| name | skillify |
| description | Turn a repeated workflow or prompt into a reusable DotAIOS skill, drafted for you, saved only after you approve. |
| triggers | skillify this, make this a skill, turn this into a skill, save this as a skill, I keep doing this, automate this workflow, remember how to do this |
| when_to_use | skillify this · make this a skill · turn this into a skill · save this as a skill · I keep doing this · automate this workflow · remember how to do this |
Skillify
Turn something the user does repeatedly into a reusable skill, so any agent on this
machine can run it later. You draft it, the user approves, then it is saved and
becomes routable through skills/RESOLVER.md.
When to use this
- The user says "skillify this", "make this a skill", or similar.
- You notice the user has asked for the same kind of workflow 2+ times, or keeps
pasting the same prompt. Offer: "You've done this a few times, want me to make
it a reusable skill?"
Hard rules (do not break)
- Ask before saving. Draft the skill and show it to the user. Only write files
after they say yes. Never auto-save a generated skill.
- No eval rig. A skill is markdown plus, at most, one tiny script. Do not add
scoring, LLM evals, or routing-eval files. The user's approval is the quality gate.
- No secrets. Never put credentials, tokens, or private data into a skill.
Steps
- Check it's worth it. Skillify only if the workflow is reusable (done 2+
times) and has a clear thing the user would say to trigger it. One-off tasks
stay one-off.
- Pick a slug, short, lowercase-hyphenated, e.g.
weekly-report.
- Draft the skill. Write the body as clear, ordered steps an agent can follow.
Choose 3 to 6 natural trigger phrases the user would actually say.
- Show the draft (frontmatter + steps) and ask: "Save this as a skill?"
- On approval, create
skills/<slug>/SKILL.md with this frontmatter, then the steps:
---
name: <slug>
description: <one line of what it does>
triggers: <phrase>, <phrase>, <phrase>
---
- Reindex so every agent can find it: use only the current host-managed
candidate_invocation, launching its executable with its argv_prefix plus ["activate"], without a shell. Stop if the object is absent. This
regenerates skills/INDEX.md and skills/RESOLVER.md. Confirm the new skill
appears in RESOLVER.md.
- Tell the user it is saved and which phrases now trigger it.
Output
A new skills/<slug>/SKILL.md, registered in INDEX.md + RESOLVER.md, runnable by
any agent on this machine.
