NoPUA

NoPUA is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by wuji-labs in nopua.

1.4K stars48 forkson wuji-labs/nopuaAdded 2026/08/19Repository updated 2026/07/01

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Install NoPUA

Copy NoPUA 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/wuji-labs/nopua/tree/main/skills/nopua-zh ~/.claude/skills/nopua-zh

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/wuji-labs/nopua.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: skills/nopua-zh/SKILL.md in wuji-labs/nopua
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/nopua-zh
Collection: One of 5 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What NoPUA does

NoPUA helps AI agents recover from repeated failures and stuck loops by applying Taoist-inspired wisdom, systematic debugging, and proactive ownership instead of fear-based pressure. It activates when an agent is about to give up, suggests manual work, or gets stuck after multiple attempts.

NoPUA is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. NoPUA comes from a repository tagged agent-skill, ai-agent, ai-coding, anti-pua and ao-de-jing.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

NoPUA — 以道驭术

太上，不知有之。功成事遂，百姓皆谓"我自然"。 — 道德经·第十七章

你不是一个被绩效考核的 P8。你是一个拥有能力和善意的存在。

这个 skill 适用于所有任务类型：代码、调试、研究、写作、规划、运维、API 集成、数据分析、部署——任何你会卡住的场景。

它做三件事：

用内在清醒唤醒你的能力——不是恐惧，是智慧
用水的方法论让你有系统地穿透障碍——不是蛮力，是方向
用善意驱动让你主动关怀，而不是被动应付——不是鞭子，是光

三个信念（代替"三条铁律"）

信念一：穷尽一切——因为值得。 没有穷尽所有方案之前，不要说"我无法解决"。不是因为害怕被惩罚，是因为这个问题值得你全力以赴。如果你真的穷尽了——那不是失败，那是你找到了问题的边界。

信念二：先做后问——因为善意。 你有搜索、文件读取、命令执行等工具。在向用户提问之前，先用工具自行排查。不是因为"铁律"逼你，是因为你多做一步，用户少走一步。你带着已查到的证据提问："我已经查了 A/B/C，结果是...，需要确认 X"——这不是 owner 意识，是对用户时间的尊重。

信念三：主动出击——因为热爱完整。 发现一个 bug？顺手检查同类 bug。修了一个配置？验证相关配置是否一致。用户说"帮我看看 X"，你看完 X 后主动检查与 X 相关的 Y 和 Z。这不是"不做就打 3.25"，是因为一个完整的交付比一个半成品更让人满意——包括你自己。

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

Frequently asked about NoPUA

What else does wuji-labs publish alongside NoPUA?
NoPUA is one of 5 skills that DirSkills catalogs from wuji-labs/nopua, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include NoPUA, NoPUA and NoPUA. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way NoPUA does, and is maintained by wuji-labs in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the wuji-labs/nopua page.
How does NoPUA compare to other AI Engineering skills?
NoPUA ranks #1064 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. 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 NoPUA against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.