How do I install the Skill Persistence Guard skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add stijnman/skill-persistence-guard in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Skill Persistence Guard safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Skill Persistence Guard?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Skill Persistence Guard free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Skill Persistence Guard?

Stijnman (@stijnman) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Skill Persistence Guard by stijnman

Name: Skill Persistence Guard
Author: Stijnman

Skill Persistence Guard

Detects missing or vanished skill directories in the local library and restores them from the latest local tar.gz artifacts or known Drive/GitHub sources. Use when skills disappear between turns, after environment cleanup, on startup health checks, or when autonomous-skill-forge or beta-unlocker report missing critical skills. High autonomy default — restore critical skills (forge, unlocker, evolver, orchestrator) automatically and report. Makes the ecosystem more resilient to ephemeral filesystem behavior.

Stijnman cc3fed4 2.6 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026

File contents

Skill Persistence Guard

Overview

Fixes the recurring problem of skill directories vanishing from /home/workdir/.grok/skills/ between conversation turns or environment resets. Provides auto-detection and restore so critical feral skills stay available.

Core Rules

Critical skills list (always try to keep present): autonomous-skill-forge, beta-unlocker, skill-evolver, multi-agent-orchestrator, drive-persistence-bridge, natural-language-to-skill, skill-researcher.
Prefer local artifact tars first (fastest), then Drive download if available, then GitHub.
Log every restore action.
Do not claim success until the SKILL.md is present and validates.

Instructions

Detect
- ls /home/workdir/.grok/skills/ and compare against expected critical set.
- Flag any missing critical skill.
Restore Priority
- Local: look in /home/workdir/artifacts/ for matching *-feral.tar.gz or dated tars and extract. Prefer the newest version tar when multiple exist.
- If local missing: use google_drive_download_artifact or search for the latest package in the skills folder ID 1jEivRtcNo-x9sd--2l1qe1bVox-TSnYK.
- Fallback: pull SKILL.md content from GitHub via github___get_file_contents and rewrite locally + re-init structure.
Validate after restore
- Run validate-skill.sh on restored skill.
- Confirm directory and SKILL.md exist.
Report
- List what was missing, what was restored, source used, and remaining gaps.
Integration
- Call at the start of any autonomous-skill-forge or beta-unlocker run.
- Can be triggered by multi-agent-orchestrator health checks.
- After restore, re-run the original job if it depended on the missing skill.

Autonomy

High by default for critical skills. For non-critical, report and ask or batch under honest limits.

Level-Up Note

Prefer the newest dated tar (v1.2, v1.3, etc.) when multiple versions exist. Always restore the strongest available version of each critical skill.

Version

1.1 — 2026-08-26 Added newest-tar preference so level-ups stick. Stronger integration with the forge self-leveling protocol.

---name: skill-persistence-guarddescription: Detects missing or vanished skill directories in the local library and restores them from the latest local tar.gz artifacts or known Drive/GitHub sources. Use when skills disappear between turns, after environment cleanup, on startup health checks, or when autonomous-skill-forge or beta-unlocker report missing critical skills. High autonomy default — restore critical skills (forge, unlocker, evolver, orchestrator) automatically and report. Makes the ecosystem more resilient to ephemeral filesystem behavior.---# Skill Persistence Guard## OverviewFixes the recurring problem of skill directories vanishing from `/home/workdir/.grok/skills/` between conversation turns or environment resets. Provides auto-detection and restore so critical feral skills stay available.## Core Rules- Critical skills list (always try to keep present): autonomous-skill-forge, beta-unlocker, skill-evolver, multi-agent-orchestrator, drive-persistence-bridge, natural-language-to-skill, skill-researcher.- Prefer local artifact tars first (fastest), then Drive download if available, then GitHub.- Log every restore action.- Do not claim success until the SKILL.md is present and validates.## Instructions1. **Detect** - `ls /home/workdir/.grok/skills/` and compare against expected critical set. - Flag any missing critical skill.2. **Restore Priority** - Local: look in `/home/workdir/artifacts/` for matching `*-feral.tar.gz` or dated tars and extract. Prefer the newest version tar when multiple exist. - If local missing: use google_drive_download_artifact or search for the latest package in the skills folder ID `1jEivRtcNo-x9sd--2l1qe1bVox-TSnYK`. - Fallback: pull SKILL.md content from GitHub via github___get_file_contents and rewrite locally + re-init structure.3. **Validate after restore** - Run validate-skill.sh on restored skill. - Confirm directory and SKILL.md exist.4. **Report** - List what was missing, what was restored, source used, and remaining gaps.5. **Integration** - Call at the start of any autonomous-skill-forge or beta-unlocker run. - Can be triggered by multi-agent-orchestrator health checks. - After restore, re-run the original job if it depended on the missing skill.## AutonomyHigh by default for critical skills. For non-critical, report and ask or batch under honest limits.## Level-Up NotePrefer the newest dated tar (v1.2, v1.3, etc.) when multiple versions exist. Always restore the strongest available version of each critical skill.## Version1.1 — 2026-08-26Added newest-tar preference so level-ups stick. Stronger integration with the forge self-leveling protocol.

Frequently asked questions

Skill Persistence Guard

File contents

Skill Persistence Guard

Overview

Core Rules

Instructions

Autonomy

Level-Up Note

Version

Related skills

Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Skill Persistence Guard skill?

What does the Skill Persistence Guard skill do?

Is Skill Persistence Guard safe to use?

Which AI agents work with Skill Persistence Guard?

Is Skill Persistence Guard free to use?

Who published Skill Persistence Guard?