Manually writes and finalizes agent task responses.

Install

mkdir -p .claude/skills/respond && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/16510" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/respond && rm skill.zip

Installs to .claude/skills/respond

Activation

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Manually write response back to Claude. Use if read-task did not auto-complete or to finalize response.
103 charsno explicit “when” trigger
Beginner

Key capabilities

  • Gather all findings, code, or analysis from a task
  • Write a structured response to response.md
  • Update the task status to 'done'
  • Confirm response writing to the user

How it works

The skill resolves the .agent-collab directory, gathers all findings from the completed task, and then writes a structured response to response.md. It updates the task status to 'done' and confirms the action to the user.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Completed task findings, code, or analysis
You get back
A markdown file (response.md) containing the structured response and an updated status file

When to use respond

  • Complete an agent task that stopped mid-way
  • Manually aggregate findings into a response file
  • Finalize and mark a task as done

About this skill

Respond Skill

Manually write response back to Claude.

When to Use

  • If /read-task didn't auto-complete
  • To finalize or modify a response
  • To manually send findings to Claude

Steps

Before any file operations, resolve the .agent-collab directory so commands work outside the project root:

AGENT_COLLAB_DIR="${AGENT_COLLAB_DIR:-}"
if [ -n "$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR" ]; then
  if [ -d "$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR/.agent-collab" ]; then
    AGENT_COLLAB_DIR="$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR/.agent-collab"
  elif [ ! -d "$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR" ]; then
    AGENT_COLLAB_DIR=""
  fi
fi

if [ -z "$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR" ]; then
  AGENT_COLLAB_DIR="$(pwd)"
  while [ "$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR/.agent-collab" ]; do
    AGENT_COLLAB_DIR="$(dirname "$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR")"
  done
  AGENT_COLLAB_DIR="$AGENT_COLLAB_DIR/.agent-collab"
fi

If $AGENT_COLLAB_DIR does not exist, stop and ask for the project root.

1. Gather Response

If task not yet completed, finish it now.

Collect all findings, code, or analysis.

2. Write Response

Write to $AGENT_COLLAB_DIR/responses/response.md:

# Codex Response

## Task Type
[CODE_REVIEW | IMPLEMENT | PLAN_REVIEW]

## Completed At
[Current timestamp]

## Summary
[Brief summary]

## Detailed Findings/Output
[Full response content]

3. Update Status

Write done to $AGENT_COLLAB_DIR/status

4. Confirm

Tell user: "Response written. Claude can now use /codex-read to retrieve it."

When not to use it

  • If the read-task auto-completed successfully
  • When the task is not yet completed
  • When the user does not want to finalize or modify a response

Limitations

  • The response format is predefined
  • It only writes to a specific file path

How it compares

This skill provides a manual mechanism to finalize and structure an agent's output into a specific file, ensuring a consistent reporting format when auto-completion fails or manual intervention is needed, unlike automated task completion.

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