example

example is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from StepfenShawn/kota. It costs 14 tokens per session (207 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An example skill file showing the expected structure and sections of a complete agent skill.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it as a reference when designing or documenting another skill, including its instructions, examples, edge cases, and resource folders.
Why use it?
People creating skills can use it to see how instructions, usage examples, guidelines, and supporting resources fit together. It is instructional material rather than a domain-specific workflow.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it as a reference when designing or documenting another skill, including its instructions, examples, edge cases, and resource folders.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/stepfenshawn/kota/example
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.

Any agent
npx skills add StepfenShawn/kota --skill example
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/StepfenShawn/kota

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Wrote 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.

agentmods badge for example

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/stepfenshawn/kota/example/github.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/skills/stepfenshawn/kota/example)
Your own site
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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.

agentmods 80×15 button for example

Your own site · 80×15
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/stepfenshawn/kota/example"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/stepfenshawn/kota/example.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>
Per session 14 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 207 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.
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 $0.00014 $0.00207
Opus 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00083
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00003 $0.00041
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00021

Measured 1mo ago against content hash e16d3fb7a645, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

example 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.

.kota/skills/example/SKILL.md · 43 lines

What it actually says

Example Skill

This is an example skill demonstrating the standard Claude Skills format.

Instructions

When this skill is activated:

  1. Follow these specific guidelines
  2. Use the provided context and resources
  3. Apply best practices for the task
  4. Provide clear, actionable output

Usage Examples

Example 1: Basic Usage

Input: Simple request Output: Structured response

Example 2: Advanced Usage

Input: Complex request with parameters Output: Detailed analysis and recommendations

Guidelines

  • Be specific and actionable
  • Provide examples when helpful
  • Consider edge cases
  • Validate inputs and outputs

Resources

Additional resources can be placed in the same directory:

  • REFERENCE.md - Reference documentation
  • scripts/ - Executable scripts
  • templates/ - Output templates
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 · 43 lines · 14 tokens per session scan A e16d3fb7a645

Subscribe to this mod's changes

example is a skill published in the GitHub repository StepfenShawn/kota (100 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 14 tokens to every session and 207 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.

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