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To validate skill unit names, check the YAML frontmatter name field for consecutive hyphens and normalize or reject the invalid sequence. This validation ensures stable identifiers for reliable unit discovery and tooling workflows.

Skill unit discovery fails because consecutive hyphens create invalid naming patterns that break tooling workflows relying on stable, hyphen-separated identifiers. The validator rejects these names to maintain reliable unit discovery and prevent tooling errors.

The correct YAML frontmatter format requires a simple name field and description without consecutive hyphens. You must use single hyphens to separate words in the skill unit name, ensuring the identifier remains stable for discovery and tooling workflows.

To fix invalid skill names, update the SKILL.md frontmatter name field to remove consecutive hyphens and re-run the validator. The validator suggests or auto-sanitizes the problematic segment to ensure the name meets the hyphen-separated identifier rule.

No dependencies are required to validate hyphens in SKILL.md frontmatter. The validator operates directly on the simple name field and description within the YAML frontmatter, performing a normalization step to remove or reject invalid hyphen sequences.