🎉 Major Release: Open Source + 2026 AI-Native Standards
skene-cookbook is now fully open source with cleaned history and 2026 gold standard tooling for AI-native development.
🌟 Highlights
764 AI Skills - 382 executable + 382 reference guides for Claude, Cursor, and AI agents
36 Skill Chain Recipes - Ready-to-use workflows for PLG, sales, CS, security, and more
2026 Gold Standards - MCP, .cursorrules, dev containers, eval harness
🆕 What's New in v0.2.0
2026 AI-Native Gold Standards
.cursorrules (Context Engineering)
- 450+ lines of project-specific AI agent instructions
- Architecture patterns, naming conventions, testing workflows
- Security rules and development boundaries
- Emergency commands and troubleshooting guides
mcp.json (Model Context Protocol)
- Structured metadata for AI agent discovery
- 6 context areas: skills registry, chains, schemas, tests, docs
- 4 tool definitions: skill-search, chain-builder, validate-skill
- 2 prompt templates for skill and chain creation
.devcontainer/ (One-Click Onboarding)
- VS Code/Cursor dev container configuration
- Python 3.11 + Node.js 18 environment
- Pre-installed extensions: Python, ESLint, Prettier, Claude, Copilot
- Automated setup script: venv, dependencies, pre-commit hooks
- One command to production-ready environment
eval_harness/run_evals.py (Eval-Driven Development)
- 3 working evaluations: schema validity, instructions completeness, chain compatibility
- CI-ready evaluation runner
- Real quality metrics: 764 skills validated, 100% schema validity
- Foundation for automated quality gates
🧹 History Cleanup (BREAKING)
Git history has been cleaned to remove sensitive data before open source release:
- ✅ Personal emails redacted:
teemu@skene.ai→opensource@skene.ai - ✅ Removed
.claude/settings.jsonfrom history - ✅ Removed
.skene/cache/from history - ✅ Removed
docs/internal/from history - ✅ Repository size reduced: 980MB → 9.1MB
```bash
git clone https://github.com/SkeneTechnologies/skene-cookbook.git
```
📦 Open Source Release Preparation
- Added
AGENTS.md(2026 AI-ready repo standard) - Added
.cursorignorefor AI agent boundaries - Created
.ai/directory structure (internal docs gitignored) - Removed legacy files:
conditional,loom,skill-loom-cli.py - Updated
.gitignorefor future protection - Added
.mailmapfor email redaction
📚 Documentation
- AGENTS.md - AI agent build commands and conventions
- SKILL_CHAINS.md - 36 ready-to-use recipes
- CONTRIBUTING.md - Contribution guidelines
- ARCHITECTURE.md - Design details
🚀 Installation
```bash
npm install @skene/skills-directory
```
Install Skills
```bash
Install all skills (Claude + Cursor)
npx skills-directory install --target all
Install for specific platform
npx skills-directory install --target claude
npx skills-directory install --target cursor
Check installation status
npx skills-directory status
```
🧪 Quick Start
For AI Agents (Claude Code, Cursor)
AI agents will automatically read:
- `AGENTS.md` - Build commands and conventions
- `.cursorrules` - Project-specific instructions
- `mcp.json` - Model Context Protocol configuration
For Developers
```bash
Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/SkeneTechnologies/skene-cookbook.git
cd skene-cookbook
Option 1: Use dev container (recommended)
Open in VS Code/Cursor → "Reopen in Container"
Option 2: Manual setup
npm ci
pytest tests/ -v
Run evaluations
python3 eval_harness/run_evals.py
Verify metrics
npm run verify:metrics
```
🔒 Security
- 5-layer protection system (gitignore, git attributes, pre-commit, custom validation, CI/CD)
- Pre-commit hooks with `detect-secrets` enforced
- No credentials in git history (verified by TruffleHog and Gitleaks)
- Skills classified by risk level: Low, Medium, High, Critical
📊 Repository Stats
- Skills: 764 (382 executable + 382 reference)
- Skill Chains: 36 ready-to-use recipes
- Test Coverage: 32.36% (unit tests: 97/97 passing)
- Domains: 10 (PLG, marketing, sales, CS, security, scientific, etc.)
- License: MIT
🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
Key areas for contribution:
- Add new skills (see `docs/BUILD_YOUR_FIRST_SKILL.md`)
- Create skill chain recipes
- Improve test coverage
- Enhance documentation
- Security audits
🙏 Acknowledgments
Built with:
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 - AI-assisted development
- Cursor - AI-native IDE
- Python 3.11 + Node.js 18 - Runtime environments
- Pytest - Testing framework
- ESLint + Prettier - Code quality
📝 Breaking Changes
Git History Rewritten
The git history has been cleaned to remove sensitive data. If you have an existing clone:
```bash
Backup any local changes first
git stash
Re-clone the repository
cd ..
rm -rf skene-cookbook
git clone https://github.com/SkeneTechnologies/skene-cookbook.git
cd skene-cookbook
Restore your changes
git stash pop # if you had local changes
```
New Configuration Files
- `.cursorrules` - Read by Cursor AI automatically
- `mcp.json` - Used by MCP-compatible AI agents
- `.devcontainer/` - Used by VS Code/Cursor for dev containers
These files change the project structure but don't affect core functionality.
🔗 Links
- npm Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@skene/skills-directory
- Repository: https://github.com/SkeneTechnologies/skene-cookbook
- Issues: https://github.com/SkeneTechnologies/skene-cookbook/issues
- Documentation: https://github.com/SkeneTechnologies/skene-cookbook#readme
🎯 What's Next?
We're committed to making skene-cookbook the reference implementation for 2026 AI-native development:
- Enhanced eval harness with CI integration
- More skill chain recipes (targeting 50+)
- Improved test coverage (target: 80%+)
- Community skill contributions
- Integration with more AI agent platforms
Full Changelog: v0.1.2...v0.2.0
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