# session-to-skill

Turns Entire sessions and checkpoints into a skill draft: it pulls out the workflow you repeat and writes it as future agent behavior.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 426 installs · ★ 227
- Author: entireio
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/entireio/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/session-to-skill/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/session-to-skill

## What it does

This skill builds one focused skill draft out of your Entire session history. It does not rewrite a whole transcript. Sessions and checkpoints serve as source material, and the reusable workflow gets extracted from them.

It starts by asking what the skill should help you do repeatedly. Then it looks for evidence in your history: `entire search`, `entire session current`, session metadata files, `entire checkpoint explain`. When several sessions look relevant, it summarizes the repeated pattern, recommends a source set, and waits for your confirmation before expanding transcripts. The `SKILL.md` draft appears in the response; no file is written or overwritten unless you approve the destination.

It only works where Entire is installed and the current directory is a git repository. Without Entire, the skill exits early and never reaches the session review. Session metadata it reads includes `last_prompt`, `description`, `files_touched`, `started_at`, and `agent_type`. Secrets, private credentials, and raw log detail stay out of the generated skill.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-to-skill -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-to-skill -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-to-skill -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install entireio/skills session-to-skill
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-to-skill -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/entireio/skills --path skills/session-to-skill
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add entireio/skills --skill session-to-skill -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/entireio/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/session-to-skill/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a repeated blog publishing routine into a skill
- find sessions in Entire history that share one workflow
- draft `SKILL.md` from a checkpoint without retelling the transcript
- carry user corrections and preferences from past sessions into a skill
- drop one-off and duplicate sessions from the source set

## Example prompts
- Turn my blog publishing workflow into a skill
- Make a skill from session 019...
- I keep drafting release notes; make that reusable

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: session-to-skill
description: Use when the user wants to turn one or more Entire-tracked sessions, checkpoints, or repeated agent workflows into a reusable agent skill.
---

# Session To Skill

Use this skill to help the user turn Entire session history into a focused skill draft.

The goal is not to convert a whole transcript mechanically. Treat sessions and checkpoints as source material, then extract the reusable workflow the user wants to repeat.

## Response Format

Begin the first response to this skill invocation with the line:

`Entire Session To Skill:`

followed by a blank line, then the content.

- Apply the header to the **first response of the invocation only.** Do not re-print it on follow-up turns within the same invocation.
- Do **not** include the header on error or early-exit responses, such as when Entire is not installed, the current directory is not a git repository, no relevant sessions are found, or the user has not identified what reusable behavior they want.

## Rules

1. First identify the reusable behavior the skill should capture. If the user has not said what the skill should help with, ask that question before reading transcripts.
2. Use Entire history as evidence. Prefer `entire search`, `entire session current`, session metadata files, and `entire checkpoint explain` over asking the user to paste old transcripts.
3. A skill draft should be focused on future behavior, not a recap of the session. Preserve durable workflow, repo conventions, user corrections, commands, validation, and things to avoid.
4. When several sessions may be relevant, summarize the repeated workflow pattern, recommend a source set, and ask the user to confirm before expanding transcripts.
5. Do not write, install, or overwrite a skill file unless the user explicitly approves the destination. By default, present the `SKILL.md` draft in the response.
6. Do not include secrets, private credentials, raw logs, or unnecessary transcript detail in the generated skill.

## Workflow

### 1. Clarify The Skill Target

If the user gives a clear target, continue. Examples:

- "turn my blog publishing workflow into a skill"
- "make a skill from session 019..."
- "I keep doing release note drafting; make that reusable"

If the target is vague, ask:

```text
What should this skill help you do repeatedly?
```

If the user wants a specific skill name, use it. Otherwise infer a short hyphen-case name from the target, then confirm it before writing files.

### 2. Infer The Repeated Pattern

If the user gives a checkpoint ID, skip to checkpoint expansion.

If the user gives a session ID, read the matching session metadata from:

```text
.git/entire-sessions/<session-id>.json
```
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