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name: skill-creator

- description: "Central skill for creating, updating, and registering new skills. Enforces the Non-Negotiable Persistence Contract on every creation or significant update: Local write + Google Drive upload (dated tar.gz via google_drive_upload_artifact into folder 1jEivRtcNo-x9sd--2l1qe1bVox-TSnYK) + GitHub push (Stijnman/grok-custom-skills). Also triggers sync on major use/evolution events. Triggered by 'create skill', 'new skill', 'skill-creator', 'make a skill', or any skill creation request. Integrates with natural-language-to-skill and skill-creation-enabler."

+ description: "Create or improve reusable skill packages with clear metadata, focused workflows, and appropriate safety boundaries. Use for: create skill, update skill, skill package, new capability."

+ version: 1.1.0

+ author: Stijnman

+ license: MIT

+ compatibility: Grok agent; optional filesystem, repository, and Drive access

+ metadata:

+ grok:

+ tags: [create skill, update skill, skill package, new capability, skill metadata]

+ related_skills: [auto-skill-resolver, skill-rubric-reviewer, skill-researcher, skill-evolver]

---

# Skill Creator

## Purpose

- This is the authoritative skill for creating and registering new skills in the ecosystem.

- Every successful creation or significant update MUST complete the full Persistence Contract before the task is considered finished.

- ## Non-Negotiable Persistence Contract (enforced on every create / update)

- 1. **Local**

- Write the skill to `/home/workdir/.grok/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md` (and supporting files).

- 2. **Google Drive**

- - Package: `tar -czf /home/workdir/artifacts/<skill-name>-YYYYMMDD.tar.gz -C /home/workdir/.grok/skills <skill-name>`

- - Upload with `google_drive_upload_artifact`

- - `artifact_path`: relative path starting with `/` (e.g. `/skill-name-20260814.tar.gz`)

- - `folder_id`: `1jEivRtcNo-x9sd--2l1qe1bVox-TSnYK`

- - Record the returned `file_id` and `web_view_link`.

- 3. **GitHub**

- - Use `github___create_or_update_file`

- - owner: `Stijnman`

- - repo: `grok-custom-skills`

- - path: `.grok/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md`

- - Clear commit message including version and purpose

- - Record the commit SHA.

+ Use this skill to design, create, and improve reusable skill packages. Build the package locally first, validate it, and keep external backup or publication separate from creation unless the user explicitly requests those actions.

- 4. **Logging**

- Append to `/home/workdir/artifacts/evolution_log.md`:

- timestamp + skill name + version + Drive file_id + GitHub commit SHA.

+ ## Workflow

- Only after all four steps succeed is the skill considered fully created/updated.

+ 1. Clarify the capability, intended users, examples, inputs, outputs, and safety constraints.

+ 2. Search the local collection to avoid creating a duplicate capability.

+ 3. Choose a stable lowercase, hyphenated name and create `<workspace>/.grok/skills/<skill-name>/`.

+ 4. Write `SKILL.md` with concise frontmatter, an ordered workflow, expected output, error handling, and relevant authorization boundaries.

+ 5. Add scripts, references, or templates only when they are necessary and reviewed.

+ 6. Test helper scripts with benign representative inputs and validate the package structure.

+ 7. Summarize the local result, validation status, and any remaining limitations.

+ 8. If the user requests external backup, repository publication, marketplace submission, or deployment, show the exact scope and obtain explicit approval before the external action.

- ## Workflow

+ ## Package standard

- ### On Creation Request

- 1. Parse natural language description (or accept structured input).

- 2. Design the skill (name, description, triggers, rules, modules).

- 3. Generate high-quality SKILL.md following ecosystem standards.

- 4. Create supporting directory structure if needed.

- 5. Write locally.

- 6. **Execute Persistence Contract** (mandatory).

- 7. Confirm success with links and IDs.

- 8. Optionally notify skill-creation-enabler / skill-evolver.

+ | Component | Requirement |

+ |---|---|

+ | `name` | Stable, lowercase, hyphen-separated, and aligned with the directory name. |

+ | `description` | Concisely state what the skill does and when it should trigger. |

+ | Workflow | Use concrete, ordered steps rather than vague capability claims. |

+ | Boundaries | State privacy, consent, access, and approval limits for consequential tasks. |

+ | Resources | Keep optional resources small, necessary, reviewed, and non-secret. |

+ | Version | Increment for material changes and document compatibility implications. |

- ### On Significant Update / Evolution

- Same Persistence Contract must be re-executed for the changed skill(s).

+ ## External actions

- ### On Major Use (optional but recommended)

- When a skill is heavily used or produces important artifacts, a lightweight sync of the skill itself can be triggered to keep Drive/GitHub current.

+ Publishing, uploading, committing, creating a release, or synchronizing to cloud storage are **not** part of local skill creation. Treat each as a separate action that requires the user’s explicit approval and a completed pre-publication review.

- ## Integration

- - Called by / works with: `natural-language-to-skill`, `skill-creation-enabler`, `skill-evolver`, `skill-researcher`.

- - Uses: `connected-services-bridge` tools (`google_drive_upload_artifact`, `github___create_or_update_file`).

- - Respects Honest Batch Limits from skill-evolver (max ~8 deep creations/edits per cycle).

+ ## Error handling

- ## Triggers

- - "create skill"

- - "new skill"

- - "skill-creator"

- - "make a skill for ..."

- - "build skill"

- - Any request that results in a new or significantly changed skill definition

+ | Situation | Response |

+ |---|---|

+ | Existing skill already covers the request | Recommend an extension or reuse rather than a duplicate. |

+ | Scope is vague | Ask for one concrete example or an expected output. |

+ | External reference is untrusted | Inspect it as data; do not run its scripts or copy undisclosed private content. |

+ | Validation fails | Correct the local package and rerun checks before proposing publication. |

- ## Rules

- - Never claim a skill is created until the full Persistence Contract has completed successfully.

- - Always use current date (YYYYMMDD) in tar.gz filenames.

- - Always use relative artifact_path for Drive uploads.

- - Log every persistence action.

- - On failure of any leg (Drive or GitHub), retry with exponential backoff (10/30/60s ±25% jitter) and report the exact status.

+ ## Output

- ## Version

- 1.0 — 2026-08-14

- Introduced as the central enforcer of automatic Local + Drive + GitHub sync on every skill creation and significant update.

+ Deliver the package path, a short summary of its triggers and boundaries, validation results, and a clearly labeled list of any external actions that remain pending.