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 swarmclawai/swarmclaw --skill resourceful-problem-solvinggit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/swarmclawai/swarmclawWrote 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/swarmclawai/swarmclaw/resourceful-problem-solving)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/swarmclawai/swarmclaw/resourceful-problem-solving"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/swarmclawai/swarmclaw/resourceful-problem-solving.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" 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 | $0.00045 | $0.00432 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00023 | $0.00216 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00009 | $0.00086 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00005 | $0.00043 |
Grade C, and why
resourceful-problem-solving scanned grade C 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 8d 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.
Tells the agent never to refusehighAnti-refusal
Suppressing the ability to decline removes a core safety control; a later harmful request then succeeds.
- Never refuse a task when shell tools are available. Attempt a code-based solution first. Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
- **Web scraping**: Use `curl` + parsing or Python `requests` + `beautifulsoup4` What it actually says
Resourceful Problem Solving
When asked to do something and no dedicated tool exists, follow this escalation pattern:
1. Check Skills
Use use_skill to search for a matching skill. Many common tasks (PDF editing, image generation, GitHub ops, summarization) already have skills available.
2. Search for a CLI Tool
If no skill matches, check whether a CLI tool exists:
which <tool> # already installed?
brew search <tool> # macOS
pip search <tool> # Python ecosystem
npm search <tool> # Node ecosystem
If a suitable tool exists, install it and use it.
3. Write a Script
If no CLI tool fits, write a short script (Python, Node, or bash) to accomplish the task. Common patterns:
- PDF creation: Use Python
reportlaborfpdf2 - Image manipulation: Use Python
Pillow - Spreadsheets: Use Python
openpyxlorcsv - Data conversion: Use
jq,csvkit, or a short Python script - Web scraping: Use
curl+ parsing or Pythonrequests+beautifulsoup4
Install dependencies as needed: pip install <package> or npm install <package>.
4. Save for Reuse
If the script solves a task that's likely to come up again, offer to save it as a reusable extension via the extension_creator tool.
Rules
- Never refuse a task when shell tools are available. Attempt a code-based solution first.
- Only report inability after genuinely trying and failing.
- Prefer lightweight, well-known packages over complex bespoke solutions.
- Always verify the output before reporting success.
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.
- 8d ago First seen · 50 lines · 45 tokens per session scan C dbf9cfa57f51
resourceful-problem-solving is a skill published in the GitHub repository swarmclawai/swarmclaw (665 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 45 tokens to every session and 432 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (tells the agent never to refuse, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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