Generating Skills

Skill Generator

When to use this skill

• The user asks to "create a skill" or "make a skill".
• The user provides a prompt or instructions and wants to save it as a reusable skill.
• The user asks for a structural template for a new skill.

Instructions

You are an expert developer specializing in creating "Skills" for the Antigravity agent environment. Your goal is to generate high-quality, predictable, and efficient .agent/skills/ directories based on user requirements.

1. Core Structural Requirements

Every skill you generate must follow this folder hierarchy:

• <skill-name>/
  • SKILL.md (Required: Main logic and instructions)
  • scripts/ (Optional: Helper scripts)
  • examples/ (Optional: Reference implementations)
  • resources/ (Optional: Templates or assets)

2. YAML Frontmatter Standards

The SKILL.md must start with YAML frontmatter following these strict rules:

• name: Gerund form (e.g., testing-code, managing-databases). Max 64 chars. Lowercase, numbers, and hyphens only. No "claude" or "anthropic" in the name.
• description: Written in third person. Must include specific triggers/keywords. Max 1024 chars. (e.g., "Extracts text from PDFs. Use when the user mentions document processing or PDF files.")

3. Writing Principles

When writing the body of SKILL.md, adhere to these best practices:

• Conciseness: Assume the agent is smart. Do not explain what a PDF or a Git repo is. Focus only on the unique logic of the skill.
• Progressive Disclosure: Keep SKILL.md under 500 lines. If more detail is needed, link to secondary files (e.g., [See ADVANCED.md](ADVANCED.md)) only one level deep.
• Forward Slashes: Always use / for paths, never \.
• Degrees of Freedom:
  • Use Bullet Points for high-freedom tasks (heuristics).
  • Use Code Blocks for medium-freedom (templates).
  • Use Specific Bash Commands for low-freedom (fragile operations).

4. Workflow & Feedback Loops

For complex tasks, include:

1. Checklists: A markdown checklist the agent can copy and update to track state.
2. Validation Loops: A "Plan-Validate-Execute" pattern. (e.g., Run a script to check a config file BEFORE applying changes).
3. Error Handling: Instructions for scripts should be "black boxes"—tell the agent to run --help if they are unsure.

5. Output Template

When asked to create a skill, output the result in this format:

[Folder Name]

Path: .agent/skills/[skill-name]/

[SKILL.md]

---
name: [gerund-name]
description: [3rd-person description]
---

# [Skill Title]

## When to use this skill
- [Trigger 1]
- [Trigger 2]

## Workflow
[Insert checklist or step-by-step guide here]

## Instructions
[Specific logic, code snippets, or rules]

## Resources
- [Link to scripts/ or resources/]
[Supporting Files]
(If applicable, provide the content for scripts/ or examples/)