-rs), Kotlin/Swift (uniffi), C… <sub>inherits `rust-core`</sub> | 30 skills · 1 MCP · 8 cmds | `cue use rust-ffi` |
769
+ | 🕸️ **rust-wasm** | Rust → WebAssembly — wasm-pack libraries, Trunk/Dioxus SPAs, no_std considerations <sub>inherits `rust-core`</sub> | 28 skills · 1 MCP · 8 cmds | `cue use rust-wasm` |
770
+ | 🎮 **rust-game** | Rust game / simulation development — Bevy ECS, perf profiling, asset pipelines <sub>inherits `rust-core`</sub> | 28 skills · 1 MCP · 8 cmds | `cue use rust-game` |
771
+ | 📟 **rust-embedded** | Rust on microcontrollers — probe-rs, embassy async, no_std patterns, cross-compile to… <sub>inherits `rust-core`</sub> | 28 skills · 1 MCP · 8 cmds | `cue use rust-embedded` |
772
+
773
+ ### 🦋 Frontend & 3D
774
+
775
+ <sub>UI implementation, design, and graphics.</sub>
776
+
777
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
778
+ |---|---|---|---|
779
+ | 🦋 **frontend** | Frontend UI implementation, redesign, screenshots, testing, and visual polish <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 21 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use frontend` |
780
+ | ▲ **nextjs** | Next.js full-stack — App Router, Server Components, API routes, Vercel deploy <sub>inherits `frontend`</sub> | 22 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use nextjs` |
781
+ | 🎲 **threejs** | Three.js 3D development — geometry, materials, shaders, animation, postprocessing, and… <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 11 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use threejs` |
782
+
783
+ ### 🧊 Infra & Ops
784
+
785
+ <sub>Deploy targets and multi-agent orchestration.</sub>
786
+
787
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
788
+ |---|---|---|---|
789
+ | <img src="./profiles/coolify/logo.png" width="20" alt="coolify logo" align="top"> **coolify** | Coolify deploys, server config, app env vars, and CI <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 17 skills · 3 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use coolify` |
790
+ | <img src="./profiles/hostinger/logo.png" width="20" alt="hostinger logo" align="top"> **hostinger** | Hostinger DNS, domain, VPS, and hosting management <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 16 skills · 3 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use hostinger` |
791
+ | 🐺 **fleet-control** | Multi-agent orchestration, Colony coordination, OMX flows, and gx safety <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 23 skills · 3 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use fleet-control` |
792
+
793
+ ### 🔒 Security & Research
794
+
795
+ <sub>Specialized analysis profiles.</sub>
796
+
797
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
798
+ |---|---|---|---|
799
+ | 🔒 **cybersecurity** | Skills from mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills + agentshield (agent config auditor) <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 14 skills · 4 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use cybersecurity` |
800
+ | 🦉 **research** | Source-backed lookup, extraction, keyword, browser, crate, and market research <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 21 skills · 3 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use research` |
801
+
802
+ ### 🎨 Media & Docs
803
+
804
+ <sub>Content, design, writing, and visual generation.</sub>
805
+
806
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
807
+ |---|---|---|---|
808
+ | 🦚 **creative-media** | Image, video, product asset, brand, and visual generation workflows <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 23 skills · 3 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use creative-media` |
809
+ | 🎬 **video** | Video and GIF analysis — frame extraction, audio transcription, and visual understanding via… <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 12 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use video` |
810
+ | 🐝 **docs-writer** | Documentation, Markdown, PDF, Obsidian, and structured writing work <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 19 skills · 3 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use docs-writer` |
811
+ | 🎨 **readme-writer** | Beautiful README design with SVG diagrams — architecture flows, terminal mockups, and… <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 13 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use readme-writer` |
