Knowledge Cutoff Awareness
Grounds the agent in the real current date via a small Node script instead of guessing from training data.
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 16, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · 4c9b086
Actually ran the bundled node scripts/get_date.js live: correctly returned the real system date (verified against session context) and computed +3 weeks accurately, versus a baseline model answer that has no ground truth for 'today' and would have to guess or hedge.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 9/10
- Docs & honesty 5/5
What Knowledge Cutoff Awareness does
Runs a bundled node scripts/get_date.js wrapper around the system clock to return the true current date/time in ISO 8601 or human-readable form, with simple relative-offset arithmetic (+1d, -2w, yesterday). Triggers on any question involving today's date, elapsed/remaining time, or recent events that could otherwise be answered from a stale training cutoff.
How to install Knowledge Cutoff Awareness
git clone https://github.com/imkohenauser/antigravity-starter-ja.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r antigravity-starter-ja/.agent/skills/knowledge-cutoff-awareness ~/.claude/skills/knowledge-cutoff-awareness
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Knowledge Cutoff Awareness
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/knowledge-cutoff-awarenessGrounds the agent in the real current date via a small Node script instead of guessing from training data.
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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What's today's actual date, not your training cutoff guess? -
Tell me exactly what date it'll be three weeks from now -
Is three weeks from today going to land after August 1st?
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Knowledge Cutoff Awareness skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from imkohenauser/antigravity-starter-ja. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Knowledge Cutoff Awareness work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 16, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Actually ran the bundled node scripts/get_date.js live: correctly returned the real system date (verified against session context) and computed +3 weeks accurately, versus a baseline model answer that has no ground truth for 'today' and would have to guess or hedge.
- What is the Knowledge Cutoff Awareness SkillProof Score?
- 9.6/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
- How do I install Knowledge Cutoff Awareness?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Knowledge Cutoff Awareness with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.