Skill Authoring

Create agent skills (SKILL.md files) following the Agent Skills open standard. Skills produce consistent, deterministic agent behavior across any compatible platform. Skills are filesystem-based instruction sets that transform an agent into a domain specialist.

When invoked with arguments, create a skill for: $ARGUMENTS

Workflow

1. Define scope: Identify the domain, target tasks, and activation triggers
2. Gather requirements: Collect domain knowledge, constraints, expected inputs/outputs, and success criteria. Ask clarifying questions for missing context
3. Determine freedom levels: Classify each instruction as high/medium/low freedom based on task sensitivity
4. Write frontmatter: Name, description with activation triggers
5. Write instructions: Imperative commands, structured for LLM parsing
6. Add examples: Concrete input/output pairs for ambiguous or complex behaviors
7. Add supporting files: Move detailed reference material to separate files when SKILL.md approaches 300 lines
8. Verify: Run through the checklist below

SKILL.md Structure