# start

This skill introduces Nimbalyst Wiki and guides the first steps: create a repository wiki, record decisions, or look up what the team settled on.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 1979
- Author: nimbalyst
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/nimbalyst/nimbalyst/tree/HEAD/plugins/nimbalyst-wiki/skills/start/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nimbalyst-start

## What it does

The skill gives a short tour of Nimbalyst Wiki, a local wiki maintained by agents. Run `/nimbalyst-wiki:setup` to build its initial pages from the repository; use `/nimbalyst-wiki:capture` to add a session decision to the relevant page. Before working on an area, `/nimbalyst-wiki:recall` can surface earlier decisions. The start skill itself does not create or edit pages.

You can view and edit the wiki in a browser. Later, `/nimbalyst-wiki:team` moves a local wiki to Nimbalyst Teams and invites teammates; `/nimbalyst-wiki:connect` connects a team wiki. A local wiki needs no account. If the repository already has one, the skill points you toward using it instead of setting it up again.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nimbalyst/nimbalyst --skill start -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/start/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/start/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nimbalyst/nimbalyst --skill start -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/start/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nimbalyst/nimbalyst --skill start -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/start/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install nimbalyst/nimbalyst start
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/start/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nimbalyst/nimbalyst --skill start -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/nimbalyst/nimbalyst --path plugins/nimbalyst-wiki/skills/start
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/start/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add nimbalyst/nimbalyst --skill start -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/nimbalyst/nimbalyst/tree/HEAD/plugins/nimbalyst-wiki/skills/start/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build initial wiki pages from a repository
- record a session decision on the relevant page
- retrieve earlier decisions before working in an area
- open the local wiki in a browser
- move a wiki to Nimbalyst Teams and invite teammates

## Example prompts
- Explain what Nimbalyst Wiki does and suggest a first step.
- We decided to keep project conventions in the wiki. Show me how to record that.
- Find our decision about the API structure and open the wiki in my browser.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: start
description: "Start using Nimbalyst Wiki: show how agents build a local wiki, capture decisions, track typed pages, open the local browser view, and optionally use a team wiki. Use when the user asks what this plugin does, which skills it has, or how to begin."
argument-hint: "[optional goal]"
---

Give a short tour of Nimbalyst Wiki and point at the next step. Do not write any pages in this skill.

Say, in a few lines:

1. Nimbalyst Wiki is a local wiki your agents write for you, so you can think, organize, and set direction.
2. Best first step: `/nimbalyst-wiki:setup`. The agent builds the first wiki from this repository: Home, a writing guide, and starter pages.
3. The habit: at the end of a session, `/nimbalyst-wiki:capture` records what was decided in the page it affects.
4. Before working in an area, `/nimbalyst-wiki:recall` (or asking "what did we decide about X?") answers from the wiki's pages and decisions.
5. Growth paths: typed pages and tables to track things; reading and editing the wiki in the browser (ask "open the wiki in my browser"; the agent calls `openWikiInBrowser`, nothing to install); and optionally connecting a Nimbalyst Team wiki later (`/nimbalyst-wiki:connect`). A local wiki can be moved to Nimbalyst Teams later in one step with `/nimbalyst-wiki:team`, which also invites teammates; they need nothing installed to read it in the browser.

If the user gave a goal, tailor the next step to it. Check whether a local wiki already exists in this repository; if it does, suggest `capture` or asking a question about it instead of `setup`.

Mention the team add-on and its sign-in (the `team` skill installs `nimbalyst-wiki-team`) only if the user chooses the team wiki. The local wiki needs no account. Do not say the install runs onboarding by itself; it does not. The README has the full guide.
```
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© nimbalyst · MIT · https://github.com/nimbalyst/nimbalyst/tree/HEAD/plugins/nimbalyst-wiki/skills/start/SKILL.md

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