Skill Provenance

Verify a skill bundle's integrity when opening a project. Use when loading a skill project directory and you need to check file completeness, verify SHA-256 hashes against MANIFEST.yaml, detect stale files, review recent changes, or understand what state the bundle is in before starting work. Triggers on: "open this skill", "verify the bundle", "check what changed", "is everything up to date", "load this project".

Update version tracking when finishing work on a skill bundle. Use when you're done editing a skill project and need to bump version headers, recompute manifest hashes, update the changelog, flag stale files, or prepare a commit message. Triggers on: "close the session", "update versions", "save the bundle", "I'm done editing", "prepare to commit", "wrap up this skill session".

Generate a handoff note summarizing skill project state for a future session or collaborator. Use when crossing a non-persistent boundary (e.g., Chat upload), ending a session that made significant decisions, or when the user explicitly asks for a handoff note. Triggers on: "generate a handoff", "write a handoff note", "summarize for next session", "prepare handoff", "what should the next session know".

Run a focused validation check for a skill bundle. Use when the user asks to validate, verify hashes, check MANIFEST.yaml, confirm files are present, or distinguish a canonical bundle from a derived install or registry copy without opening or closing a full editing session.

Add version tracking to an existing unversioned skill bundle. Use when you have a skill project with SKILL.md but no MANIFEST.yaml, no version headers, and no changelog. Creates the initial manifest, adds version metadata to files, and generates the first changelog entry. Triggers on: "bootstrap this skill", "add versioning", "start tracking versions", "create a manifest", "this skill has no versioning".