Skill Creator

/skill-creator — create an IWE skill

> Scope: create a new skill OR guide an update to an existing skill in .claude/skills/ or .kimi/skills/. > Not in scope: full re-scaffold without deleting the old SKILL.md first (delete manually, then call /skill-creator again); creating a WP; creating a Pack. > Role: ad-hoc content-role «Инженер скиллов»; formalize in Pack if ≥3 skills/year.

When to use

• Pilot wants a new skill for a repeated workflow.
• A new tool/agent/system needs a Service Clause + Role + SKILL.md.
• A skill needs promotion from author repo to FMT-exocortex-template.

Preconditions (checked, not performed)

1. WP Gate precondition. The task must be attached to an agreed WP in the weekly plan or explicitly named by the pilot. /skill-creator does not conduct the WP Gate ritual itself.
2. Routing Gate. Decide target platform (Claude vs Kimi) and level (project vs user). Default: project-level .claude/skills/ in the author repo.
3. IntegrationGate hard-check. DP.SC.* and DP.ROLE.* must exist in the PACK repo. If not, the skill stops and offers to create them. Bypass only by explicit pilot instruction «пропусти gate» — no code flag.

Algorithm

Step 1 — Check WP Gate precondition

Look up the current weekly plan (current/WeekPlan W{N}.md) or ask:

К какому РП привязано создание скилла?

If no WP is named and none matches the skill topic → stop:

Создание скилла требует согласованного РП. Сначала откройте РП через WP Gate.

Step 2 — Routing Gate

Ask or infer:

| Question | Default | |----------|---------| | Claude или Kimi? | Claude | | project-level или user-level? | project-level | | governance-репо для учёта? | ${IWE_GOVERNANCE_REPO:-DS-strategy} |

Target path:

• Claude project: .claude/skills//
• Kimi project: .kimi/skills//
• User level: ~/.claude/skills// or ~/.kimi/skills//

Step 2.5 — Detect existing skill

Check whether /SKILL.md already exists.

If it exists → switch to update mode. Do NOT re-scaffold. Show the pilot:

Скилл  уже существует (версия X.Y.Z).
Что обновить?
  [ ] description
  [ ] slash / phrase triggers
  [ ] version bump (current: X.Y.Z → new: ?)
  [ ] algorithm step (add / edit)
  [ ] bundled resource (add scripts/ references/ assets/)
  [ ] полный пересоздать → удалите SKILL.md вручную, затем запустите /skill-creator снова
  [ ] отмена → ничего не менять

Collect the pilot's choices. Apply changes directly to the existing SKILL.md via Edit.

Skip Steps 3–6 unless the pilot selected "bundled resource" or any change that expands the skill's scope or gates — in that case, run Step 3 (IntegrationGate) before applying.

For Step 7 (register + verify): run verify-skill.sh always. Run generate-skills-catalog.sh only if frontmatter changed (name, description, triggers, version).

Version bump rule: bump patch for trigger / description edits; bump minor for algorithm changes or adding a bundled resource; bump major for gate or scope changes.

If it does not exist → continue to Step 3 (normal creation flow).

Step 3 — IntegrationGate

Check PACK repo for files matching DP.SC.* and DP.ROLE.*. If missing:

Service Clause (DP.SC.*) и Role (DP.ROLE.*) не найдены.
Создайте их сейчас через /pack-new или соответствующий процесс.
Для продолжения без них скажите явно: «пропусти gate».

Stop until the gate is satisfied or explicitly bypassed by pilot words.

Step 4 — Collect parameters (4 short steps)

4a. Name and description

Имя скилла (hyphen-case): 
Краткое описание — что делает и когда использовать:

4b. Agents and interaction axes

agents: single | multi
interaction: one-shot | multi-step

4c. Triggers

slash-команды (через запятую):
фразовые триггеры (через запятую):

Keep phrase triggers narrow: include a skill name placeholder to avoid accidental activation.

4d. Bundled resources

Какие bundled resources нужны?
[ ] scripts/
[ ] references/
[ ] assets/

Default: assets/ for scaffold template, scripts/ for verify script.

