clone-cornelius

name	clone-cornelius
description	Clone the Cornelius agent repository and guide the user to open Claude Code inside it
argument-hint	[destination-path]
disable-model-invocation	false
user-invocable	true
allowed-tools	Bash, AskUserQuestion
metadata	{"version":"1.0","created":"2026-03-16T00:00:00.000Z","author":"Ability.ai","changelog":["1.0: Initial version — clone the Cornelius agent repository and guide the user to open Claude Code inside it"]}

Clone Cornelius

ℹ️ First, set expectations: before anything else, print one short line with this skill's version and its most recent change — the top entry of metadata.changelog above — e.g. clone-cornelius vX.Y — recent: <summary>. Then proceed.

Clone Cornelius and launch Claude Code inside the repository.

STEP 1: Determine Destination

If the user provided a destination path as an argument, use it. Otherwise, ask:

Use AskUserQuestion:

• Question: "Where should Cornelius be cloned?"
• Header: "Installation Location"
• Show these options:
  1. ~/cornelius — Home directory (recommended)
  2. ./cornelius — Current directory
  3. Custom path — Let me specify

Default to ~/cornelius if no preference.

Expand ~ to the actual home directory using:

echo "$HOME"

STEP 2: Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/Abilityai/cornelius [destination]

If the destination already exists and is non-empty, inform the user and stop — do not overwrite.

Report the result:

## Cornelius Cloned

Repository cloned to: [full path]

STEP 3: Instruct the User to Open Claude Code Inside Cornelius

Display this message to the user:

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## Next Step: Open Claude Code in Cornelius

Cornelius is a Claude Code agent — to use it, you need to start Claude Code
with the Cornelius directory as its working directory.

**Option 1 — Exit and reopen (recommended)**

Exit this Claude Code session, then run:

  cd [destination]
  claude

**Option 2 — Open a new terminal tab**

Keep this session open and run in a new terminal tab:

  cd [destination]
  claude

**Option 3 — Use the shell command directly**

  claude [destination]

Once Claude Code starts inside Cornelius, it will load the agent's CLAUDE.md
and you'll be working with Cornelius.

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Do not do anything else. The skill is complete once the instructions are displayed.

Error Handling

Situation	Action
git not found	Tell user to install Git first: brew install git or https://git-scm.com
Destination already exists	Warn the user, offer to use existing clone or pick a different path
Clone fails (network, permissions)	Show the error and suggest they try manually: git clone https://github.com/Abilityai/cornelius