metadata-author-present-fail

To validate skill frontmatter, scan the skill directory to verify that required metadata fields, specifically a valid name and description, are present and correctly formatted for every entry.

Ensuring consistent metadata quality across multiple skill repositories involves validating that every skill definition includes a valid name, description, and metadata.version in its frontmatter before cataloging.

Skill catalogs contain poorly documented entries when frontmatter validation is skipped, allowing malformed metadata with missing names, descriptions, or unexpected content to slip through without being flagged for review.

Checking if skill definitions include required frontmatter fields requires scanning the skill directory to detect missing metadata or unexpected content, ensuring the frontmatter includes a valid name and description before the entry is used.

Yes, you can detect missing metadata.version during cataloging by validating the skill frontmatter, which ensures the required metadata includes a valid name, description, and metadata.version for reliable catalog entries.