template-skill

This is a reusable authoring template for building new Agent Skills, not a functional tool in itself. It solves the blank-page problem for skill authors by providing a consistent SKILL.md skeleton with the sections a well-formed skill should declare: triggers, use cases, inputs (required and optional), outputs (success and failure formats), a numbered workflow, limitations, and examples. Following the template encourages authors to specify clear triggering keywords and explicit input/output contracts up front.

The content is intentionally placeholder-driven. Fields such as field_a, field_b, and field_c and the workflow steps (validate input completeness, build request parameters, execute the core action, format outputs, and provide a retry or fallback strategy on failure) are generic scaffolding meant to be replaced. A parallel Simplified Chinese version, SKILL.zh-CN.md, mirrors the same structure, so the template doubles as a bilingual starting point with cross-links between the English and Chinese files.

The target users are skill authors and prompt/agent engineers who want a standardized starting structure so their skills are discoverable and predictable. Use cases include spinning up a new skill quickly, enforcing a house style across a skill library, and giving contributors a checklist of the sections every skill should cover. Because it is a template, it contains no executable logic, no scripts, and no external calls; its depth comes entirely from what an author fills in.