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create-skill

Skill59 starsChanged 52 days agoMITView on GitHub

Creates and improves short, focused Agent Skills. Use this skill when writing or revising a SKILL.md, its description, or its bundled files. Do not use for installing third-party skills or for one-off preferences.

142 other projects use a version of this.

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The file

We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

3 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.

  • 0

    Common

    Most of the 132 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 2

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 1

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Distinctive:

    Don't add process for its own sake: no checklists, stop conditions, label systems, report files, review loops, or instructions to use …

    line 24
  2. Distinctive:

    Don't handle niche edge cases.

    line 25
  3. Very specific:

    Add references/, assets/, or scripts/ only for genuinely large or reusable material, and say when to use each file.

    line 26

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 132 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

Keep what fits and drop the rest. Your version, ready for your agents.
Files
SKILL.md

Create Skill

A skill nudges a capable agent in the right direction. It is not a procedure manual. Trust the agent's judgment and write down only what it would not do well on its own.

Frontmatter

  • name: lowercase kebab-case, matches the directory.
  • description: all routing lives here, because the body only loads after activation. Format: [What it does]. Use this skill when [triggers]. Do not use for [near misses]. Under 1024 characters.

Body

  • One job per skill. Aim for well under 500 words.
  • Say what matters and why, in plain sentences or short bullets. Cut anything the agent already does by default.
  • Prescribe exact steps only where mistakes are costly: destructive, security-sensitive, or fragile operations.
  • Don't add process for its own sake: no checklists, stop conditions, label systems, report files, review loops, or instructions to use subagents.
  • Don't handle niche edge cases. Challenge every rule: does it prevent a real, likely mistake? If not, delete it.
  • Add references/, assets/, or scripts/ only for genuinely large or reusable material, and say when to use each file.
  • Refer to other skills by name, never by path into their files.

Finish

  • In this repository, run node scripts/validate-skill-metadata.mjs <skill> and node scripts/validate-skill-links.mjs <skill>.
  • Try the skill once on a realistic task and fix what actually went wrong.

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Bring your CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md or skills. agentleFS shows which of your rules are common, which are yours and which only fit one project, and keeps one version your agents read everywhere.