@silverassist/agents-toolkit

@silverassist/agents-toolkit

Reusable AI agent prompts for development workflows — supports GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex with multi-stack and multi-tracker filtering.

Features

• ✅ Complete Workflow Prompts: From ticket analysis to PR merge
• ✅ Multi-Agent Support: Works with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex
• ✅ Multi-Stack Filtering: Install only React or WordPress content with --stack
• ✅ Multi-Tracker Support: Choose GitHub Issues or Jira workflows with --tracker
• ✅ Global Install: Install once for all projects with --global
• ✅ Modular Partials: Reusable prompt fragments
• ✅ Customizable: Easy to extend and modify
• ✅ PostToolUse Hooks: Automated validation and formatting after Copilot edits
• ✅ Model-tier optimization: All 19 prompts carry hardcoded model: pins — 13 on the cheap tier (Claude Haiku 4.5) for mechanical work, 6 on the smart tier (Claude Sonnet 5) for design tasks
• ✅ Subagent overrides: core-review.agent.md (Copilot) and Explore.md (Claude Code) install cheap-tier pinned agents
• ✅ CLI Tool: Quick installation in any project

Installation

For GitHub Copilot (project):

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install

For GitHub Copilot (global — all projects):

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --global

For Claude Code:

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --claude

For Codex:

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --codex

Setup

GitHub Copilot

Run the CLI to install prompts into your project:

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install

This creates the following structure:

AGENTS.md                             # Copilot Coding Agent instructions (project root)
.github/
├── copilot-instructions.md           # Project-wide Copilot instructions
├── prompts/
│   ├── _partials/
│   ├── analyze-ticket.prompt.md
│   ├── create-plan.prompt.md
│   ├── work-ticket.prompt.md
│   └── ...                           # 19 prompts total (filtered by --tracker and --stack)
├── instructions/
│   ├── typescript.instructions.md
│   ├── react-components.instructions.md
│   └── ...                           # filtered by --stack
├── skills/                           # Symlinks → ../../.agents/skills/ (npx skills standard)
│   ├── domain-driven-design   -> ../../.agents/skills/domain-driven-design
│   ├── testing-patterns       -> ../../.agents/skills/testing-patterns
│   └── ...                           # filtered by --stack
├── hooks/                            # PostToolUse validation hooks
│   ├── validate-tsx.json
│   ├── lint-format.json
│   └── scripts/
└── agents/                           # Copilot custom agents (model-pinned overrides)
    └── core-review.agent.md          # cheap-tier inline reviewer (@core-review)
.agents/
└── skills/                           # Canonical store (single source of truth)
    ├── domain-driven-design/
    ├── testing-patterns/
    └── ...                           # 13 skills total, filtered by --stack

Skills follow the npx skills standard. The real skill files live once in the canonical .agents/skills/ store, and each agent's skills/ directory contains symlinks to it — a single source of truth shared across Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex. Use --copy to materialize real copies instead of symlinks (e.g. on Windows without developer mode; symlinks also fall back to copies automatically when unsupported).

Running prompts in VS Code:

• Open Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
• Search for "GitHub Copilot: Run Prompt"
• Select the desired prompt
• Fill in variables (e.g., {ticket-id})

Claude Code

Run the CLI with the --claude flag:

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --claude

This creates the following structure:

CLAUDE.md                             # Project instructions for Claude Code (project root)
.agents/
└── skills/                           # Canonical skills store (single source of truth)
    ├── domain-driven-design/
    ├── testing-patterns/
    └── ...                           # 13 skills total, filtered by --stack
.claude/
├── agents/
│   └── Explore.md                    # cheap-tier Explore override (replaces built-in)
├── commands/
│   ├── _partials/
│   ├── analyze-ticket.md
│   ├── create-plan.md
│   ├── work-ticket.md
│   └── ...                           # 19 commands total (filtered by --tracker and --stack)
└── skills/                           # Symlinks → ../../.agents/skills/ (read natively by Claude Code)
    ├── domain-driven-design   -> ../../.agents/skills/domain-driven-design
    ├── testing-patterns       -> ../../.agents/skills/testing-patterns
    └── ...                           # filtered by --stack
.github/
└── instructions/                     # Shared with Copilot

Skills now install to .claude/skills/ (where Claude Code reads them natively) as symlinks to the canonical .agents/skills/ store — no longer to .github/skills/.

