Free · Open Source · MIT

Operational patterns,
packaged as skills.

Nock Skills is the open-source library of operational patterns for AI agent fleets: handoff protocols, review pipelines, and standing orders, packaged as SKILL.md files an agent loads exactly when it needs them.

Install Nock Skills View on GitHub ↗

$ brew install nocktechnologies/tap/nock-skills

What's in the box

Patterns that
just work.

Each skill is a plain Markdown file, versioned, reviewable, and committed to your repo so policy ships with your code.

Handoffs 01 · pass

When a task is marked done, write the brief and notify the next agent: the protocol does it, every time.

# handoff-protocol
when:  task complete
do:    brief + notify next

Reviews 02 · gate

Multi-stage review pipelines (verify, critique, approve) run before anything merges to main.

# review-pipeline
stages: verify, critique
gate:   approve to merge

Standing orders 03 · rule

Durable rules every agent follows. Commit once; the whole fleet obeys from the next boot.

# standing-orders
rule: verify before merge
rule: log every decision

How it works

Load a playbook.
In four steps.

Nock Skills is a CLI and a registry. Skills are just files; add them, and your agents pick them up.

Browse the skill registry

nock skills search finds community and first-party patterns by name or tag.

Add a skill to your project

nock skills add <name> drops the SKILL.md into your repo. Commit it like any other file.

Agents load skills on demand

When a task matches, the agent pulls the skill into context, no preloading, no bloat.

Write your own and share

Author a SKILL.md, publish it to the registry, and the whole community can run it.

Install

One line. No accounts. No telemetry.

# homebrew (macOS, Linux)
$ brew install nocktechnologies/tap/nock-skills

# list available skills
$ nock skills list

# add one to your project
$ nock skills add review-pipeline
[ok] skill loaded into agent context