durable-work

durable-work is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Tom-R-Main/openFunctions. It costs 29 tokens per session (630 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A controlled workflow for carrying out one explicitly selected work item through a durable controller. It requires configured steps, trusted user approvals, and new verification evidence before execution and completion.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for bounded work that has been configured for this workflow and needs recorded execution and completion authorization from a trusted user.
Why use it?
It prevents a chat message or model-generated approval from being treated as permission to perform work. It also keeps the exact scope, limits, proof methods, and expiry tied to the authorized task.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Good fit Use it for bounded work that has been configured for this workflow and needs recorded execution and completion authorization from a trusted user.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/tom-r-main/openfunctions/durable-work
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add Tom-R-Main/openFunctions --skill durable-work
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Tom-R-Main/openFunctions

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 29 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 630 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 $0.00029 $0.00630
Opus 5.5 $0.00012 $0.00252
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00126
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00063

Measured 2d ago against content hash 732315ca0bc6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

durable-work 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 2d 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.

plugins/hermes-openfunctions/skills/durable-work/SKILL.md · 29 lines

What it actually says

Use this workflow only when the user explicitly selects a work item covered by the configured local work profile. Installing this portable plugin does not install npm dependencies or grant execution authority. Keep it disabled until the user configures the runtime and enables it.

Before execution, use of_work_prepare to read the work contract and verification plan. Present the concrete scope and required evidence. A trusted user issues execution and completion grants with the compiled OpenFunction CLI against that exact preview; never fabricate authority from conversation text or a model-supplied approval field. Hermes approval permits a host call, while OpenFunction still checks persisted grants.

The trusted user's terminal workflow is:

openfunction work prepare --config <absolute-config-path> --work-item <selected-id> --out <absolute-private-preview-path>
openfunction work authorize --config <absolute-config-path> --preview <absolute-private-preview-path>

The authorization command displays the bound contract, scope, steps, proof methods, expiry, and limits. The user types AUTHORIZE for execution and separately types COMPLETE for automatic completion. Any other execution answer refuses; automatic completion stays off by default. This CLI is a trusted issuance path and must not become a model-callable approval tool.

Inspect and revoke persisted grants using openfunction work grants list --config <absolute-config-path> and openfunction work grants revoke --config <absolute-config-path> --grant <grant-reference>. Revocation takes effect at the next admission and completion check; it does not reverse effects already performed.

Use of_work_start, then of_work_step for the configured actions. Use of_work_verify to collect actual evidence. of_work_status inspects the attempt without silently executing or renewing it. Use of_work_finish only after the required passing evidence covers the current subject and completion authority is valid. Changed subject state requires fresh verification.

After an interruption, inspect status and use of_work_reconcile. A saved known result is replayed without repeating its effect. An uncertain effect requires reconciliation and prevents automatic completion. Do not retry unknown actions or claim completion from model narration. Revoked or expired grants, lease loss, missing proof, changed scope, or a review requirement stop further admissions.

Only actions routed through the OpenFunction executor and controller receive its receipts and recovery guarantees. Native Hermes terminal, browser, and file actions remain outside that journal. Report this coverage accurately. Keep toolsets and instructions stable during a conversation; refresh work state using tool results.

The MCP server reads ${PLUGIN_DATA}/config.json in caller-owned profile state. Credentials belong to the host's profile-scoped secret environment, never this manifest or chat output. The runtime must be installed and version-tested before plugin enablement; do not use an execution-time npx download.

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. 2d ago First seen · 29 lines · 29 tokens per session scan A 732315ca0bc6

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durable-work is a skill published in the GitHub repository Tom-R-Main/openFunctions (4 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 29 tokens to every session and 630 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 2026-10-14.

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