Skill Creator

Guide for creating effective skills. Use when creating or updating a skill.

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Skill Creator

Use this skill when defining or updating reusable Codex skills.

Workflow

  1. Workspace-local skills always live under skills/ at the workspace root.
  2. Create or update each workspace skill under skills/<skill-id>/ and save SKILL.md plus any helper files there.
  3. This embedded skill is guidance only: do not write new workspace skills into runtime/harnesses/src/embedded-skills/.
  4. Clarify the task and gather concrete examples.
  5. Define minimal reusable structure and naming.
  6. Enforce canonical SKILL.md format:
    • frontmatter is required and must include:
      • name: <skill-id> (must exactly match the directory name under skills/)
      • description: <one-line summary>
    • markdown body starts after frontmatter and contains practical usage guidance.
  7. Start from this template and fill in concrete content:
---
name: <skill-id>
description: <one-line summary>
---

# <Readable Skill Title>

## When To Use
- ...

## Workflow
1. ...
2. ...

## Examples
- ...
  1. Keep SKILL.md concise; use references/scripts only when needed.
  2. Validate with a real invocation path.
  3. Iterate from usage feedback.

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Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add holaboss-ai/skill-creator