Icarus — Development skill for Claude Code
Route a builder or a product through the Icarus stages — which apply, which to skip, and in what order.
How to install Icarus
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/olliegy-icarus-icarus/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/olliegy-icarus-icarus && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OllieGY/Icarus/HEAD/commands/icarus.md -o ~/.claude/skills/olliegy-icarus-icarus/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Icarus does
description: Route a builder or a product through the Icarus stages — which apply, which to skip, and in what order. argument-hint: "[situation — where you are, what exists, what evidence you hold]" allowed-tools: Read Glob Grep Write Skill
Run the `start-here-router` skill on this situation:
$ARGUMENTS
Before routing, read `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/GOLDEN_RULES.md`. Classify to the highest rung of evidence they can actually show, and round down — a builder who says "mature product" but
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- Skip Reflect 996 ★
- Openclaw Billing Proxy — Route OpenClaw API requests through Claude Code subscription billing instead of Extra Usage 460 ★
- Engage.Pickup — Resume an engagement from the engine trace — skip completed steps, continue where you left off 348 ★
Full documentation available on GitHub
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