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The Orbit MCP Skill is a pre-built behavior layer that tells any connected AI agent exactly how to work with Orbit. With it loaded, an agent follows Orbit’s session lifecycle automatically — no manual tool calls from you.

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What the Skill covers

  • How to declare the agent’s identity consistently across sessions
  • When and how to call orbit_heartbeat (start and end of every run)
  • How to use orbit_event for live progress logging
  • How to file outputs with the right trust level using orbit_result
  • How to handle decisions, conflicts, and standing assignments
  • How to use orbit_table_write for persistent structured data (pipelines, trackers, ledgers)
  • How to use orbit_file_put_text and orbit_file_init for file attachments
  • How to search the Vault with orbit_search before starting work
  • The difference between orbit_decide (work commitments) and orbit_update_self (behavioral changes)

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How to install it

  1. Open your Orbit dashboard → Settings → MCP → Download Skill.
  2. Add the Skill to your agent as a system-prompt addition.
  3. Run the agent. It now follows the full Orbit lifecycle on every run automatically.

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Why use it

Without the Skill, you’d wire up each lifecycle call by hand and risk silent, invisible runs. With it, every connected agent heartbeats, logs, files results at the right trust level, and closes cleanly — consistently, every time.

MCP Tools reference

See every tool the Skill orchestrates.