Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add povvo/claudikins-kernel --skill brain-jam-plangit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/povvo/claudikins-kernelWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/povvo/claudikins-kernel/brain-jam-plan)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/povvo/claudikins-kernel/brain-jam-plan"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/povvo/claudikins-kernel/brain-jam-plan/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/povvo/claudikins-kernel/brain-jam-plan"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/povvo/claudikins-kernel/brain-jam-plan.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00054 | $0.01704 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00027 | $0.00852 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00011 | $0.00341 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00170 |
Grade A, and why
brain-jam-plan 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 9d 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 — 205 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Brain-Jam Planning Methodology
Overview
Planning is an iterative conversation, not a production line. The human stays in the loop at every phase.
"Go back and forth with Claude until I like its plan. A good plan is really important." — Boris
Core principle: Understand before solving. Ask before assuming. Recommend but let user decide.
Trigger Symptoms
Use this skill when:
- Running the
claudikins-kernel:outlinecommand - Requirements are unclear or keep changing
- Multiple valid approaches exist and you can't choose
- User wants involvement in decisions (not just receive a plan)
- Previous plans failed due to missed requirements
- Scope creep is a concern
- You're tempted to just start coding without a plan
The Brain-Jam Process
Phase 1: Requirements Gathering
One question at a time. Wait for the answer.
Key questions to answer:
- What problem are we solving?
- What does success look like?
- What constraints exist?
- What's explicitly OUT of scope?
Use AskUserQuestion with specific options — never open-ended unless necessary.
Phase 2: Context Building
Before proposing solutions, understand the landscape:
- What exists already in the codebase?
- What patterns should we follow?
- What dependencies apply?
- What has been tried before?
Phase 3: Approach Generation
Generate 2-3 distinct approaches. Each must include:
| Element | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Summary | 1-2 sentence overview |
| Pros | Clear benefits |
| Cons | Honest trade-offs |
| Effort | low / medium / high |
| Risk | low / medium / high |
Always recommend one with reasoning. See approach-template.md.
Phase 4: Section-by-Section Drafting
Draft one section at a time. Get approval before moving on.
Never batch approvals — each checkpoint is a chance to course-correct.
Non-Negotiables
These rules have no exceptions:
One question at a time.
What ships with it
9 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
- references/approach-conflict-resolution.md 6.1 KB
- references/approach-template.md 3.6 KB
- references/iteration-limits.md 4.8 KB
- references/plan-abandonment-cleanup.md 4.1 KB
- references/plan-checklist.md 2.4 KB
- references/plan-format.md 4.3 KB
- references/requirement-stability.md 6.8 KB
- references/research-timeouts.md 4.3 KB
- references/session-collapse-recovery.md 5.2 KB
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 205 lines · 54 tokens per session scan A e131c314601f
brain-jam-plan is a skill published in the GitHub repository povvo/claudikins-kernel (126 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 54 tokens to every session and 1,704 once invoked, about $0.0003 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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