tokless

Name: tokless
Author: HoangP8

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A unified toolkit for efficient and effective coding agents (Karpathy principles, Caveman, Ponytail, RTK, CodeGraph, Context-Mode). Minimal setup under 30 seconds. Any OS.

125stars

10forks

Installation

# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/HoangP8/tokless

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Security ReportVerified

Last scanned: 6/22/2026

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README.md

Frequently Asked Questions

What is tokless?

tokless is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by HoangP8. A unified toolkit for efficient and effective coding agents (Karpathy principles, Caveman, Ponytail, RTK, CodeGraph, Context-Mode). Minimal setup under 30 seconds. Any OS. It has 125 GitHub stars.

Is tokless safe to use?

Yes. tokless passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.

How do I install tokless?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/HoangP8/tokless" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

What programming language is tokless written in?

tokless is primarily written in Go. It is open-source under HoangP8 on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.

Are there alternatives to tokless?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh tokless against similar tools.

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One tool, no config — works the moment it lands.

Introduction

Many great packages make coding agents more effective and efficient — but discovering, installing, updating, and unifying them is painful, especially for non-technical users. The best tools exist; the wiring is the real cost.

tokless — the lazy one-command solution.

Installation

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HoangP8/tokless/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HoangP8/tokless/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Supported Agents

Pick one, some, or all:

tokless                              # interactive: pick agents
tokless --agents claude,opencode     # wire just these
tokless --agents claude,opencode,codex,antigravity,copilot  # all

Tools

Tool	⭐	What it does
karpathy-skills		Distilled meta-rules from Karpathy's LLM-coding post — think before coding, simplicity first, surgical changes, goal-driven. Drops overbuild and wrong-assumption failures.
caveman		Skill/plugin forcing terse caveman-speak across 30+ agents — 65% output token cut, technical content untouched.
ponytail		Skill embedding a lazy senior dev — minimum-code, stdlib-first, no speculative features across 16 agents.
rtk		CLI proxy filtering/compressing command output before it hits the LLM; 100+ commands, single Rust binary, <10ms overhead.
codegraph		Pre-indexed SQLite code knowledge graph — auto-syncs on file change, returns verbatim source + call paths via 1 MCP tool across 8+ agents.
context-mode		MCP server for 17 clients — sandboxes tool output, persists session memory, enforces think-in-code.

Configuration

Each tool is wired into each agent through the agent's native config system:

Tool	Claude	OpenCode	Codex	Antigravity	Copilot
rtk	Hook + Allow	Plugin	Hook	Hook + Allow	Hook + Allow
caveman	Plugin + Instruction	Plugin + Instruction	Skill + Instruction	Skill + Instruction	Skill + Instruction
ponytail	Plugin + Instruction	Plugin + Instruction	Plugin + Instruction	Plugin + Instruction	Skill + Instruction
codegraph	MCP + Allow + Instruction	MCP + Instruction	MCP + Instruction	Hook + MCP + Instruction	Hook + MCP + Instruction
context-mode	MCP + Allow + Instruction	Plugin + Instruction	Hook + MCP + Instruction	MCP + Instruction	MCP + Hook + Instruction

Usage

tokless              Install + wire everything (default; safe to re-run)
tokless update       Show version diff and upgrade tools
tokless doctor       Show what's wired; warn about broken bits
tokless index        Build per-project codegraph indexes
tokless disable      Disable one or more agents
tokless uninstall    Remove everything tokless touched
tokless self-update  Update the tokless CLI itself
tokless --version    Print tokless version
tokless --help       Show all commands and flags

Flags:

--agents <list>   Subset: claude,opencode,codex,antigravity,copilot
--tools <list>    Subset: rtk,caveman,ponytail,codegraph,context-mode
--dry-run         Preview, no writes
--verbose         Every step
--yes             Skip confirmations

Restart agents after install so they pick up new config.