# Remove Old Skills From Workflow

> Guide for removing skills from an existing workflow and updating all related documentation. Use when user wants to remove skills from a workflow (e.g., "remove skill", "delete skill", "移除技能", "删除技能").

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-nicepkg-ai-workflow-remove-old-skills-from-workflow`
- **Verified:** Pending review
- **Seller:** [nicepkg](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/nicepkg)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [nicepkg](https://github.com/nicepkg)
- **Source:** https://github.com/nicepkg/ai-workflow/tree/main/.claude/skills/remove-old-skills-from-workflow
- **Website:** https://ai-workflow.xiaominglab.com/

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-nicepkg-ai-workflow-remove-old-skills-from-workflow
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Remove Skills from Workflow

Guide for removing skills from an existing workflow and updating all related documentation.

## When to Use

- User wants to remove a skill from a workflow
- User says "remove skill", "delete skill", "移除技能", "删除技能"
- Cleaning up unused or deprecated skills from a workflow

## Removal Workflow

### Step 1: Identify the Skill

Search for the skill name across the workflow to understand its usage:

```bash
# Find all references to the skill
grep -r "skill-name" /path/to/workflow/
```

### Step 2: Delete Skill Folder

Remove the skill directory from the workflow:

```bash
rm -rf /path/to/workflow/.claude/skills/skill-name/
```

### Step 3: Update skill-source.json (if exists)

Remove the skill entry from `/path/to/workflow/.claude/skill-source.json`

### Step 4: Update All Related Documentation

After removing a skill, you MUST update these files:

#### Files to Update (7 files)

| File | What to Update |
|------|----------------|
| `workflows//README.md` | Skill count, skill table, pipeline stages, skill combinations |
| `workflows//README_cn.md` | Same as above (Chinese version) |
| `workflows//AGENTS.md` | Available skills list, recommended sequences |
| `website/content/en/workflows/.mdx` | Skill count, skill table, pipeline, skill combinations |
| `website/content/zh/workflows/.mdx` | Same as above (Chinese version) |
| `README.md` (root) | Workflow table skill count |
| `README_cn.md` (root) | Workflow table skill count (Chinese version) |

#### Documentation Update Checklist

For each documentation file, update:

- [ ] **Skill count**: Decrease the total skill count (e.g., "20 skills" → "19 skills")
- [ ] **Skill tables**: Remove the skill row from any skill listing tables
- [ ] **Pipeline/stages**: Remove skill references from pipeline diagrams or stage descriptions
- [ ] **Skill combinations**: Remove any skill chains that include the removed skill
- [ ] **Example workflows**: Remove or update examples that reference the skill

## Example

Removing `ppt-creator` skill from `talk-to-slidev-workflow`:

```bash
# 1. Search for references
grep -r "ppt-creator" workflows/talk-to-slidev-workflow/

# 2. Delete skill folder
rm -rf workflows/talk-to-slidev-workflow/.claude/skills/ppt-creator/

# 3. Update skill-source.json
# Remove the ppt-creator entry

# 4. Update documentation files
# - Update skill count from 20 to 19
# - Remove ppt-creator from skill tables
# - Remove from pipeline Stage 6
# - Remove from skill combinations table
```

## Important Notes

- Always search for skill references before removal to understand impact
- The root READMEs only need skill count updates in the workflow table
- Leave `references/skill-sources.md` unchanged (it documents ecosystem skills, not workflow-specific installations)
- If the skill is referenced in example workflows, either remove the example or update it to use alternative skills

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [nicepkg](https://github.com/nicepkg)
- **Source:** [nicepkg/ai-workflow](https://github.com/nicepkg/ai-workflow)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://ai-workflow.xiaominglab.com/

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: flagged — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-nicepkg-ai-workflow-remove-old-skills-from-workflow
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/nicepkg
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