kill-the-standup

kill-the-standup

Write your daily standup in seconds. The skill reads yesterday's Linear issues and GitHub commits, formats a done/doing/blockers update, and posts it to Slack.

Install

npx "@opendirectory.dev/skills" install kill-the-standup --target claude

Video Tutorial

Watch this quick video to see how it's done:

install-skill-on-claude-compress.mp4

Step 1: Download the skill from GitHub

1. Copy the URL of this specific skill folder from your browser's address bar.
2. Go to download-directory.github.io.
3. Paste the URL and click Enter to download.

Step 2: Install the Skill in Claude

1. Open your Claude desktop app.
2. Go to the sidebar on the left side and click on the Customize section.
3. Click on the Skills tab, then click on the + (plus) icon button to create a new skill.
4. Choose the option to Upload a skill, and drag and drop the .zip file (or you can extract it and drop the folder, both work).

Note: For some skills (like position-me), the SKILL.md file might be located inside a subfolder. Always make sure you are uploading the specific folder that contains the SKILL.md file!

What It Does

• Fetches yesterday's Linear issues assigned to you (completed and in-progress)
• Fetches yesterday's GitHub commits from your configured repo
• Formats a three-section standup: Done, Doing, Blockers
• Posts to your Slack channel via Incoming Webhook

Requirements

Requirement	Purpose	How to Set Up
Linear API key	Fetching your issues	Linear, Settings, API, Personal API keys
Slack Incoming Webhook	Posting the standup	api.slack.com/apps, Your App, Incoming Webhooks
gh CLI (optional)	Fetching GitHub commits	https://cli.github.com, then run gh auth login

No LLM API key needed. The agent reads your activity directly.

Setup

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env and fill in:

• LINEAR_API_KEY (required)
• SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL (required)
• GITHUB_REPO (optional, format: owner/repo)
• GITHUB_USERNAME (optional, defaults to your gh auth username)

How to Use

Write and post standup:

"Write my standup"
"Post my standup to Slack"
"Generate standup update"

Output only, no Slack post:

"Write my standup but don't post it"
"What did I do yesterday?"
"Give me my standup text"

Output Format

Done
- [ENG-123] Fix session timeout bug
- fix: remove duplicate middleware registration

Doing
- [ENG-124] Migrate auth to OAuth2

Blockers
No blockers.

Project Structure

kill-the-standup/
├── SKILL.md
├── README.md
├── .env.example
├── evals/
│   └── evals.json
└── references/
    └── standup-format.md

License

MIT