example-command
An example user-invoked skill that demonstrates frontmatter options and the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout
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- example-command
- description
- An example user-invoked skill that demonstrates frontmatter options and the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout
- argument-hint
- <required-arg> [optional-arg]
- allowed-tools
- ["Read","Glob","Grep","Bash"]
# Example Command (Skill Format)
This demonstrates the `skills/<name>/SKILL.md` layout for user-invoked slash commands. It is functionally identical to the legacy `commands/example-command.md` format — both are loaded the same way; only the file layout differs.
## Arguments
The user invoked this with: $ARGUMENTS
## Instructions
When this skill is invoked:
1. Parse the arguments provided by the user
2. Perform the requested action using allowed tools
3. Report results back to the user
## Frontmatter Options Reference
Skills in this layout support these frontmatter fields:
- **name**: Skill identifier (matches directory name)
- **description**: Short description shown in /help
- **argument-hint**: Hints for command arguments shown to user
- **allowed-tools**: Pre-approved tools for this skill (reduces permission prompts)
- **model**: Override the model (e.g., "haiku", "sonnet", "opus")
## Example Usage
```
/example-command my-argument
/example-command arg1 arg2
```
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