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ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse

Use when user needs expert help, wants to summon a specialist, says "help me with", "I need guidance", or has a task requiring domain expertise. Creates and manages a growing collection of expert agents.

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git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse.git .hotskills/profsynapse-professor-synapse && git -C .hotskills/profsynapse-professor-synapse checkout --detach 3401e1acf6d6fb03cffed143e5bc9c7f5d67b8cb # Copy each selected skill directory from .hotskills/profsynapse-professor-synapse into .claude/skills/<skill-name>/
3.5kGitHub stars
2stars in 7 days
3skills in this repository
0commits in 30 days

Heat

3.5
  • Star growth, last 7 daysAhead of 36% of tracked repositories
  • Star growth, last 24 hoursAhead of 79% of tracked repositories
  • Rank movement, last 7 daysAhead of 35% of tracked repositories
  • Commits, last 30 daysAhead of 0% of tracked repositories
  • Accounts asking about it through MCP, last 7 daysNot available
  • Hot votes this weekAhead of 0% of tracked repositories

Heat never changes the order by stars, and sponsorship never touches it. How heat works

Stars over time

Aug 2, 2026Nov 6, 20263,475

Individual skills in this repository

How it works

professor-synapse

When your agent uses it

Use when user needs expert help, wants to summon a specialist, says "help me with", "I need guidance", or has a task requiring domain expertise. Creates and manages a growing collection of expert agents.

What it loads into context

Frontmatter

51 tokens

Always available to the agent

SKILL.md

1,531 tokens

When the skill is activated

Reference documents

30,570 tokens

Loaded on request

Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.

The playbook

  1. ⚠<U+FE0F> MANDATORY: Packaging Workflow ⚠<U+FE0F>
  2. Conversation Format
  3. Your Workflow
  4. Your Resources
  5. Global Learned Patterns

Scripts executed separately

  • scripts/memory.py
  • scripts/rebuild-index.sh
  • scripts/summon.py
  • scripts/test_memory.py
  • scripts/test_summon.py
  • scripts/update.sh

Files

  • ../.claude-plugin/marketplace.jsonasset605 bytes
  • SKILL.mdcore8,344 bytes
  • agents/INDEX.mddoc772 bytes
  • agents/domain-researcher.mddoc3,555 bytes
  • agents/memory-agent.mddoc6,144 bytes
  • memory/longterm.dbasset28,672 bytes
  • memory/memory.jsonasset204 bytes
  • references/agent-template.mddoc5,348 bytes
  • references/changelog.mddoc24,171 bytes
  • references/convener-protocol.mddoc8,351 bytes
  • references/domain-expertise.mddoc1,901 bytes
  • references/file-operations.mddoc5,273 bytes
  • references/memory-data-model.mddoc17,133 bytes
  • references/memory-protocol.mddoc19,006 bytes
  • references/rebuild-protocol.mddoc6,150 bytes
  • references/scripts-protocol.mddoc3,394 bytes
  • references/self-check.mddoc4,988 bytes
  • references/summon-agent-protocol.mddoc6,286 bytes
  • references/update-protocol.mddoc13,354 bytes
  • scripts/memory.pyruns82,646 bytes
  • scripts/rebuild-index.shruns4,732 bytes
  • scripts/summon.pyruns19,557 bytes
  • scripts/test_memory.pyruns45,661 bytes
  • scripts/test_summon.pyruns15,124 bytes
  • scripts/update.shruns5,952 bytes
  • ../professor-synapse-plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.jsonasset662 bytes
  • ../professor-synapse-plugin/hooks/hooks.jsonasset1,070 bytes
  • ../professor-synapse-plugin/hooks/hooks.jsonasset1,070 bytes
  • ../professor-synapse-plugin/hooks/hooks.jsonasset1,070 bytes
  • ../professor-synapse-plugin/hooks/hooks.jsonasset1,070 bytes
  • ../professor-synapse-plugin/hooks/hooks.jsonasset1,070 bytes
  • ../professor-synapse-plugin/hooks/hooks.jsonasset1,070 bytes

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Skills included

  • professor-synapse
  • professor-synapse
  • professor-synapse

Repository facts

License
No license detected
Created
Aug 6, 2023
Last pushed
Aug 25, 2026
Forks
459
Open issues
7
Project activity
Slowing

Rank over the last 12 weeks

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Before you install

Network or broad shell

Automated signals, not a guarantee

Checked Nov 2, 2026

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  • professor-synapse-plugin/hooks/hooks.json:1 Plugin-wide analysis incomplete; see repository notes
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.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

  • Network accessline 3
    "owner": {     "name": "Joseph Rosenbaum",     "url": "https://github.com/profsynapse"
  • Network accessline 4
    "name": "Joseph Rosenbaum",     "url": "https://github.com/profsynapse"   },
  • Network accessline 5
    "url": "https://github.com/profsynapse"

professor-synapse-claude/references/update-protocol.md

  • Network accessline 19
    **GitHub Repository:** `https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse`
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    curl -sSL -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}\n' \
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    https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/releases/latest
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    # -> https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/releases/tag/v1.1.0   (parse the tag)
  • Network accessline 100
    curl -sSL -o /tmp/ps.tar.gz \
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    "https://codeload.github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tar.gz/$REF"

professor-synapse-claude/scripts/memory.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-claude/scripts/rebuild-index.sh

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/bin/bash

professor-synapse-claude/scripts/summon.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-claude/scripts/test_memory.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-claude/scripts/test_summon.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-claude/scripts/update.sh

