Author Skills Structure And Quality

To standardize skill authoring, apply structured guidelines specifying required frontmatter, content sections, governance gates, and optional resources, ensuring clear boundaries and verifiability for maintainable skill artifacts.

A valid SKILL.md structure requires frontmatter including name and description, followed by a well-structured body defining purpose, inputs, outputs, references, and governance gates to ensure predictable behavior.

Validate existing skill documents by auditing them against established templates and structure rules, checking for required frontmatter, clear inputs/outputs, and governance gates to eliminate ambiguity and prevent duplication.

Apply governance gates during skill authoring whenever defining boundaries and verifiability for skill units, ensuring that content sections and optional resources maintain predictable behavior and consistency across the ecosystem.

Yes, you can include optional resources alongside the required frontmatter and content sections, provided the additions maintain clear boundaries and adhere to the governance gates ensuring overall verifiability.