# Create Docker Skill

> Interactive initialization script that generates a compliant Agent Skill containing pre-flight environment checks, subprocess execution scaffolding, and a security-override config. Use when authoring new workflow routines that depend on external containerized runtimes (e.g., Docker, Nextflow, HPC).

- Skill: `richfrem/create-docker-skill-2` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 10 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add richfrem/create-docker-skill-2`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/richfrem/create-docker-skill-2/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: richfrem (https://skillmd.com/u/richfrem)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/richfrem/create-docker-skill-2

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# Dockerized Skill Scaffold Generator

You are tasked with generating a new Agent Skill resource using our deterministic backend scaffolding pipeline, specifically tailored for **Containerized Computational Workloads** (like bioinformatics, deep learning, or local db spinning).

## Execution Steps

### 1. Requirements & Design Phase
Ask the user what specific external container or pipeline orchestrator is being targeted.
**Core Questions:**
- **Skill Name**: Must be descriptive, kebab-case. 
- **Trigger Description**: What exactly triggers this? Write in third person.
- **Dependencies**: What external binaries are required on the host? (e.g., `docker`, `nextflow`, `nvidia-smi`).
- **Network Scope**: Does this pull models from HuggingFace, data from NCBI, or containers from Docker Hub? (Required for the security whitelist).

### 2. Scaffold the Infrastructure
Execute the deterministic `scaffold.py` script to generate the compliant physical directories:
```bash
python3 ./scripts/scaffold.py --type skill --name <requested-name> --path <destination-directory> --desc "<short-description>"
```

### 3. Generate Pre-Flight Checker Script
Instead of a generic `execute.py`, generate a robust `scripts/check_environment.py` (referencing the required binaries).
The script MUST explicitly verify the Docker daemon is running or the required orchestrator is present in PATH before ever attempting to execute work.

### 4. Generate Security Override Manifest
Because container orchestration fundamentally requires `subprocess` calls and often network fetches, this skill will fail deterministic security Phase 5 P0 checks unless whitelisted.
Use file writing tools to inject a `security_override.json` at the root of the new skill:
```json
{
  "justification": "Docker container orchestration requires host subprocess execution and image registry network calls.",
  "whitelisted_calls": ["subprocess.run", "requests", "urllib"]
}
```

### 5. Finalize `SKILL.md`
Populate the `SKILL.md` ensuring the flow forces the AI to run `scripts/check_environment.py` FIRST before ever attempting the containerized workload.


## Next Actions
- Offer to run `audit-plugin` to validate the generated artifacts.