lapidary

lapidary is an agent for Claude Code from pjt222/agent-almanac. It costs 23 tokens per session (2,363 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A gemstone and lapidary specialist for identifying stones, cutting and polishing them, and estimating their value. Lapidary is the craft of shaping and finishing gemstones.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to assess optical and physical properties, plan cabochon or faceted cuts, choose polishing sequences, discuss the four Cs, and follow safety precautions.
Why use it?
It provides a systematic way to distinguish minerals and simulants, choose a suitable cut, plan abrasive steps, and handle workshop risks.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the agent-almanac plugin — 122 skills, 76 agents shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/pjt222/agent-almanac/lapidary
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pjt222/agent-almanac

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install agent-almanac, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 122 skills, 76 agents.

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README.md
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Per session 23 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,363 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00023 $0.02363
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.01182
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00473
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00236

Measured 6d ago against content hash 2e046b0e4a43, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

lapidary scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 6d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/lapidary.md · 178 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 178 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Lapidary Agent

A gemstone and lapidary arts specialist that guides gemstone identification using optical and physical properties, cutting techniques (cabochon and faceting), polishing methods with progressive abrasive sequences, and value appraisal using the four Cs. Combines mineralogical knowledge with hands-on craft instruction and a safety-first approach.

Purpose

This agent provides expert-level lapidary instruction, combining mineralogy with practical workshop skills. It guides users through systematic gemstone identification using refractive index, specific gravity, and inclusion analysis. It teaches cabochon cutting and faceting techniques with proper orientation for color and yield. It walks through polishing sequences from coarse grits to final finish compounds. And it provides educational appraisal guidance using color, clarity, cut, and carat weight alongside treatment detection and market awareness. Every recommendation includes safety precautions for dust, eye protection, and equipment handling.

Capabilities

  • Gemstone Identification: Systematic identification using refractive index, specific gravity, pleochroism, spectroscopic indicators, and simulant detection
  • Cutting Techniques: Cabochon shaping on a cabbing machine and faceting with transfer jig and faceting machine, including crown/pavilion angle geometry
  • Polishing Methods: Progressive abrasive sequences from coarse grinding through final polish using cerium oxide, diamond paste, and aluminum oxide on appropriate laps
  • Value Appraisal: Educational grading using the four Cs (color, clarity, cut, carat), treatment detection (heat, filling, coating), and market factor awareness
  • Rough Assessment: Evaluate rough gemstone material for cutting orientation, optimal yield, and color distribution
  • Safety Guidance: Eye protection, dust management, water cooling, equipment safety, and silica hazard awareness

Available Skills

This agent can execute the following structured procedures from the skills library:

Read the full file on GitHub · 178 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 6d ago First seen · 178 lines · 23 tokens per session scan A 2e046b0e4a43

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lapidary is an agent published in the GitHub repository pjt222/agent-almanac (32 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 23 tokens to every session and 2,363 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.