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Overview

Use when creating Agent Skills packages (SKILL.md format) for Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot, or Amp - provides the agentskills.io specification with frontmatter constraints, directory structure, and validation rules

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Creating Agent Skills

Overview

Agent Skills is an open standard for portable AI agent capabilities. One SKILL.md file works across Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot, and Amp.

Official Spec: https://agentskills.io/specification

Installation Directories

Tool	Location
Codex CLI	`.agents/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md`
GitHub Copilot	`.github/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md`
Amp	`.agents/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md`

Directory Structure

```

my-skill/                 # Must match frontmatter `name`
├── SKILL.md              # Required - main definition
├── scripts/              # Optional - executable code
├── references/           # Optional - additional docs
└── assets/               # Optional - static resources

Frontmatter Specification

Required Fields

---
name: skill-name
description: What it does and when to use it
---

Optional Fields

---
name: pdf-processing
description: Extracts and processes PDF content. Use for document analysis and text extraction.
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires pdftotext, poppler-utils
allowed-tools: Bash(pdftotext:*) Read Write
metadata:
  category: document-processing
  version: 1.0.0
---

Name Validation

```

✅ Valid: pdf-processing, code-review, data-analysis
❌ Invalid: PDF-Processing (uppercase), -pdf (leading hyphen), pdf--processing (consecutive hyphens)

Description Best Practices

```yaml

# ❌ BAD - Too vague
description: Helps with PDFs

# ❌ BAD - Missing use cases
description: Extracts text from PDFs

# ✅ GOOD - Functionality + use cases
description: Extracts and processes PDF content. Use for document analysis, text extraction, and form data parsing.

Body Content

Markdown instructions after frontmatter. No format restrictions, but recommended sections:

---
name: code-review
description: Reviews code for best practices and security issues. Use when analyzing PRs or conducting audits.
---

## Overview

Brief description of capabilities.

## Process

1. Step-by-step workflow
2. With clear actions

## Guidelines

- Bullet points for rules
- Best practices

## Examples

Code samples showing usage.

Progressive Disclosure

Skills use tiered loading to optimize context:

Metadata (~100 tokens): name + description load at startup
Activation (<5000 tokens): Full SKILL.md loads when selected
On-demand: Supporting files load when referenced

Keep SKILL.md under 500 lines for efficient context usage.

Supporting Files

scripts/

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# scripts/extract.py
import sys
# Self-contained with clear dependencies

Complete Example

Type Guard

function isUser(obj: unknown): obj is User {
  return typeof obj === 'object' && obj !== null && 'id' in obj && 'name' in obj;
}

Validation

Use the validation tool:

skills-ref validate ./my-skill

Quick Checklist

Cross-Tool Compatibility

The SKILL.md format is identical across implementations. To port:

# Codex → Copilot
mv .agents/skills/my-skill .github/skills/my-skill

# Copilot → Codex/Amp
mv .github/skills/my-skill .agents/skills/my-skill

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name: creating-agent-skills-skill
description: Use when creating Agent Skills packages (SKILL.md format) for Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot, or Amp - provides the agentskills.io specification with frontmatter constraints, directory structure, and validation rules

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name: creating-agent-skills-skill
description: Use when creating Agent Skills packages (SKILL.md format) for Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot, or Amp - provides the agentskills.io specification with frontmatter constraints, directory structure, and validation rules
---

# Creating Agent Skills

Use when creating Agent Skills packages (SKILL.md format) for Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot, or Amp - provides the agentskills.io specification with frontmatter constraints, directory structure, and validation rules

### Overview

Agent Skills is an open standard for portable AI agent capabilities. One SKILL.md file works across Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot, and Amp.

**Official Spec:** https://agentskills.io/specification

### Installation Directories

| Tool               | Location                               |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------- |
| **Codex CLI**      | `.agents/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md` |
| **GitHub Copilot** | `.github/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md` |
| **Amp**            | `.agents/skills/{skill-name}/SKILL.md` |

### Directory Structure

#### ```

```
my-skill/                 # Must match frontmatter `name`
├── SKILL.md              # Required - main definition
├── scripts/              # Optional - executable code
├── references/           # Optional - additional docs
└── assets/               # Optional - static resources
```

### Frontmatter Specification

#### Required Fields

```yaml
---
name: skill-name
description: What it does and when to use it
---
```

#### Optional Fields

```yaml
---
name: pdf-processing
description: Extracts and processes PDF content. Use for document analysis and text extraction.
license: MIT
compatibility: Requires pdftotext, poppler-utils
allowed-tools: Bash(pdftotext:*) Read Write
metadata:
  category: document-processing
  version: 1.0.0
---
```

### Name Validation

#### ```

```
✅ Valid: pdf-processing, code-review, data-analysis
❌ Invalid: PDF-Processing (uppercase), -pdf (leading hyphen), pdf--processing (consecutive hyphens)
```

### Description Best Practices

#### ```yaml

```yaml
# ❌ BAD - Too vague
description: Helps with PDFs

# ❌ BAD - Missing use cases
description: Extracts text from PDFs

# ✅ GOOD - Functionality + use cases
description: Extracts and processes PDF content. Use for document analysis, text extraction, and form data parsing.
```

### Body Content

#### Markdown instructions after frontmatter. No format restrictions, but recommended sections:

```markdown
---
name: code-review
description: Reviews code for best practices and security issues. Use when analyzing PRs or conducting audits.
---

## Overview

Brief description of capabilities.

## Process

1. Step-by-step workflow
2. With clear actions

## Guidelines

- Bullet points for rules
- Best practices

## Examples

Code samples showing usage.
```

### Progressive Disclosure

Skills use tiered loading to optimize context:

1. **Metadata** (~100 tokens): `name` + `description` load at startup
2. **Activation** (<5000 tokens): Full `SKILL.md` loads when selected
3. **On-demand**: Supporting files load when referenced

**Keep `SKILL.md` under 500 lines** for efficient context usage.

### Supporting Files

#### scripts/

```python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# scripts/extract.py
import sys
# Self-contained with clear dependencies
```

### Complete Example

#### Type Guard

```typescript
function isUser(obj: unknown): obj is User {
  return typeof obj === 'object' && obj !== null && 'id' in obj && 'name' in obj;
}
```

### Validation

#### Use the validation tool:

```bash
skills-ref validate ./my-skill
```

### Quick Checklist

- Frontmatter:
- [ ] `name` is 1-64 chars, lowercase alphanumeric + hyphens
- [ ] `name` matches parent directory name
- [ ] `description` is 1-1024 chars
- [ ] `description` includes functionality AND use cases
- Content:
- [ ] Under 500 lines for efficient loading
- [ ] Clear instructions agents can follow
- [ ] Examples for complex operations
- Structure:
- [ ] Directory named exactly as `name` field
- [ ] `SKILL.md` at directory root
- [ ] Supporting files in appropriate subdirectories

### Cross-Tool Compatibility

#### The SKILL.md format is identical across implementations. To port:

```bash
# Codex → Copilot
mv .agents/skills/my-skill .github/skills/my-skill

# Copilot → Codex/Amp
mv .github/skills/my-skill .agents/skills/my-skill
```

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Quality score needs review
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Source repository: AgentWorkforce/relay
License: Apache-2.0
Version: Unknown
Last GitHub push: Sep 9, 2026
Registry updated: Sep 9, 2026
Instruction path: .agents/skills/creating-agent-skills-skill/SKILL.md @ 4306bb29be69

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```

Description Best Practices

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