Default Skills
GHOST installs these skills into $WORKSPACE/skills/ when you first
set up your workspace. They are kept up to date automatically — every
time GHOST starts, it checks for newer versions bundled with the
binary. If you haven’t modified a skill, it updates silently. If both
you and an update changed the same skill, GHOST shows you the diff and
lets you accept, reject, or review each change.
Research & Knowledge
Section titled “Research & Knowledge”deep-research
Section titled “deep-research”Multi-source web research for recommendations, comparisons, and buying decisions. Searches broadly, reads full pages, cross-references findings, and cites sources. For complex questions, delegates to a background research agent that takes its time for a thorough, accurate answer.
knowledge-navigator
Section titled “knowledge-navigator”Querying the knowledge base effectively. Covers search strategies (keyword vs semantic), graph traversal, tag browsing, and combining multiple queries to find what you need.
note-writer
Section titled “note-writer”Creating structured knowledge notes following the note archetype system. Covers archetypes, wiki links, trust levels, and source citations.
reference-import
Section titled “reference-import”Importing external content — git repositories and website crawls — into the knowledge base for natural language querying.
document-import
Section titled “document-import”Importing documents (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, images) into the knowledge base via docling-serve.
Task Management
Section titled “Task Management”project-manager
Section titled “project-manager”Persistent cross-session projects for long-horizon work. Tracks tasks and progress across conversations. Activates when you describe a goal that will span multiple sessions.
scripting
Section titled “scripting”Writing and running scripts to answer questions that need computation — data processing, CSV/JSON parsing, API calls, calculations, chart generation. Scripts are saved in the workspace for reuse.
Content Creation
Section titled “Content Creation”image-generation
Section titled “image-generation”Generating and editing images with Gemini Flash. Supports text-to-image and
image-to-image at multiple resolutions. Requires GEMINI_API_KEY.
sending-attachments
Section titled “sending-attachments”Sending images, generated files, CSVs, or any attachment back to you.
Agents & Extensibility
Section titled “Agents & Extensibility”agent-creator
Section titled “agent-creator”Creating spawnable Lua agents coupled with skills — autonomous background workers for specific tasks.
skill-creator
Section titled “skill-creator”Meta-skill for creating, editing, and evaluating skills. Ported from anthropics/skills.
Development (GHOST HACK)
Section titled “Development (GHOST HACK)”coding
Section titled “coding”Manages coding sessions — loading project context, reading code, running tests, committing. Powers the GHOST HACK workflow.
browser-use
Section titled “browser-use”Internal skill for multi-browser management, tab workflow, element references, and authentication handoff.
superpowers
Section titled “superpowers”A collection of development methodology skills ported from obra/superpowers. These activate automatically during GHOST HACK coding sessions and cover:
- brainstorming — exploring intent and requirements before implementation
- writing-plans — comprehensive implementation plans before touching code
- executing-plans — plan execution with review checkpoints
- tdd — test-driven development workflow
- systematic-debugging — structured debugging before proposing fixes
- verification — evidence-based completion checks before committing
- requesting-review / receiving-review — code review workflows
- finishing-branch — merge, PR, or cleanup decisions
- parallel-agents / subagent-development — dispatching independent tasks to parallel workers
- git-worktrees — isolated feature work
- writing-skills — creating and verifying new skills
Infrastructure
Section titled “Infrastructure”system-management
Section titled “system-management”Shell environment (Nix flake), services (start/stop/debug), and self-update.
Merges the former nix-shell and services skills.