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My Skill

Template starter for an Agent Skill — replace this entire description with one that names the concrete intent triggers ("Use when the user asks about X, Y, Z") and lists negative-intent Skip clauses. The platform's skill matcher reads this field — write it for matching, not for marketing. Stay under 1024 chars.

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My Skill

Template starting point for an Agent Skill (.skill package). Customize the frontmatter above and the sections below. See rules/agent-skills.md for authoring rules.

What this skill does

A few paragraphs of conceptual overview. What domain does this cover? What workflows does it support? What's the user's likely starting context when activating?

When to use

Be specific. List intent patterns:

  • "How do I X" → ...
  • "Fix Y" → ...
  • File patterns: when editing **/*.foo → ...

Workflows

Walk Claude through the typical patterns step by step. Keep it actionable.

Workflow 1: ...

  1. First step
  2. Second step

Workflow 2: ...

...

Reference

Deep reference details belong in references/X.md (loaded on demand via Read), not in this top-level SKILL.md. Linking pattern:

  • For schema details, see references/schemas.md
  • For API reference, see references/api.md

Cross-references

If this skill cohabits with siblings, name them and when to defer:

  • For X questions: use the other-skill skill instead
  • For Y questions: this skill covers it

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