probe-nonstandard-dirs

Nonstandard skill directories are probed to validate how platforms recognize and expose unusual folders during skill loading. This testing checks directory naming, visibility, and enumeration behavior to ensure platforms correctly process folders like evals/, templates/, or resources/.

To test unusual folder layouts, identify all directories visible to the Skill and report how nonstandard folders are treated during loading. This probes directory recognition behavior and validates canary resource placement alongside SKILL.md frontmatter.

Canary-entry validation for nonstandard directories verifies YAML frontmatter presence in SKILL.md and checks associated resources. It ensures platforms correctly observe and report canary resource placement when encountering folders outside the official spec.

Skill loading support for optional directories like evals and templates is validated through directory recognition tests. The probe checks how platforms enumerate and load these nonstandard folders during skill activation, ensuring optional directories are handled correctly.

Nonstandard directories may not appear during platform testing if the platform does not recognize folders outside the official spec. Probing validates directory visibility and enumeration behavior, ensuring YAML frontmatter and canary resources are correctly observed.

You can benchmark platform behavior for nonstandard directory layouts by probing directory recognition across diverse platforms. This applies to benchmarking scenarios that test how unusual folders are enumerated, loaded, and exposed during skill activation.