Example

Example reference skill demonstrating the Agent Skills specification. Use this skill as a template for new skills or when testing the loader, registry, and dispatcher code paths. Demonstrates frontmatter fields, metadata extensions (lane, triggers), and references directory layout.

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Example skill

This is the body of the example skill. It demonstrates the SKILL.md format defined by the Agent Skills open standard at agentskills.io.

When to use

Use this skill as a template for new skills in the agents repository. It exercises the loader, registry, and dispatcher code paths in tests and serves as a documented baseline for skill authors.

Body structure

Skills are encouraged to keep the SKILL.md body under 500 lines and move detailed technical reference to files in references/. This skill is intentionally short.

Resources

A real skill might include:

  • references/REFERENCE.md for detailed technical material.
  • scripts/extract.py for executable helpers.
  • assets/template.md for output templates.

This example ships none of those; the directories are absent.

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Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add rmednitzer/example