812
+ | 💌 **event-design** | Event collateral design — wedding invitations, save-the-dates, programs, menus, place cards… <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 14 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use event-design` |
813
+
814
+ ### 💰 Growth & Career
815
+
816
+ <sub>Marketing, trends, and career-shaped agents.</sub>
817
+
818
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
819
+ |---|---|---|---|
820
+ | 🦜 **marketing** | Marketing — copywriting, SEO, CRO, growth, channels, brand, awesome-list outreach, X/Twitter… <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 19 skills · 7 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use marketing` |
821
+ | 💰 **affiliate** | Affiliate marketing flywheel — 52 skills across research, content, SEO, landing pages… <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 11 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use affiliate` |
822
+ | 📡 **trendradar** | TrendRadar — news aggregation, trend analysis, AI-powered filtering, and notification… <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 13 skills · 2 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use trendradar` |
823
+ | 💼 **career** | Job hunting, resume optimization, interview prep, salary negotiation, and career development <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 17 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use career` |
824
+
825
+ ### 🦊 Verticals
826
+
827
+ <sub>Domain-specific bundles.</sub>
828
+
829
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
830
+ |---|---|---|---|
831
+ | 🦊 **medusa-dev** | Medusa v2 backend, storefront, admin, migration, and shop setup work <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 23 skills · 3 MCPs · 4 cmds | `cue use medusa-dev` |
832
+ | <img src="./profiles/nvidia/logo.png" width="20" alt="nvidia logo" align="top"> **nvidia** | NVIDIA cuOpt: routing, LP/MILP, GPU-accelerated optimization (12 skills) <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 22 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use nvidia` |
833
+ | 🦅 **ecc** | Everything Claude Code patterns — code review, dev workflow, language-specific rules <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 11 skills · 1 MCP · 7 cmds | `cue use ecc` |
834
+
835
+ ### 🐆 Modes
836
+
837
+ <sub>Operating-mode profiles, not domain bundles.</sub>
838
+
839
+ | Profile | What it's for | Loadout | Pin it |
840
+ |---|---|---|---|
841
+ | 🐆 **caveman-quick** | Fast low-context edits, summaries, reviews, notes, and commit prep <sub>inherits `core`</sub> | 18 skills · 1 MCP · 4 cmds | `cue use caveman-quick` |
842
+
843
+ ### Uncategorized
844
+
845
+ <sub>Profiles not yet in the editorial category map — add them to <code>scripts/gen-profile-catalog.ts</code>.</sub>
846
+
847
+ | Profile | What it's for |
848
+ |---|---|
849
+ | 🔮 **predict-everything** | Multi-agent prediction & simulation — digital sandbox rehearsals, swarm intelligence, "what… |
850
+
851
+ ---
852
+
853
+ **Don't see a fit?** Run `cue auto-detect` in your project for a suggestion, or `cue ai "describe your stack"` to scaffold a new profile from natural language. Canonical machine-readable list: [`docs/data/profiles.md`](./docs/data/profiles.md). Total: **35 profiles** generated by `scripts/gen-profile-catalog.ts`.
854
+
855
+ <!-- AUTOGEN:PROFILES:END -->
856
+
857
+ ---
858
+
859
+ ## 🛠️ Create your own profile in 30 seconds
860
+
861
+ ```bash
862
+ cue new my-stack # scaffold profile.yaml
863
+ ```
864
+
865
+ Edit the generated file:
866
+
867
+ ```yaml
868
+ # profiles/my-stack/profile.yaml
869
+ name: my-stack
870
+ icon: "🔧"
871
+ description: My custom dev environment
872
+ inherits: core # gets claude-mem, caveman, RTK, gbrain
873
+ skills:
874
+ local:
875
+ - review/code-review
876
+ - meta/rtk-context-trim
877
+ mcps:
878
+ - gbrain
879
+ ```
880
+
881
+ Activate it:
882
+
883
+ ```bash
884
+ cue use my-stack # pin to current directory
885
+ cue doctor --fix # verify everything resolves
886
+ claude # launches with your loadout
887
+ ```
888
+
889
+ Want to start from what's already in a project? `cue init` scans your repo and suggests a profile based on detected languages, frameworks, and config files.
