skill-authoring Cursor ruleA
skill-authoring from borghei/claude-skills is a Cursor rule: instructions the Cursor agent follows in that repo.
mdr add borghei/claude-skills/.cursor/rules/skill-authoring.mdc@git:20260629.ee6fb37Pins git:20260629.ee6fb37 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 14 of 14 checks passed
- Kind
- Cursor rule
- Repository
- borghei/claude-skills
- Path
.cursor/rules/skill-authoring.mdc- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260629.ee6fb37, committed Jun 29, 2026
- Size
- 1,733 bytes
- Repository stars
- 954
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Conventions for writing or editing a SKILL.md skill package.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Authoring a SKILL.md Every skill is a self-contained package documented by its `SKILL.md`. ## Frontmatter YAML frontmatter is required on every `SKILL.md`: ```yaml --- name: kebab-case-skill-name # matches the folder name description: > # ≤ ~60 tokens — surfaced in manifests & routers One or two sentences on what the skill does and when to use it. metadata: version: 1.0.0 tags: [tag-one, tag-two] --- ``` The `description` is consumed by `cli/skills.json`, `registry.json`, and `.gemini/skills-index.json` — keep it tight (≤ ~60 tokens) and action-oriented. Generative skills open with a brief **Clarify-First** alignment step before producing output. ## Progressive disclosure Keep the top of `SKILL.md` lean (Tier-1: purpose, when-to-use, the core workflow). Push depth into `references/` and load it on demand. Don't inline a 2,000-line knowledge base into the workflow. ## Structure - `scripts/` — Python CLI tools, **standard library only, no ML/LLM calls** (see the python-tools rule). - `references/` — expert knowledge bases the workflow links to. - `assets/` — user-facing templates. ## After any add / rename / remove …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add borghei/claude-skills/.cursor/rules/skill-authoring.mdc@sha256:9c437bf617f8cdacThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260629.ee6fb37, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_adrgp2i3hcpbggtt)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 29, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1733 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
borghei/claude-skills · 954 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_adrgp2i3hcpbggtt GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=borghei/claude-skills/.cursor/rules/skill-authoring.mdc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/9c437bf617f8cdac5068a61a7e39376c89484becc4ca7258edb30ab3534e7bc5
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