Skill Creator
Create new skills by writing SKILL.md files to the workspace skills/ directory.
Skill Structure
code
skill-name/ ├── SKILL.md (required) └── references/ (optional)
Creating a Skill
- •Choose a name: lowercase letters, digits, and hyphens only (max 64 chars)
- •Create directory:
workspace/skills/<skill-name>/ - •Write
SKILL.mdwith YAML frontmatter
SKILL.md Format
markdown
--- name: my-skill description: What this skill does and when to use it --- # My Skill Instructions for using this skill...
Frontmatter Fields
- •
name(required): Must match the directory name, lowercase[a-z0-9-] - •
description(required): Clear description of what the skill does AND when to trigger it
Guidelines
- •Keep SKILL.md under 500 lines
- •Be concise — the context window is shared
- •Include examples over verbose explanations
- •Only add information the agent doesn't already know
- •Split large reference material into
references/*.mdfiles - •Don't create README.md, CHANGELOG.md, or other auxiliary files