Guide for creating high-quality Agent Skills following the open standard (agentskills.io). Use this when asked to create or update a skill, write a SKILL.md file, convert custom instructions or chatmodes into portable skills, or design specialized AI agent capabilities.
This skill provides guidance for creating effective skills.
This skill helps you create high-quality Agent Skills following the agentskills.io open standard. Agent Skills are folders containing instructions, scripts, and resources that AI agents can load when relevant to perform specialized tasks. Skills you create work across multiple AI agents, including GitHub Copilot in VS Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, and GitHub Copilot coding agent.
Use this skill when you need to:
Use Agent Skills When:
Use Custom Instructions When:
Every skill must have a SKILL.md file in the skill's directory.
The file starts with YAML frontmatter containing metadata:
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