raw-clauding-skills MCP — Use Cases, Install & Live Demo

Why use it

Key features

/session — start a structured thinking thread with durable context
/wrap — close a session intentionally instead of drifting away
/pickup — resume a prior session's thinking without restating everything
/heartbeat — scan across recent sessions for emerging patterns
Field-tested through extended daily practice, not theoretical

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

raw-clauding-skill.replay ▶ ready

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Install

Pick your client

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "raw-clauding-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/lsnackerman/raw-clauding-skills",
        "~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config. Restart after saving.

~/.cursor/mcp.json · .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "raw-clauding-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/lsnackerman/raw-clauding-skills",
        "~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Cursor uses the same mcpServers schema as Claude Desktop. Project config wins over global.

VS Code → Cline → MCP Servers → Edit

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "raw-clauding-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/lsnackerman/raw-clauding-skills",
        "~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Click the MCP Servers icon in the Cline sidebar, then "Edit Configuration".

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "raw-clauding-skill": {
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/lsnackerman/raw-clauding-skills",
        "~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills"
      ],
      "_inferred": true
    }
  }
}

Same shape as Claude Desktop. Restart Windsurf to pick up changes.

~/.continue/config.json

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "raw-clauding-skill",
      "command": "git",
      "args": [
        "clone",
        "https://github.com/lsnackerman/raw-clauding-skills",
        "~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Continue uses an array of server objects rather than a map.

~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "raw-clauding-skill": {
      "command": {
        "path": "git",
        "args": [
          "clone",
          "https://github.com/lsnackerman/raw-clauding-skills",
          "~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to context_servers. Zed hot-reloads on save.

claude mcp add raw-clauding-skill -- git clone https://github.com/lsnackerman/raw-clauding-skills ~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills

One-liner. Verify with claude mcp list. Remove with claude mcp remove.

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use raw-clauding-skills

Explore a complex question across multiple sessions without losing the thread

👤 Writers, researchers, strategists using AI for open-ended thinking ⏱ ~60 min beginner

When to use: You're circling a hard question and a single conversation isn't enough.

Prerequisites

Skill cloned — git clone https://github.com/lsnackerman/raw-clauding-skills ~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills

Flow

Open with /session

/session — I want to think through what 'quality' means for our product.✓ Copied

→ Claude frames the session with context scaffolding, not an immediate answer
Work, then /wrap

/wrap — capture what we landed on and what's still open.✓ Copied

→ Concise closure doc with open threads noted
Next day: /pickup

/pickup from yesterday's session.✓ Copied

→ Claude re-enters with your prior frame intact
Weekly: /heartbeat

/heartbeat — what's been recurring across the last 5 sessions?✓ Copied

→ Patterns surfaced that you didn't notice inside a single session

Outcome: A sustained line of thinking that actually compounds, rather than restarts.

Pitfalls

Using /session for one-shot queries — Drop it for trivial questions — compound thinking has overhead

Combine with: planning-with-files · filesystem

End a long project with a proper /wrap so you can return to it cleanly

👤 Solo operators leaving a project paused ⏱ ~10 min beginner

When to use: You're stepping away from something unfinished and want future-you to pick it up cleanly.

Flow

Run /wrap

/wrap — capture state, open questions, and the one thing future-me needs to remember first.✓ Copied

→ Doc written with an explicit re-entry note

Outcome: A re-entry doc that beats reading your own notes cold.

Combine with: filesystem

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

raw-clauding-skill + planning-with-files

Use planning-with-files for disk-based state; raw-clauding for thinking structure on top

Combine: /session with planning-with-files writing findings.md as we go.✓ Copied

raw-clauding-skill + filesystem

Persist /wrap and /pickup docs into your own journal

Save every /wrap output to ~/journal/sessions/.✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

Tool	Inputs	When to call
/session	question or topic	Open-ended thinking work worth preserving
/wrap	current session	End of a session you'll return to
/pickup	prior session reference	Resuming work
/heartbeat	range (last N sessions)	Periodically to catch what you didn't notice

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota: None
Tokens per call: Modest — workflows are compact
Monetary: Free — skills are local files
Tip: Don't run /heartbeat on every interaction; it earns its keep weekly.

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: No credentials — pure prompts

Data egress: None

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

Skill not invoked — Claude treats /session as a literal command it doesn't recognize

Make sure the skill is installed; if needed, paraphrase: 'use the raw-clauding /session workflow'.

Verify: ls ~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills/SKILL.md

SKILL.md frontmatter wrong

Re-clone; description drives activation.

Verify: head ~/.claude/skills/raw-clauding-skills/SKILL.md

Wrong trigger keywords — /pickup without prior /wrap loses context

Make sure your prior session actually ended in /wrap; otherwise pickup has nothing to anchor to.

Alternatives

raw-clauding-skills vs others

Alternative	When to use it instead	Tradeoff
planning-with-files	You want disk-based memory rather than thinking structure	Complementary — different axes
Raw journaling	You prefer writing in a notebook app	No AI continuity between sessions

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