template-skill

Mechanism

When It Triggers · How It Works · What It Produces

Breaks down how the skill works and what it produces, so you can quickly judge whether it fits your scenario and value.

Trigger Timing

When the user needs a template structure to start building a new Agent Skill.

Working Mechanism

Provides a minimal SKILL.md scaffold with placeholder sections
Guides filling in description, frontmatter, and body content

Outcome

A ready-to-edit skill template that accelerates skill creation.

Use Cases

Two Typical Use Cases

Scenario 01

Bootstrap a new Agent Skill file

A developer wants to create a new skill for handling CSV cleanup but doesn't know the SKILL.md format. They use template-skill to get a scaffold, then replace placeholders with domain logic. This saves time and ensures structural consistency across the skill set.

Scenario 02

Standardize team skill authoring

A team standardizes internal skills and needs a base template for all members. Using template-skill, they distribute a common starting point, reducing format drift and onboarding effort when authoring skills like doc-coauthoring or pdf wrappers.

Skill Relationships

Which Skills I Use · Which Skills Use Me

Dependency relationships read as "the upper tier points to the lower tier." The current Skill sits in the middle tier — above are Skills that depend on it, below are Skills it depends on.

Tier 1 · These Skills Use Me

No explicit dependency

Tier 2 · Current Skill

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Tier 3 · I Use These Skills

No explicit dependency on other Skills

Full Relationship Graph

Browse this skill's relationships within its skillset. Click a node to switch the side panel; use the search box to jump to any skill.

Skill File

SKILL.md

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Skill Composition

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Per the Agent Skills spec, SKILL.md is the only required file. The colored bars classify the rest into the three spec-aligned optional directories (scripts / references / assets) and an 'other' bucket. The full directory tree is below.

Related in Skillset

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pdf

A skill for any PDF task: extract text/tables, merge/split/rotate, watermark, encrypt, fill forms, OCR scans, and create PDFs via Python libs (pypdf, pdfplumber, reportlab) and CLI tools (qpdf, pdftk, poppler). It delivers processed files or extracted data efficiently.

Others

algorithmic-art

Creates original algorithmic art via p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameters. Method: craft an algorithmic philosophy .md, deduce a conceptual seed, then implement p5.js viewer from template. Output: philosophy doc + interactive HTML/JS generative art, enabling unique reproducible compositions without copying existing artists.

Workflow

brand-guidelines

Applies Anthropic's official brand colors and typography to artifacts needing the company look-and-feel. Provides color values, font rules, and accent cycling via style guidelines. Output is on-brand, consistent visual formatting with fallback fonts.

Style Guide

frontend-design

Guidance for distinctive, intentional frontend visual design when building or reshaping UI. Method: act as design lead, ground in subject, build token system, critique against AI defaults, iterate plan-build-critique. Value: helps produce non-templated, aesthetic, accessible interfaces with memorable signature elements.

Style Guide · Workflow

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When It Triggers · How It Works · What It Produces

Trigger Timing

Working Mechanism

Outcome

Two Typical Use Cases

Bootstrap a new Agent Skill file

Standardize team skill authoring

Which Skills I Use · Which Skills Use Me

Full Relationship Graph

SKILL.md

Skill Composition

You May Also Need These Skills

pdf

algorithmic-art

brand-guidelines

frontend-design

Two Typical Use Cases

Bootstrap a new Agent Skill file

Standardize team skill authoring

Which Skills I Use · Which Skills Use Me

Full Relationship Graph

SKILL.md

Skill Composition

You May Also Need These Skills

pdf

algorithmic-art

brand-guidelines

frontend-design