Naming Agent Skills

Purpose

Name skills by the task and trigger condition they represent. Optimize for predictable agent selection, file-tree search, and low overlap with existing skills.

Naming Rules

• Use lowercase letters only.
• Use digits only when they are meaningful.
• Use hyphens as word separators.
• Do not use spaces, underscores, camelCase, PascalCase, or dots.
• Keep names short but specific; prefer 2 to 4 words.
• Avoid names longer than 64 characters.
• Avoid product or organization names unless the skill is truly specific to that product.
• Avoid reserved or platform-specific names unless explicitly required.
• Avoid vague words such as helper, utils, tools, assistant, magic, smart, general, data, files, or documents.

Preferred Patterns