# Helvabase optional skills — 1.3.0

These skills are for advanced users. Helvabase works without them: the normal
account and connector instructions remain at https://helvabase.com/connect.
Installing a skill does not create an account, grant OAuth consent, unlock a
subscription or approve a dossier. No Snipara account or secret key is required.

## Contents and trust

The pack contains three portable `SKILL.md` files, Codex and Claude plugin
manifests, and an HTTP connector reference to `https://helvabase.com/mcp`.
There are no executables, install scripts, hooks, credentials or customer files.
Review the text and connector URL before installation. The server name
`helvabase-product` avoids replacing a developer's similarly named repository
context connector. Keep an existing connection to the same product endpoint;
do not configure duplicate connections unnecessarily.

- `helvabase-dossier`: prepare or resume a sourced client/RFP dossier.
- `helvabase-library`: classify and ingest selected reusable commercial sources.
- `helvabase-review`: review the exact draft and export the appropriate edition.

Instructions are maintained in English to share one portable source. Each skill
asks the assistant to work in the user's language, including French and German.

## Codex — selected skills, no configuration replacement

1. Download and extract `helvabase.zip`. Review the files in `helvabase/`.
2. Copy the selected directories from `helvabase/skills/` into `.agents/skills/`
   in the working folder you intentionally use with Codex. Keep each directory
   name and its `SKILL.md`. If a same-named skill exists, compare it before
   replacing it; never overwrite your whole skills or configuration directory.
3. Keep the product connector already configured using the connection page.
   Start a new conversation and ask, for example:
   `Use $helvabase-dossier to prepare my first dossier.`

For plugin-capable Codex installations, the included `.codex-plugin/plugin.json`
also packages the skills and HTTP connection. Use your supported local-plugin
installation workflow. This download is not a listing in an official directory;
the selected-skills installation above requires no marketplace configuration.

Official guide: https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills

## Claude Code / Cowork

For Claude Code, extract the pack and load the local plugin:

```sh
claude --plugin-dir /absolute/path/to/helvabase
```

Replace the example path with the extracted `helvabase` folder. Inspect and accept
the plugin/connector permissions, complete OAuth with your Helvabase account,
then use `/helvabase:helvabase-dossier` or mention the skill naturally.

For Cowork, use its custom-plugin upload/import option when available, selecting
`helvabase.zip`, then enable the plugin and authorize the connector. Availability
depends on the client and workspace policy. If custom-plugin import is not
available, continue with the existing connector and starting prompt; do not add a
marketplace, bypass administrator restrictions or claim installation succeeded.

Official guides: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/plugins and
https://claude.com/docs/connectors/building/what-to-build

## Mistral Vibe Work

Keep your existing Helvabase connector. For each skill you want:

1. Open `Context` → `Skills` → `New Skill`.
2. Use its folder name as the title and its frontmatter description as the
   description. Paste the downloaded `SKILL.md` text into the skill editor.
3. Save and enable the skill. In a new conversation, mention it naturally or
   select it from the available skill list.

The connection page provides the three Markdown files individually so no ZIP
import feature is assumed. Do not paste the plugin manifest into the skill editor.

Official guide: https://docs.mistral.ai/vibe/work/skills

## Updates, removal and verification

Versioned downloads live under `/skills/1.3.0/`. `manifest.json` lists SHA-256
checksums and byte sizes; compare downloaded files against it when auditing the
pack. Use a newer version deliberately, compare changes and keep your authorized
connector settings. Disable/remove only the skills or plugin you installed.
Removing a skill does not delete dossiers or cancel billing. Revoke connector
access separately in the client when that is your intention.

After installation, first ask the assistant to inspect `helvabase_workspace`
without creating or changing anything. Verify that it reports your intended
workspace. Then use a selected test dossier. Authentication, file transfer and
complete dossier behavior still depend on the native client and its plan; package
validation is not a claim that all native workflows have been certified.