Claude Skills Authoring Kit
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SKILL.md
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1. Frontmatter
Skill name
Description
Argument hint
Allowed tools
Model
Hooks (YAML fragment)
disable-model-invocation
user-invocable: false
context: fork
Agent
(none)
Explore
Plan
general-purpose
2. Required core instructions
Primary job to do
When to use this skill
Mandatory workflow / execution steps
Completion criteria / definition of done
3. Recommended optional elements
Inputs and arguments
Constraints and guardrails
Supporting files / additional resources
Examples to show Claude
Testing and troubleshooting
Notes for visual output or advanced patterns
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