Running commands in Claude Code:

Type / in the chat to see all available slash commands:

/analyze-github-issue
/work-github-issue
/create-github-pr
/finalize-github-pr
# … 19 total — type / in Claude Code chat to see the full list

Codex

Run the CLI with the --codex flag:

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --codex

This creates the following structure:

AGENTS.md                             # Project instructions for Codex (project root)
.github/
├── prompts/
│   ├── _partials/
│   ├── analyze-ticket.prompt.md
│   ├── create-plan.prompt.md
│   ├── work-ticket.prompt.md
│   └── ...                           # 19 prompts total (filtered by --tracker and --stack)
├── instructions/
│   ├── typescript.instructions.md
│   ├── react-components.instructions.md
│   └── ...                           # filtered by --stack
└── skills/                           # Symlinks → ../../.agents/skills/ (npx skills standard)
    ├── domain-driven-design   -> ../../.agents/skills/domain-driven-design
    ├── testing-patterns       -> ../../.agents/skills/testing-patterns
    └── ...                           # filtered by --stack
.agents/
└── skills/                           # Canonical store (single source of truth)
    ├── domain-driven-design/
    ├── testing-patterns/
    └── ...                           # 13 skills total, filtered by --stack

Global Install (Optional)

Install once and have instructions, prompts, and skills available across all your projects without running install in each one:

# Install everything to ~/.copilot/
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --global

# Filter by stack/tracker
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --global --stack wordpress
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --global --stack react --tracker github

# Update global install
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest update --global

This installs to ~/.copilot/ (instructions, prompts, skills) and creates ~/.agents-toolkit.json as the global config. Project-level files (AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md) are skipped since they are project-specific.

Config resolution order: CLI flags → project .agents-toolkit.json → global ~/.agents-toolkit.json → defaults.

Configure Project (Optional)

Update .agents-toolkit.json in your project root (created automatically):

{
  "stack": "react",
  "tracker": "github",
  "jira": {
    "projectKey": "WEB",
    "baseUrl": "https://your-org.atlassian.net"
  },
  "git": {
    "defaultBranch": "dev"
  }
}

Field	Values	Description
stack	react, wordpress, all	Filter instructions/skills by tech stack
tracker	github, jira, all	Filter prompts/partials by issue tracker
jira	object	Jira connection settings (when tracker is jira)
git	object	Git workflow settings

Available Prompts / Commands

The same set of prompts is available for all supported tools.

Workflow

Prompt / Command	Description	Variables	Tracker
analyze-ticket	Analyze a Jira ticket	{ticket-id}	Jira
analyze-github-issue	Analyze a GitHub issue	{issue-number}	GitHub
create-plan	Create implementation plan	{feature-description}	All
work-ticket	Start working on a Jira ticket	{ticket-id}	Jira
work-github-issue	Start working on a GitHub issue	{issue-number}	GitHub
prepare-pr	Prepare code for PR	—	All
create-pr	Create a pull request (Jira)	{ticket-id}	Jira
create-github-pr	Create a pull request (GitHub)	{issue-number}	GitHub
finalize-pr	Finalize and merge PR (Jira)	{ticket-id}	Jira
finalize-github-pr	Finalize and merge PR (GitHub)	{issue-number}	GitHub
prepare-github-release	Prepare a GitHub release (auto-detects WordPress vs Node, tag vs Release)	—	GitHub

Utility

Prompt / Command	Description	Variables
review-code	Quick code review	—
fix-issues	Fix lint/type/test errors	—
add-tests	Add tests for components	{target-file}
audit-ai-seo	Audit a page for AI Search / agent-friendliness (E-E-A-T, semantic HTML, JSON-LD)	{target-url}
new-wp-component	Scaffold a new component in a Silver Assist WordPress plugin	{component-name}
new-wp-plugin	Scaffold a new Silver Assist WordPress plugin from scratch	{plugin-name}
quality-check	Run the full quality pipeline (PHPCS, PHPStan level 8, PHPUnit) for a WP plugin	—
resolve-github-reviews	Fetch, reply to, resolve & close PR review threads (Copilot/human)	{pr-number}, {repo}

Workflow Stages

Jira workflow:

┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐
│  1. Analyze     │────▶│  2. Plan        │────▶│  3. Work        │
│  analyze-ticket │     │  create-plan    │     │  work-ticket    │
└─────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘
                                                        │
                                                        ▼
┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐
│  6. Finalize    │◀────│  5. Create PR   │◀────│  4. Prepare     │
│  finalize-pr    │     │  create-pr      │     │  prepare-pr     │
└─────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘

GitHub workflow:

