# Openrig Skills (agent 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.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig |
| Skill path | skills/_canonical/core/openrig-skills/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | openrig-skills |
| GitHub stars | 5,553 |
| Installs on skills.sh | not listed |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Skills in repo | 4 |
| Plugin marketplace | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex |
| Category | Testing & QA |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |

## 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

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

```sh
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 skill folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
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
```

### Cursor

```sh
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
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

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