skill-author

To create a compliant OpenClaw skill, follow kg-automation conventions by specifying required frontmatter, operations structure, credential handling, health checks, error categorization, and idempotency checks in your SKILL.md file.

A SKILL.md file needs prerequisites, health checks, operations, error handling, examples, and idempotency patterns. Frontmatter must include correctly formatted name, description, and version fields to ensure proper skill discovery.

Review community skills for installation by applying an actionable checklist covering security, quality, compatibility, and scope criteria. This vetting process identifies insecure patterns and prevents inconsistent implementations before approval.

OpenClaw skills fail idempotency checks when operations lack safe retry patterns. Authoring compliant skills requires implementing specific idempotency checks within the operations structure to ensure reliable integrations without duplicate side effects.

Required frontmatter fields for OpenClaw skill discovery are name, description, and version. Correct formatting of these fields is mandated by kg-automation standards to remove ambiguity and ensure consistent skill implementations.

OpenClaw skills require specific error categorization rather than standard error handling. The skill-authoring guidelines prescribe distinct error handling structures to produce review-ready integrations that avoid common operational mistakes.