create-skill-sample SKILL.md skillF
create-skill-sample from pnp/copilot-prompts is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pnp/copilot-prompts/create-skill-sample@git:20260903.fcff00dPins git:20260903.fcff00d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- F, 16 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pnp/copilot-prompts
- Path
.github/skills/create-skill-sample/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260903.fcff00d, committed Sep 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 18, 2026
- Size
- 12,410 bytes
- Repository stars
- 895
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a new skill sample", "add a skill", "scaffold a new skill", "contribute a skill", "create a GitHub Copilot skill", "build a custom skill", or needs to create a new GitHub Copilot custom skill sample with proper folder structure, SKILL.md, README, and sample.json metadata inside the skills folder. Do NOT use this skill for simple prompt samples or agent instructions.
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 a New GitHub Copilot Skill Sample This skill guides creating new custom skill samples for the pnp/copilot-prompts repository. These samples live inside `samples/skills/` and represent reusable instruction files (`SKILL.md`) that teach GitHub Copilot how to perform specific, repeatable tasks. ## Before Starting **Critical**: Always ask the user for the following information before scaffolding: 1. **Skill name** — a short, descriptive name for the skill (e.g., "Code Review for C#", "API Documentation Generator", "Unit Test Scaffolder") 2. **Skill purpose** — a clear description of what the skill does. What task does it teach GitHub Copilot to perform? 3. **Trigger phrases** — 3–5 example phrases a user might say to activate the skill (e.g., "review my C# code", "generate API docs") 4. **Inputs needed** — what information the skill needs from the user before it can proceed (e.g., a source file, a framework version, a language) 5. **Output format** — what the skill produces (e.g., a Markdown report, generated code files, a checklist) 6. **Steps** — the high-level steps the skill follows (3–7 steps). Each step should be a discrete action. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pnp/copilot-prompts/create-skill-sample@sha256:c67ef47a98c5e353The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260903.fcff00d, 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_yjueejjakhjyhvqv)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Feb 18, 2026 and Sep 3, 2026, about one every 197 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260903.fcff00d latest | 2026-09-03 | fcff00d | 12,410 B | F | view · diff |
| git:20260218.2ed3c53 | 2026-02-18 | 2ed3c53 | 12,372 B | F | view |
Audit of the latest version
- FAIL, critical: No zero-width or bidi control characters (matched: )
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12410 bytes)
- 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
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
pnp/copilot-prompts · 895 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-18 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_yjueejjakhjyhvqv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pnp/copilot-prompts/create-skill-sample GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c67ef47a98c5e35308debcf4a96c582007925d01268af5d96b2b082c66dbba3b
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