# plannotator-annotate

Opens Plannotator's annotation UI for a file, folder or URL, then hands the returned annotations back to the agent.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 748 installs · ★ 9649
- Author: backnotprop
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/backnotprop/plannotator/tree/HEAD/apps/kiro-cli/skills/plannotator-annotate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/plannotator-annotate

## What it does

The skill runs `PLANNOTATOR_ORIGIN=kiro-cli plannotator annotate $ARGUMENTS`. Arguments can be a markdown or plain-text config path (`.md`, `.txt`, `.yaml`, `.json`, `.toml`, `.ini`, `.csv`, `.log`), a folder, an html file, or a URL. Whatever you pass is what opens in the UI.

If the command says the arguments could not be resolved to a file, URL or folder, the skill tells the agent to work out which target you meant and re-run the command with that concrete path. Then it addresses what the UI returns.

A session that closes with no feedback — empty output, or a JSON object with `"decision": "dismissed"` — is not approval. The agent acknowledges it in one sentence and stops; no work starts. Keep that in mind, because a silently closed window does not green-light edits.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/plannotator --skill plannotator-annotate -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/plannotator --skill plannotator-annotate -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/plannotator --skill plannotator-annotate -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install backnotprop/plannotator plannotator-annotate
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/plannotator --skill plannotator-annotate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/backnotprop/plannotator --path apps/kiro-cli/skills/plannotator-annotate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add backnotprop/plannotator --skill plannotator-annotate -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/backnotprop/plannotator/tree/HEAD/apps/kiro-cli/skills/plannotator-annotate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- annotate a config before editing it
- collect feedback on a folder of docs
- open a spec URL in the annotation UI
- feed returned annotations back to the agent
- tell a dismissed session apart from approval

## Example prompts
- Open `docs/config.yaml` in Plannotator and address the annotations
- Show the `specs/` folder in the annotation UI
- Open the spec URL with plannotator annotate

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: plannotator-annotate
disable-model-invocation: true
description: Open Plannotator's annotation UI for a file, folder, or URL, then address the returned annotations.
---

# Plannotator Annotate (Kiro)

Run:

```bash
PLANNOTATOR_ORIGIN=kiro-cli plannotator annotate $ARGUMENTS
```

`$ARGUMENTS` should be a markdown or plain-text config file path (.md, .txt, .yaml, .json, .toml, .ini, .csv, .log, …), folder path, html file path, or URL.

If the command reports that the arguments could not be resolved to a file, URL, or folder, work out which target the user means and re-run the command yourself with that concrete path or URL.

If the session closes without feedback (the output is empty, or a JSON object with `"decision": "dismissed"`), acknowledge it in one sentence and stop. Do not begin any work: closing the session is not approval.
````
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© backnotprop · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/backnotprop/plannotator/tree/HEAD/apps/kiro-cli/skills/plannotator-annotate/SKILL.md

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