Toolbox

toolbox

Named bundles of skills/agents that run before (pre) or after (post) a development task. Learn patterns from past work and propose new bundles. Invoke slash, pre-commit, session-end, or file-save.

Quick reference

| Task | Command | |--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | Seed 5 starter toolboxes | python src/toolbox.py init | | List available toolboxes | python src/toolbox.py list | | Inspect one | python src/toolbox.py show ship-it | | Activate (global) | python src/toolbox.py activate ship-it| | Export for sharing | python src/toolbox.py export ship-it | | Import a shared toolbox | python src/toolbox.py import file.yaml| | Validate config | python src/toolbox.py validate |

Starter templates

| Name | When to use | |-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------| | ship-it | End-of-feature: 7-expert council on the change set | | security-sweep | Security audit with guardrail blocking HIGH findings | | refactor-safety | Refactors with graph-informed blast radius | | docs-review | When touching Markdown or API docs | | fresh-repo-init | Blank repo: run intent interview and scaffold |

Data model

Global: ~/.claude/toolboxes.json. Per-repo (overrides global): /.toolbox.yaml.

Each toolbox declares:

• pre — skills/agents to load before work starts
• post — agents that form the council after work ends
• scope.analysis — diff | full | graph-blast | dynamic
• trigger — slash, pre_commit, session_end, or file_save glob
• budget.max_tokens / budget.max_seconds — hard stop on runaway cost
• dedup.policy — fresh (always re-run) or cached (reuse within window)
• guardrail — if true, block commit on HIGH findings

Invoke when

• User says "I'm done with this feature" or commits a feature branch.
• User opens a fresh repo (triggers fresh-repo-init suggestion).
• User touches security-sensitive paths (triggers security-sweep file_save).
• User asks "what toolboxes do I have?" or "run the council".

Reasoning

See docs/toolbox/index.md, docs/toolbox/starters.md, and docs/toolbox/verdicts.md for the current toolbox contract, starter bundles, and guardrail behavior.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: stevesolun
• Source: stevesolun/ctx
• License: MIT
• Homepage: https://stevesolun.github.io/ctx/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.