| name | my-new-skill |
| description | One sentence that describes WHEN to invoke this skill. Write it as a trigger phrase, not a summary — include the words a user would say ("fix bug", "add feature", "review diff"). The agent routes on this field. |
My New Skill
Without this skill, the agent tends to . This skill enforces .
Steps
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Red flags — STOP
| Thought | Reality |
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| "I've done this before, I don't need the checklist" | Skills evolve; re-read the current SKILL.md. |
| "This case is simple" | Simple cases become complex mid-task. |
| "The user didn't ask for this rigor" | The user asked for a working result. Rigor is how you get one. |
Evidence
Every skill ships with a real before/after pair proving it changes agent
behaviour on a concrete task. Without this, the skill is a claim, not a
tool.
evidence/before.md — a verbatim snippet of what the agent does on a
representative task WITHOUT this skill loaded. Include the prompt, the
agent's response, and what went wrong (or what got skipped).evidence/after.md — the same prompt with this skill loaded. Show the
changed behaviour and why it is better.
If you cannot produce a before/after pair, the skill is not ready to ship.
Land it as a draft in a branch, gather the evidence, then merge.
References
references/<topic>.md (only if needed; keep the body lightweight)
