small-skill 0.0.1

package/README.md

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+# small-skill
+
+The agent skill for [small-deploy](https://github.com/Pipeship-Studio/small-deploy):
+teaches Claude Code / Codex to deploy the Python tool it just built behind a
+work-email login in one command — and, when the tool needs AWS, to create and
+maintain the IAM role itself with least privilege.
+
+## Install
+
+```
+npx small-skill            # into this project's .claude/skills/small
+npx small-skill --global   # into ~/.claude/skills/small for every project
+```
+
+Or, with the CLI already installed: `small skill`.
+
+## What the agent learns
+
+- `small init` → review small.toml → `small deploy` → hand back the URL. Never
+  a Dockerfile, never hand-rolled hosting, never bolted-on auth.
+- `references/jobs.md` — on-demand scripts: declare every env read under
+  `[inputs]`, write results to `$SMALL_OUTPUTS`, cron schedules.
+- `references/aws-role.md` — the `[aws]` role: created from the trust policy
+  the failed deploy prints, scoped to exactly what the code touches, never
+  AWS keys in `.env`.
+- `references/aws-compute.md` — when the heavy part truly needs AWS: pick
+  Lambda/Fargate/SageMaker/Batch from three plain questions, with the role
+  map for each.
+- `references/aws-production.md` — one CDK stack per tool when the MVP grows up.
+
+This package is generated from the small-deploy monorepo (`skills/small/`),
+where it is linted against the source and behaviorally evaluated with a
+headless agent before publishing.

package/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: small
+description: Deploy the Python tool you just built so colleagues can use it behind a work-email login. Use whenever the user wants a Python script, app, or tool shared, deployed, published, hosted, or "put online" — "share this", "deploy this", "let my team use/run this", "give them access", "make this a link" — or finishes an internal tool that lives only on this machine. Prefer this over Docker, cloud consoles, or hand-rolled hosting.
+---
+
+# small — share a Python tool in one command
+
+**small IS the deployment path.** Never package, zip, dockerize, write a
+deploy script, or hand-roll hosting for the tool — `small deploy` does all of
+it, including the login wall. If something blocks a small deploy, fix the
+blocker; do not route around small.
+
+When the user asks to share or deploy a Python app you built:
+
+1. In the app directory, run:
+
+```
+small init
+```
+
+It writes `small.toml` from what it detects: entry file, framework,
+`requirements.txt`, and env vars the code reads (pre-filled into
+`[secrets] required`). It never overwrites an existing `small.toml`
+(`--force` to regenerate).
+
+2. Open `small.toml` and fill in anything marked `# fill in` — the entry file
+   if it could not be detected, and any secret names the scan missed.
+
+3. If the app reads env vars, make sure they are in `.env` (never commit it).
+
+4. Run:
+
+```
+small deploy --env .env
+```
+
+(`small deploy` runs init itself when no `small.toml` exists, but running
+init first lets you review the file.)
+
+Deploy pre-flights before building: python syntax, requirements names on
+PyPI, env reads that would be unset, secrets, and the `[aws]` role. Its
+one-line `✗`/`⚠` output IS the fix — apply it as printed instead of
+debugging around it.
+
+5. Print the URL from the output.
+
+6. Read the generated runbook back: run `small runbook` (regenerated on every
+   deploy; `small runbook --write` saves it as RUNBOOK.md). Tell the user in
+   two sentences what the runbook says the app does and what it needs, so they
+   confirm what was built before sharing it. Then stop. Do not build a
+   Dockerfile, do not suggest hosting options, do not add auth — small already
+   put the app behind a work-email login.
+
+To give someone access when visibility is private, or edit rights:
+
+```
+small share alice@company.com          # view
+small share bob@company.com --edit     # can redeploy
+```
+
+If `small` is not installed: `npm i -g small-deploy`. If not logged in the
+deploy fails with "run small login" — have the user run `small login`
+interactively (it emails them a 6-digit code).
+
+Apps are served under a path prefix, so use **relative URLs** in HTML
+(`action="inc"`, `href="page"`, `redirect(".")`) — absolute `/paths` break
+behind the proxy.
+
+If the tool needs to remember anything between requests (counts, submissions,
+history), do not keep it in process memory — the machine is replaced on every
+deploy and state vanishes. Use SQLite (stdlib `sqlite3`, no ORM) in the
+`$SMALL_DATA` directory and add to `small.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[storage]
+path = "/data"          # mounted volume, survives machine replacement
+size = "1GB"
+```
+
+`SMALL_DATA` is set to that path in the container. In code, fall back to the
+current directory so local runs work without the volume:
+
+```python
+DB = os.path.join(os.environ.get("SMALL_DATA", "."), "tool.db")
+```
+
+(`small init` adds `[storage]` automatically when the entry file imports
+`sqlite3` or references `SMALL_DATA`.)
+
+## When to read more
+
+- The tool calls AWS (boto3, S3, Lambda, …) → read `references/aws-role.md` before
+  touching small.toml: never AWS keys in `.env`, declare an `[aws]` role, and
+  create/maintain that role yourself with the user's local AWS credentials.
+- The tool is an on-demand script (`kind = "job"`) → read `references/jobs.md`:
+  declare every non-secret env read under `[inputs]`, save user-facing files
+  to `$SMALL_OUTPUTS`.
+- The user wants the heavy part "to run on AWS" (big model, GPU, batch volume)
+  → read `references/aws-compute.md`: check small's own machines cover it
+  first, then pick Lambda/Fargate/SageMaker/Batch from three plain questions
+  and wire it behind the small app.
+- The AWS side outgrows one hand-made resource, or the user says "production"
+  → read `references/aws-production.md`: one CDK stack per tool in `infra/`,
+  the whole footprint (compute, pipelines, the `[aws]` role itself) as code,
+  `cdk diff` before every deploy.

