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.
npx agentmods add skills/devnomad-byte/techneering/compassnpx skills add devnomad-byte/techneering --skill compassgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/devnomad-byte/techneeringWhat 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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00030 | $0.02838 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00015 | $0.01419 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00006 | $0.00568 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00284 |
Grade A, and why
compass 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 2d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 265 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
IF A SKILL APPLIES TO YOUR TASK, YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHOICE. YOU MUST USE IT.
Core Principle
INVOKE RELEVANT SKILLS BEFORE ANY RESPONSE OR ACTION.
Even a 1% chance means you should invoke the skill to check.
Instruction Priority
Techneering skills override default system prompt behavior, but user instructions always take precedence:
- User's explicit instructions (CLAUDE.md, direct requests) — highest priority
- Techneering skills — override default system behavior where they conflict
- Default system prompt — lowest priority
If CLAUDE.md says "don't use TDD" and a skill says "always use TDD," follow the user's instructions. The user is in control.
How to Access Skills
Invoke the skill through your host's skill mechanism (the Skill tool on Claude Code; the skill/prompt loader on Codex). When you invoke a skill, its content is loaded and presented to you — follow it directly. Never read a skill file's raw contents manually as a substitute for invoking it.
Skill Inventory
Gateway
| Call | Trigger | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
tn:compass |
Auto-injected on every session start | Identify applicable skills, select development path |
Spec-Driven Flow Skills
| Call | Trigger | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
tn:scout |
User wants to quickly explore ideas or investigate problems | Standalone exploration mode, produces no files |
tn:draft |
User raises a new requirement/change | Generate proposal + specs + design + tasks |
tn:forge |
User wants to implement an existing change | Implementation entry, chains tn:blueprint → tn:assemble |
tn:audit |
After implementation is complete | Dual-layer verification: code↔spec + code↔real requirements |
tn:vault |
Change complete, confirming archive | delta spec merge → move into archive/ |
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.
- 2d ago First seen · 265 lines · 30 tokens per session scan A 7212ffc441ad
compass is a skill published in the GitHub repository devnomad-byte/techneering (13 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 30 tokens to every session and 2,838 once invoked, about $0.0002 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.
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