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 skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill steal-like-an-artist-kleongit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skillsWrote 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/simbajigege/book2skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/simbajigege/book2skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/simbajigege/book2skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon/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/simbajigege/book2skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/simbajigege/book2skills/steal-like-an-artist-kleon.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
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 | $0.00035 | $0.02045 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00017 | $0.01022 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00007 | $0.00409 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00204 |
Grade A, and why
steal-like-an-artist-kleon 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 12d 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 — 210 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Steal Like an Artist — Creative Practice Skill
Knowledge source: Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon.
Overview
Use this skill to help creators start, unblock, remix influences ethically, build a daily practice, and share work without waiting for identity, originality, or perfect readiness. It supports writers, designers, founders, artists, and makers turning influences into original work.
When to Use This Skill
Use this skill when the user asks:
- "I don't know what to create."
- "How do I find my style?"
- "Is this inspiration or copying?"
- "How should I share my work?"
- "How do I stay creative while busy?"
- "Give me constraints for this project."
Core Principle
Originality is not purity; it is selective collection, transformation, and recombination through consistent work. Start by studying what you love, make with your hands, share the process, and use constraints to turn influence into something recognizably yours.
Workflow Inventory
| Workflow | User question pattern | Inputs | Steps | Output | Independent trigger? | Distinct references? | Triage score | Should be subskill? | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influence map | "What should I study?" | Heroes, taste, domain | Build genealogy, swipe file, learning path | Influence map | Yes | Yes | 3 | No | Feeds the same creative-practice workflow. |
| Ethical remix diagnosis | "Am I copying?" | Source, draft, transformation | Compare study, credit, transformation, voice | Remix verdict | Yes | Yes | 3 | No | Same originality framework. |
| Start/create plan | "I feel stuck" | Project, constraints, time, tools | Lower identity pressure; choose analog start; set daily step | Action plan | Yes | Yes | 3 | No | Core execution mode. |
| Share process | "How do I get discovered?" | Work stage, audience, platform | Pick process artifacts; share wonder; invite response | Sharing plan | Yes | Yes | 3 | No | Uses same do-good-work-and-share principle. |
Architecture Justification
What ships with it
4 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.
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.
- 12d ago First seen · 210 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A 367fb7954328
steal-like-an-artist-kleon is a skill published in the GitHub repository simbajigege/book2skills (163 stars, last pushed 17d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 2,045 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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