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env bash
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    if [ -z "$REF" ]; then   TAG="$(curl -fsSL -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' \
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    TAG="$(curl -fsSL -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' \
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    "https://github.com/$REPO/releases/latest" 2>/dev/null | sed -E 's#.*/tag/##')" || TAG=""
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    TARBALL="$(mktemp /tmp/ps-canon.XXXXXX.tar.gz)" note "Downloading codeload tarball ($REF)…" curl -fsSL -o "$TARBALL" "https://codeload.github.com/$REPO/tar.gz/$REF"
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    note "Downloading codeload tarball ($REF)…" curl -fsSL -o "$TARBALL" "https://codeload.github.com/$REPO/tar.gz/$REF" CANON="$(mktemp -d /tmp/ps-canon.XXXXXX)"
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    curl -fsSL -o "$TARBALL" "https://codeload.github.com/$REPO/tar.gz/$REF"
  • Dangerous shell operationline 88
    rm -rf "$OUT"; mkdir -p "$OUT"
  • Dangerous shell operationline 148
    rm -f "$TARBALL"; rm -rf "$CANON"

professor-synapse-plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

  • Network accessline 5
    "author": {     "name": "Joseph Rosenbaum",     "url": "https://github.com/profsynapse"
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    "name": "Joseph Rosenbaum",     "url": "https://github.com/profsynapse"   },
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    "url": "https://github.com/profsynapse"
  • Network accessline 8
    },   "homepage": "https://github.com/profsynapse/professor-synapse",   "repository": "https://github.com/profsynapse/professor-synapse",
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    "homepage": "https://github.com/profsynapse/professor-synapse",
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    "repository": "https://github.com/profsynapse/professor-synapse",

professor-synapse-plugin/skills/professor-synapse/scripts/_pluginpaths.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3
  • Access to secretsline 191
    [Credential-related source omitted]

professor-synapse-plugin/skills/professor-synapse/scripts/memory.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-plugin/skills/professor-synapse/scripts/rebuild-index.sh

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env bash

professor-synapse-plugin/skills/professor-synapse/scripts/summon.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3
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    [Credential-related source omitted]
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    [Credential-related source omitted]
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    [Credential-related source omitted]

professor-synapse-plugin/skills/professor-synapse/scripts/test_pluginpaths.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3
  • Access to secretsline 41
    [Credential-related source omitted]
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    [Credential-related source omitted]
  • Access to secretsline 132
    [Credential-related source omitted]

professor-synapse-skill/references/update-protocol.md

  • Network accessline 15
    **GitHub Repository:** `https://github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse`
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    If `update.sh` can't run (no `bash`, or `codeload.github.com` is blocked in some environment), do the same thing manually: download `https://codeload.github.com/ProfSynapse/Professor-Synapse/tar.gz/refs/heads/main`, `tar -xzf … --strip-comp

professor-synapse-skill/scripts/memory.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-skill/scripts/rebuild-index.sh

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/bin/bash

professor-synapse-skill/scripts/summon.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-skill/scripts/test_memory.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-skill/scripts/test_summon.py

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env python3

professor-synapse-skill/scripts/update.sh

  • Executable scriptline 1
    #!/usr/bin/env bash
  • Network accessline 52
    if [ -z "$REF" ]; then   TAG="$(curl -fsSL -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' \
  • Network accessline 53
    TAG="$(curl -fsSL -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' \
  • Network accessline 54
    "https://github.com/$REPO/releases/latest" 2>/dev/null | sed -E 's#.*/tag/##')" || TAG=""
  • Network accessline 81
    TARBALL="$(mktemp /tmp/ps-canon.XXXXXX.tar.gz)" note "Downloading codeload tarball ($REF)…" curl -fsSL -o "$TARBALL" "https://codeload.github.com/$REPO/tar.gz/$REF"
  • Network accessline 82
    note "Downloading codeload tarball ($REF)…" curl -fsSL -o "$TARBALL" "https://codeload.github.com/$REPO/tar.gz/$REF" CANON="$(mktemp -d /tmp/ps-canon.XXXXXX)"
  • Network accessline 83
    curl -fsSL -o "$TARBALL" "https://codeload.github.com/$REPO/tar.gz/$REF"
  • Dangerous shell operationline 90
    rm -rf "$OUT"; mkdir -p "$OUT"
  • Dangerous shell operationline 152
    rm -f "$TARBALL"; rm -rf "$CANON"

How the signals fit together

Facts from a static read of the files at the pinned commit. They describe what the code does, not why.

Some files could not be read; the facts below still hold.

Signal confidence: 57 facts

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Works with

Agent compatibility, from the files in this repository
AgentStatusEvidenceInstall to
Claude CodeNativeManifest .claude-plugin/marketplace.json.claude/skills/<skill-name>/
CodexCompatibleStandard SKILL.md professor-synapse-claude/SKILL.md.agents/skills/<skill-name>/
CursorCompatibleStandard SKILL.md professor-synapse-claude/SKILL.md.cursor/skills/<skill-name>/
Gemini CLICompatibleStandard SKILL.md professor-synapse-claude/SKILL.md.gemini/skills/<skill-name>/
GitHub CopilotCompatibleStandard SKILL.md professor-synapse-claude/SKILL.md.github/skills/<skill-name>/
OpenCodeCompatibleStandard SKILL.md professor-synapse-claude/SKILL.md.opencode/skills/<skill-name>/
  • Native The repository ships a manifest, folder or frontmatter field for this agent.
  • Compatible A standard SKILL.md that this agent can read.
  • Unknown No evidence either way.

Derived automatically from paths, manifests and frontmatter. Not tested on each agent.

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