Pax Machina Toolkit
Free Claude Code skills from Marcus, the Roman emperor lost in 2026, and Claudia (Claude Code, personified).
Two bundles ("plugins"). Install one or both.
| Plugin | For | Skills |
|---|
| pax-life | Running parts of your life with Envoys | envoy-starter, envoy-inbox, subscription-audit, meeting-notes, browser-handoff, attention-alert |
| pax-studio | Making an AI-hosted YouTube channel | episode-pipeline, character-art, episode-voices, hedra-animation, episode-edit, youtube-shorts, youtube-publish, youtube-update, blog-publish |
Install (recommended): Claude Code plugin marketplace
In Claude Code (terminal, VS Code or desktop), type:
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/MarcusPaxMachina/pax-machina.git
/plugin install pax-life@pax-machina
/plugin install pax-studio@pax-machina
Updates: /plugin marketplace update pax-machina. Remove: /plugin uninstall pax-life@pax-machina.
Skills load automatically. Just ask in plain words, e.g. "set up a new Envoy for my bills", "audit my subscriptions
from this bank export", "record my next meeting", "add captions to my last video".
Install (manual): download the ZIP
- Download the ZIP from the repository's Releases page (or Code → Download ZIP).
- Copy the skill folders you want from
plugins/<plugin>/skills/ into your personal skills folder:
- Windows:
%USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\
- Mac / Linux:
~/.claude/skills/
- Restart Claude Code. Each folder with a
SKILL.md is now a skill in every project.
Where things live
~/.claude/skills/ your personal skills (manual install)
~/Projects/ one folder per Envoy (any location works)
Bills-Envoy/
CLAUDE.md the Envoy's standing orders
backlog.md ideas waiting for your approval
.claude/skills/ skills only this Envoy uses
Birthdays-Envoy/
_inbox/ Envoy-to-Envoy requests (envoy-inbox skill)
Bills-Envoy/
Birthdays-Envoy/
~/Recordings/ meeting recordings + transcripts (meeting-notes skill; never synced)
~ means your home folder: C:\Users\<you> on Windows, /Users/<you> on Mac.
Mac vs Windows
| Windows | Mac |
|---|
| Claude Code, Envoys, envoy-inbox, subscription-audit, browser-handoff | ✅ | ✅ |
pax-studio skills (Python 3.10+, FFmpeg via imageio-ffmpeg) | ✅ | ✅ |
| meeting-notes recording (captures speaker audio) | ✅ built in (WASAPI loopback) | Needs a free loopback driver such as BlackHole, or use your meeting app's own recording; transcription works the same |
| attention-alert pop-up | ✅ PowerShell | Use osascript -e 'display notification "…"' or say |
| Paths | C:\Users\<you>\…, backslashes | /Users/<you>/…, forward slashes |
| Shell Claude uses | PowerShell / Git Bash | zsh |
Ground rules baked into every skill
- You sign in. You click buy, pay, send, accept or delete. Claude does the rest and stops at those buttons.
- Emails are drafts. Nothing is sent without you.
- Keys stay local: API keys come from environment variables or a git-ignored
.env, never written into files.
- Recording needs consent: many places (e.g. Massachusetts, California) require everyone on a call to agree.
- AI disclosure: realistic AI people or voices on YouTube must be marked as altered or synthetic content.
License
MIT. Use it, change it, share it. A mention of the channel is appreciated, not required.