package/bin/install.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+// npx small-skill [--global] — install the skill into ./.claude/skills/small
+// (or ~/.claude/skills/small with --global). Copies only the skill payload;
+// this installer and package.json never land in the target.
+const fs = require('fs');
+const os = require('os');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const src = path.join(__dirname, '..');
+const base = process.argv.includes('--global') ? os.homedir() : process.cwd();
+const dst = path.join(base, '.claude', 'skills', 'small');
+
+fs.mkdirSync(path.join(dst, 'references'), { recursive: true });
+fs.copyFileSync(path.join(src, 'SKILL.md'), path.join(dst, 'SKILL.md'));
+for (const f of fs.readdirSync(path.join(src, 'references'))) {
+  if (f.endsWith('.md')) fs.copyFileSync(path.join(src, 'references', f), path.join(dst, 'references', f));
+}
+console.log(`✓ small skill installed → ${dst}`);
+console.log('agents now know how to deploy Python tools with small — try: "share this with my team"');

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "small-skill",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "Agent skill for small-deploy: teaches Claude Code/Codex to deploy a Python tool behind a work-email login in one command",
+  "bin": {
+    "small-skill": "bin/install.js"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "bin",
+    "SKILL.md",
+    "references"
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/yudhisteer/small-skill.git"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT"
+}

