Skills create-skill-file

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create-skill-file

Name: create-skill-file
Author: labring

Content revision r1 Safe ⚙️ External commands🔑 Env variables🌐 Network access

Create Clear Agent Skill Files

Skill authors often create vague or oversized SKILL.md files that are hard for agents to activate. This skill gives Claude, Codex, and Claude Code practical rules, templates, examples, and checklists for better skill files.

Supports: Claude Codex Code(CC)

🥉 78 Bronze

Install with my Agent

Copy this request to your Agent. It includes the canonical Skill page and manifest.

Agent request

Review the Skillstore skill "create-skill-file" from https://skillstore.io/skills/labring-create-skill-file.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/labring-create-skill-file/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.

Your Agent should still show its plan and request any confirmation required by the security policy.

Agent-readable resources

Use these links when an AI agent, crawler, or script needs clean context instead of reading the full page.

Markdown detail GET /skills/labring-create-skill-file.md Signed manifest GET /api/skills/labring-create-skill-file/manifest Signed lockfile GET /api/skills/labring-create-skill-file/lockfile

Test it

Using "create-skill-file". Create a skill for database migration work.

Expected outcome:

A structured skill draft with a specific name, activation description, migration workflow, safety checks, examples, and validation steps.

Using "create-skill-file". Review my existing skill description and make it easier to activate.

Expected outcome:

A revised description with concrete trigger phrases, target technologies, and clear boundaries for when the skill should be used.

Using "create-skill-file". Convert our release checklist into an agent skill.

Expected outcome:

A workflow-oriented skill outline with preparation checks, ordered release steps, rollback guidance, and a final quality checklist.

Security Audit

Safe

v7 • 7/6/2026 Open versioned report

I found no evidence of malicious behavior or prompt injection in the reviewed files. The static findings are Markdown examples, templates, documentation links, placeholder secrets, and illustrative code snippets rather than executable skill logic.

Files scanned

2,749

Lines analyzed

Review items

False positives ignored

Risk Factors

⚙️ External commands (81)

🔑 Env variables (4)

examples/bad-example.md:422 examples/bad-example.md:159 examples/bad-example.md:228 SKILL.md:87

🌐 Network access (14)

examples/good-example.md:278 examples/good-example.md:279 examples/good-example.md:365 examples/good-example.md:537 examples/good-example.md:538 examples/good-example.md:539 examples/good-example.md:579 examples/good-example.md:580 examples/good-example.md:581 examples/good-example.md:879 examples/good-example.md:880 examples/good-example.md:881 SKILL.md:466 SKILL.md:467

No confirmed security findings were detected by the latest completed static and semantic audit. This does not prove the skill has no side effects.

Audited by: codex View Audit History →

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Academic citations (APA · BibTeX · CFF)

APA citation

labring. (2026). create-skill-file security audit report (audit version 7) [Author version unspecified]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/labring-create-skill-file/audits/7

BibTeX citation

@techreport{labring-labring-create-skill-file-2026,
  author = {labring},
  title = {create-skill-file security audit report (audit version 7)},
  institution = {Skillstore},
  year = {2026},
  number = {7},
  url = {https://skillstore.io/skills/labring-create-skill-file/audits/7},
  note = {Author version unspecified}
}

CITATION.cff

cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this Skill, cite its author and this versioned security audit report."
title: "create-skill-file security audit report (audit version 7)"
version: "unspecified"
type: report
authors:
  - name: "labring"
date-released: "2026-07-06"
url: "https://skillstore.io/skills/labring-create-skill-file/audits/7"
identifiers:
  - type: other
    value: "skillstore:labring-create-skill-file:audit:7"
    description: "Skillstore immutable audit report identifier"

Compare variants

2 installable variants

Each author remains a separate installable skill. The recommended variant is ranked by Skillstore evidence.

Why this variant is first

Highest Skillstore Score

Author / source Skillstore Score Evidence Confidence Skillstore usage Updated

YYH211 Recommended

yyh211-create-skill-file

Skillstore Score 79

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 68

Updated

2026-08-21

labring Current

labring-create-skill-file

Skillstore Score 78

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 8

Updated

2026-08-21

Skillstore Score

Why this score Evidence Confidence: High

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What You Can Build

Create a First Agent Skill

Use the basic structure, naming rules, and examples to draft a complete SKILL.md file.

Standardize Team Skill Authoring

Apply shared templates and quality checks so a team writes consistent, discoverable skills.

Improve Existing Skill Documentation

Compare an existing skill against the examples to remove vague content and add clear triggers.

Try These Prompts

Draft a Basic Skill

Use the create-skill-file guidance to draft a SKILL.md for a skill that helps with [task]. Include name, description, when to use, workflow, examples, and a checklist.

Improve Activation Metadata

Review this skill name and description: [paste text]. Make the name specific, write a third-person description, and add trigger keywords users would actually say.

Convert a Workflow

Turn this repeated workflow into a workflow skill: [describe workflow]. Include phases, validation points, error handling, examples, and success criteria.

Audit a Complex Skill

Audit this SKILL.md against the create-skill-file checklist: [paste content]. Identify unclear triggers, long sections, missing examples, unsafe commands, and improvements.

Best Practices

Use specific names and descriptions that include realistic trigger keywords.
Keep SKILL.md focused on agent-specific guidance, not general tutorials.
Add examples, validation steps, and troubleshooting notes for repeatable workflows.

Avoid

Do not use vague names such as helper, utility, or manager.
Do not include broad programming tutorials that the model already knows.
Do not add operational commands without prerequisites, validation, and rollback guidance.