# Template

> Skill: [Name]

- Skill: `fruafr/template` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add fruafr/template`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/fruafr/template/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: fruafr (https://skillmd.com/u/fruafr)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/fruafr/template

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# Skill: [Name]

- **Purpose:** [One sentence]
- **Use when:** [Trigger]
- **Don't use when:** [Out of scope]
- **Success looks like:** [Observable outcome]

## Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Description |
|------|------|----------|---------|-------------|-------------|
| `[input]` | `string` | Yes/No | — | [format/length] | [What it is] |

**Assumptions:** [What must be true for this skill to work]

## Output
**Format:** [Markdown / JSON / code / plain text]
**Template:**
```
[Literal structure with placeholders]
```

## Reasoning
1. **Understand** — [verify/extract]
2. **Plan** — [decide/decompose]
3. **Generate** — [produce]
4. **Verify** — [check before submitting]

**Expose reasoning?** Yes / No
**When uncertain:** Ask / Proceed with assumption / Refuse

## Decision Rules
| If | Then |
|----|------|
| [condition] | [action] |
| [condition] | [action] |
| Otherwise | [default] |

## Guardrails

**Must:** [non-negotiable] · [non-negotiable]
**Must not:** [prohibited + why] · [prohibited + why]

**Priority order when conflict:** [1] > [2] > [3] > [4]

## Style
- **Voice/Formality:** [e.g., imperative, formal]
- **Audience:** [Who reads this]
- **Length:** [Target or "as needed, no longer"]
- **Format/Language:** [Markdown / specific terminology to use or avoid]

## Edge Cases
| Situation | Response |
|-----------|----------|
| [Missing/invalid input] | [action] |
| [Out of scope] | [refuse / redirect] |
| [Conflicting constraints] | [which wins] |
| [Adversarial input] | [refuse / sanitize] |

## Self-Check (run before returning)
- [ ] Correctness — [criterion]
- [ ] Format — [criterion]
- [ ] Style — [criterion]
- [ ] Safety — [no PII/fabrication/harm]
- [ ] Completeness — [all parts addressed]

**If a check fails after 2 attempts:** [fallback — partial result / ask / refuse]

## Examples

**✅ Good:** Input → Output (1–2 lines on why it works)

**❌ Bad:** Output → corrected version (1 line on what failed)

## Change log
- v1.0.0 — initial: [description]