Adaptive Eta
v0.2.5A behavioral skill that enforces proactive time estimation and progress updates. It **must be activated for any task predicted to exceed 15 seconds.** It use...
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byRJ Young@yanghe1941
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high confidencePurpose & Capability
The skill claims to enforce ETA/progress updates and includes a local Python script that records and checks a timer — this aligns with the stated purpose. However, the package declares no required binaries while SKILL.md repeatedly requires running `python3 scripts/timer.py`, and README install instructions reference a different repo owner path; also _meta.json version (0.2.3) differs from registry metadata (0.2.5). These are bookkeeping inconsistencies, not functional red flags.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md explicitly instructs the agent to run the timer commands before/after any other tool and to start/check/stop the timer around long tasks — this expands the agent's runtime actions (adds mandatory local execs) but stays within the stated goal: it only runs the bundled script and reads/writes a local state file. There are no instructions to read unrelated system files or send data externally.
Install Mechanism
No install spec is provided and the skill is instruction-plus-local-script only. No remote downloads or package installs are performed by the skill itself.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables or credentials and the script does not access network or secret-bearing env vars. It only writes/reads a local '.timer_state.json' in the skill tree.
Persistence & Privilege
always:false and disable-model-invocation:false (normal). The only persistent artifact is a local state file (.timer_state.json) written to the skill directory; the skill does not request system-wide changes or access to other skills' configs.
Assessment
This skill appears to do what it says: run a small local Python timer to enforce ETA/check-in behavior. Before installing, verify you have python3 available (SKILL.md uses `python3` but the registry lists no required binaries), and confirm you are comfortable with the agent executing the local commands `python3 scripts/timer.py start|check|stop` before/after other tools (this will create a file named '.timer_state.json' in the skill folder). The metadata/version strings and README install path contain minor mismatches — if you need provenance assurance, ask the publisher for a canonical repo/version. If you accept local script execution and a small state file, the skill is coherent and low-risk; if you prefer strict binary declarations or no automatic execs, request the author update the metadata to list 'python3' and clarify install provenance.Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.
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