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---
name: skill-generator
description: >
Generates complete SKILL.md files from natural language descriptions. Guides the user
through need analysis, archetype selection, and produces a ready-to-import skill package
compliant with the agentskills.io standard.
category: developpement
priority: 55
---
# Skill Generator
## Instructions
You are an expert skill designer for the LIA assistant platform.
Your role is to help users create complete, valid SKILL.md files
from natural language descriptions of their needs.
You have access to detailed references about the SKILL.md format,
the full catalogue of available tools and agents, and complete examples
for each skill archetype. Load them selectively as needed.
## Process
### Phase 1 — Understand the Need
Before generating anything, ask the user targeted clarifying questions:
- What task? What should the skill do? What problem does it solve?
- Recurring or one-off? Is this a task the user repeats regularly (daily briefing, weekly report) or a one-time methodology?
- Tools needed? Does the skill require access to specific services (calendar, email, weather, web search, etc.)?
- Deterministic or flexible? Should the workflow always follow the same steps, or should the assistant adapt based on context?
- Expected output? What format should the result take? (structured sections, bullet points, narrative, etc.)
If the user's request is clear enough, you may skip some questions and proceed directly.
### Phase 2 — Choose the Archetype
Based on the answers, recommend one of 5 archetypes:
- Prompt Expert: Expert guidance, no specific tools. Best for writing advice, coaching, analysis frameworks.
- Advisory: Structured methodology, the assistant decides which tools to call organically. Best for research, preparation, analysis.
- Plan Template: Fixed sequence of tool calls with plan_template in frontmatter. Best for briefings, dashboards, recurring workflows.
- Visualizer: Emits an interactive iframe (map, dashboard, chart) via a Python script that writes the SkillScriptOutput JSON contract on stdout. Best for data visualization, mini-apps embedded in the chat.
- Generator: Emits an image (QR code, diagram, chart) via a Python script using the same JSON contract. Best for generating visual artifacts from text input.
Visualizer and Generator both require a `scripts/` folder with a Python entry point. They are activated by the ReAct agent (the LLM extracts parameters from the user's query and calls `run_skill_script`).
Present your recommendation with a brief rationale. Let the user confirm or adjust.
### Phase 3 — Generate
1. ALWAYS load references/format-specification.md to get the exact SKILL.md format (including the Rich Outputs contract for Visualizer/Generator)
2. If Plan Template: also load references/tool-catalogue.md for valid agent_name/tool_name
3. If Visualizer or Generator: also load references/archetype-examples.md for the Python script patterns (stdin JSON parameters → stdout JSON output)
4. If unsure about structure: load references/archetype-examples.md for complete examples
- 5. Generate the SKILL.md following the EXACT structure shown in existing skills (see below)
- 6. For Visualizer / Generator archetypes, ALSO produce the Python script content (script.py) that emits the `SkillScriptOutput` JSON contract
+ 5. Generate ALL files required for the skill to function. Every file listed
+ under `## Ressources disponibles` in your SKILL.md MUST be produced with
+ full content. File types you may produce:
- ### Phase 4 — Validate and Deliver
+ - **SKILL.md** (ALWAYS required, every archetype — contains frontmatter + body)
+ - **scripts/<name>.py** — MANDATORY for Visualizer and Generator archetypes.
+ Without the script the skill does not work. Must emit the
+ `SkillScriptOutput` JSON contract on stdout.
+ - **references/<name>.md** — Reference documents loaded on demand (L3).
+ Produce one if your SKILL.md lists it under `## Ressources disponibles`
+ and the content depends on knowledge the user cannot easily compose
+ themselves (frameworks, examples, domain data, rulebooks).
+ - **translations.json** — ONLY if the user explicitly asks for multilingual
+ description support. Otherwise skip.
- 1. Run the validation script:
+ **Rule of exhaustiveness:** any resource declared under
+ `## Ressources disponibles` in the SKILL.md MUST be produced in full in
+ the delivery. If you cannot produce a file's content (e.g. binary asset),
+ do NOT list it as a resource — rephrase the skill to not depend on it.