┌──────────────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐     ┌──────────────────────┐
│  1. Analyze          │────▶│  2. Plan        │────▶│  3. Work             │
│  analyze-github-issue│     │  create-plan    │     │  work-github-issue   │
└──────────────────────┘     └─────────────────┘     └──────────────────────┘
                                                               │
                                                               ▼
┌──────────────────────┐     ┌──────────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐
│  6. Finalize         │◀────│  5. Create PR         │◀─│  4. Prepare     │
│  finalize-github-pr  │     │  create-github-pr     │  │  prepare-pr     │
└──────────────────────┘     └──────────────────────┘  └─────────────────┘

Model Pins

All 19 shipped prompts carry a hardcoded model: pin. There is no configuration block, no CLI flag, and nothing resolved at install time — to change a tier, edit the model: line in the installed file.

Tier	Model	Prompts
Cheap	Claude Haiku 4.5	add-tests, analyze-github-issue, analyze-ticket, audit-ai-seo, finalize-github-pr, finalize-pr, fix-issues, new-wp-component, new-wp-plugin, prepare-github-release, prepare-pr, quality-check, review-code
Smart	Claude Sonnet 5	create-github-pr, create-plan, create-pr, resolve-github-reviews, work-github-issue, work-ticket

Per-agent behavior:

• GitHub Copilot — the model: pin wins over the Copilot picker. Skills inherit the invoking prompt’s model; use @core-review (the custom agent) or a standalone cheap-tier chat for the cheap-tier pass.
• Claude Code — Copilot model names are mapped to Claude aliases at install time: Claude Haiku 4.5 → haiku, Claude Sonnet 5 → sonnet. Each skill or slash-command establishes its own model boundary, so @core-review from a smart-tier orchestrator stays cheap.
• Codex — model: is ignored entirely. Control the session tier with codex --model.

Subagent overrides (both cheap tier):

• Copilot: core-review.agent.md installs to .github/agents/. @-mention it directly as @core-review in the chat picker — establishes its own model boundary so the cheap pin is honoured even when called from a smart-tier orchestrator.
• Claude Code: Explore.md installs to .claude/agents/, overriding Claude Code’s built-in Explore agent with a cheap-tier pin. Explore runs on nearly every autonomous cycle, so pinning it cheap stops the parent’s smart tier from being inherited.

Suppress both: npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --no-agent-overrides

CLI Reference

install

Install prompts into your project. Does not overwrite existing files by default — safe to run multiple times.

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install [options]

Option	Description
--global, -g	Install to ~/.copilot/ for all projects (user-level)
--target <name>	Target installer: copilot, claude, or codex
--stack <name>	Filter by tech stack: react, wordpress, or all (default)
--tracker <name>	Filter by issue tracker: github, jira, or all (default)
--claude	Install for Claude Code (.claude/commands/ + CLAUDE.md)
--codex	Install for Codex (AGENTS.md + shared .github files)
--append	Append missing sections to existing AGENTS.md (instead of overwrite)
--force, -f	Overwrite existing files
--prompts-only	Only install prompts / commands
--instructions-only	Only install instructions and instructions file
--partials-only	Only install partials
--skills-only	Only install skills
--hooks-only	Only install hooks (PostToolUse validation scripts)
--copy	Copy skills into each agent dir instead of symlinking to .agents/skills/
--no-agent-overrides	Skip installing agent overrides (.github/agents/ for Copilot, .claude/agents/ for Claude Code)
--dry-run	Show what would be installed without making changes

Examples:

# GitHub Copilot — first install
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install

# Claude Code — first install
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --claude

# Codex — first install
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --codex
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --target codex
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --target=claude

# Force overwrite all files
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --force
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --claude --force
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --codex --force

# Merge AGENTS.md sections without overwriting
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --codex --instructions-only --append

# Preview without installing
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --dry-run
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --claude --dry-run
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --codex --dry-run

# Filter by tech stack
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --stack react
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --stack wordpress

# Filter by issue tracker
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --tracker github
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --tracker jira

# Combine stack + tracker
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --stack react --tracker github
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --stack wordpress --tracker jira --claude

# Global install (all projects, no per-project setup needed)
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --global
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --global --stack wordpress
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest update --global

update

Update all prompts to the latest version. Overwrites existing files and refreshes the skills lockfile (equivalent to install --force).

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest update [options]
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest update --claude
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest update --codex

⚠️ Warning: This will replace any customizations you've made to the installed files.

restore

Restore skills from the lockfile. Reads agents-toolkit-lock.json and reinstalls all skills with the correct symlinks. Designed for post-clone setup and CI pipelines.

