Create Agent Skills

A guide for creating new Agent Skills following the AgentSkills.io specification. Agent Skills are portable, structured knowledge units that give AI coding assistants specialized capabilities.

When to Use

• Creating a brand-new skill from scratch
• Adding domain-specific knowledge for an AI agent
• Structuring reusable patterns, workflows, or best practices as a skill
• Defining how the agent should handle a specific technology or task

Quick Start: Minimal Skill

SKILL_NAME="my-skill-name"
mkdir -p "data_product_accelerator/skills/admin/${SKILL_NAME}"