Open Steps Agent Skill
by kharmanskyiPlain-language agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI: honest session reports, straight verdicts, steps you can follow. MIT.
Open Steps is an open-source agent skill by kharmanskyi, written mainly in Shell, with 1,290 GitHub stars and the MIT license. Its code was last updated Oct 5, 2026.
Scan summary: scanned Nov 5, 2026 at commit 4fa744b. No capabilities flagged by our checks. Scan policy
What Open Steps can touch
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run shell commandsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Run dynamic codeNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or write filesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read environment and secretsNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Control a web browserNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to databasesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Read or send messagesNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Touch money or tradingNot seen in this scan
- Our checks did not find this. The tool may still do it.Connect to the internetNot run in this scan
"Not seen" means our checks did not find it, and the tool may still do it. Covers commit 4fa744b, Nov 5, 2026. See the scan policy.
Before you install Open Steps
AgenticMart scanned Open Steps on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What it can access
- A skill is instructions plus optional scripts. The instructions steer your agent; any scripts run on your machine when the agent uses the skill.
Before you install
- Pin the version you reviewed instead of always installing the latest release.
- Read the tool list or scripts before the first run, and keep approval prompts on for actions that write, send or delete.
- Maintained by kharmanskyi on GitHub, 1,290 stars and 112 forks. Popularity is not proof of safety.
- Last code change: Oct 5, 2026.
- Open-source license: MIT.
Open Steps is an open-source agent skill by kharmanskyi, written mainly in Shell. Plain-language agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI: honest session reports, straight verdicts, steps you can follow. MIT.
At a glance
- Stars
- 1.3k
- Forks
- 112
- Language
- Shell
- License
- MIT
- Created
- Aug 2026
- Last update
- Oct 5, 2026
- Type
- Agent Skill
- Price
- Free
Topics
Questions about Open Steps
What is Open Steps?
Plain-language agent skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Gemini CLI: honest session reports, straight verdicts, steps you can follow. MIT.
Who maintains Open Steps?
Open Steps is maintained by kharmanskyi on GitHub (kharmanskyi/open-steps). AgenticMart lists it from public repository data.
Is Open Steps safe to use?
AgenticMart scanned Open Steps on Nov 5, 2026 with automated checks for hidden code, known-malicious packages, leaked secrets and vulnerable dependencies. The result covers one commit under our scan policy, so review what access you give it and check any advisories shown here.
What license does Open Steps use?
It is published under the MIT license.
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