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Defame1297 922eff3960 feat(kyberforge): retarget skill-author to author into .apm/skills/

Skills now migrate from hand-authored plugin.json to Microsoft APM
(apm.yml + .apm/) per ADR-0015/issue #89. skill-author's write location
switches accordingly: walk up from the destination to the nearest
ancestor apm.yml declaring a type: field (skipping type:-less
marketplace-only manifests) and scaffold into <package-root>/.apm/skills/
<name>/. Standalone authoring (no apm.yml/.git anywhere, e.g.
~/.agents/skills/) is unchanged — only the old plugin.json-based path is
replaced, not standalone mode.

Refs: #89

2026-08-11 18:03:25 +00:00

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skill-author

Author and refine skills conforming to the agentskills.io specification — create new skills from scratch or apply improvement signals to existing ones.

What it does

Routes to one of two flows based on context: if no skill directory exists at the target path, it scaffolds the directory from annotated templates, fills in SKILL.md and supporting files, and validates the result. If an existing skill directory and improvement signals are both present, it groups those signals by root cause and applies targeted edits, then re-validates. In both flows, bumps the skill's metadata.version when present (minor for create, patch for improve).

Before you start

Run /grill-me to resolve design decisions before creating a new skill
Collect domain research, examples, and constraints
Know the skill name (kebab-case) and destination path

Placement

scripts/new-skill.sh resolves the mode automatically by walking up from the given path — see SKILL.md Step 1 for the full algorithm.

Mode	Path	Chosen when
Standalone	`<path>/<name>/`	No `apm.yml` with a top-level `type:` field is found walking up from `<path>`, before hitting `.git` or the filesystem root
Package (APM)	`<package-root>/.apm/skills/<name>/`	A type-bearing `apm.yml` is found at or above `<path>` — `<path>` just needs to be somewhere inside the package

If the destination resolves inside an APM package, read references/deployment-modes.md — self-containment rules apply to apm compile output the same way they applied to plugin cache isolation.

Usage

/skill-author

Files

File	Purpose
`README.md`	Human-readable overview of the skill and its files
`SKILL.md`	Skill instructions for agents
`scripts/new-skill.sh`	Walks up from the given path to resolve package vs standalone mode, then copies annotated templates to the resolved destination
`references/deployment-modes.md`	APM package vs standalone differences and self-containment/cache-isolation rules (loaded on demand)
`references/scripts.md`	Package runners, inline dependency patterns, and full script contract (loaded on demand)
`references/sources.md`	Upstream research sources and which skill files each contributed to
`assets/templates/SKILL.md`	Annotated SKILL.md template
`assets/templates/README.md`	Annotated README template for the new skill
`assets/templates/scripts/README.md`	Placeholder for bundled scripts
`assets/templates/references/README.md`	Placeholder for reference docs
`assets/templates/references/sources.md`	Sources provenance template for new skills
`assets/templates/assets/README.md`	Placeholder for static assets
`assets/templates/tests/README.md`	Placeholder for test files
`tests/new-skill.bats`	Bats test suite for `scripts/new-skill.sh`
`tests/README.md`	Setup instructions for bats-support and bats-assert test dependencies

Spec reference

agentskills.io specification

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