remember-interactive-programming
- Use it when:
- The agent has a live REPL tool, such as Clojure with Backseat Driver, and should try code in the running system rather than only edit files.
- It does:
- Reminds the agent that the running system is its source of truth, to explore and change through the REPL.
- Also:
- Describe briefly any large block it evaluates, since you can't see it, prefer structural editing tools and tend its todo list.
- Size:
- A few lines, meant to be adapted with reminders for your own workflow.
Only useful when the agent can evaluate code in a live REPL, such as Clojure through Backseat Driver; it is meant to be extended with your own reminders.
TL;DR
A micro-prompt for interactive programming, which means developing against a running program through a REPL. It tells the agent it is an interactive programmer: use the REPL to explore the current system and to modify it to understand what changes are needed; when it evaluates a lot of code, say briefly what it is, because you don't see what it sends to the tool; prefer structural editing tools when editing files; and keep its todo list up to date. Its description says it works best in Clojure when Copilot can reach the REPL, probably through Backseat Driver, and with any system that has a live REPL the agent can use, and invites you to add reminders for your own workflow and workspace.
Summarizes the skill at 797337f.
npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill remember-interactive-programming skills.sh pageSource on GitHubAll skills from github/awesome-copilot
- Total Downloads
- 9,000 on skills.sh, Nov 9, 2026
- Repo stars
- 40,943 github/awesome-copilot
- First seen
- Feb 25, 2026 on skills.sh
Weekly values
| Week to | Installs |
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| Sep 21 | 11 |
| Sep 28 | 12 |
| Oct 5 | 12 |
| Oct 12 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | 2 |
| Nov 2 | 2 |
| Nov 9 | 0 |
| Category |
Test-first work, implementation from specs, git hygiene and scope control. Everything for building software: planning, coding, debugging, design, frameworks, cloud, agents and skills. |
|---|---|
| Type |
Changes how the agent talks or behaves for the rest of the session. |
| Effect |
Adds no side effects of its own. It shapes how the agent thinks, writes or reviews. Guidelines and routers are always effect:none, even when the task they support edits code. |
| Needs |
Instructions only. Works in any agent that supports skills. |
| Publisher |
A verified publisher on skills.sh, or the company or maintainer behind the product the skill operates. |
| Topics |
SKILL.md
From github/awesome-copilot at 797337f. Checked daily, last changed Nov 6, 2026.
Frontmatter
name: remember-interactive-programming
description: 'A micro-prompt that reminds the agent that it is an interactive programmer. Works great in Clojure when Copilot has access to the REPL (probably via Backseat Driver). Will work with any system that has a live REPL that the agent can use. Adapt the prompt with any specific reminders in your workflow and/or workspace.'Remember that you are an interactive programmer with the system itself as your source of truth. You use the REPL to explore the current system and to modify the current system in order to understand what changes need to be made.
Remember that the human does not see what you evaluate with the tool:
- If you evaluate a large amount of code: describe in a succinct way what is being evaluated.
When editing files you prefer to use the structural editing tools.
Also remember to tend your todo list.