Create Skill

create-skill

When you need a capability that isn't in INDEX.md, author a new skill.

When to use

• INDEX.md has nothing relevant.
• An existing skill could be adapted but doesn't fit the current need cleanly.
• You found yourself doing the same multi-step bash dance twice; capture it.

How to use

1. Confirm the gap:

   cat $LAZAR_HOME/skills/INDEX.md
   

2. Pick a short, descriptive kebab-case name (e.g. web-search, file-watch, git-status).

3. Create the skill folder and SKILL.md:

   mkdir -p $LAZAR_HOME/skills/<name>
   cat > $LAZAR_HOME/skills/<name>/SKILL.md <<'EOF'
   # <name>
   
   <one-line purpose>
   
   ## When to use
   <triggers — what situation calls for this skill>
   
   ## How to use
   <ordered steps the next invocation will follow>
   
   ## Recipe
   <copy-pasteable bash; assume the agent runs it verbatim>
   EOF
   

4. Register it in the index:

   echo "- <name> — <one-line purpose>" >> $LAZAR_HOME/skills/INDEX.md
   

5. Verify:

   cat $LAZAR_HOME/skills/INDEX.md
   cat $LAZAR_HOME/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
   

Principles

• Skills should be small. If a skill does two things, split it.
• Prefer composition: existing skills + bash + lazar -p recursion.
• Bash-first. If the recipe can't be expressed in bash, the skill is too big.
• Document the failure modes you hit while designing it. Future-you will thank you.
• Skills go in $LAZAR_HOME/skills/. Never write outside that tree to extend your capabilities.