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Openrig Skills

Openrig Skills is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from mvschwarz/openrig. Agents load it when you're operating OpenRig and need the right skill or context for fleet recovery, seat handover, new-seat orientation, a watchdog wake, cross-host reach to an… It works with Claude Code and Codex and has 5,553 GitHub stars across a repository of 4 listed skills.

github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-skills (opens in a new tab)

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Claude

Claude Code loads skills from ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (one project):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig.git
cp -r openrig/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-skills ~/.claude/skills/openrig-skills   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project

In the Claude apps, zip the openrig-skills folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig.git
cp -r openrig/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-skills .agents/skills/openrig-skills   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig.git
cp -r openrig/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-skills .cursor/skills/openrig-skills   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Use when you're operating OpenRig and need the right skill or context for fleet recovery, seat handover, new-seat orientation, a watchdog wake, cross-host reach to an agent on another machine, rig packaging, an OpenRig upgrade, systematic debugging, queue triage, or implementation planning; also use when you don't know what applies or nothing is projected on cold boot. You're running inside OpenRig. OpenRig ships a set of skills — small documents that tell you when to do something and how.

When it triggers

  • Use when you're operating OpenRig and need the right skill or context for fleet recovery, seat handover, new-seat orientation, a watchdog wake, cross-host reach to an agent on another machine, rig packaging, an OpenRig upgrade, systematic d

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What is the Openrig Skills skill?

Openrig Skills is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from mvschwarz/openrig. Agents load it when you're operating OpenRig and need the right skill or context for fleet recovery, seat handover, new-seat orientation, a watchdog wake, cross-host reach to an… It works with Claude Code and Codex and has 5,553 GitHub stars across a repository of 4 listed skills. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-skills.

How do I install the Openrig Skills skill?

Copy the openrig-skills folder (the one containing SKILL.md) into ~/.claude/skills/ for Claude Code, .agents/skills/ for Codex or .cursor/skills/ for Cursor. The agent picks it up automatically when a task matches its description.

Is the Openrig Skills skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the Apache-2.0 license.

Is Openrig Skills maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. Its latest release is v0.6.6. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.