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Skill charlieviettq/awesome-agent-skill/.cursor/skills/meta-tools/writing-skills

Curated skill pack for LLM agents in engineer and science workflow (Cursor & Claude ready).

Install
npx -y skills add charlieviettq/awesome-agent-skill --skill writing-skills

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Author and pressure-test agent skills—triggers, thin SKILL.md, references, validation. Use when creating or revising skills in this repo. Triggers: "write a skill", "new skill", "skill authoring", "improve skill triggers".

SKILL.md

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Writing skills

When to use

  • Adding a skill under .cursor/skills/<domain>/<name>/
  • Fixing discovery issues (agent never invokes the skill)
  • Splitting an oversized skill into SKILL.md + reference.md

When not to use

  • One-off project instructions (use README or rules)
  • Copying entire third-party skill trees without audit

Workflow

  1. Read docs/skill-writing-guide.md and docs/review-rubric.md
  2. Run skill-supply-chain-audit if source is external
  3. Draft frontmatter: name matches folder; description includes Triggers:
  4. Keep SKILL.md thin; move long examples to reference.md
  5. Pressure-test: list 3 user phrases that should trigger and 2 that should not
  6. Run python3 scripts/validate-skills.py
  7. Regenerate Claude skills if editing Cursor source

Description quality

  • Good: concrete workflow + quoted trigger phrases
  • Bad: broad "use for everything" or "MUST run before any action"

Checklist before PR

  • Public-safe (no secrets, no auto-push scripts in skill body)
  • No duplicate of existing skill in SKILL_INVENTORY.md
  • Entry in EXTERNAL_SKILLS.md if adapted from upstream
  • CHANGELOG.md updated under Unreleased

Related

skill-supply-chain-audit, reflect-yourself, core-workflow/planning-and-task-breakdown

Authoring practices inspired by obra/superpowers (MIT).

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