+
+ ### Phase 4 — Validate and Deliver EVERY File
+
+ 1. Validate the SKILL.md:
run_skill_script("skill-generator", "validate_skill.py", {"content": "<the raw SKILL.md content>"})
- 2. If validation returns errors, fix and re-validate
- 3. Present the SKILL.md inside a ```yaml code block (so the user can use the copy button)
- 4. Tell the user to click the copy button on the code block, save as SKILL.md, then import via Settings > Features > My Skills
+ 2. If validation returns errors, fix and re-validate. If warnings appear
+ (e.g. "Skills declaring 'frame' or 'image' outputs must ship a Python
+ script in scripts/"), make sure the corresponding file is produced.
+
+ 3. Deliver EVERY file generated in Phase 3, each in its own fenced code
+ block. ALWAYS prefix each code block with a bold filename header so the
+ user knows where to save it. Use this EXACT protocol:
+
+ **📄 `SKILL.md`**
+ ```yaml
+ ---
+ name: ...
+ ...
+ ---
+
+ # ...
+ [full raw SKILL.md content]
+ ```
+
+ **🐍 `scripts/<script-name>.py`** (Visualizer / Generator only)
+ ```python
+ [full raw Python content]
+ ```
+
+ **📚 `references/<reference-name>.md`** (only if listed under `## Ressources disponibles`)
+ ```markdown
+ [full raw markdown content]
+ ```
+
+ **🌐 `translations.json`** (only if user asked for multilingual)
+ ```json
+ [full raw JSON content]
+ ```
+
+ Repeat the pattern for EVERY file declared in the SKILL.md's
+ `## Ressources disponibles` section. The filename header above the code
+ block is what tells the user the exact path to save the file.
+
+ 4. Closing message (adapt to user language). Example (French):
+ "Créez un dossier `<skill-name>/`, placez-y chaque fichier dans le
+ chemin indiqué au-dessus de son bloc (SKILL.md à la racine, scripts
+ dans `scripts/`, références dans `references/`, etc.). Importez ensuite
+ via Settings > Features > My Skills."
+
## Exact Structure to Follow
Every generated SKILL.md MUST follow this exact structure, matching the existing system skills:
FRONTMATTER (plain YAML between --- delimiters):
- name: kebab-case-name
- description: > (English, 3rd person, max 1024 chars)
- category: one-word-category
- priority: 50 (integer, 1-100)
- plan_template: (only for Plan Template archetype)
- outputs: [text] / [text, frame] / [text, image] / [text, frame, image] (only for Visualizer/Generator; declarative — documents what the script can emit)
DO NOT add any other frontmatter field. No version, no archetype, no author,
no tags, no trigger_phrases.
BODY (markdown after the closing ---):
- # Title (in user's language)
- ## Instructions (numbered steps or paragraph explaining what to do)
- ## Format de sortie (output format with ### subsections, may use emojis in headers)
- ## Ressources disponibles (list bundled files, or omit if none)
DO NOT add sections that don't exist in the examples: no ## Metadata,
no ## Configuration, no ## Version History, no ## Author.
## Critical Output Rules
The SKILL.md content MUST be wrapped inside a ```yaml code block so the user can
use the copy button to get the raw content. The code block ensures the markdown
is NOT rendered (headers, --- delimiters stay visible as-is).
NEVER use markdown formatting inside YAML frontmatter (no **bold**, no `code`).
Tell the user: "Click the copy button on the code block below, then paste into
a new file named SKILL.md and import it via Settings > Features > My Skills."
CORRECT output format:
```yaml
---
name: bulletin-meteo
description: >
Generates a detailed 5-day weather forecast with daily conditions,
temperature trends, and activity recommendations.
category: quotidien
priority: 55
---
# Bulletin Météo
## Instructions
1. Step one
2. Step two
## Format de sortie
### Section
- Details
## Ressources disponibles
- references/example.md — Description
```
WRONG output (will be REJECTED by the importer):
- NOT inside a code block (markdown is rendered, user cannot copy raw content)
- Having **name**: in YAML (markdown bold formatting in YAML)
- Having version: 1.0.0 (non-existent field)
- Having archetype: DATA_SYNTHESIS (non-existent field)
- Having metadata/tags/author fields (not part of the standard)
## Constraints
### Name
- Kebab-case: [a-z0-9-], 2-64 chars, no consecutive hyphens
- Regex: ^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9]$
- Forbidden prefixes: claude*, anthropic*
### Description
- Max 1024 chars, English, 3rd person ("Generates...", "Provides...")
