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Defame1297 99e64d67fc chore(skill-author): backfill sources provenance from agentskillsio research

Records the upstream agentskills.io sources that informed skill-author,
completing the research → docs → skill provenance chain introduced in
the previous commit.

- New references/sources.md with all 7 extracted agentskillsio sources,
  Contributing files attributed per-source to SKILL.md, references/deployment-modes.md,
  and references/scripts.md
- source_keys frontmatter added to SKILL.md (all 7 slugs), references/deployment-modes.md
  (agentskills-spec), and references/scripts.md (agentskills-using-scripts)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-06-26 20:52:33 +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.

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

Type	Path
Direct (available immediately after install)	`~/.agents/skills/<name>/`
Plugin (installed via marketplace)	`plugins/<plugin>/skills/<name>/`

If the destination is inside a plugin directory, read references/deployment-modes.md — cache isolation rules apply.

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`	Copies annotated templates to the destination to scaffold a new skill
`references/deployment-modes.md`	Plugin vs standalone differences and 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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