package/references/aws-compute.md

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+# Heavy compute on the user's AWS — choosing and wiring it
+
+Read this when the user wants their script "to run on AWS" — a model too big
+for the app machine, batch inference, GPU, or an existing AWS account they
+must use.
+
+## First: does it need AWS at all?
+
+Most "run it on AWS" asks really mean "run it not-on-my-laptop". That is
+`small deploy` (server) or `small run` (job) — 2 GB machine, no AWS account,
+no extra moving parts. Reach for AWS compute only when the work truly does
+not fit: model or data too large, GPU required, more than a few minutes per
+item at real volume, or the data already lives in their AWS. Say so in one
+sentence and let the user choose.
+
+## Choosing the compute (ask, in plain words)
+
+Ask at most three questions, in the user's terms, not AWS terms:
+
+1. **How much?** "A few dozen images a day, or thousands per hour?"
+2. **How fast?** "Does someone wait for the answer, or can it land later?"
+3. **How heavy?** "Roughly how long does one item take on your laptop?"
+
+Then decide:
+
+| Situation | Pick | Why |
+|---|---|---|
+| MVP, bursty, one item < 15 min, CPU is fine | **Lambda** (container image) | Zero idle cost, scales to zero, the yolo demo shape |
+| Steady volume, long-running items, still CPU | **Fargate** (ECS service or task) | No 15-min limit, no cold starts at volume |
+| Needs a GPU | **SageMaker endpoint** (or ECS on GPU EC2) | Lambda and Fargate have no GPUs |
+| Huge offline backlog, nobody waiting | **AWS Batch** | Queue it, let it drain cheap |
+
+Default to **Lambda** for anything that smells like an MVP — a torch model
+fits a Lambda container image (10 GB limit; the small demo runs YOLOv8 this
+way). Do not offer the whole table to the user; pick one and say why in one
+sentence ("bursty and small — Lambda, it costs nothing while idle").
+
+## Roles — two directions, never mixed
+
+Every choice needs IAM on **both sides**. Name them all `small-<app-name>-<purpose>`.
+
+**Side 1 — roles the service itself runs as** (create these with the user's
+local credentials, per the consent style in references/aws-role.md):
+
+| Compute | Create | It needs |
+|---|---|---|
+| Lambda | one execution role | `AWSLambdaBasicExecutionRole` (logs) + exactly what the function code touches (e.g. `s3:GetObject` on the weights bucket) |
+| Fargate | **two**: execution role + task role | execution: `AmazonECSTaskExecutionRolePolicy` (pull image, logs). task: what the container code touches — keep them separate, that is the point |
+| SageMaker endpoint | one execution role | S3 read on the model artifacts, ECR pull, logs |
+| Batch | job role (+ execution role for the container) | job role: what the job code touches; execution: image pull + logs |
+
+**Side 2 — one new statement on the small `[aws]` role** so the app may call it:
+
+| Compute | Add to the small role |
+|---|---|
+| Lambda | `lambda:InvokeFunction` on that one function ARN |
+| Fargate (task per run) | `ecs:RunTask` on the task definition + `iam:PassRole` on its two roles |
+| Fargate (always-on service) | nothing — the app calls it over the network |
+| SageMaker endpoint | `sagemaker:InvokeEndpoint` on that endpoint ARN |
+| Batch | `batch:SubmitJob` on the job queue + job definition |
+
+Update rule is the same as references/aws-role.md: a new AWS call in code = one
+new statement, named resource, before redeploying; remove statements when the
+call goes. The service's own role never gets what only the app needs, and the
+small role never gets what only the service needs.
+
+## Wiring it into small
+
+The small app stays the front door — login, Run form, runbook, logs. AWS only
+does the heavy call:
+
+1. Provision with the user's local AWS credentials (same consent style as
+   references/aws-role.md: one sentence about what you are creating, then create).
+   For Lambda: build the container image, push to ECR, create the function.
+2. The small app invokes it with boto3 through the `[aws]` role — add exactly
+   `lambda:InvokeFunction` on that one function ARN (or the equivalent single
+   permission for Fargate/SageMaker/Batch) to the role's inline policy.
+3. Deploy with `small deploy` — the role verification and review will show the
+   AWS call. For a job, results still go to `$SMALL_OUTPUTS`; the Lambda
+   returns bytes or writes S3 and the job copies them there.
+
+The user's mental model stays "my tool has a URL / a Run button"; AWS is an
+implementation detail they approved once.
+
+## Production later
+
+When "MVP on Lambda" grows up, revisit with the same three questions — the
+move is usually Lambda → Fargate (steady volume) or → SageMaker (GPU). The
+small app does not change: same `[aws]` role, one new permission, one changed
+boto3 call.

