skill-authoring SKILL.md skillB
skill-authoring from komluk/scaffolding is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add komluk/scaffolding/skill-authoring@git:20260627.c37d831Pins git:20260627.c37d831 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- B, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- komluk/scaffolding
- Path
skills/skill-authoring/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260627.c37d831, committed Jun 27, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 20, 2026
- Size
- 8,535 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Methodology for authoring scaffolding-compatible skills: frontmatter contract, body structure, validation. TRIGGER when: running /create-skill, writing or reviewing a SKILL.md file, or deciding if a procedure deserves its own skill. SKIP: distilling a conversation into candidates (use distill); 3-tier memory writes (use agent-memory).
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
# Skill Authoring Skill ## Purpose Methodology for authoring scaffolding-compatible skills. A skill is a single `SKILL.md` file under `skills/<name>/` that encodes a reusable methodology Claude Code can auto-invoke. This skill defines the frontmatter contract, the recommended body structure, the description-writing rules, and the quality bar every authored skill must meet before it ships. ## When to Apply Apply this skill when: - Running the `/create-skill` command to scaffold a new skill - Hand-writing or editing a `skills/<name>/SKILL.md` file - Reviewing a skill for frontmatter correctness or auto-invocation quality - Deciding whether a repeatable procedure deserves promotion into its own skill Do NOT apply this skill for: - Distilling a conversation into knowledge candidates — use `distill` - Writing into the 3-tier file memory — use `agent-memory` --- ## Frontmatter Contract Every `SKILL.md` MUST begin with a YAML frontmatter block delimited by `---`: | Field | Rule | |-------|------| | `name` | Required. Kebab-case `^[a-z][a-z0-9-]*$`. MUST equal the parent directory name. | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add komluk/scaffolding/skill-authoring@sha256:32b0af012aa02204The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260627.c37d831, 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_ol4nnw6x4a6i6b3v)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between May 20, 2026 and Jun 27, 2026, about one every 19 days. Its first recorded version is graded A and its latest B.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260627.c37d831 latest | 2026-06-27 | c37d831 | 8,535 B | B | view · diff |
| git:20260627.a92d132 | 2026-06-27 | a92d132 | 5,688 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260520.3aa374b | 2026-05-20 | 3aa374b | 4,842 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- fail: No instruction to read or print local credentials (matched: cat .env)
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8535 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 base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Starting a new one? Use a template for SKILL.md on mdpantry, which passes every one of these checks and says what to change in it.
Source
komluk/scaffolding · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ol4nnw6x4a6i6b3v GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=komluk/scaffolding/skill-authoring GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/32b0af012aa02204b838567b1406241557288becdc9fdd324e7d5f631af3e4dd
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.
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