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holocron/plugins/kyberforge/skills/skill-author
Defame1297 caebc42bad fix(kyberforge): require commit-hash verification and forbid self-spawned rechecks in skill-author
Prior sessions had authoring subagents report completion after only
staging changes (git diff --stat showing output, but no git commit),
and one run self-spawned its own audit/recheck subagent instead of
leaving that to forge's outer loop, losing an uncommitted draft when
the stray subagent's worktree was torn down.

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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

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