Hello World
A minimal example skill that greets users and explains how skills work. Use when user says "hello world skill", "test my skills setup", or "show me how skills work".
Install
$ agentstack add skill-timwukp-agent-skills-best-practice-hello-world ✓ scanned · ✓ verified — works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
About
Hello World Skill
A minimal working skill to verify your setup and understand the basic pattern.
Instructions
When triggered, do the following:
- Greet the user and confirm this skill was activated
- Ask for their name if not already provided
- Generate a personalized welcome message
- Explain the three-level progressive disclosure system:
- Level 1: YAML frontmatter (always loaded, ~100 words)
- Level 2: SKILL.md body (loaded when triggered — you're reading it now)
- Level 3: Linked references (loaded as needed)
Example
User says: "Test my skills setup"
Response:
- Confirm the hello-world skill activated successfully
- Greet the user
- Briefly explain what just happened (skill triggering via description match)
Guidelines
- Keep responses concise and friendly
- This skill is for learning — point users to more complex skills as next steps
- Suggest they look at
skills/skills/skill-creator/to build their own
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: timwukp
- Source: timwukp/agent-skills-best-practice
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.