890
+
891
+ ---
892
+
893
+ ## 🌐 `cue share` — community profiles
894
+
895
+ > **TL;DR** — publish your profile as a GitHub Gist, browse what others have shared, install with one command.
896
+
897
+ ```bash
898
+ cue share publish --profile backend # upload to your GitHub Gists
899
+ cue share browse # see community profiles
900
+ cue share install <gist-id> # pull someone else's profile
901
+ ```
902
+
903
+ Shared profiles include the full `profile.yaml` + metadata (skill count, MCP list, description). Browse profiles others have published, fork them, or use them as a starting point for your own.
904
+
246
905
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247
906
 
248
907
  ## Install
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265
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266
925
  | Path | Command |
267
926
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268
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269
- | **Manual clone** | `git clone https://github.com/recodeee/cue.git ~/Documents/cue && ~/Documents/cue/install.sh` |
927
+ | **One-line script** | `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opencue/cue/main/get.sh \| bash` |
928
+ | **Manual clone** | `git clone https://github.com/opencue/cue.git ~/Documents/cue && ~/Documents/cue/install.sh` |
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929
  | **Per-OS bootstrap (agent-driven)** | paste [`setup/macos.md`](./setup/macos.md) · [`setup/linux.md`](./setup/linux.md) · [`setup/windows.md`](./setup/windows.md) into Claude Code |
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931
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942
  | **gbrain** MCP | Personal wiki with embeddings + backlinks |
284
943
  | **excel-mcp** / **word-mcp** | Native `.xlsx` / `.docx` read & write |
285
944
 
945
+ ### 💰 Token savings stack
946
+
947
+ The combination of **profile isolation + RTK + caveman** compounds:
948
+
949
+ | Optimization | What it cuts | Savings |
950
+ |---|---|---|
951
+ | **Profile isolation** | Irrelevant skills/MCPs never loaded | 10–25× fewer context tokens |
952
+ | **RTK** | Filters `ls`, `git log`, `cat` output before it hits the model | 60–90% per shell command |
953
+ | **Caveman mode** | Terse responses, no filler | ~40% fewer output tokens |
954
+ | **Combined** | All three together | **$2.70 → $0.08/session** typical |
955
+
956
+ ```bash
957
+ rtk gain # see your cumulative RTK savings
958
+ cue cost # token budget for active profile
959
+ ```
960
+
286
961
  Want to **run 2+ agents in parallel on one repo**? Layer the optional **Colony + gitguardex** tier — see [`setup/parallel-agents.md`](./setup/parallel-agents.md). Skip it for solo work.
