Connect

Connect is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by PerpetualSoftware in pad.

169 stars22 forkson PerpetualSoftware/padAdded 2026/09/08+15% in starsRepository updated 2026/09/07

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Install Connect

Copy Connect into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/PerpetualSoftware/pad/tree/main/plugin/skills/connect ~/.claude/skills/connect

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/PerpetualSoftware/pad.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: plugin/skills/connect/SKILL.md in PerpetualSoftware/pad
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/connect
Collection: One of 7 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 2226 skills

What Connect does

Connect opts this session into Pad's push stream, arms it to receive notifications, and runs the workspace's on-session-start ritual on first connect. Use it when you want a Claude Code session to stay linked to a Pad workspace.

Connect is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Connect comes from a repository tagged agent-era, agent-tools, ai-agents, claude-code and cli.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

/pad:connect opts THIS session into Pad's live stream: it declares consent to receive pad push notifications (the security gate — no consent, no stream), wakes the session's push monitor, and on the FIRST connect of a session runs the workspace's boot ritual. Invoking this skill is also what starts the gated monitor process, so run it once per session you want connected.

If the pad CLI is missing (command not found), say so and point at https://getpad.dev/install — don't retry or guess at alternate paths. If no .pad.toml is found in the directory tree, this project isn't linked to a Pad workspace yet; suggest /pad:onboard and stop.

Do these in order:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Connect

What else does PerpetualSoftware publish alongside Connect?
Connect is one of 7 skills that DirSkills catalogs from PerpetualSoftware/pad, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Capture, Disconnect and Onboard. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Connect does, and is maintained by PerpetualSoftware in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the PerpetualSoftware/pad page.
How does Connect compare to other Automation skills?
Connect ranks #1983 by stars among the 2226 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Connect against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.