Getting Started
Start with one capability that solves a problem you already have. You do not need both plugins or every standalone skill.
Choose a starting point
- Unsure what to do next? Try Next Steps, a skill available standalone or through Session that recommends an action without doing it.
- Returning to a long-running session? Try Debrief for what happened while you were away, or Sitrep for where the work stands against its goal. Both are instruction-only and available standalone or through Session.
- Continuing work in another session? Start with Session Handoff, available in the Session plugin or on its own.
- Coordinating work across local sessions? Use Agent Messaging for durable addressed inboxes with explicit acknowledgments and manual fallback.
- Need independent perspectives on a draft or decision? Explore the Consensus plugin. Its peer workflows invoke provider CLIs and have additional prerequisites.
Install the form you chose
For Next Steps on its own, follow Install one standalone skill for copyable commands and host-specific discovery guidance. For a plugin, use the installation matrix. Some plugin-local names differ from standalone names; each skill guide identifies the available forms. Avoid installing both forms of the same skill unless you intend to manage duplicate host entries.
For skills available across Amp environments, see Amp Hosted Skills for selective personal/workspace onboarding and upstream update provenance.
Try a bounded request
Once Next Steps is available in your agent, invoke $next-steps in Codex or
/next-steps in Claude Code for a standalone install. The Claude Code Session
member is /session:next-steps. In Cursor, select the installed skill in the host's
skill interface or ask it to use Next Steps; check that it loads the skill
before relying on the response. Use a small example:
The feature is implemented. Review found one empty-input bug and no other blockers. What should we do next, and why? Recommend a path; do not change files yet.
A useful response explains the current state, recommends fixing the bug and checking that exact regression, and distinguishes what the agent can do from what needs your decision. It should not start editing files. See Next Steps for its full behavior and limits.
If the skill is not visible, first check the installed form and host inventory against Installation. A valid payload does not by itself prove that a fresh agent session discovered it.
Contents
- Amp Hosted Skills — Select generated payloads and prepare hosted personal/workspace copies.
- Installation — Provider setup, prerequisites, standalone forms, updates, and readiness checks.