Use for non-visual temporary, intermediate, or throwaway files — scratch scripts, test fixtures, downloaded data, analysis output, notes between steps, or anything you would otherwise put in /tmp or the working tree. Also use when asked only where the scratchpad is, what is in it, or to clean it up.
Install
npx skills add hacksurvivor/scratchpad --skill scratchpadnpx skills add hacksurvivor/scratchpad --skill scratchpad -a claude-code -gnpx skills add hacksurvivor/scratchpad --skill scratchpad -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/hacksurvivor/scratchpad.git --path skills/scratchpadgh skill install hacksurvivor/scratchpad scratchpadgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hacksurvivor/scratchpad /tmp/hacksurvivor__scratchpad
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/hacksurvivor__scratchpad/skills/scratchpad ~/.claude/skills/scratchpad # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/hacksurvivor__scratchpad/skills/scratchpad ~/.agents/skills/scratchpad # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode