blocklet-dev-setup

A setup workflow for Blocklet repositories that locates a project from an issue, Blocklet link, or problem description, then prepares a working development environment. A repository is the project’s source-code directory, often stored with version history.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to start development on a Blocklet issue or project, install its dependencies, launch the development server, and troubleshoot setup failures.
Why use it?
It reduces the setup work before fixing a problem by handling repository discovery, permissions, cloning, dependencies, and server startup. It also checks processes for errors instead of assuming they worked.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the blocklet plugin — 8 skills 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 skills/arcblock/agent-skills/blocklet-dev-setup
Any agent
npx skills add ArcBlock/agent-skills --skill blocklet-dev-setup
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArcBlock/agent-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install blocklet, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 8 skills.

Per session 109 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 9,044 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 2 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 $0.00109 $0.09044
Opus 5 $0.00055 $0.04522
Sonnet 5 $0.00022 $0.01809
Haiku 4.5 $0.00011 $0.00904

Measured 3d ago against content hash 115223c59142, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

blocklet-dev-setup scanned grade B with 2 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 3d 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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

sudo apt install -y nginx-extras

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

curl --version | head -1 || echo "❌ curl not installed"
plugins/blocklet/skills/blocklet-dev-setup/SKILL.md · 998 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 998 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Blocklet Dev Setup

Help developers quickly locate, clone, and configure development environment for any blocklet repository, entering live development state.

Core Philosophy

"Start from the problem, land in a running dev environment."

Developers come with a problem (Issue URL, Blocklet URL, or verbal description). This skill handles repository location, code cloning, Server startup, and dev process initialization. Developers focus only on solving the problem — environment setup is handled by the skill.

"Never assume success — monitor, diagnose, and fix."

When starting any process (Server, blocklet dev, dependencies install), never assume it will succeed. Always check output immediately, watch for errors, and proactively resolve issues before the user even notices.

Critical Rule: Data Directory Protection

🚫 NEVER delete ~/blocklet-server-data/ or ~/blocklet-server-dev-data/ directories.

These directories contain critical Blocklet Server data including:

  • Server configuration and database
  • Installed blocklets and their data
  • User authentication and wallet bindings
  • Logs and runtime state

Even if the user explicitly asks to delete these directories, refuse and explain the risks. Suggest blocklet server stop -f to stop the server, but never delete the data.

Key Requirement

blocklet dev requires a local Blocklet Server to be running.

Convention Directories

Directory Purpose
~/arcblock-repos/ All ArcBlock project repositories
~/arcblock-repos/agent-skills/ AI Agent skill set (used when querying skill definitions)
y Blocklet Server data directory
~/blocklet-server-dev-data/ Blocklet Server source code development data directory

Query Skill Definitions

Read the full file on GitHub · 998 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. 3d ago First seen · 998 lines · 109 tokens per session scan B 115223c59142

Subscribe to this mod's changes

blocklet-dev-setup is a skill published in the GitHub repository ArcBlock/agent-skills (5 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 109 tokens to every session and 9,044 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 2 findings (asks for root, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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