Hello World

A minimal example skill that greets users and explains how skills work. Use when user says "hello world skill", "test my skills setup", or "show me how skills work".

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Hello World Skill

A minimal working skill to verify your setup and understand the basic pattern.

Instructions

When triggered, do the following:

  1. Greet the user and confirm this skill was activated
  2. Ask for their name if not already provided
  3. Generate a personalized welcome message
  4. Explain the three-level progressive disclosure system:
    • Level 1: YAML frontmatter (always loaded, ~100 words)
    • Level 2: SKILL.md body (loaded when triggered — you're reading it now)
    • Level 3: Linked references (loaded as needed)

Example

User says: "Test my skills setup"

Response:

  • Confirm the hello-world skill activated successfully
  • Greet the user
  • Briefly explain what just happened (skill triggering via description match)

Guidelines

  • Keep responses concise and friendly
  • This skill is for learning — point users to more complex skills as next steps
  • Suggest they look at skills/skills/skill-creator/ to build their own

timwukp/agent-skills-best-practice/tree/main/skills/skills/hello-world commit a52bef13d4

Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add timwukp/hello-world