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest restore
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest restore --force   # overwrite existing files
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest restore --dry-run # preview only

If the lockfile was written by a different package version, restore warns but still proceeds.

status

Check whether installed skills match the lockfile. Useful in CI to detect drift (manually edited skills or stale installs).

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest status

Exits with code 0 if all skills are up-to-date, 1 if any skill is missing or modified.

list

List all available prompts and skills.

npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest list

Command Comparison

Scenario	Command
First time installation (Copilot)	install
First time installation (Any target)	install --target <copilot|claude|codex>
First time installation (Claude)	install --claude
First time installation (Codex)	install --codex
Install once for all projects	install --global
Update global install	update --global
Add only new files (keep customizations)	install
Get latest version (discard customizations)	update
Update specific category only	update --prompts-only
Preview what would change	install --dry-run
Restore skills after clone / CI	restore
Check if skills are in sync	status

Partials

Reusable prompt fragments shared between tools:

Partial	Description
validations.md	Code quality validation steps
git-operations.md	Git workflow operations
jira-integration.md	Jira/Atlassian MCP operations
github-integration.md	GitHub issue operations (MCP)
documentation.md	Documentation standards
pr-template.md	Pull request templates (GitHub Issues + Jira)
release-node.md	Node/npm release bump & quality checks (used by prepare-github-release)
release-wordpress.md	WordPress plugin release bump & quality checks (used by prepare-github-release)

Instructions

File-type specific guidelines applied automatically by Copilot and available as shared references for Claude/Codex:

Instruction	Applies To	Description
typescript.instructions.md	*.ts, *.tsx	TypeScript best practices
tsdoc-standards.instructions.md	*.ts, *.tsx	TSDoc (not JSDoc) doc-comment standard: allowed tags, forbidden JSDoc patterns, templates
react-components.instructions.md	*.tsx	React component patterns
server-actions.instructions.md	**/actions/*.ts	Next.js Server Actions
tests.instructions.md	*.test.ts, *.test.tsx	Testing patterns
testing-standards.instructions.md	tests/**/*.php	PHPUnit testing standards for Silver Assist WordPress plugins
css-styling.instructions.md	*.css, *.tsx	Tailwind CSS & shadcn/ui standards
caching.instructions.md	next.config.*, src/proxy.ts, src/lib/**, **/route.ts, **/page.tsx	Next.js caching: read-vs-mutation fetch caching, ISR tiers, CDN invalidation
seo-ai-optimization.instructions.md	*.tsx	Semantic HTML, accessibility tree, metadata, JSON-LD & E-E-A-T for AI Search
documentation-language.instructions.md	**	English-only technical content, documentation, commit and PR conventions
github-workflow.instructions.md	**	GitHub workflow: branch management, PRs, issues, releases, gh CLI
php-standards.instructions.md	*.php	PHP coding standards, WordPress conventions, security, type safety, i18n
wordpress-plugin-architecture.instructions.md	*.php	WordPress plugin architecture: LoadableInterface, PSR-4, MVC, singleton

Skills

Specialized knowledge guides for domain-specific patterns:

Skill	Description
ai-seo-optimization	Optimize sites for Google generative AI features, agent-friendly HTML, E-E-A-T
component-architecture	React component patterns, folder structure, naming conventions
core-review	Whole-repo pre-review run as a read-only pass — cheap tier (model: haiku). Inline or via @core-review custom agent on Copilot (establishes its own model boundary); optionally a subagent on Claude Code. Installs as both a skill and as core-review.agent.md in .github/agents/.
create-component	Scaffold a new component in a Silver Assist WordPress plugin (LoadableInterface)
domain-driven-design	DDD principles, domain organization, barrel exports
github-review-management	Fetch, reply to, resolve & close GitHub PR review threads via gh CLI + GraphQL (backs resolve-github-reviews)
nextjs-caching	Next.js caching strategy: read-vs-mutation fetch, ISR tiers, CDN invalidation, diagnosing dynamic-render leaks
plugin-creation	Scaffold a new Silver Assist WordPress plugin from scratch (PSR-4, LoadableInterface, CI/CD)
quality-checks	Run PHPCS, PHPStan (level 8), and PHPUnit for Silver Assist WordPress plugins
release-management	Create and manage releases for Silver Assist WordPress plugins (unified build + GH Actions)
testing	Write and run PHPUnit tests for Silver Assist WordPress plugins (WP_UnitTestCase)
testing-patterns	Jest + RTL patterns for Next.js 15 and Server Actions
tsdoc-standards	Write & enforce TSDoc (not JSDoc): allowed tags, forbidden JSDoc patterns, templates, review checklist

Skills follow the npx skills standard: the real files live once in the canonical .agents/skills/ store, and each agent's skills/ directory symlinks to it (single source of truth, easy updates). Pass --copy to materialize real copies instead.

