Use the portable Beacon skill

A skill is a Markdown instruction file for a compatible AI agent.

The Beacon skill guides MCP use. It does not grant access or replace Beacon permissions and approvals.

Canonical skill address:

https://postwithbeacon.com/skills/beacon/SKILL.md

Install for one project

Review the canonical file before installation.

mkdir -p .agents/skills/beacon
curl --fail --location https://postwithbeacon.com/skills/beacon/SKILL.md \
  --output .agents/skills/beacon/SKILL.md

Use a project installation when contributors need the same reviewed instructions.

Install for one user

mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills/beacon
curl --fail --location https://postwithbeacon.com/skills/beacon/SKILL.md \
  --output ~/.agents/skills/beacon/SKILL.md

Use a user installation when you need the skill across projects.

Verify the file

Confirm that the frontmatter contains name: beacon.

Confirm that the file uses https://postwithbeacon.com/mcp and requires beacon_check_post before creation.

Do not add an agent key, access token, or other credential to the skill file.

Update the skill

Installed copies do not update automatically. Review the canonical file again, then replace the installed copy.

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