abhisekjha/pith/pith-install

Claude Code and agent skill by abhisekjha/pith

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Install Pith into Claude Code. Copies hooks, patches settings.json, registers slash commands (/pith, /budget, /focus), and records the plugin root so hooks can resolve paths.

Install

npx vskill@latest install abhisekjha/pith/pith-install

SKILL.md

When to use

  • User runs /pith install
  • User asks "how do I install pith" or "set up pith"

Steps

1 — Locate the pith directory

Find where pith lives. Try in order:

  1. ~/.claude/plugins/cache/pith/pith/*/ (installed via plugin marketplace)
  2. The directory containing this SKILL.md file (cloned from GitHub)
  3. Ask the user: "Where did you clone pith to?"
2 — Run the install script
bash
bash "<pith_dir>/install.sh"

Stream the output to the user so they can see each step tick off.

3 — Verify success

After the script completes, confirm all five things installed:

bash
# Hooks copied
ls ~/.claude/hooks/pith/
 
# Slash commands registered
ls ~/.claude/commands/ | grep -E "pith|budget|focus"
 
# Settings patched
node -e "const s=require(require('os').homedir()+'/.claude/settings.json'); console.log(JSON.stringify({hooks:Object.keys(s.hooks||{}), statusLine:!!s.statusLine},null,2))"
 
# Plugin root recorded
cat ~/.config/pith/config.json
 
# State dir exists
ls ~/.pith/

If any check fails, show the specific error and offer to re-run just that step.

4 — Confirm to user

Show this summary:

Pith installed.
 
Active automatically (zero config):
  ✓ Tool output compression
  ✓ Token meter in statusline  [PITH 0k/200k]
  ✓ Auto-compact at 70% context
 
On-demand:
  /pith lean|ultra|precise   output compression
  /pith debug|arch|plan      structured formats
  /pith commit               commit message
  /pith wiki                 project knowledge base
  /pith status               token usage
  /pith tour                 interactive walkthrough
  /budget <n>                hard token ceiling
  /focus <file>              load relevant sections only
 
Restart Claude Code to activate hooks.

Error handling

ErrorFix
node: command not foundTell user to install Node.js ≥18
settings.json parse errorShow the broken JSON, offer to reset to {}
Permission denied on hooks dirRun mkdir -p ~/.claude/hooks/pith first
Plugin root not foundAsk user to re-clone: git clone https://github.com/abhisekjha/pith

One-shot. Does not persist.

Security

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Source

Popularity

Repository stars
95
Repository forks
10
7-day trend score
23

Stars and forks are for the whole GitHub repository, not this skill alone. Refreshed 19 May 2026, 5 months ago.

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