Timeboxed Execution

Run deadline-bound or scope-sensitive agent tasks with explicit done conditions, protected verification time, evidence gates, and safe-stop rules. Use for rapid implementation, debugging, integration, delegated work, feasibility gates, or tasks where scope drift, false completion, repeated failure, or deadline overruns are material risks.

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Install

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more)

npx skills add wenjimods/timeboxed-execution --skill timeboxed-execution

Manual install

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wenjimods/timeboxed-execution.git /tmp/timeboxed-execution
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/timeboxed-execution/. ~/.claude/skills/timeboxed-execution

Personal skills live in ~/.claude/skills. Use .claude/skills in a project folder to share a skill with your team.

From the SKILL.md

# Timeboxed Execution

Use timeboxes to make agent work **bounded, visible, and verifiable**. The goal is not to make the agent rush. The goal is to stop scope drift and repeated failure early while preserving enough budget to prove that the result works.

The governing contract is:

```text
bounded goal + explicit done condition + evidence gate + deadline + stop rule
```

A partial result remains partial. A passed test is evidence for what it tested, not proof that the whole task is complete.

## When to Use

Use this skill when:

- a user gives a deadline or asks for a rapid result;
- a task can expand into research, implementation, integration, or debugging;
- earlier attempts became slow, opaque, repetitive, or over-designed;
- several agents or tools must finish before one parent agent can accept the work;
- a risky project should pass a prerequisite or feasibility gate before implementation.

Do not add process to a genuinely simple task. For a small lookup, edit, or check, use:

```text
one goal → shortest verified path → one check → stop
```

## Core Principles

1. **Define done before work.** Describe the observable result and its acceptance evidence, not a list of activities.
2. **Budget verification first.** Reserve roughly 25–35% of total effort for tests, readback, live probes, and reporting; this work may begin before final acceptance.

Read the full skill on GitHub

Details

Skill name: timeboxed-execution
Repository: wenjimods/timeboxed-execution
License: MIT
Repo updated: 27 August 2026

FAQ

What does the Timeboxed Execution skill do?

How do I install the Timeboxed Execution skill?

skills CLI (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and more): npx skills add wenjimods/timeboxed-execution --skill timeboxed-execution. Skills go in ~/.claude/skills (personal) or .claude/skills (project), and Claude loads them automatically when a task matches the description.

Is Timeboxed Execution popular?

It lives in wenjimods/timeboxed-execution, which has 84 GitHub stars and 0 forks.

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