skill-template

Scaffolding a plugin skill means using this template to generate a complete skeleton with standardized frontmatter, markdown sections, and directory layout. The template provides ready-to-fill files for SKILL.md, EXAMPLES.md, and TROUBLESHOOTING.md, ensuring your skill includes required metadata, Quick Start guidance, Core Workflow documentation, and embedding-ready content within the 1,024-character limit.

Skill frontmatter uses YAML to define metadata with strict requirements: embedding-ready content limited to 1,024 characters, specific trigger keywords for agent decision logic, and structured sections covering metadata, Quick Start, When to Use, Core Workflow, Output Structure, and Examples. This standardization ensures compatibility with AI agent routing and skill discovery.

Yes, this template supports modular plugin design by providing standardized blueprints for consistent metadata, workflow documentation, and prompt separation across multiple skills. It enables you to create embedding-ready, reusable skill components that integrate with agent systems while maintaining uniform structure and documentation.

The template provides guidance on directory organization and versioning practices to standardize how skills are structured and maintained. It separates prompts, documentation, examples, and troubleshooting into distinct files, establishing conventions that scale across multiple skills and support collaborative plugin development.

Consistent structure enables AI agents to parse skill metadata reliably, apply three-sentence request formatting, and execute decision logic correctly. Standardized frontmatter, concise embedding-ready content, and trigger keywords allow agents to discover, route to, and invoke skills consistently across deployments.