instinct-import

instinct-import is a command for Claude Code, OpenCode from affaan-m/ECC. It costs 5 tokens per session (401 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for importing learned coding guidelines, called instincts, from a file, web address, or teammate share.

In plain words
What is it for?
It validates and merges instinct files or shared collections, then reports what was added, skipped, or rejected.
Why use it?
It saves time by adding existing lessons while checking their format, removing duplicates, and lowering trust in imported entries.

Command for Claude CodeOpenCode

Written for Claude Code and OpenCode: $ARGUMENTS substitution, but also installed under .opencode/. Also seen: agent in frontmatter.

Part of the ecc plugin — 78 skills, 58 commands, 70 agents, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit It validates and merges instinct files or shared collections, then reports what was added, skipped, or rejected.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/affaan-m/ecc/instinct-import
About the project

ECC is a toolkit that organizes and improves how coding agents work through skills, memory, security checks, research practices, and related extensions. It is for developers using agents such as Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Cursor.

affaan-m/ECC · 284,130 stars · on GitHub · ecc.tools

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.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC

Made for: Claude Code, OpenCode.

Or install ecc, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 78 skills, 58 commands, 70 agents, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 5 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 401 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. ✓ AI security review Fable 5.1 · 6 Sept 2026 📄 Read the review
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 $0.00005 $0.00401
Opus 5.5 $0.00002 $0.00160
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00001 $0.00080
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00040

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 94f72edbf6b3, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

instinct-import 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 1mo 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

8 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

.opencode/commands/instinct-import.md · 89 lines

What it actually says

Instinct Import Command

Import instincts from a file or URL: $ARGUMENTS

Your Task

Import instincts into the continuous-learning-v2 system.

Import Sources

File Import

/instinct-import path/to/instincts.json

URL Import

/instinct-import https://example.com/instincts.json

Team Share Import

/instinct-import @teammate/instincts

Import Format

Expected JSON structure:

{
  "instincts": [
    {
      "trigger": "[situation description]",
      "action": "[recommended action]",
      "confidence": 0.7,
      "category": "coding",
      "source": "imported"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "version": "1.0",
    "exported": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
    "author": "username"
  }
}

Import Process

  1. Validate format - Check JSON structure
  2. Deduplicate - Skip existing instincts
  3. Adjust confidence - Reduce confidence for imports (×0.8)
  4. Merge - Add to local instinct store
  5. Report - Show import summary

Import Report

Import Summary
==============
Source: [path or URL]
Total in file: X
Imported: Y
Skipped (duplicates): Z
Errors: W

Imported Instincts:
- [trigger] (confidence: 0.XX)
- [trigger] (confidence: 0.XX)
...

Conflict Resolution

When importing duplicates:

  • Keep higher confidence version
  • Merge application counts
  • Update timestamp

TIP: Review imported instincts with /instinct-status after import.

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. 1mo ago First seen · 89 lines · 5 tokens per session scan A 94f72edbf6b3

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instinct-import is a command published in the GitHub repository affaan-m/ECC (284,130 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 5 tokens to every session and 401 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-09-03.