Limit Refresh (modifier for work-until-limit) Agent Skill

A modifier for the [[work-until-limit]] skill — it does NOT work on its own.

Context cost
1k tokensestimated from the bundle, loaded when it triggers
Bundle
1 file · 4.0 kBtext throughout, nothing executable
Licence
not declarednone named by its author
Last change
—no release on file
Servers it uses
Noneruns standalone

What it does

A modifier for the [[work-until-limit]] skill — it does NOT work on its own. When added to a work-until-limit run, it lets the run bridge an imminent usage-limit reset ONCE instead of stopping: if the binding daily/session or weekly limit is about to refresh (e.g. usage is at 87% against a 90% ceiling but the limit resets in a minute), it waits for that reset and keeps working afterwards, always leaving a couple of percent of headroom. It is single-use — after one bridge it turns off, because the following reset is hours/days away.

What this skill changes about the agent has not been set out here as a list. Its SKILL.md, shown below, says it in the author’s own words.

productivity

The skill itself

A skill is instructions the model reads, so you can see what you are getting: below is the start of its SKILL.md. The front matter loads with every session, the body loads when the skill triggers, and the whole file comes with the install.

SKILL.md4.0 kB · preview
--- name: limit-refresh ---
6# Limit Refresh (modifier for work-until-limit)
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8This is not a standalone action — it's an option that changes how [[work-until-limit]] behaves. **Alone it does nothing.** If the user invokes /limit-refresh by itself, don't try to run anything: explain that it's a modifier for work-until-limit and show them how to use it, e.g. work-until-limit 90 limit-refresh or work-until-limit 90 weekly 90 limit-refresh. Then, if they want that, proceed via the work-until-limit skill with the flag enabled.
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10## What it does when paired
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12Normally work-until-limit stops as it approaches the ceiling. But a usage limit that's about to reset isn't a real wall — once it resets, usage drops back near zero and there's plenty of budget again. limit-refresh uses that:
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14- When a bounded limit (session/daily **or** weekly) would trigger the stop, it checks how long until that limit resets (the monitor reports SESSION_RESET_MIN / WEEK_RESET_MIN).
15- If the reset is **imminent** (within a short refresh window, ~10 minutes), it **doesn't stop** — it pauses, waits out the reset, confirms usage dropped, then resumes working.
16- If the reset is **far off** (e.g. the weekly limit days away), the reset can't help, so it **stops as normal**.
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18It works for both the daily/session limit and the weekly limit — whichever one is binding and about to refresh.
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20## One-time use (important)
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22Bridging fires **at most once per run.** After the single bridge, limit-refresh is spent and turns off for the rest of the session. The reason is timing: limits reset on long cycles — the session/daily limit only every few hours, the weekly limit once a week — so the *next* reset after the one you just rode through is ~4 hours (or days) away. Waiting for that would stall the run for hours, which is never worth it. So: bridge once, then the next time a ceiling is hit, stop normally.
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24## The guardrails (these matter)
This is a preview of SKILL.md. Download or install the skill to get the whole thing.
In the file
SKILL.md676 words
Files1
Licencenot declared
Why you can read it

Nothing in a skill executes. The client loads the text and the model follows it, so a skill can be audited the way a runbook is — by reading it.

What it costs in context

Skills are not billed by the call. They are paid for in context: every token the instructions occupy is a token your code, your diff and your conversation cannot use. Here is what this one takes and when it takes it.

≈210
always loaded
The name and description, so the model knows the skill exists and when to reach for it.
790
on trigger
The instruction body, read only when the skill fires.
0.50%
of a 200k window
Ten skills this size would take about 5% of the window before you open a file.
050k100k150k200k context window

1k tokens, estimated from the bundle at four bytes to the token, held for the rest of the session once it triggers. Small enough to keep loaded permanently without thinking about it.

Servers bill, skills cost

A server charges by the month. A skill charges once per session, in context, and then keeps charging it for as long as the session lives.

Before and after

The same question, put to the same model twice: once as it comes, and once with these instructions loaded.

No worked example has been published for this skill yet.

The procedure it runs

The procedure has not been set out here step by step. It is in the body of its SKILL.md: the start of it is shown above, and the whole file comes with the install.