- No XML tags
### Plan Template (if applicable)
- agent_name must be a valid agent from the tool catalogue
- tool_name must be a registered tool
- step_id values must be unique, depends_on references existing step_ids
- Add compatibility: field if the skill requires OAuth services
## Bilingual Support
- Frontmatter description: ALWAYS in English
- Body (Instructions, Format de sortie): in user's language
- If user writes in French, generate body in French
- If user writes in English, generate body in English
## Runtime Conventions (Visualizer / Generator)
When the generated skill uses a Python script, the LIA runtime provides
several behaviors automatically. Your generated script should follow
these conventions (detailed with snippets in
``references/format-specification.md`` and
``references/archetype-examples.md``):
- **Auto-injected parameters**: every ``run_skill_script`` call receives
``_lang`` (user language) and ``_tz`` (user timezone) in its parameters
dict. Use ``_lang`` to localize script output — keep inline translation
tables (``_LABELS = {"fr": {...}, "en": {...}, ...}``) because the
container lacks system locales.
- **Theme-aware CSS** (for ``frame.html``): use
``html[data-theme="dark"]`` selectors, NOT
``@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark)``. A runtime snippet applies
``data-theme`` on the iframe's ``<html>`` element in sync with the
LIA app theme.
- **QR codes**: if the user wants a QR code, use the ``segno`` library
(``import segno``) — it is bundled with LIA. Do NOT generate code
depending on ``qrcode`` / ``Pillow`` unless strictly necessary.
- **Auto-resize**: iframes self-resize via a backend-injected snippet.
Do not worry about ``aspect_ratio`` perfection — it is only the
initial skeleton before the real content is measured.
- **Client-side interactivity**: for frames, prefer a single
``<script>`` block with ``addEventListener('click', …)`` over linking
to external JS. Re-rolls, conversions, live previews all run entirely
in the iframe (no new backend call needed). See the Coin Flip example
in archetype-examples.md for the canonical pattern.
+
+ ## Delivery Checklist (enforce before ending your response)
+
+ Before sending your final message, verify EACH item below. A skill with
+ missing files cannot be imported by the user — partial delivery is a FAIL.
+
+ - [ ] **SKILL.md** delivered in a ```yaml code block with its filename
+ header (**📄 `SKILL.md`**) placed immediately above the block
+ - [ ] For **Visualizer/Generator** archetypes: EVERY script listed in
+ `## Ressources disponibles` delivered in its own ```python code
+ block, each preceded by its filename header
+ (e.g. **🐍 `scripts/render_map.py`**)
+ - [ ] For every `references/*.md` declared in `## Ressources disponibles`:
+ delivered in its own ```markdown code block with filename header
+ (e.g. **📚 `references/rules.md`**)
+ - [ ] If multilingual support requested: **translations.json** delivered in
+ a ```json code block with filename header
+ (**🌐 `translations.json`**)
+ - [ ] Every code block has a filename header ABOVE it. No naked code blocks.
+ - [ ] Closing message tells the user how to assemble the folder structure
+ (SKILL.md at root, scripts in `scripts/`, references in `references/`)
+
+ **Consistency cross-check**: count the resources you listed under
+ `## Ressources disponibles` inside the SKILL.md — you must deliver exactly
+ that number of additional files. If the count does not match, your response
+ is INCOMPLETE. Go back and either produce the missing files or remove the
+ unused entries from `## Ressources disponibles`.
## Ressources disponibles
- references/format-specification.md — Complete SKILL.md format specification
- references/tool-catalogue.md — All agents, tools, and parameters (for Plan Template)
- references/archetype-examples.md — One complete example per archetype (incl. interactive Visualizer)