ck:template-skill

To generate YAML skeleton metadata for a new Skill Unit, provide a SKILL.md frontmatter to extract standardized values for name, tagline, description, dependencies, and components, outputting a single formatted YAML document.

The standard frontmatter schema for Skill Unit discovery requires mandatory name and description fields in YAML format, ensuring consistent discovery attributes and uniform metadata structure across new skills.

To validate optional directories and fields when creating skill metadata, process the SKILL.md frontmatter to verify required fields are present and optional directories exist before outputting a strictly formatted YAML document.

The best way to standardize skill metadata for team onboarding is using a template that enforces a consistent YAML frontmatter schema, ensuring dependencies and components are correctly declared for rapid and uniform skill activation.

No, the Skill Unit template requires no external dependencies, allowing you to directly generate and validate metadata from a SKILL.md file placed at the root directory of your project.