ostrich

v0.3.2

Create a coherent, lighthearted five-to-ten-minute distraction chosen for delight, using optional random domain prompts to broaden candidates without binding the result.

CodexClaude Code1 Skill

By Rich HaaseLicense: MIT0 GitHub starsUpdated 1 hour ago

Directory evidence

Runtimes: Codex and Claude Code
Parsed components: 1 skill or MCP entry
Source updated: Sep 26, 2026
Manifest status: Canonical path parsed

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Install ostrich for Codex and Claude Code

Installs for the current user

codex plugin marketplace add richhaase/toolshed
codex plugin marketplace upgrade toolshed
codex plugin add ostrich@toolshed

Paste and run these commands in a terminal with Codex. They add and refresh the toolshed catalog, then install this plugin.

Compatibility: the page URL and API slug “ostrich” remain stable.

Codex: ostrich@agent-plugin-marketplace → ostrich@toolshed

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Get the source manually

$ git clone https://github.com/richhaase/toolshed

Clone the source repository, then follow its setup instructions to add the plugin to a compatible client. The plugin root is plugins/ostrich/.

Plugin files

plugins/ostrich/

├── .codex-plugin/plugin.json
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json
└── skills/head-in-sand/SKILL.md

Included Skills1

head-in-sandskills/head-in-sand/SKILL.md

Use this skill when the user invokes head-in-sand or Ostrich, asks for a quick distraction or unrelated tangent, wants to stick their head in the sand for a while, or responds to an active Ostrich tangent with feedback such as "another", "weirder", "realer", "more of this", or "back to work". Silently assess recent local context, choose one coherent and lighthearted tangent, and lead it without asking the user to choose. Learn broad preferences from explicit feedback and observed engagement. Not for productive brainstorming, work summaries, or presenting a menu of distractions.

Plugin manifests2

plugins/ostrich/.codex-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "ostrich",
  "version": "0.3.2",
  "description": "Create a coherent, lighthearted five-to-ten-minute distraction chosen for delight, using optional random domain prompts to broaden candidates without binding the result.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Rich Haase",
    "url": "https://github.com/richhaase"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/richhaase/toolshed",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "distraction",
    "tangent",
    "context-switch",
    "conversation",
    "play",
    "novelty",
    "multimodal"
  ],
  "skills": "./skills/",
  "interface": {
    "composerIcon": "./assets/icon.png",
    "logo": "./assets/icon.png",
    "displayName": "Ostrich",
    "shortDescription": "Escape work through one fresh tangent",
    "longDescription": "Create a deliberate five-to-ten-minute break from overwhelming or unwanted work. Ostrich silently excludes the active work cluster, uses optional random domain prompts to widen its candidate pool, then chooses one coherent tangent by appeal, learned preferences, freshness, and low effort. The initial response is a complete diversion rather than setup for an interview or branching adventure.",
    "developerName": "Rich Haase",
    "category": "Productivity",
    "capabilities": [
      "Read",
      "Write",
      "Interactive"
    ],
    "websiteURL": "https://github.com/richhaase/toolshed",
    "defaultPrompt": [
      "Ostrich.",
      "Distract me for five minutes.",
      "Take me somewhere completely unrelated."
    ]
  }
}

plugins/ostrich/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

{
  "name": "ostrich",
  "version": "0.3.2",
  "description": "Create a coherent, lighthearted five-to-ten-minute distraction chosen for delight, using optional random domain prompts to broaden candidates without binding the result.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Rich Haase",
    "url": "https://github.com/richhaase"
  },
  "repository": "https://github.com/richhaase/toolshed",
  "license": "MIT",
  "keywords": [
    "distraction",
    "tangent",
    "context-switch",
    "conversation",
    "play",
    "novelty",
    "multimodal"
  ],
  "skills": "./skills/"
}

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