Metal

Extract the conceptual DNA of a repository — its roles, procedures, and coordination patterns — as generalized agentskills.io definitions. Like extracting noble metal from ore, the skill separates what a project IS (its essence) from what it DOES (its implementation), producing reusable skill, agent, and team definitions that capture the project's organizational genome without reproducing its codebase.

When to Use

• Onboarding to a new codebase and wanting to map its conceptual architecture before diving into code
• Bootstrapping an agentic system from an existing project — turning implicit workflows into explicit skill/agent/team definitions
• Studying a project's organizational DNA for cross-pollination into other projects
• Creating a skill/agent/team library inspired by a reference implementation without copying it
• Understanding what a project's structure reveals about its creators' mental models and domain expertise

Inputs

• Required: Path to the repository or project root directory
• Required: Purpose statement — why is essence being extracted? (onboarding, bootstrapping, study, or cross-pollination)
• Optional: Focus domains — specific areas of the project to concentrate on (default: all)
• Optional: Output depth — survey (prospect + assay only), extract (full procedure), or report (extraction + written report) (default: extract)
• Optional: Maximum extractions — cap on total skills + agents + teams to produce (default: 15)