skill-authoring-guide skillA
skill-authoring-guide is agent-read markdown (skill) from yeaight7/agent-powerups: Create or refactor high-quality skills with lean frontmatter, progressive disclosure, and optional bundled helpers. Use when authoring reusable agent workflows..
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# Skill Authoring Guide Use this skill when creating or improving a reusable skill. ## What Good Skills Do - Trigger reliably from `name` and `description` — the description must be specific enough to avoid false triggers. - Stay short in `SKILL.md` and move bulk detail into `references/` or `scripts/`. - Teach a **workflow or decision pattern**, not just dump background information. - Include scripts or references only when they eliminate repeated work or prevent ambiguity. ## Frontmatter Template ```yaml --- name: kebab-case-matching-directory-name description: Use when [trigger condition]. Does [what it does]. [Optional: NOT for X.] --- ``` ## Body Format Default to a pure Markdown body after the YAML frontmatter. Use headings such as `## Purpose`, `## When to Use`, `## Workflow`, and `## Verification`. Do not use XML-like tags such as `<Purpose>`, `<Workflow>`, or `<Use_When>` as normal top-level sections. XML-like tags are acceptable only when they strictly delimit nested examples, quoted input, external documents, or machine-readable prompt payloads. **Good description** (specific, trigger-clear): ``` …
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How to install
mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/skill-authoring-guide@git:20260606.80db1e0mdr add yeaight7/agent-powerups/skill-authoring-guide@sha256:e9475f70e4ebd68fPin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2ycnajpmuz6vvuwk)
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Versions
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260606.80db1e0 latest | 2026-06-06 | 80db1e0 | 3,972 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260602.726a9d2 | 2026-06-02 | 726a9d2 | 3,504 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260515.4315681 | 2026-05-15 | 4315681 | 3,032 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260512.9ee2c71 | 2026-05-12 | 9ee2c71 | 1,688 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3972 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
yeaight7/agent-powerups · 6 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-09-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2ycnajpmuz6vvuwk GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=yeaight7/agent-powerups/skill-authoring-guide GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e9475f70e4ebd68ffbbcd18ddb390145aeb3f135f73c8c5f546594932c605a18
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