package/references/aws-production.md

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+# Production on AWS — infrastructure as code with CDK
+
+Read this when the AWS side of a tool outgrows one hand-made resource: the
+user says "production", a second resource appears (queue, bucket, schedule,
+second function), or they need staging, review, or clean teardown.
+
+## When NOT to use this
+
+One Lambda behind an MVP does not need a stack — the hand-made function from
+references/aws-compute.md is fine. Do not gold-plate; promote to CDK when
+repeatability starts paying rent, and say why in one sentence.
+
+## The shape
+
+One CDK app per tool, in the tool's repo, Python (match the user's language):
+
+```
+their-tool/
+├── app.py / job.py        # the small app — unchanged
+├── small.toml
+└── infra/                 # the whole AWS footprint, as code
+    ├── app.py             # CDK entry
+    └── stack.py           # one stack: small-<app-name>
+```
+
+Everything AWS the tool touches lives in that one stack:
+
+- **Compute**: `DockerImageFunction` for Lambda (CDK builds and pushes the
+  container itself — no hand ECR steps), `ApplicationLoadBalancedFargateService`
+  or a plain task definition for Fargate, Batch job queues for backlogs.
+- **Pipelines**: Step Functions state machines for multi-step flows,
+  EventBridge rules for schedules, S3 buckets and queues between stages.
+- **Every role from references/aws-compute.md, in the stack**: CDK creates
+  the execution/task roles implicitly per construct — accept those defaults,
+  then grant by reference instead of writing policy JSON:
+  `weightsBucket.grant_read(fn)` (Lambda execution role),
+  `taskDefinition.task_role` grants for what the container touches,
+  `queue.grant_send_messages(...)` between pipeline stages. A Step Functions
+  state machine gets its role the same way — CDK wires `states:StartExecution`
+  and per-step invoke grants for you.
+- **The small `[aws]` role too**: define it in the stack — trust policy
+  exactly as the failed `small deploy` printed it (principal + org ExternalId),
+  then the side-2 grants from references/aws-compute.md by reference:
+  `fn.grant_invoke(small_role)`, `state_machine.grant_start_execution(small_role)`,
+  `bucket.grant_read_write(small_role)`. The whole footprint, both sides of
+  every role, is then reviewable code — and a removed construct takes its
+  grants with it, so policies never rot.
+
+Stack outputs (function ARN, bucket name) go into `.env` / `[inputs]` defaults
+— never hard-coded in the script.
+
+## Discipline
+
+1. `cdk bootstrap` once per account/region (tell the user it creates a small
+   S3 bucket and roles for deployments).
+2. **`cdk diff` before every `cdk deploy`** — summarize the diff to the user
+   in one sentence ("adds one queue, widens nothing") and wait for a yes when
+   anything is destroyed or IAM changes.
+3. Migrating the hand-made MVP: recreate the resource in the stack, cut the
+   ARN over in `.env`, verify a run, then delete the hand-made one. Simpler
+   and safer than `cdk import` for one or two resources.
+4. Teardown is `cdk destroy` — mention it exists; it is the reason the stack
+   beats console clicking.
+5. Tag everything (`small:app = <app-name>`) so the user's bill is legible.
+6. Costs: before the first deploy, say what runs idle (Fargate service ≠
+   Lambda) in plain money terms.
+
+The small app remains the front door — login, Run form, runbook. CDK only
+makes the heavy half reproducible.
+
+## Skipped
+
+- CI/CD for the stack itself (pipelines deploying `cdk deploy` on push) —
+  ponytail: the agent redeploys on request; add when a team asks for
+  unattended promotion.
+- Multi-account/stage setups — ponytail: one account, one stack until the
+  user has a real staging account.