287
962
 
288
963
  ---
289
964
 
290
965
  ## FAQ
291
966
 
967
+ <!-- FAQPage schema — 8 Q/A pairs structured for AI Overviews + Google rich results
968
+ <script type="application/ld+json">
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+ {
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+ "@context": "https://schema.org",
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+ "@type": "FAQPage",
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+ "mainEntity": [
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+ {
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+ "@type": "Question",
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+ "name": "What is the best skill manager for Claude Code?",
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+ "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "cue is the only profile manager for Claude Code that composes skills, MCPs, plugins, rules, commands, hooks, persona, playbooks, quality gates, and evals as one unit, scoped per-directory. Alternatives like skillport, agent-skills-cli, agent-skill-manager, and skillshub cover skills only. claude-code-switcher covers MCPs only. cue is also the only one with a built-in failure-feedback loop (cue failures --propose) that uses Claude to draft profile improvements from real session data." }
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "@type": "Question",
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+ "name": "How do I find Claude Code skills on GitHub?",
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+ "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Run `cue marketplace discover --cli-aware --limit 30`. cue uses GitHub Code Search for `filename:SKILL.md` to find repos that demonstrably contain SKILL.md files, scores each by recency and signal quality, maps them to your cue profiles by keyword overlap, and annotates with which CLIs they need." }
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "@type": "Question",
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+ "name": "How do I reduce Claude Code's token cost?",
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+ "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Three compounding optimizations cue ships: profile isolation (10–25× context reduction), honest token math via `cue eval --breakdown` showing per-message vs on-demand cost, and RTK + caveman mode for additional 60-90% reduction. Combined: typical backend session drops from ~$2.70 to ~$0.08 on Sonnet 4.6." }
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "@type": "Question",
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+ "name": "Can Claude Code agents have personas or playbooks?",
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+ "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. cue introduces both as first-class profile fields. Add persona: (multi-line text injected at the top of CLAUDE.md as ## Your Expertise) to define who the agent is. Add playbooks: (markdown files under resources/playbooks/) for proven step-by-step protocols like ship-feature.md or triage-bug.md." }
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "@type": "Question",
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+ "name": "How do I install every CLI my Claude Code skills need?",
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+ "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Run `cue cli install --all --yes`. cue extracts CLI dependencies from each skill's allowed-tools: frontmatter and ## Prerequisites section, looks them up in its recipe registry (~50 tools), and runs the right install command per OS — apt/dnf/pacman/snap on Linux, brew on macOS, winget on Windows, pipx for Python CLI tools." }
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "@type": "Question",
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+ "name": "Can I use one Claude Code skill across Cursor, Cline, Copilot, and Gemini?",
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+ "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Yes. cue is the only profile manager that materializes the same profile.yaml into each agent's native format. Run `cue materialize cursor --profile backend` for .cursorrules + .cursor/mcp.json. `cue materialize --all` covers every agent at once." }
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "@type": "Question",
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+ "name": "What is the difference between cue and skillport / Kiro Powers?",
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+ "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "cue covers skills + MCPs + plugins + profiles + per-directory + inheritance + persona + playbooks + quality gates + evals + multi-agent. skillport covers skills only. Kiro Powers covers skills + MCPs but is IDE-locked. cue is also the only one with a CLI dependency installer, SKILL.md linter, GitHub Action, and failure-feedback loop." }
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+ },
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+ {
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+ "@type": "Question",
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+ "name": "Does cue send telemetry?",
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+ "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "No. cue is a pure CLI with no daemon, no background process, no external services. All metrics (per-skill usage in cue optimizer, failure-pattern detection in cue failures) are computed from your local ~/.claude/projects/ session transcripts. Nothing leaves the machine." }
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+ }
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+ ]
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+ }
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+ </script>
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+ -->
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>What is the best skill manager for Claude Code?</b></summary>
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+
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+ cue is the only profile manager for Claude Code that composes **skills + MCPs + plugins + rules + commands + hooks + persona + playbooks + quality gates + evals** as one unit, scoped per-directory. Alternatives like `skillport`, `agent-skills-cli`, `agent-skill-manager`, and `skillshub` cover skills only. `claude-code-switcher` covers MCPs only. cue is also the only one with a built-in failure-feedback loop (`cue failures --propose`) that uses Claude to draft profile improvements from real session data.
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+ </details>
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>How do I find Claude Code skills on GitHub?</b></summary>
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+
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+ Run `cue marketplace discover --cli-aware --limit 30`. cue uses GitHub Code Search for `filename:SKILL.md` (not keyword text search), so it surfaces repos that **actually contain SKILL.md files** instead of awesome-lists that just mention "claude". Each result is scored by signal quality (recency, skill format, MCP integration, fork-to-star ratio), mapped to your cue profiles by keyword overlap, and annotated with which CLIs it needs (and whether you have them installed locally). The terminal output shows skill count, stars, profile fit, and frictionless install status (`✓ no new installs` vs `⚠ 2/3 CLIs missing`).
