How do I install the Authoring Skills skill?

Run npx skillmds add majiayu000/authoring-skills-2 in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Authoring Skills safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Authoring Skills?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Authoring Skills free to use?

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Who published Authoring Skills?

majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Authoring Skills by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Authoring Skills
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

Authoring Skills

MUST BE USED when creating, improving, or reviewing Skills. Use PROACTIVELY when user mentions "create a skill", "new skill", "write a skill", "improve skill", "skill description", or "progressive disclosure". Guides through specification-compliant skill design with three-level progressive disclosure.

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Skill Development

Guides effective Skill creation following the Universal Skills Specification.

Overview

Skills enable agents to work autonomously without human intervention. This skill provides the methodology for creating specification-compliant skills using progressive disclosure, robust scripting, and agentic patterns.

When to Use

User mentions "create a skill", "new skill", "write a skill", "improve skill"
Reviewing or auditing existing skills for compliance
Designing skill architecture with proper agentic patterns

Workflow

Draft Content:
- Use assets/templates/skill_structure.md for SKILL.md.
- Use assets/templates/robust_script.py for any Python scripts.
- Write frontmatter using references/description-templates.md (CRITICAL).
Verify & Refine:
- Validate against references/compliance-checklist.md.
- Ensure all paths are relative to project root.
- Verify that instructions use imperative, third-person language (no "you").

Critical Rules

Resources

Core Principles: references/core-principles.md (Philosophy, Directory Structure, Detailed Workflow)
Templates:
- Description: references/description-templates.md
- Structure: assets/templates/skill_structure.md
- Script: assets/templates/robust_script.py
- Evaluation: assets/templates/evaluation_plan.md
Guides:
- references/compliance-checklist.md
- references/agentic-patterns.md
- references/security-best-practices.md
- references/progressive-disclosure.md

---name: authoring-skills-2description: MUST BE USED when creating, improving, or reviewing Skills. Use PROACTIVELY when user mentions "create a skill", "new skill", "write a skill", "improve skill", "skill description", or "progressive disclosure". Guides through specification-compliant skill design with three-level progressive disclosure.--- # Skill Development Guides effective Skill creation following the Universal Skills Specification. ## Overview Skills enable agents to work autonomously without human intervention. This skill provides the methodology for creating specification-compliant skills using progressive disclosure, robust scripting, and agentic patterns. ## When to Use - User mentions "create a skill", "new skill", "write a skill", "improve skill" - Reviewing or auditing existing skills for compliance - Designing skill architecture with proper agentic patterns ## Workflow <workflow> 1. **Analyze & Plan**: - Determine Degrees of Freedom (Fragile vs Creative) using `references/agentic-patterns.md`. - Define Security Scope using `references/security-best-practices.md`. - Create `evaluation_plan.md` from `assets/templates/evaluation_plan.md`. 2. **Draft Content**: - Use `assets/templates/skill_structure.md` for `SKILL.md`. - Use `assets/templates/robust_script.py` for any Python scripts. - Write frontmatter using `references/description-templates.md` (CRITICAL). 3. **Verify & Refine**: - Validate against `references/compliance-checklist.md`. - Ensure all paths are relative to project root. - Verify that instructions use imperative, third-person language (no "you"). </workflow> ## Critical Rules <rules> - **Frontmatter**: MUST use directive language (MUST BE USED, Use PROACTIVELY) in `description`. - **Language**: NEVER use second person ("You should"). Use imperative ("Do X"). - **Structure**: Keep `SKILL.md` body under 500 lines. Move details to `references/`. - **Pathing**: ALWAYS use project-root relative paths. - **Verification**: workflows MUST include self-correction loops. </rules> ## Resources - **Core Principles**: `references/core-principles.md` (Philosophy, Directory Structure, Detailed Workflow) - **Templates**: - Description: `references/description-templates.md` - Structure: `assets/templates/skill_structure.md` - Script: `assets/templates/robust_script.py` - Evaluation: `assets/templates/evaluation_plan.md` - **Guides**: - `references/compliance-checklist.md` - `references/agentic-patterns.md` - `references/security-best-practices.md` - `references/progressive-disclosure.md`

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