Skill lifecycle management
Skill BuilderCed/agent-skills/skills/governance/skill-lifecycle-management
31 cross-platform AI agent skills for regulated industries & underserved markets. EU compliance (AI Act, NIS2, DORA, GDPR), French professional (accounting, tax, notary, real estate), security audit, agent evaluation, Africa mobile money, offline-first.
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Manage skill versioning, freshness tracking, deprecation, changelog generation, and maintenance workflows for skill repository maintainers.
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Skill Lifecycle Management
When to Use
- Publishing a new skill to a registry
- Updating a skill after regulatory or API changes
- Deciding whether to deprecate or archive a skill
- Setting up freshness monitoring
- Reviewing skill quality over time
Lifecycle Stages
Draft → Review → Published → Maintained → Stale → Deprecated → Archived
| Stage | Duration | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | Days | Write, test locally, self-review |
| Review | Days | PR review, CI lint, security scan |
| Published | Indefinite | Available for installation |
| Maintained | Ongoing | Respond to issues, update for changes |
| Stale | >90 days no update | Flag [STALE], prioritize review |
| Deprecated | Announced | Mark deprecated, point to replacement |
| Archived | Final | Read-only, no longer maintained |
Versioning (SemVer)
MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
MAJOR: Breaking changes (renamed fields, removed sections, new required dependencies)
MINOR: New content (added steps, new references, expanded coverage)
PATCH: Fixes (typos, URL updates, date corrections)
Examples:
1.0.0 → 1.0.1: Fixed broken URL in references1.0.1 → 1.1.0: Added new section on DORA RTS1.1.0 → 2.0.0: Restructured skill, changed frontmatter fields
Freshness Rules
| Age | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|
| < 30 days | Fresh | No action |
| 30-60 days | OK | Review if regulatory |
| 60-90 days | Review needed | Check update_sources |
| > 90 days | [STALE] | Mandatory review before use |
Regulatory skills: Review whenever source legislation changes, regardless of age.
Changelog Format
## [1.1.0] - 2026-04-17
### Added
- Section on DORA RTS Level 2 requirements
- Reference to new EDPB DPIA template (April 2026)
### Changed
- Updated e-invoicing timeline (September 2026 confirmed)
### Fixed
- Corrected NIS2 transposition deadline
Deprecation Process
- Announce: Add
deprecated: trueto frontmatter + reason - Point: Reference replacement skill in description
- Grace period: Keep available for 90 days
- Archive: Move to
skills/_archived/directory
Quality Metrics
| Metric | Good | Watch | Bad |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated | < 60 days | 60-90 days | > 90 days |
| Open issues | 0 | 1-2 | 3+ |
| Token size | < 1500 | 1500-3000 | > 3000 |
| Broken URLs | 0 | — | Any |
| Missing fields | 0 | — | Any |
What This Skill Does NOT Do
- Does not auto-update skills (flags for human review)
- Does not manage skill registry publishing
- Does not enforce versioning (guides the process)
- Does not handle skill discovery (see
find-skills)