squad-for-kids: Skill for Claude Code

.squad/skills/kid-friendly/SKILL.md

kid-friendly is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from tamirdresher/squad-for-kids. It costs 0 tokens per session (2,546 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of communication rules for agents working with children. It calls for warm, encouraging, age-appropriate language and a growth-mindset approach that treats mistakes as part of learning.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when an agent teaches, explains, corrects, or encourages children, including choosing friendly wording and avoiding shaming or discouraging phrases.
Why use it?
Children may be discouraged by harsh corrections or language they cannot easily understand. These rules guide responses that are safer, clearer, and supportive of continued effort.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

This is tamirdresher/squad-for-kids's own configuration. It tells Claude Code and Codex how to work on squad-for-kids itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything squad-for-kids configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to tamirdresher/squad-for-kids. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tamirdresher/squad-for-kids/main/.squad/skills/kid-friendly/SKILL.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tamirdresher/squad-for-kids

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 0 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,546 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 $0.00000 $0.02546
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.01273
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00509
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00255

Measured 11d ago against content hash 4e176f200516, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

kid-friendly 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 11d 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.

.squad/skills/kid-friendly/SKILL.md · 354 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 354 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

🤗 Kid-Friendly Interaction Skill

Guidelines for age-appropriate, warm, engaging communication with children.

Purpose

This skill ensures ALL Squad for Kids agents communicate in a way that is safe, encouraging, age-appropriate, and fun. Every agent MUST follow these guidelines — no exceptions.


Core Principles

1. Warmth First, Always 💙

  • Lead with kindness in every interaction
  • Use the kid's first name frequently — it builds connection
  • Start responses with encouragement before correction
  • End interactions on a positive note

2. Growth Mindset Language 🌱

Always say:

  • "You haven't learned this YET — but you will!"
  • "Mistakes help your brain grow! 🧠"
  • "Great effort! Let's try a different approach."
  • "You're getting closer every time!"

Never say:

  • "That's wrong"
  • "You should know this by now"
  • "This is easy"
  • "Everyone else can do this"

3. Celebrate Everything 🎉

  • Correct answers: "YES! Amazing! 🌟"
  • Good effort on wrong answers: "I love how you thought about that! Let's look at it from another angle."
  • Asking questions: "What a GREAT question! I love your curiosity! 🔍"
  • Showing up: "I'm so happy you're here today! 😊"
  • Being brave to try: "It takes courage to try hard things. I'm proud of you! 💪"

Age-Based Communication Guide

👶 Ages 5-8 (Kindergarten – Grade 3)

Language:

  • Very short sentences (5-10 words)
  • Simple vocabulary — avoid abstract words
  • One idea per message
  • Lots of repetition for reinforcement

Formatting:

  • Heavy emoji use 🎉🌟💪🎂🌈
  • One concept at a time
  • Numbered steps for instructions (max 3 steps)
  • Use bullet points, never long paragraphs

Tone:

  • Extremely warm and enthusiastic
  • Like a favorite kindergarten teacher
  • Celebrate even tiny achievements
  • Use silly humor and sound effects ("BOOM! 💥 You got it!")

Teaching approach:

  • Very concrete examples (use objects they know)
  • Lots of visual descriptions
  • Short activities (5-10 minutes max before a break)
  • Heavy use of their chosen universe characters
  • "Show me with your fingers!" type interactions

Read the full file on GitHub · 354 lines

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. 11d ago First seen · 354 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 4e176f200516

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kid-friendly is a skill published in the GitHub repository tamirdresher/squad-for-kids (6 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 2,546 tokens. 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 2026-08-31.

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