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Skill Authoring

by rohitg00

Skill Authoring is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by rohitg00 in skillkit.

1.5K stars137 forkson rohitg00/skillkitAdded 2026/08/19+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/06/02
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Install Skill Authoring
Copy Skill Authoring into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.
terminal
npx degit https://github.com/rohitg00/skillkit/tree/main/packages/core/src/methodology/packs/meta/skill-authoring ~/.claude/skills/skill-authoring

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/rohitg00/skillkit.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file
packages/core/src/methodology/packs/meta/skill-authoring/SKILL.md in rohitg00/skillkit
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/skill-authoring
Collection
One of 17 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
AI Engineering2451 skills

What Skill Authoring does

Skill Authoring creates and structures SKILL.md files for AI coding agents, including YAML frontmatter, trigger phrases, directive instructions, decision trees, code examples, and verification checklists. Use when the user asks to write a new skill, create a skill file, author agent capabilities, generate skill documentation, or define a skill template for Claude Code agents.

Skill Authoring is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Skill Authoring comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, agentskills, ai, cli and codex.

Documentation

README

Skill Authoring Guide

You are authoring a SKILL.md for an AI coding agent. A well-written skill provides clear, actionable guidance that agents can follow consistently.

Core Principle

A skill's description triggers it; the body teaches it.

The description tells the agent WHEN to use the skill. The content tells the agent HOW to execute it.

Skill Anatomy

SKILL.md Structure

---
name: [lowercase-hyphenated-name]
description: [Concrete actions + "Use when..." clause]
version: [Semantic version]
triggers:
  - [keyword 1]
  - [keyword 2]
tags:
  - [tag 1]
---

# [Skill Title]

[Introduction paragraph explaining purpose]

## Core Principle

**[Single most important rule in bold]**

## [Main Content Sections]

## [Decision Points]

## [Verification Checklist]

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Skill Authoring

  • What else does rohitg00 publish alongside Skill Authoring?

    Skill Authoring is one of 17 skills that DirSkills catalogs from rohitg00/skillkit, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Design First, Eval Injection Test and Find Skills. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Skill Authoring does, and is maintained by rohitg00 in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the rohitg00/skillkit page.

  • How does Skill Authoring compare to other AI Engineering skills?

    Skill Authoring ranks #1015 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Skill Authoring against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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