OpenSquilla is an agent project climbing fast on GitHub (2,000+ stars already), the latest open-source agent to draw attention after OpenClaw and Hermes. Its biggest selling point is built-in "smart model routing": on the same tasks it saves 60-80% in token costs compared with the lobster.

Now it has shipped a new feature: Meta Skill. Put simply, it's a skill with multiple sub-skills nested inside, capable of running an entire long-horizon workflow end to end with no human intervention along the way.

What Is OpenSquilla

OpenSquilla is an open-source local AI agent positioned much like OpenClaw, but more aggressive on cost control. Through a smart model routing mechanism, it automatically picks the right model for each task based on complexity, instead of throwing the most expensive model at everything.

When a task finishes, an animation pops up showing how many tokens it saved you, and you can trace consumption at each stage.

What Is a Meta Skill

The core idea of the Meta Skill is "a skill of skills." One Meta Skill embeds multiple atomic skills; chained together they form an end-to-end super-workflow.

The pain point before: once a workflow was fixed, every step required invoking a skill separately from the chat box — full Human in the Loop — and just scrolling through the skill list was half the work. Meta Skill solves this: given the context, it figures out which stage you're at, calls the corresponding sub-skill, and delivers the result.

9 Ready-Made Meta Skills on GitHub

OpenSquilla ships 9 prepackaged Meta Skills on GitHub, ready to use. Take meta-kid-project-planner (a kids' project planner) as an example:

Input: a 9-year-old child wants to make a Meta Skill magic book, with one skill introduced per page.

Process: the Meta Skill automatically splits out a long list of subtasks and ran on its own for over 20 minutes with zero human intervention.

Final delivery: a complete 7-day project planning pack (roughly 3,000 words) that even accounts for the child's safety, with a safety review and contingency plans worked out.

How It Works

Looking at the source files, meta-kid-project-planner is assembled from 5 atomic skills:

1. Kickoff: ask the user for preferences (age, timeline, budget, level of parental involvement)
2. Feasibility triage: judge safety and whether an adult needs to help
3. Execution: step-by-step plan -> materials list -> safety reminders -> parent learning goals -> final delivery

If outdoor activities are involved, it will even call web search to check the weather.

Hands-On Impressions

Strengths

• Saves money: smart model routing + task tiering cuts token costs 60-80% on comparable tasks
• Highly automated: Meta Skills run end to end without a human triggering each step
• Works out of the box: 9 preset Meta Skills cover project management, study planning, and more
• Extensible: build custom Meta Skills from your own industry experience

Limitations

• Creating custom Meta Skills has a high bar — you need deep understanding of your own business
• Preset skills target general scenarios; vertical industries require packaging your own
• The community ecosystem is still at an early stage

Who It's For

• Indie developers: want agents to automate daily workflows while keeping costs under control
• Content creators: have a fixed content production pipeline and need end-to-end agent execution
• Project managers: need complex SOPs broken down into automated flows

How to Get It

OpenSquilla is open source on GitHub — just search "OpenSquilla". The Meta Skill feature is included in the latest version.