Skills Specification for clawd-cli

Standardize skill metadata for CLI discovery by defining a SKILL.md frontmatter schema with fields like name, description, version, and entry to enable automated indexing and activation in the OpenClaw ecosystem.

SKILL.md frontmatter validation checks metadata conformance for skills in a repository. You need it during onboarding new skills or enabling automated discovery to ensure consistent indexing and health checks across the CLI ecosystem.

Create a new skill by copying a quick-start template, then fill in the key frontmatter metadata fields such as author, type, and health checks so the skill can be discovered and loaded by the runtime.

Yes, you can automate dependency resolution across skills by using the metadata-driven tooling defined in the SKILL.md frontmatter specification, which supports automated indexing and health checks.

Yes, the skill specification operates without external dependencies, relying entirely on the standardized SKILL.md frontmatter schema to drive automated discovery, validation, and deployment workflows.

The frontmatter discovery approach is limited to skills conforming to the SKILL.md schema, meaning any skill lacking the exact required metadata fields cannot be indexed or activated by the CLI runtime.