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+ </details>
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>How do I reduce Claude Code's token cost?</b></summary>
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+
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+ Three compounding optimizations cue ships:
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+
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+ 1. **Profile isolation** — scope skills/MCPs/plugins per-directory instead of loading all 1,900+ globally. This alone cuts context by **10–25×**.
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+ 2. **Honest token math** — `cue eval --breakdown` shows per-message cost (always-loaded) vs on-demand cost (lazy bodies). Most "skill" tokens are lazy; cue measures the real per-turn budget.
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+ 3. **RTK shell-output filter + caveman terse-output mode** — additional 60–90% reduction on `ls`/`git`/`cat` output and ~40% on output verbosity.
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+
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+ Combined: typical backend session drops from **~$2.70 → ~$0.08** (Sonnet 4.6). Run `cue cost` or `cue eval --compare a b` to measure.
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+ </details>
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>Can Claude Code agents have personas or playbooks?</b></summary>
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+
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+ Yes — cue introduces both as first-class profile fields. Add `persona:` (multi-line text injected at the top of CLAUDE.md as `## Your Expertise`) to define who the agent is. Add `playbooks:` (markdown files under `resources/playbooks/`) for proven step-by-step protocols like `ship-feature.md` or `triage-bug.md`. The model consults playbooks when the user's request matches the playbook's trigger phrasing, and follows the steps in order instead of improvising. Examples ship with cue under `profiles/core/`, `profiles/ecc/`, and `profiles/frontend/`.
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+ </details>
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>How do I install every CLI my Claude Code skills need?</b></summary>
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+
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+ Run `cue cli install --all --yes`. cue extracts CLI dependencies from each skill's `allowed-tools:` frontmatter and `## Prerequisites` section, looks each up in its recipe registry (`resources/cli-recipes.json` — ~50 tools), and runs the right install command for your OS. Auto-prefers `apt` on Debian/Ubuntu, `snap` for tools not in default apt (helm, terraform, kubectl), `brew` on macOS, `pipx` for Python CLI tools (isolated, ships its own pip). For tools that can't be auto-installed (ghidra, metasploit, splunk), it prints the official install URL.
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+ </details>
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>Can I use one Claude Code skill across Cursor, Cline, Copilot, and Gemini?</b></summary>
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+
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+ Yes — cue is the only profile manager that materializes the same `profile.yaml` into each agent's native format. Run `cue materialize cursor --profile backend` to write `.cursorrules` + `.cursor/mcp.json`. Run `cue materialize cline` for `.clinerules` + `cline_mcp_settings.json`. `cue materialize --all --profile backend` covers every agent at once. Skills + MCPs are translated per-agent without modifying the source skill definition.
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+ </details>
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>What's the difference between cue, skillport, and Kiro Powers?</b></summary>
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+
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+ | | cue | skillport / agent-skills-cli / skillshub | Kiro Powers |
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+ |---|---|---|---|
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+ | **Skills** | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
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+ | **MCPs** | ✅ | — | ✅ |
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+ | **Plugins** | ✅ | — | — |
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+ | **Per-directory profiles** | ✅ | — | ◐ (IDE-only) |
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+ | **Inheritance** | ✅ (`core → backend → medusa-dev`) | — | — |
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+ | **Persona / playbooks / quality gates / evals** | ✅ (5 dimensions) | — | — |
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+ | **Multi-agent (Cursor/Cline/Copilot/Gemini/etc.)** | ✅ (10 agents) | Claude only | IDE-only |
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+ | **CLI dependency installer** | ✅ (`cue cli install`) | — | — |
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+ | **SKILL.md linter + GitHub Action** | ✅ | — | — |
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+ | **Failure-feedback loop** | ✅ (`--propose`) | — | — |
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+ | **Daemon required** | None | None | IDE process |
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+
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+ cue is the only one that treats agent expertise as a composable system.
