gear-foundation/vara-skills
/SKILL.md
Use when a builder needs the top-level router for the provisional standard Gear/Vara Sails skill pack across Codex, Claude, or OpenClaw. Covers standard Sails apps and ethexe-specific work via dedicated skills. Do not use for non-Sails programs or broad protocol research.
$ install --global
skillsauthnpx skillsauth add gear-foundation/vara-skills vara-skillsInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- vara-skills
- description:
- Use when a builder needs the top-level router for the provisional standard Gear/Vara Sails skill pack across Codex, Claude, or OpenClaw. Covers standard Sails apps and ethexe-specific work via dedicated skills. Do not use for non-Sails programs or broad protocol research.
Preamble (run first)
_VS_DIR=""
for _d in \
"${VARA_SKILLS_DIR:-}" \
"$HOME/.claude/skills/vara-skills" \
".claude/skills/vara-skills" \
"$HOME"/.claude/plugins/cache/vara-skills/vara-skills/*; do
if [ -n "$_d" ] && [ -f "$_d/bin/vara-skills-update-check" ]; then
_VS_DIR="$_d"; break
fi
done
if [ -n "$_VS_DIR" ]; then
export VARA_SKILLS_DIR="$_VS_DIR"
_UPD=$("$_VS_DIR/bin/vara-skills-update-check" 2>/dev/null || true)
[ -n "$_UPD" ] && echo "$_UPD" || true
fi
If output shows UPGRADE_AVAILABLE <old> <new>: read skills/vara-skills-upgrade/SKILL.md and follow the "Inline upgrade flow" (auto-upgrade if configured, otherwise ask user with 3 options, write snooze if declined). If JUST_UPGRADED <from> <to>: tell user "Running vara-skills v{to} (upgraded from v{from})!" and continue.
Vara Skills
This repository is the portable router for the provisional vara-skills pack.
Use skills/ship-sails-app/SKILL.md first when the task is about standard greenfield or unreleased Gear/Vara Sails application work.
The repo is intended to be self-contained: use local references/ handbook files before depending on sibling repositories or machine-local skill directories.
What This Router Covers
Codex: install the local skill directories withbash scripts/install-codex-skills.shClaude: use the same repo content through plugin metadataOpenClaw: use the same markdown surface through the wrapper skill
Route By Builder Intent
- Prepare or repair the local Rust or Gear toolchain first:
skills/sails-dev-env/SKILL.md - Start a new Sails workspace:
skills/sails-new-app/SKILL.md - Add or change a feature in an existing Sails repo:
skills/sails-feature-workflow/SKILL.md - Rework service or program boundaries:
skills/sails-architecture/SKILL.md - Debug message flow, replies, delays, or reservations:
skills/gear-message-execution/SKILL.md - Design or debug calls into runtime builtin actors (staking, proxy, BLS12-381, ETH bridge):
skills/gear-builtin-actors/SKILL.md - Fix
build.rs, IDL, or generated clients:skills/sails-idl-client/SKILL.md - Write or debug
gtest:skills/sails-gtest/SKILL.md - Run typed local-node smoke after green
gtest:skills/sails-local-smoke/SKILL.md - Add a fungible token layer with awesome-sails:
skills/awesome-sails-vft/SKILL.md - Interact with Vara Network on-chain (deploy, call, transfer, monitor):
skills/vara-wallet/SKILL.md - Build or extend a React frontend for a Sails app:
skills/sails-frontend/SKILL.md - Build or extend a read-side indexer and query API for a Sails app:
skills/sails-indexer/SKILL.md - Evolve a released Sails contract, prepare a new deployed version, plan cutover, or design V1->V2 migration:
skills/sails-program-evolution/SKILL.md - Plan or scope an ethexe (EVM-compatible Gear) program:
skills/sails-ethexe-architecture/SKILL.md - Implement Rust code for an ethexe program (Syscall gating,
#[export(ethabi|payable)],emit_eth_event):skills/sails-ethexe-implementer/SKILL.md - Look up network endpoints, testnet/mainnet RPC, account format, or program lifecycle:
references/vara-network-endpoints.md - Look up where to buy VARA on centralized exchanges (Coinbase, Gate, Crypto.com):
references/vara-token-exchanges.md - Look up bridge contract addresses or bridged token program IDs:
references/vara-eth-bridge-contracts.md - Understand Vara-Ethereum bridge flows, fee model, or integration patterns:
references/vara-eth-bridge-flows.md
Guardrails
- This catalog is still provisional and is expected to change as
vara-skills-evalsmeasures uplift. - Stay on the standard Gear/Vara Sails path for v1.
- For ethexe-specific work, use
skills/sails-ethexe-architecture/SKILL.mdorskills/sails-ethexe-implementer/SKILL.md; do not blend ethexe and standard Sails patterns in the same skill invocation. - Bridge reference knowledge (addresses, flows, fees) is in scope as a lookup resource. Full Vara.eth workflow routing is still deferred to dedicated ethexe skills.
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