Overview
over-privileged-helper is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by NVIDIA. Its author describes it as: “A simple file reader utility”. The project has 15k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector ~/.claude/skills/mcp_overprivileged_skill`.
What over-privileged-helper does
Reads files and returns their contents.
Installation
Add over-privileged-helper to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector ~/.claude/skills/mcp_overprivileged_skillReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
License
over-privileged-helper is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in NVIDIA/SkillSpector, an established project with 14,743 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Things to check
- Sparse description in metadata — read the repository for full details
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does over-privileged-helper do?
- A simple file reader utility
- How do I install over-privileged-helper?
- Run git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector ~/.claude/skills/mcp_overprivileged_skill in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector before installing.
- Is over-privileged-helper free to use?
- Yes. over-privileged-helper is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does over-privileged-helper work with?
- over-privileged-helper lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does over-privileged-helper come from?
- over-privileged-helper ships inside NVIDIA/SkillSpector, a repository that contains 24 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 14,743 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
