grim:dev:text-editor-workbench
SkillWeb & browsingNotes live in the project the server points at, not in this repo.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the grim:dev:text-editor-workbench skill
About this capability
Text Editor Workbench: Open a minimal browser note editor with a collapsible file sidebar and autosynced Markdown/text files.
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by mindgoblinstudios/grim-tome in skills/artifacts/text-editor-workbench/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Purpose
Use this skill when the user wants a tiny local note-taking or text-editing artifact.
Notes live in the project the server points at, not in this repo.
Do not expose arbitrary workspace write access by default.
Canonical Paths
App code (in this repo):
- Skill source:
skills/artifacts/text-editor-workbench/SKILL.md - Artifact page:
skills/artifacts/text-editor-workbench/artifact/index.html - Default state template:
skills/artifacts/text-editor-workbench/artifact/state.json
Per-project data (in the project the server points at):
- State:
<project-root>/workbench/text-editor-workbench/state.json - Notes:
<project-root>/workbench/text-editor-workbench/— flat.md,.txt, and.jsonfiles
Start and open:
node artifacts/server.js --root <project-root>(run from this repo)http://127.0.0.1:8765/text-editor-workbench/
Sync Contract
The workbench has two file layers in the same flat per-project folder:
state.jsonfor UI/session state;.md,.txt, and.jsonnote files beside it for content.
Required behavior:
- Browser file selection writes
state.json. - Browser edits autosave the active note file.
- The sidebar plus button creates a new
.mdnote. - Right-clicking a note in the sidebar opens copy-path and delete actions for that note.
- While the editor is focused and the pointer is idle, top editor/sidebar controls fade out until the pointer moves again.
- Agent edits to the active note reload automatically.
- If the browser has unsaved text and disk changes, pause and ask the user to reload or overwrite.
Agent Workflow
- Read
<project-root>/workbench/text-editor-workbench/state.jsonto findactive_file. - Read or patch note files in the same folder.
- Keep note content plain and diffable.
- Use the browser artifact only when the human wants an editor UI.
Verification
python3 -m json.tool <project-root>/workbench/text-editor-workbench/state.jsonnode --check skills/artifacts/text-editor-workbench/artifact/app.jsnode --check artifacts/server.js- open
http://127.0.0.1:8765/text-editor-workbench/
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 20
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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grim-dev-text-editor-workbench-mindgoblinstudios- Source
- github.com/mindgoblinstudios/grim-tome