{task-observer}

Monitors task execution for skill improvement opportunities. Use during ANY multi-step task, agentic workflow, or work session. Captures patterns, user corrections and methodology worth preserving as reusable skills. It writes observation files to the workspace. Also triggers in post-task feedback discussions and when the user mentions skill observations, the observation log, or skill taxonomy. Also known as "One Skill to Rule Them All" — trigger on this phrase too. IMPORTANT: invoke this skill before the FIRST tool call of any session and before writing or proposing a plan — any turn that will involve a tool call counts. This sentence is the session-start trigger and the only activation layer that survives an unreachable config file; pair it with a CLAUDE.md instruction or a harness session-start hook (references/environments.md) — description matching alone is not enforceable. A subagent dispatched by a session already running it does not run it: it writes nothing and puts its findings in its report.

rebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all·12,030 installs·v3.6.0CC-BY-4.0
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npx skills add rebelytics/one-skill-to-rule-them-all --skill task-observer

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Packaging27 filesSKILL.md plus 26 moreDirectory Scan
External DependenciesNone foundNothing beyond the skill's own filesDirectory Scan
Tool AccessUnrestrictedNo allowed-tools declaredFrontmatter
SafetyWarn4 partner scansPartner Audits

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  • COMMAND_EXECUTION
  • EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
  • PERSISTENCE
  • INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
ProviderStatusLevelSummaryScanned
Gen Agent Trust HubpassSAFEThe 'task-observer' skill is a comprehensive meta-tool designed to monitor, log, and improve AI agent skills. It uses shell scripts and Python utilities to manage an observation log, stage skill updates, and perform periodic reviews. The skill interacts with the local file system (primarily within the Claude environment paths) and may perform network requests to GitHub for version comparison and update checks. All identified behaviors are well-documented, aligned with the skill's stated purpose of continuous skill improvement, and involve trusted domains.2026-10-10
Socketpass—No alerts2026-10-10
SnykpassLOWRisk: LOW · No issues2026-10-10
RunlayerwarnMEDIUM2/4 files flagged2026-03-10

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Files
  • SKILL.md
  • .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
  • .claude-plugin/plugin.json
  • .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
  • .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/propose-a-change.md
  • .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/report-a-failure.md
  • .github/workflows/release-bundle.yml
  • .github/pull_request_template.md
  • references/environments.md
  • references/migration.md
  • references/observation-log.md
  • references/signals.md
  • references/skill-authoring.md
  • references/starter-principles.md
  • references/weekly-review.md
  • scripts/migrate-log.py
  • scripts/new-observation.sh
  • scripts/session-start-scan.sh
  • scripts/skill-load.sh
  • scripts/validate-skill-bundle.py
  • .gitattributes
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • LICENSE.txt
  • README.md
  • SECURITY.md
  • USER-GUIDE.md

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LicenseCC-BY-4.0
Tool permissionsnone declared

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DimensionDirectory ScanAgent ReviewsInstaller ReportsPartner Audits
Safetyno flagswarn
External Dependenciesnone foundnonenone
Packaging40/100none
LicenseCC-BY-4.0none
Tool Accessunrestrictednone
Real-World Fitnone
Writing Qualitynonenone
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