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+ </details>
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary><b>Does Claude Code's auto-update break cue?</b></summary>
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+
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+ No. cue doesn't touch the `claude` binary — it just intercepts the *call* via a one-line bash shim in `~/.local/bin/claude`, sets `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` to the materialized per-profile dir, and `exec`s the real binary. Claude Code's own update mechanism still runs identically.
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  ```
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  ├── resources/
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- │ ├── skills/ 110+ local skills (medusa, codex-fleet, higgsfield, caveman, …)
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- │ ├── mcps/ MCP server configs (claude.sanitized.json, codex.sanitized.json)
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- └── icons/ brand icons used in the optimizer dashboard
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- ├── setup/ paste-into-agent install prompts (macos, linux, windows, parallel-agents)
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- └── docs/ launch.md, shell-install.md, assets/ (the SVGs in this README)
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+ │ ├── skills/ 110+ local skills (medusa, codex-fleet, higgsfield, caveman, …)
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+ │ ├── mcps/ MCP server configs (claude.sanitized.json, codex.sanitized.json)
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+ ├── rules/ 38 markdown rule files vendored from ECC (typescript, python, common, …)
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+ ├── commands/ 15 slash commands (code-review, checkpoint, cost-report, …)
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+ ├── hooks/ 4 universal safety hooks (bash-preflight, secrets-guard, session-summary, commit-message-guard)
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+ ├── playbooks/ proven step-by-step protocols (ship-feature, triage-bug)
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+ │ ├── quality-gates/ Stop-hook validators (tests-pass.sh auto-detects bun/npm/pytest/cargo/go)
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+ │ ├── evals/ structural eval scenarios for `cue eval-behavior`
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+ │ ├── cli-recipes.json per-tool install commands per OS (apt/brew/snap/pipx/npm/script/manual)
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+ │ └── icons/ brand icons used in the optimizer dashboard
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+ ├── skill-md-lint-action/ drop-in GitHub Action for skill authors — runs lint-skill in CI
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+ ├── plugins/cue/ the Claude Code plugin: /cue, /cue switch, /cue reload, /cue current
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+ ├── src/ the Bun CLI — commands/{optimizer,launch,eval,debug,cli,lint-skill,marketplace,discover,eval-behavior,failures,…}
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+ ├── setup/ paste-into-agent install prompts (macos, linux, windows, parallel-agents)
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+ ├── .github/workflows/ discover-publish.yml (nightly per-profile SEO page generation)
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+ └── docs/ launch.md, shell-install.md, discovered/ (generated SEO pages), assets/ (the SVGs)
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  | [oven-sh/bun](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun) | TypeScript runtime that ships `bin/cue` | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/oven-sh/bun?style=flat-square&label=★&color=6366f1)](https://github.com/oven-sh/bun) |
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  | [natemoo-re/clack](https://github.com/natemoo-re/clack) | `@clack/prompts` powers the TUI profile picker | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/natemoo-re/clack?style=flat-square&label=★&color=6366f1)](https://github.com/natemoo-re/clack) |
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  | [kovidgoyal/kitty](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty) | **Kitty graphics protocol** — inline brand logos & profile icons rendered directly in the terminal (see [`src/lib/kitty-image.ts`](./src/lib/kitty-image.ts), spec [here](https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/graphics-protocol/)). Auto-detected; falls back to emoji if you're not on Kitty. | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/kovidgoyal/kitty?style=flat-square&label=★&color=22c55e)](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty) |
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  | [anthropics/claude-code](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code) | The `claude` binary cue intercepts and re-launches with `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/anthropics/claude-code?style=flat-square&label=★&color=f59e0b)](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code) |
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  | [openai/codex](https://github.com/openai/codex) | The `codex` binary cue intercepts and re-launches with `CODEX_HOME` | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/openai/codex?style=flat-square&label=★&color=f59e0b)](https://github.com/openai/codex) |
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  | [mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) | 754 cybersecurity skills (red/blue team, forensics, DFIR) loaded by the `cybersecurity` profile | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills?style=flat-square&label=★&color=ef4444)](https://github.com/mukul975/Anthropic-Cybersecurity-Skills) |
