Creating Skills

This skill teaches you how to create new Agent Skills following the Agent Skills open standard.

What Is a Skill?

A skill is a folder containing a SKILL.md file that gives agents specialized capabilities. Skills can include:

• Instructions — How to perform a specific task
• Scripts — Executable code agents can run
• References — Additional documentation loaded on demand
• Assets — Templates, schemas, or other resources

Directory Structure

At minimum, a skill is a directory with a SKILL.md file: