Template
Forcing-function skills for AI agents — validated to improve behavior, not just change it.
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Internal authoring template and manual canary. Copy this directory to start a new techne skill.
SKILL.md
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Skill Title
Use this file as the starting point for a new techne skill. Keep the skill body tool-neutral: the guidance here should make sense outside any one host, with tool-specific loading handled by plugin manifests.
Quality Bar
A techne skill must force a move the model can make but often skips. It is not a place to restate common knowledge, collect vague advice, or duplicate what the platform or superpowers already handles well.
Before authoring, identify:
- The skipped move this skill forces.
- The failure pattern it prevents.
- The cases where the skill should not apply.
- The observable improvement expected when the skill is present.
When To Use
State the triggering situation in concrete terms. Prefer user intents, task conditions, and failure signals over broad domain labels.
Instructions
Write the smallest set of instructions that reliably forces the move. Use direct commands, checks, and stop conditions. Avoid product-specific paths, local tool names, or host-only features unless they are documented as optional references.
Validation
Each real skill should include an eval.md alongside SKILL.md. The eval file
records the empirical acceptance test from WORKFLOW.md: baseline behavior,
with-skill behavior, what counts as improvement, and the pass bar.
For scaffold-only or template changes, direct mechanical validation is enough.
Supporting Files
Optional files live next to SKILL.md when they remove noise from the main
skill:
eval.mdfor the empirical acceptance test.scripts/for executable helpers the model may run.reference.mdfor longer material loaded only when needed.
Do not add empty support folders. Add them only when the skill actually needs them.