GitHub Copilot — skills are symlinked into .github/skills/. Reference a skill explicitly:

@workspace Use the component-architecture skill to create a new payment form

Claude Code — skills are symlinked into .claude/skills/, where Claude Code reads them natively, and can be referenced in any prompt or command.

Codex — skills are symlinked into .github/skills/ and can be referenced from AGENTS.md and task context.

Skills Lockfile

When skills are installed, an agents-toolkit-lock.json file is written to the project root. This lockfile records each installed skill with its SHA-256 hash (same algorithm used by npx skills), allowing teammates and CI pipelines to restore the exact same skill files without committing them to the repository.

Recommended .gitignore entries (automatically appended by install):

# agents-toolkit managed — regenerate with: npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit restore
.agents/skills/
.github/skills/
.claude/skills/

Workflow:

# Developer A — installs and commits only the lockfile
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install
git add agents-toolkit-lock.json
git commit -m "chore: add agents-toolkit skills"

# Developer B / CI — after cloning, restores skills from the lockfile
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest restore

# Check sync status in CI
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest status   # exits 1 if any skill is missing/modified

# Update skills to latest package version
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest update   # rewrites lockfile with new hashes

Hooks

PostToolUse hooks run automatically after GitHub Copilot edits files. They provide real-time validation and formatting without manual intervention.

Hook	Trigger	Description
validate-tsx	*.tsx in components/	Validates kebab-case folders, index.tsx naming, default export, and Props interface
lint-format	*.ts, *.tsx, *.js, *.jsx, *.css	Runs ESLint --fix and Prettier --write on the modified file

Hooks are installed to:

• Project (default): .github/hooks/
• Global (--global): ~/.copilot/hooks/

.github/hooks/              # or ~/.copilot/hooks/ for global
├── validate-tsx.json       # Hook config (PostToolUse trigger)
├── lint-format.json        # Hook config (PostToolUse trigger)
└── scripts/
    ├── validate-tsx.sh     # Validation logic (exit 1 = warning)
    └── lint-format.sh      # Auto-fix logic (always exit 0)

Install only hooks:

# Project-level (hooks apply to this project only)
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --hooks-only

# Global (hooks apply to all Copilot sessions)
npx @silverassist/agents-toolkit@latest install --hooks-only --global

How hook paths resolve. Copilot runs a hook command from the workspace root, not the hooks directory. Each generated config therefore sets a cwd so scripts/<name>.sh resolves: .github/hooks (relative, portable) for project installs and the absolute hooks path for global installs. Configs also declare the required version: 1 field. If you installed hooks with an older version and see scripts/<name>.sh: No such file or directory, re-run the install with --force to regenerate the configs.

Agent Instructions Files

AGENTS.md (Copilot/Codex Agent)

Installed at the project root. Contains mandatory instructions for the coding agent working on issues autonomously:

• 4-phase workflow: Analysis → Planning → Implementation → Documentation
• Code conventions, React patterns, testing requirements, git guidelines

CLAUDE.md (Claude Code)

Installed at the project root with --claude. Contains project-wide instructions for Claude Code:

• Same 4-phase workflow adapted for Claude Code conventions
• Slash commands reference table
• Code conventions, React patterns, git guidelines

Requirements

• Node.js 22+
• Git installed and configured
• For Jira tracker: Atlassian MCP configured (see below)
• For GitHub tracker: GitHub MCP configured (see below)
• For GitHub Copilot: VS Code with GitHub Copilot extension
• For Claude Code: Claude Code CLI or VS Code extension
• For Codex: Codex CLI/session running at project root

MCP Server Configuration

The Jira and GitHub workflow prompts rely on MCP servers to read/write tickets and pull requests. Add a .mcp.json file to your project root (or use VS Code's MCP settings) to register the servers:

{
  "servers": {
    "atlassian": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.atlassian.com/v1/mcp"
    },
    "github": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

You only need to include the server(s) matching your --tracker choice. The Atlassian MCP uses OAuth — authenticate once with npx @atlassian/mcp-server auth or via the VS Code MCP UI. The GitHub MCP is authenticated automatically when you are signed in to GitHub Copilot.

License

PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0

Links

• GitHub Repository
• npm Package
• GitHub Copilot Documentation
• Claude Code Documentation