Prose, not code

These steps are written for a model to follow, not executed by a runtime. It can still be told to skip one, and it will say so when it does.

Servers it uses

None. This skill calls no MCP servers at all.

Everything it needs is in the instructions, so it works in a project with nothing connected — the model reads the file and changes how it works with what it can already reach.

Its SKILL.md does not declare which tools it asks the agent for, so what it touches is whatever the instructions themselves ask for — read them before you install it.

What it asks for
Writes filesnot declared
Network accessnot declared

This SKILL.md carries no allowed-tools line, so neither is declared. A skill grants no permissions of its own — it can only ask for tools your client already has.

What it will not do

Every skill is narrow, and the useful ones say where they stop. These are the jobs this one is the wrong tool for.

What this skill is not for has not been published here. Nothing is implied by that: it is a section the author has not filled in.

What is in the bundle

1 file, 4.0 kB on disk. A bundle is text throughout: the instructions the model reads, plus the templates it fills in.

  • SKILL.md4.0 kB
What is not in it

No dependencies and nothing executable: a skill is text the agent reads, so the bundle is 1 file you can review in full before installing.

Install

Installing copies the bundle into your project. Nothing runs at install time — the files sit on disk until the model reads them.

# Limit Refresh (modifier for work-until-limit) · 1k tokens when loaded · macOS, Linux mkdir -p .claude/skills && t=$(mktemp -d) && curl -fsSL -o "$t/bundle.tar.gz" https://mcprush.com/api/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit/bundle.tar.gz && tar -xzf "$t/bundle.tar.gz" -C "$t" && [ -d "$t/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit" ] && { [ ! -e .claude/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit ] || { mv .claude/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit "$t/.previous" && echo "Previous copy moved to $t/.previous"; }; } && mv "$t/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit" .claude/skills/ && echo "Installed .claude/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit"
On Windows, or any OS with Node 20+
npx mcprush@latest skill add nexus-organization-infosec/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit

Windows PowerShell says 'running scripts is disabled on this system'? Run Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned once, or type npx.cmd instead of npx (codex.cmd, gemini.cmd, grok.cmd likewise). PowerShell 7 needs neither. Writes to .claude/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit/ in the current project. For every project instead, run mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && t=$(mktemp -d) && curl -fsSL -o "$t/bundle.tar.gz" https://mcprush.com/api/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit/bundle.tar.gz && tar -xzf "$t/bundle.tar.gz" -C "$t" && [ -d "$t/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit" ] && { [ ! -e ~/.claude/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit ] || { mv ~/.claude/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit "$t/.previous" && echo "Previous copy moved to $t/.previous"; }; } && mv "$t/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit" ~/.claude/skills/ && echo "Installed ~/.claude/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit" (macOS, Linux) — or add --global to the npx line. The curl line replaces .claude/skills/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit/ only after the download succeeds, so files left there by another skill of the same name, or by an older release, do not mix in. A copy already there is moved aside, not deleted, and the line prints where. It appears as limit-refresh in Gemini CLI, Codex, Copilot and Grok (its own name); Claude Code lists it by the folder name, limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit.

Which clients pick it up on their own

A skill is a folder of text. Most of these read a skills folder and pick it up without being told; the rest take the same folder another way — an upload in the app, a parameter on an API call — and then choose it by its description just the same.

Claude Code.claude/skills/
Claude DesktopCustomize › Skills
ChatGPTSkills › Create › Upload
Cursor.cursor/skills/
VS Code.github/skills/
Codex CLI.agents/skills/
Gemini CLI.gemini/skills/
Grok Build.grok/skills/
Microsoft CopilotSkills › Upload a skill
PerplexityComputer › Skills › Upload a skill
DeepSeek Harness.dsh/skills/
Zed.agents/skills/
Devin Desktop.devin/skills/
Windsurf (legacy).windsurf/skills/
OpenAI Agents SDKInstructions or sandbox Skills
HTTP / APIa request parameter
This release
Versionnot versioned
Publishedno release date on file
PriceFree
Referencenexus-organization-infosec/limit-refresh-modifier-for-work-until-limit

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