create-skill SKILL.md skillA
create-skill from dotnet/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add dotnet/skills/create-skill@git:20261009.e191d40Pins git:20261009.e191d40 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- dotnet/skills
- Path
.agents/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261009.e191d40, committed Oct 9, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 30, 2026
- Size
- 11,228 bytes
- Repository stars
- 5,788
- License
- MIT
Scaffolds new agent skills for the dotnet/skills repository. Use when creating a new skill, generating SKILL.md files, writing a skill description that the runtime will actually route to, or setting up skill directory structures. Handles frontmatter generation, section templates, and validation guidance. Do not use for fixing a skill that already fails its evaluation (use improve-skill-quality) or for writing eval.yaml (use create-skill-test).
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
# Create Skill This skill helps you scaffold new agent skills that conform to the Agent Skills specification and the dotnet/skills repository conventions. ## When to Use - Creating a new skill from scratch - Generating a SKILL.md file with proper frontmatter - Setting up the skill directory structure with optional folders - Ensuring compliance with agentskills.io specification ## When Not to Use - Modifying existing skills (edit directly instead) - Diagnosing or fixing a skill that fails its evaluation (use `improve-skill-quality`) - Writing the skill's `eval.yaml` (use `create-skill-test`) - Creating custom agents (use the agents/ directory pattern) ## Inputs | Input | Required | Description | |-------|----------|-------------| | Skill name | Yes | Lowercase, alphanumeric, hyphens only (e.g., `code-review`, `ci-triage`) | | Description | Yes | What the skill does and when agents should use it (1-1024 chars) | | Purpose | Yes | One paragraph describing the outcome | | Workflow steps | Recommended | Numbered steps the agent should follow | ## Workflow ### Step 1: Validate the skill name Ensure the name: - Contains only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add dotnet/skills/create-skill@sha256:edb3d47a924370bfThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261009.e191d40, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Mar 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026, about one every 32 days.
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| git:20261009.e191d40 latest | 2026-10-09 | e191d40 | 11,228 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261005.c6ec97b | 2026-10-05 | c6ec97b | 10,976 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260825.0cecc89 | 2026-08-25 | 0cecc89 | 10,652 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260825.c3cd3f7 | 2026-08-25 | c3cd3f7 | 10,638 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260819.3e9d74a | 2026-08-19 | 3e9d74a | 10,131 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260803.38bf797 | 2026-08-03 | 38bf797 | 10,117 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260330.db83be9 | 2026-03-30 | db83be9 | 5,162 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 (11228 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
dotnet/skills · 5,788 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mn5t4zwgn6ll5dcg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=dotnet/skills/create-skill GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/edb3d47a924370bf6670fe7ba8e214d08d880bc5a51ec19d0c9acfe0a941d99f
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.