Manages open-ended project explorations, known as quests, through file-based memory updates.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/quest && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/17492" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/quest && rm skill.zip

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Activation

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Manage Egregore quests from Codex when the user invokes /quest or $quest, or asks to manage quests, using memory-first files and optional connected-mode graph updates.
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Key capabilities

  • List active and paused quests
  • Show quest details from markdown files
  • Create new quests with frontmatter
  • Append contribution entries to quests
  • Set quest priority or status (pause, complete)

How it works

The skill syncs with agent.sh, detects the mode, and dispatches actions based on user requests to manage quest files, updating frontmatter and an index file, then committing changes.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
User's request to manage quests (list, show, new, contribute, prioritize, pause, complete)
You get back
A list of quests, detailed quest information, or a confirmation of quest creation/update

When to use quest

  • Manage exploration
  • Prioritize work
  • Complete quest

About this skill

Egregore Quest

Native Codex Egregore skill. Quests are shared, open-ended explorations stored under memory/quests/.

Flow

  1. Run bin/agent.sh sync.
  2. Detect mode from egregore.json mode, defaulting to connected.
  3. Dispatch from the user request:
    • no argument: list active and paused quests from memory/quests/*.md.
    • name or slug: show quest details from the markdown file.
    • new: create a quest.
    • contribute: append a contribution entry.
    • prioritize: set priority to 0, 1, 2, or 3.
    • pause: set status: paused.
    • complete: set status: completed and record an outcome.
  4. Filesystem writes are canonical. Quest files use frontmatter:
---
title: Example Quest
slug: example-quest
status: active
projects: []
started: YYYY-MM-DD
started_by: handle
priority: 0
completed:
---
  1. Update memory/quests/index.md after create, status changes, and priority changes.
  2. Commit and push memory immediately:
git -C memory add quests
git -C memory commit -m "quest: $SLUG $ACTION" --quiet
git -C memory push origin main --quiet
  1. In connected mode only, mirror changes best-effort with bin/graph.sh and notify named people with bin/notify.sh send. If graph or notification fails, report that the quest was saved to memory and continue.

Interaction

Use structured Codex question tooling when available for new quest fields and status confirmations. Otherwise ask one short numbered question at a time with an Other: option.

Output

Structured UX parity is required:

  • /quest list mode renders the active quest table: | Quest | Project | Artifacts | Contributors |, followed by paused quest state and entry-point hints.
  • /quest <name> detail mode renders the same sectioned view as Egregore: title rule, status, projects, started metadata, question, threads, artifacts, todos when available, contributors, and entry points.
  • Create/update routes use compact structured confirmations with the quest file path and memory push state. Do not substitute a loose prose summary.
  • In local mode, omit graph/notification wording while preserving the same list/detail layout.

Rules

  • Do not use graph or notification calls in local mode.
  • Do not let graph failure block a filesystem quest update.
  • Do not use Claude Code commands.

When not to use it

  • When the user wants graph failure to block a filesystem quest update

Limitations

  • Do not use graph or notification calls in local mode
  • Do not let graph failure block a filesystem quest update

How it compares

This skill manages quests as memory-first markdown files with structured frontmatter, providing a durable and shared exploration record, unlike informal task tracking.

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