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define-goal

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Fine to try.

By openai/skills (GitHub) · other · 28,682 stars · scanned at commit 49f948f

Help the user define a concrete, measurable goal before starting work, especially when they ask to use the goal tool, create a goal, set an objective, clarify success criteria, or turn a fuzzy intention into a quantitative outcome. Use this skill for goal creation and goal refinement only; it does not manage durable snapshots, decision logs, or long-running execution artifacts.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

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Install

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if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'define-goal' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'define-goal' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named define-goal already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/openai/skills' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '49f948faa9258a0c61caceaf225e179651397431' -- 'skills/.curated/define-goal' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/.curated/define-goal' ~/.agents/skills/'define-goal' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'define-goal' ~/.claude/skills/'define-goal' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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• idexal/idexal-skills/.curated/define-goal