Agent skill · AI agents · mblode

agent-skills-creator agent skill by mblode

Creates and improves portable Agent Skills using a validator and routing scenarios, with evidence-based decisions to keep, cut, merge, or retire skills.

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At a glance

Publisher	mblode
Repository	mblode/agent-skills (28 listed skills)
Category	AI Agents and LLM Engineering
License	MIT
Last commit	October 17, 2026 (repository)
SKILL.md	121 lines, 1,576 words
Bundled files	12 files, including references, scripts
Quality score	91/100 · A Passes all seven graded checks
Security scan	Not scanned
README badge	Get the badges for this listing

Before you install

Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.

Bundled scripts: 1 script file (1 Shell). Your agent may run them, so read them first.
License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.

Install agent-skills-creator

The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.

Skills CLI

npx skills add https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/agent-skills-creator

Claude Code, project-level copy

tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/agent-skills-creator .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"

Codex installer

python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
    --repo mblode/agent-skills \
    --path skills/agent-skills-creator

mblode/agent-skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.

How the author describes it

Creates and improves portable Agent Skills with a validator, routing scenarios, and evidence-based keep, cut, merge, or retire decisions. Use when asked to "write a skill", "update all skills", "audit my SKILL.md", "remove redundant instructions", or fix skill triggering.

From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.

Compatibility, from SKILL.md

Compatibility	Repository validation requires Bash, Ruby with YAML and JSON, Perl, and standard Unix utilities.

Sections in SKILL.md

Choose a Mode
Reference Files
Creation Workflow
Step 1: Choose a pattern
Step 2: Create directory and frontmatter
Step 3: Write SKILL.md body
Step 4: Add reference or rule files
Step 5: Validate
Step 6: Update README.md
Step 7: Smoke-test
Step 8: Evaluate and iterate
Gotchas
Anti-patterns
Related Skills

Files in the skill folder

SKILL.md
evals/evals.json
references/adopt-adapt-author.md
references/authoring-tips.md
references/capability-delta.md
references/evaluation-and-iteration.md
references/executable-code.md
references/format-specification.md
references/improving-existing-skills.md
references/rules-folder-structure.md
references/skill-patterns.md
scripts/validate.sh

Suede Skill Check: 91/100 · A

Report snapshot · October 19, 2026 · graded-v2

The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.

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Boundary clause: 0 of 4 points. 4 when the description says when not to use the skill (“Not for …”, “Do not use …”, “Use … instead”).
Tool permissions declared: 0 of 2 points. 2 when the frontmatter declares allowed-tools.

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agent-skills-creator passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.

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Check	Result
Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description	Pass
Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer	Pass
Name matches the skill's folder name	Pass
Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters	Pass
Description says when an agent should use the skill	Pass
SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer	Pass
A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository	Pass
Repository has a commit in the last 12 months	Pass

Score component	Points
Structural checks	56 of 56
Description length	5 of 5
Boundary clause	0 of 4
Example request	3 of 3
Instruction depth	7 of 7
Reference files	3 of 3
Bundled scripts	2 of 2
Recent maintenance	9 of 9
Curated-list citations	4 of 7
Tool permissions declared	0 of 2
Compatibility declared	2 of 2

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