name: skill-creator
description: "Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends agent capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations."
description_zh: "创建和维护自定义技能的指南"
description_en: "Guide for creating custom skills"
Skill Creator
This skill provides guidance for creating effective skills.
About Skills
Skills are modular, self-contained packages that extend capabilities by providing specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools.
What Skills Provide
Specialized workflows - Multi-step procedures for specific domains
Tool integrations - Instructions for working with specific file formats or APIs
Domain expertise - Company-specific knowledge, schemas, business logic
Bundled resources - Scripts, references, and assets for complex tasks
Core Principles
Concise is Key
The context window is a public good. Only add context the model doesn't already have.
references/workflows.md - Sequential workflows and conditional logic
references/output-patterns.md - Template and example patterns
1---2name: skill-creator3description: Skill Creator4---5# Skill Creator67技能创建工具。89---10name: skill-creator11description: "Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends agent capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations."12description_zh: "创建和维护自定义技能的指南"13description_en: "Guide for creating custom skills"14---1516# Skill Creator1718This skill provides guidance for creating effective skills.1920## About Skills2122Skills are modular, self-contained packages that extend capabilities by providing specialized knowledge, workflows, and tools.2324### What Skills Provide25261. Specialized workflows - Multi-step procedures for specific domains272. Tool integrations - Instructions for working with specific file formats or APIs283. Domain expertise - Company-specific knowledge, schemas, business logic294. Bundled resources - Scripts, references, and assets for complex tasks3031## Core Principles3233### Concise is Key3435The context window is a public good. Only add context the model doesn't already have.3637### Anatomy of a Skill3839```40skill-name/41├── SKILL.md (required)42│ ├── YAML frontmatter (name + description)43│ └── Markdown instructions44└── Bundled Resources (optional)45 ├── scripts/ - Executable code46 ├── references/ - Documentation for context47 └── assets/ - Files used in output48```4950### Progressive Disclosure51521. **Metadata (name + description)** - Always in context532. **SKILL.md body** - When skill triggers543. **Bundled resources** - As needed5556## Skill Creation Process57581. Understand the skill with concrete examples592. Plan reusable skill contents (scripts, references, assets)603. Initialize the skill (run init_skill.py)614. Edit the skill (implement resources and write SKILL.md)625. Package the skill (run package_skill.py)636. Iterate based on real usage6465### Step 3: Initializing6667```bash68scripts/init_skill.py <skill-name> --path <output-directory>69```7071### Step 5: Packaging7273```bash74scripts/package_skill.py <path/to/skill-folder>75```7677## References7879- `references/workflows.md` - Sequential workflows and conditional logic80- `references/output-patterns.md` - Template and example patterns
Run npx skillmds@latest add tugoukezhang/skill-creator 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.
Skill Creator It is listed under Coding & Dev Tools on SkillMD.
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tugoukezhang (@tugoukezhang) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.
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