Coauthor Brief

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Coauthor Brief skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Coauthor Brief is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-07-31

Generate a co-author / collaborator handoff brief for a multi-author, multi-machine project — summarizing what changed since the last brief (git delta), the current state of each artifact (manuscript, analysis, slides), open questions, how to reproduce locally, and any restricted-data access steps. Use when user says "coauthor brief", "handoff brief", "bring my coauthor up to speed", "what changed since last week", "onboard a collaborator", "write a handoff for [name]", or before sending a co-author the repo. NOT a commit or a checkpoint — it is the cross-machine, cross-person summary `meta-governance.md` only partially covers.

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About this skill (catalog notes)

Coauthor Brief includes explicit scope boundaries (an explicit 'when not to use' or 'out of scope' section); at least one code block. The SKILL.md runs to about 1,238 words, in the catalog's typical mid-range.

Source: psantanna.com/claude-code-my-workflow
License: MIT
Original author: Claude Code Academic Workflow
Indexed lastmod: 2026-07-31
Catalog position: General · general-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How Coauthor Brief fits the catalog

Coauthor Brief sits in the General category under the general-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

Produce a single Markdown brief a co-author (or your future self on another machine) can read in a few minutes to know what changed, where each artifact stands, what's blocked, and how to run the pipeline locally — including restricted-data access steps a new collaborator needs. [meta-governance.md](../../rules/meta-governance.md) covers the memory side of cross-machine work (what syncs via git, what stays in gitignored personal-memory.md); this skill covers the human side: the per-person, per-session handoff.

What this skill does

Coauthor Brief is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/coauthor-brief/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when user says "coauthor brief", "handoff brief", "bring my coauthor up to speed", "what changed since last week", "onboard a collaborator", "write a handoff for [name]", or before sending a co-author the repo. NOT a commit or a checkpoint — it is the cross-machine, cross-person summary `meta-governance.

Who uses this skill

The Coauthor Brief Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 168,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/coauthor-brief
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/coauthor-brief/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/coauthor-brief/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/coauthor-brief/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/coauthor-brief/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\coauthor-brief\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Coauthor Brief Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/coauthor-brief/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Coauthor Brief skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Coauthor Brief skill?

Use Coauthor Brief when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the general misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Coauthor Brief" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Coauthor Brief skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Coauthor Brief is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/pedrohcgs/claude-code-my-workflow/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/coauthor-brief/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: Claude Code Academic Workflow
Website: https://psantanna.com/claude-code-my-workflow/

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Claude Code Academic Workflow. (2026). Coauthor Brief [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/coauthor-brief/

BibTeX

@misc{coauthor-brief-2026,
  author    = {Claude Code Academic Workflow},
  title     = {Coauthor Brief [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/coauthor-brief/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-07-31 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

The scan flagged 1 of 10 categories (filesystem), including lower-severity patterns. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
⚠ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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