Create Skill

Create a LaunchDarkly Skill

This skill guides contributors through adding a new skill to the LaunchDarkly agent-skills repository, following the open standard and local repo conventions.

Prerequisites

• Access to the LaunchDarkly agent-skills repo
• Familiarity with the workflow you want to encode

Steps

1. Pick a category and name

   • Choose a category under skills/ (for example, feature-flags, ai-config).
   • Create a directory skills/<category>/<skill-name>/.
   • Ensure <skill-name> is lowercase with hyphens, and matches the name field exactly.

2. Create SKILL.md

   • Copy template/SKILL.md.template into the new skill directory and rename it to SKILL.md.
   • Fill in required frontmatter: name, description.
   • Keep SKILL.md under 500 lines and move deep details to references/.

3. Add supporting files

   • If needed, add references/ and optional scripts/ or assets/.
   • Keep reference files small and focused for on-demand loading.

4. Update repo docs

   • Add the skill to the table in README.md.
   • If the skill requires specific tooling, document it clearly in the skill.

5. Update the catalog

   • Run python3 scripts/generate_catalog.py to update skills.json.

6. Validate

   • Run python3 scripts/validate_skills.py.
   • Run python3 -m unittest discover -s tests.

Guidelines

• Follow the Agent Skills spec for naming and frontmatter.
• Make “when to use this” explicit in the description.
• Avoid internal-only links or tools unless the skill is internal-only.

Examples

Example: Add an AI config skill

User: "Add a skill to guide creating AI Configs"

Expected behavior:

1. Create skills/ai-configs/create-ai-config/.
2. Fill SKILL.md using the template.
3. Add references if needed.
4. Update README.md and skills.json.
5. Run validation scripts.

Edge Cases

• Name mismatch: If name doesn’t match the folder name, fix the folder or frontmatter.
• Overlong SKILL.md: Move detailed content into references/.
• Missing catalog update: Regenerate skills.json before committing.

References

• README.md
• docs/skills.md
• docs/versioning.md