MiniMax Code Stack
MiniMax-AI/mcode-stackReviewed by AI
What it does
The MiniMax Code team published the skills and checklists it uses day to day with its own AI coding assistant. Each one is a plain-text file the assistant follows: split a feature into small pull requests, decide when to hand work to a second agent, audit a long shell command, keep a long session from drifting, review a change from a clean slate, write a hand-off note. It installs with one command in MiniMax Code, Claude Code or Codex, and the files use the common SKILL.md format, so other assistants that read skills can use most of them. For programmers who already use one.
How easy it is to install
C · install 1 or 2 tools · Windows
- Windows C
- macOS C
- Linux C
You need an AI coding assistant already installed on any of the three systems, then one command, for example `claude plugin install ronny --marketplace MiniMax-AI/mcode-stack` or `codex plugin marketplace add MiniMax-AI/mcode-stack`. The manual route is a `git clone` plus copying a folder into `~/.agents/skills/`, which the README writes with shell commands aimed at Mac and Linux.
Numbers on GitHub
- Stars
- 484on Oct 31, 2026
- Downloads
- —all releases
- Growth
- +484stars in 3 days
Stars over time
Facts
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- You need to install
- Other tools
- Disk space
- not determined
- Accounts or keys
- None
- Cost
- Free, API costs extra · The skills are free (MIT, with some parts under CC-BY 3.0). They only do something inside an AI coding assistant, which usually needs a paid plan or paid API use.
- License
- MIT (Permissive)
- Last update
- Oct 29, 2026
Risk signals (4)
- Infobrand new no releases
Project facts: created 2026-10-28, last push 2026-10-29, 0 GitHub releases, 1 open issue. The README also says "Everything here will keep changing as we learn", so skills may move or disappear between updates.
AI review
- Infooutside contributions restricted
README Contributing: "For now, pull requests for code, documentation, and stacks are accepted only from repository collaborators." Fixes from outside the company have to go through an issue first.
AI review
- Infomixed licenses inside
README License: "MIT, except where a stack's NOTICE.md says otherwise. The engineering-* skills are adapted from Google Engineering Practices; the adapted material stays under CC-BY 3.0."
AI review
- Infowritten for the makers own assistant
The repository belongs to MiniMax-AI and the skills "install straight into MiniMax Code"; the README adds that "The skills use the common SKILL.md format, so most of them also work in other agents that support skills" - most, not all.
AI review
Evidence is shown in its original language.
What Radar could not check
- Whether these habits actually improve what your assistant produces on your own project
- Which of the skills work unchanged in assistants other than MiniMax Code, Claude Code and Codex
- How much extra AI usage the longer review and audit workflows consume
- Whether the install commands behave the same on Windows, where the README's copy steps are written for a Unix shell