Step 5 — Generate scaffold

Choose scaffold template based on skill complexity:

• Minimal (assets/skill-scaffold-minimal.md): single-step skills without external gates
• Full (assets/skill-scaffold-full.md): multi-step skills with Preconditions and Bundled resources

Copy chosen template to target path and substitute:

• {{name}}, {{description}}, {{version}} (default 0.1.0), {{status}} (default experimental)
• {{agents}}, {{interaction}}, {{layer}}
• {{slash_triggers}}, {{phrase_triggers}}
• {{gates_rationale}} — required when gates_required and gates_enforced are both empty

Create selected bundled resource directories with placeholder files.

Step 6 — Show draft

Print generated SKILL.md and file list to stdout. No P5 question. Pilot can cancel with:

/skill-creator undo

Undo works only before next commit or within 15 minutes.

Step 7 — Write files, register, verify

Write files to target path. Then regenerate the catalog and run verify:

bash scripts/generate-skills-catalog.sh   # register in skills-catalog.yaml
bash scripts/verify-skill.sh        # 33-point structural check

Both commands must pass before the skill is considered created.

For skills with interaction: multi-step: run /vdv audit on the Algorithm section. Not a gate — does not block creation — but catches steps with missing Input/Output linkage before the skill is used in practice.

Bundled resources

• assets/skill-scaffold-minimal.md — scaffold for single-step skills without external gates
• assets/skill-scaffold-full.md — scaffold for multi-step skills with Preconditions and Bundled resources
• scripts/verify-skill.sh — validates frontmatter, gates fields, bundled resource existence, L1 location

Known schema gaps

Fields used by some existing skills but not yet in the standard frontmatter schema:

• argument-hint — CLI-style hint for script-executor skills (e.g. agent-fault, apply-captures). Encodes the argument contract. Keep until schema is extended or absorbed into description.
• routing.executor — indicates whether the skill runs via script, sonnet, or another executor. Useful for the dispatcher but not validated by verify-skill.sh. Candidate for standardization.

Until standardized: leave these fields as-is in existing skills; do not remove during Step 2.5 updates.

Known tool gaps

• verify-skill.sh L1 location check for .kimi/skills/: check_l1_location only checks FMT-exocortex-template/.claude/skills/. For skills placed at .kimi/skills/ (platform:kimi), the L1 location check is skipped when layer: L2, or produces a spurious FAIL when layer: L1. Until verify-skill.sh is extended with a --platform kimi flag, use layer: L2 for .kimi/skills/ test skills, and document any intentional L1 Kimi skills separately.
• content-audit.sh coverage (Ф9): audit script checks 5 structural criteria (gates_rationale, Algorithm section, step headings ≥3, step content ≥2 lines, When-to-use section). 7 YELLOW skills (single C3 issue) are simple alias/mode skills without numbered step headings. This is structural noise, not content error — these skills are functionally correct. See scripts/content-audit.sh for full output.

Anti-patterns

• Do not create a skill without a linked WP.
• Do not bypass IntegrationGate with a code flag.
• Do not put wide phrase triggers like «надо сделать скилл».
• Run generate-skills-catalog.sh after writing files (Step 7) — not before, not manually.
• Do not make the skill verify itself; use scripts/verify-skill.sh.
• Do not skip verify-skill.sh after editing an existing skill — always run it after any update.
• Do not re-scaffold for minor updates (triggers, description, version bump, algorithm); use Step 2.5 update mode instead. Exception: platform or layer change (e.g. Claude→Kimi, L1→L3) requires a new path and a fresh scaffold — delete old SKILL.md first.
• Do not forget version bump when changing gates, scope, or algorithm steps (bump minor or major).

Verification

After creation, run:

bash scripts/verify-skill.sh 

Expected result: PASS with checks for: valid YAML frontmatter, non-empty description, recognized triggers, gates_required/gates_enforced fields with valid enum values, bundled resource files exist, scaffold templates valid, L1 skills present in FMT.

Source & license

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

• Author: TserenTserenov
• Source: TserenTserenov/FMT-exocortex-template
• License: MIT

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