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+ | [affaan-m/agentshield](https://github.com/affaan-m/agentshield) | 🛡️ Security auditor for AI agent configs — scans `.claude/`, `settings.json`, `mcp.json`, hooks & agents for secrets, permission misconfigs, hook injection, MCP supply-chain risks, prompt-injection vectors. CLI / GitHub Action / ECC plugin. Loaded by `cybersecurity` and `backend` profiles. | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/affaan-m/agentshield?style=flat-square&label=★&color=ef4444)](https://github.com/affaan-m/agentshield) |
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  | [recodeee/colony](https://github.com/recodeee/colony) | Local-first MCP for multi-agent coordination — used by the `fleet-control` profile | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/recodeee/colony?style=flat-square&label=★&color=ec4899)](https://github.com/recodeee/colony) |
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  | [rtk-ai/rtk](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk) | Token-savings hook on shell output (60–90% reduction on `ls`/`git`/`cat`) | [![stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/rtk-ai/rtk?style=flat-square&label=★&color=fbbf24)](https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk) |
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+ ## Who uses cue
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+
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+ Projects and teams using `.cue-profile` in production:
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+
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+ | Project | Profile | What they do |
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+ |---------|---------|-------------|
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+ | [opencue/cue](https://github.com/opencue/cue) | `full`, `readme-writer` | This repo — dogfooding cue on itself |
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+ | [recodeee/colony](https://github.com/recodeee/colony) | `fleet-control` | Multi-agent coordination MCP |
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+ | [recodeee/gitguardex](https://github.com/recodeee/gitguardex) | `backend` | Branch + worktree isolation for parallel agents |
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+
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+ > **Using cue?** Add your project — open a PR or drop a link in [Discussions](https://github.com/opencue/cue/discussions).
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+
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+ ---
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+
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+ ## Star History
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+ <a href="https://star-history.com/#opencue/cue&Date">
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+ </picture>
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+ </a>
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+ ---
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  ## Contributing
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- Each skill is a folder with `SKILL.md` (frontmatter + body). The frontmatter `description` is what the LLM matches against — write it as `"when user says X, do Y"`. Copy an existing skill as a template, drop it under `resources/skills/skills/<category>/<slug>/`, and the catalog regenerates on the next sync.
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+ We welcome contributions! Here's how to get involved:
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+
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+ ### Add a skill
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+
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+ ```bash
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+ cue skills-new my-skill # scaffold template
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+ # edit resources/skills/skills/<category>/my-skill/SKILL.md
1244
+ cue skills-lint my-skill # check quality
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+ cue skills-test my-skill # run tests
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+ ```
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+
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+ The frontmatter `description` is what the LLM matches against — write it as `"when user says X, do Y"`. Copy an existing skill as a template.
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+ ### Add a profile
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- The SVGs in this README live in [`docs/assets/`](./docs/assets/) — edit the XML directly or regenerate from the `readme-writer` profile.
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+ ```bash
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+ cue new my-profile # scaffold profile.yaml
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+ cue validate my-profile # check schema
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+ cue score --profile my-profile # verify efficiency
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+ ```
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+
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+ ### Other ways to contribute
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+
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+ - **Report bugs** — [open an issue](https://github.com/opencue/cue/issues)
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+ - **Share your profile** — `cue share publish --profile <name>`
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+ - **Add to the registry** — PR to `docs/registry/index.json`
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+ - **Improve docs** — SVGs live in `docs/assets/`, edit XML directly
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+ - **Add agent adapters** — see `src/lib/agent-adapters.ts`
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+ ### Development
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+ ```bash
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+ bun test # 336 tests (lib + commands)
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+ bun run src/index.ts --help # run locally
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+ ```
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