Skill Authoring Procedure

Create professional-grade skills with lean context, deterministic structure, and validation.

When to Use This Skill

• User wants to create a new skill directory
• User wants to improve a skill's discoverability or metadata
• User wants to split large instructions into references or scripts
• User wants to add or update skillgrade validation

Procedures

Step 1: Validate the Skill Metadata

Check that the frontmatter uses a unique lowercase name, a specific description, and clear negative triggers.

Keep the description short enough to fit within the agent router's metadata budget.