Validation plan

What the agent should do next

1. 1Inspect repository, README/SKILL.md, license, and recent commits before production use.
2. 2Install in an isolated workspace or sandbox with no production secrets available.
3. 3Run the smallest representative task and record files touched, commands run, network access, and outputs.
4. 4Compare the selected skill against at least one alternative when the eval status is review or failed.
5. 5Promote only after the agent reports a successful verification result and unresolved warnings are accepted.

Do not use when

Conditions that require another skill

• teams that need a vendor-supported SLA
• production agents without a repository review
• No explicit security boundaries or instructions about handling sensitive data, but the skill only generates text and reads local context files, so risk is low.
• No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet
• Production credentials, payments, or irreversible account changes without explicit human review
• Sensitive private data before reviewing repository code, license, and permission surface

Validation plan

What the agent should do next

1. 1Inspect repository, README/SKILL.md, license, and recent commits before production use.
2. 2Install in an isolated workspace or sandbox with no production secrets available.
3. 3Run the smallest representative task and record files touched, commands run, network access, and outputs.
4. 4Compare the selected skill against at least one alternative when the eval status is review or failed.
5. 5Promote only after the agent reports a successful verification result and unresolved warnings are accepted.

Do not use when

Conditions that require another skill

• teams that need a vendor-supported SLA
• production agents without a repository review
• No explicit security boundaries or instructions about handling sensitive data, but the skill only generates text and reads local context files, so risk is low.
• No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet
• Production credentials, payments, or irreversible account changes without explicit human review
• Sensitive private data before reviewing repository code, license, and permission surface

Validation plan

What the agent should do next

1. 1Inspect repository, README/SKILL.md, license, and recent commits before production use.
2. 2Install in an isolated workspace or sandbox with no production secrets available.
3. 3Run the smallest representative task and record files touched, commands run, network access, and outputs.
4. 4Compare the selected skill against at least one alternative when the eval status is review or failed.
5. 5Promote only after the agent reports a successful verification result and unresolved warnings are accepted.

Do not use when

Conditions that require another skill

• teams that need a vendor-supported SLA
• production agents without a repository review
• No explicit security boundaries or instructions about handling sensitive data, but the skill only generates text and reads local context files, so risk is low.
• No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet
• Production credentials, payments, or irreversible account changes without explicit human review
• Sensitive private data before reviewing repository code, license, and permission surface

Validation plan

What the agent should do next

1. 1Inspect repository, README/SKILL.md, license, and recent commits before production use.
2. 2Install in an isolated workspace or sandbox with no production secrets available.
3. 3Run the smallest representative task and record files touched, commands run, network access, and outputs.
4. 4Compare the selected skill against at least one alternative when the eval status is review or failed.
5. 5Promote only after the agent reports a successful verification result and unresolved warnings are accepted.

Do not use when

Conditions that require another skill

• teams that need a vendor-supported SLA
• production agents without a repository review
• No explicit security boundaries or instructions about handling sensitive data, but the skill only generates text and reads local context files, so risk is low.
• No OpenAgentSkill engagement data yet
• Production credentials, payments, or irreversible account changes without explicit human review
• Sensitive private data before reviewing repository code, license, and permission surface