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writing-skillslisted

Creates or improves an Agent Skill by defining a precise trigger boundary, concise procedural instructions, progressive-disclosure references, deterministic helpers, routing evals, and validation evidence. Use when authoring or reviewing SKILL.md, skill metadata, bundled references, or skill packaging. Not for ordinary project documentation or application code.
thiientv/godmode · ★ 95 · AI & Automation · score 81
Install: claude install-skill thiientv/godmode
# Writing Skills Write a skill for another agent to use under pressure. Context is a shared budget, so every paragraph must earn its place. ## Design the boundary 1. Collect concrete prompts that should and should not activate the skill. 2. Name the responsibility in plain language and use a short verb-led name. 3. Put all activation conditions in frontmatter `description`; the body loads only after activation. 4. Keep `SKILL.md` procedural and under 500 lines. 5. Move detailed rules, variants, schemas, and examples into one-level-deep `references/` files. 6. Add a script only for deterministic repeated work, with `--help` and tests. Use [skill-checklist.md](references/skill-checklist.md) before opening a PR. ## Write and test - Use Agent Skills-compatible `name` and `description` frontmatter. - State when to use, when not to use, safety boundaries, workflow, handoffs, and completion evidence. - Avoid copying a reference repository's text, names, examples, or scripts; rewrite principles and record provenance. - Add at least three positive and two negative routing cases, including close neighbors that must not activate. - Create two or three realistic behavior cases with observable outputs and edge conditions before expanding the suite. - Run each case in a fresh context with the candidate skill and with no skill or a frozen previous version. Keep prompts, fixtures, model settings, and output locations identical. - Capture artifacts, public trace/tool s