template-skill

To create a new skill with standard YAML frontmatter, use a ready-made skeleton template that provides a pre-configured SKILL.md file. This scaffold ensures your metadata includes the required name and description fields, plus optional resources, to meet common quality standards.

The minimum metadata required in a SKILL.md frontmatter includes the name and description fields. You place these in the YAML block, and the template also expects a body section for your operational instructions to fully define the skill unit.

To bootstrap a skill unit for team documentation, copy a placeholder skill template. This provides a reusable skeleton with consistent frontmatter and structure, allowing you to quickly replace the placeholder body with real operational instructions.

Yes, you can add optional resources like scripts and references to a skill template. The skeleton supports including these additional assets alongside your main SKILL.md file to help document operational instructions and provide reference materials.

Skill metadata validation fails during creation if your SKILL.md frontmatter is missing the required name or description fields. Using a standard template skeleton ensures frontmatter validation passes by providing these mandatory fields by default.