Build user context
Generates a personal context skill from a short conversation.
What you type
Run build-user-context.
Type it into Claude or ChatGPT once the skill is switched on. The wording does not have to be exact.
- Category
- Foundation
- Licence
- MIT
- Works with
- Any project
What it does.
Free Claude skill that interviews you for five minutes and generates a personal context skill every other OpenKit skill reads at runtime.
Run this one first. It asks you a handful of questions about your work, then saves your answers as a context file the rest of your OpenKit skills read automatically. A one-time setup.
What is the Build user context skill?
It is a free Claude skill that runs a five-minute interview and generates a personal context file. Every other OpenKit skill reads that file at runtime, so it already knows who you are and how you work.
What does the Build user context skill actually do?
It interviews you for about five minutes and turns your answers into a personal context file. Your other OpenKit skills read that file at runtime, so you do not have to re-explain your role, preferences or priorities each time.
Installing it.
The skill is a folder of plain instructions your AI reads, so there is nothing to configure once it is switched on.
- 01 Download the folder
It is 4 KB of plain text and MIT-licensed, so you can read every instruction in it before you run anything.
- 02 Switch it on in your AI’s settings
Add it under Skills and turn it on. It works the same in Claude and ChatGPT, and you do not have to write any code.
- 03 Or install it from the command line
One line in a terminal does the same job:
npx @openkit/skills install build-user-context
Is the Build user context skill free?
Yes. It is free and MIT-licensed on GitHub, and you do not need a paid Claude plan. Skills are available on the free plan as well as Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise.
Do I need to know how to code to use it?
No. A Claude skill is just a folder of plain-text instructions Claude reads, so there is nothing to code. You run the five-minute interview in Claude and it writes the context file for you.
How do I install a Claude skill from GitHub?
Download the skill from GitHub and add it in your AI's settings under Skills, then switch it on. It works the same in Claude and ChatGPT, with no coding needed.
Running it.
Plain instructions your AI follows. There is nothing to code.
- 01 Ask your AI to start it
Open Claude and say "Run build-user-context." It begins a short interview in plain English.
- 02 Answer for five minutes
Cover your role, your company, who your customers are, the tasks you do most, and how you like to write. More detail makes every other skill sharper.
- 03 It saves your context
The skill writes a user-context file into your skills folder. Skills like inbox triage then describe your business correctly without you repeating yourself.
- 04 Rerun when things change
Changed role, pivoted the company, or took on a new kind of customer? Run it again and the file updates.
What it reads and what it writes.
- Reads
- Your answers to the handful of questions it asks about your work.
- Writes
- A context file in your skills folder that every other OpenKit skill reads at runtime.
- Never
- The file is local to your machine, and OpenKit never receives it.
Where is my context file stored, and does it leave my computer?
The context file is local to your machine. The skill runs inside your own AI account and the file stays with you; OpenKit never receives it.
The rest of the toolkit.
This one is a setup rather than a daily tool. It writes the context file the rest of the toolkit reads, so nothing has to be explained twice.
Run it once, and the rest of the toolkit knows you.
Download the folder, switch it on in Claude or ChatGPT, and answer the questions. Every other OpenKit skill reads what it writes.
When the work is bigger than a skill, start with an audit.