// Pre/post dev toolbox — named bundles of skills/agents loaded before development work and councils of experts invoked after. Run /toolbox or the toolbox.py CLI to list, activate, initialize, export, import, and validate toolboxes. Invoke at the start or end of a dev session, when setting up a new repo, or when sharing toolboxes with a team.
Repo-aware recommendation manager for ctx. Scans the active repository, identifies stack and workflow signals, recommends a capped set of skills, agents, and MCP servers, and unloads helpers that no longer match the current work after user confirmation. Harnesses are recommended by the custom-model onboarding flow and then attach to the same recommendation layer.
Design or audit a repo-local markdown knowledge graph with wiki links, source-code backlinks, drift checks, and searchable sections. Use when AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md is too flat for a large codebase or when a custom harness needs durable structured project memory.
Create or review an AGENTS.md file so coding agents get stable repo-local instructions: environment setup, testing, style, security boundaries, PR policy, and handoff rules. Use when a repo lacks durable agent guidance or when a custom harness needs a predictable context file.
Keeps README badge + inline counts in sync with the real number of skills, agents, graph nodes/edges, communities, converted pipelines, and pytest tests. Runs automatically on every commit via a git pre-commit hook. Use when the README drifts from reality or before publishing a release.
Discover installable agent skills from ctx's shipped Skills.sh catalog, the Skills.sh search API, and the npx skills CLI. Use when a user asks whether a skill exists, wants to add/update a skill, or needs a repeatable procedure for finding candidate skills safely.
Alive skill router — reads the current project's stack and loads/unloads skills dynamically. Invoke at session start or when project context changes.
| name | toolbox |
| description | Pre/post dev toolbox — named bundles of skills/agents loaded before development work and councils of experts invoked after. Run /toolbox or the toolbox.py CLI to list, activate, initialize, export, import, and validate toolboxes. Invoke at the start or end of a dev session, when setting up a new repo, or when sharing toolboxes with a team. |
| type | feature |
| priority | 50 |
| always_load | false |
Named bundles of skills/agents that run before (pre) or after (post)
a development task. Learn patterns from past work and propose new bundles.
Invoke slash, pre-commit, session-end, or file-save.
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Seed 5 starter toolboxes | python src/toolbox.py init |
| List available toolboxes | python src/toolbox.py list |
| Inspect one | python src/toolbox.py show ship-it |
| Activate (global) | python src/toolbox.py activate ship-it |
| Export for sharing | python src/toolbox.py export ship-it |
| Import a shared toolbox | python src/toolbox.py import file.yaml |
| Validate config | python src/toolbox.py validate |
| Name | When to use |
|---|---|
| ship-it | End-of-feature: 7-expert council on the change set |
| security-sweep | Security audit with guardrail blocking HIGH findings |
| refactor-safety | Refactors with graph-informed blast radius |
| docs-review | When touching Markdown or API docs |
| fresh-repo-init | Blank repo: run intent interview and scaffold |
Global: ~/.claude/toolboxes.json.
Per-repo (overrides global): <repo_root>/.toolbox.yaml.
Each toolbox declares:
pre — skills/agents to load before work startspost — agents that form the council after work endsscope.analysis — diff | full | graph-blast | dynamictrigger — slash, pre_commit, session_end, or file_save globbudget.max_tokens / budget.max_seconds — hard stop on runaway costdedup.policy — fresh (always re-run) or cached (reuse within window)guardrail — if true, block commit on HIGH findingsfresh-repo-init suggestion).security-sweep file_save).See docs/toolbox/index.md, docs/toolbox/starters.md, and
docs/toolbox/verdicts.md for the current toolbox contract, starter bundles,
and guardrail behavior.