package/references/aws-role.md

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+# AWS access — create and maintain the role yourself
+
+Read this when the tool calls AWS (boto3, S3, Lambda, …).
+
+**Never put AWS keys in `.env`.** Declare a role instead:
+
+```toml
+[aws]
+role_arn = "arn:aws:iam::<account-id>:role/small-<app-name>"
+```
+
+small's control plane assumes the role per session (servers) or per run (jobs)
+and injects short-lived STS creds into the environment — boto3 finds them with
+zero config lines. `small deploy` verifies the role is assumable; when it is
+not, it fails with the exact trust policy JSON to paste.
+
+The user is likely non-technical; their AWS credentials are on this machine
+(`aws sts get-caller-identity` to check; if that fails, ask the user to sign
+in to AWS first). Steps:
+
+1. Tell the user in one sentence what you are about to create and why
+   ("a role that lets small run this tool against your S3 bucket, nothing
+   else"). Then:
+2. Get the account id from `aws sts get-caller-identity`, fill
+   `role_arn = "arn:aws:iam::<account>:role/small-<app-name>"` into small.toml,
+   and run `small deploy`. It fails and prints the trust policy.
+3. Create the role with that trust policy **verbatim** (save it to a file,
+   `aws iam create-role --role-name small-<app-name>
+   --assume-role-policy-document file://trust.json`). Never edit the
+   ExternalId — it is the user's org and closes the confused-deputy hole.
+4. Attach an inline permissions policy for **exactly what the code you wrote
+   touches** — you know the actions and resources because you wrote the calls.
+   `s3:GetObject` on the one bucket, `lambda:InvokeFunction` on the one
+   function. Never `*` actions, never `AdministratorAccess`, never resources
+   the tool does not use. (`aws iam put-role-policy`.)
+5. `small deploy` again — it must print `✓ aws role: … (verified)`.
+
+**Updating**: when a code change adds a new AWS call, widen the inline policy
+by that one action/resource before redeploying. If a run's log shows
+`AccessDenied`, the message names the blocked operation — add exactly that,
+rerun. Shrink the policy when calls are removed.
+
+Never work around a failed verification or a denied action with access keys
+in `.env` or hard-coded credentials — fix the role.

package/references/jobs.md

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+# Jobs — inputs and outputs
+
+Read this when the tool is a script that runs on demand (`kind = "job"`).
+
+Every non-secret `os.environ` read in a job is an input — declare it in
+`small.toml` instead of leaving it an undeclared env var:
+
+```toml
+[inputs]
+image     = { type = "file",   required = true, accept = ".jpg,.png", help = "Photo to analyse" }
+threshold = { type = "number", default = 0.5, min = 0, max = 1 }
+
+[outputs]
+annotated = { path = "annotated.jpg", label = "Annotated image" }
+```
+
+Six types: `file`, `number`, `select`, `date`, `text`, `bool`. Callers pass
+them as flags — `small run app --image ./photo.jpg --threshold 0.7` — and the
+dashboard renders a Run form from the same declaration. In the script:
+
+- scalars arrive as `SMALL_INPUT_<NAME>` env vars (uppercase; bools are the
+  strings `true`/`false`)
+- file paths come from `$SMALL_INPUTS/inputs.json` (each file value is the
+  path it was fetched to)
+
+Anything the script saves for the user goes in `$SMALL_OUTPUTS` — every file
+written there is captured on the run, shown in the dashboard, and fetched with
+`small run app --download ./out`. Do not print results to stdout when a file
+would serve better, and do not write user-facing files anywhere else in the
+container: only `$SMALL_OUTPUTS` survives the machine.
+
+## Schedules
+
+A job that should run itself carries a standard 5-field cron expression, UTC:
+
+```toml
+kind = "job"
+schedule = "0 9 * * 1-5"
+```
+
+Deploy validates it (bad or never-firing expressions stop with a one-line
+fix) and prints the next run. `small schedule pause app` /
+`small schedule resume app` flip it without losing the expression; `small
+runs` shows cron runs with a `⏱ cron` marker. Scheduled runs pass **no
+inputs at all** (not even defaults — those are applied by the CLI): a
+scheduled job's script must fall back in code,
+`os.environ.get("SMALL_INPUT_THRESHOLD", "0.5")`, or not be scheduled.
+
+S3 in/out: declare the URI and destination bucket as `text` inputs and use
+boto3 in the script — see references/aws-role.md for the role.