Official agent skill

Create Lab Guide

Clone a dockersamples Labspace repo, extract learning objectives and module structure from labspace.yaml, and produce a Hugo guide page under content/guides/ with correct frontmatter…

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Install Create Lab Guide

skills CLI

$ npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install docker/docs create-lab-guide --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/docker/docs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide .claude/skills/create-lab-guide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "create-lab-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/docker/docs/tree/main/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide into .claude/skills/create-lab-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-lab-guide", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/docker/docs/tree/main/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install docker/docs create-lab-guide --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/docker/docs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide .agents/skills/create-lab-guide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "create-lab-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/docker/docs/tree/main/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide into .agents/skills/create-lab-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-lab-guide", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install docker/docs create-lab-guide --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/docker/docs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide .cursor/skills/create-lab-guide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "create-lab-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/docker/docs/tree/main/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide into .cursor/skills/create-lab-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-lab-guide", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/docker/docs.git --path .agents/skills/create-lab-guide

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install docker/docs create-lab-guide --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/docker/docs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide .gemini/skills/create-lab-guide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "create-lab-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/docker/docs/tree/main/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide into .gemini/skills/create-lab-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-lab-guide", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install docker/docs create-lab-guide

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/docker/docs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide .github/skills/create-lab-guide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "create-lab-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/docker/docs/tree/main/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide into .github/skills/create-lab-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-lab-guide", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install docker/docs create-lab-guide --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/docker/docs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide .opencode/skills/create-lab-guide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "create-lab-guide" agent skill from https://github.com/docker/docs/tree/main/.agents/skills/create-lab-guide into .opencode/skills/create-lab-guide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "create-lab-guide", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: create-lab-guide
GitHub stars: 4.7k
Token cost: ~1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 303 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 13
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Clone a dockersamples Labspace repo, extract learning objectives and module structure from labspace.yaml, and produce a Hugo guide page under content/guides/ with correct frontmatter…

Works in 5 steps: Clone the labspace repo → Extract key information → Write the guide markdown → …
Asked to create a lab guide
SKILL.md covers Inputs, Step 1: Clone the labspace repo, Step 2: Extract key information and Step 3: Write the guide markdown, plus 2 more sections
Calls git, npx and docker; reaches github.com

What it does

Create Lab Guide is an agent skill from docker/docs, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Clone a dockersamples Labspace repo, extract learning objectives and module structure from labspace.yaml, and produce a Hugo guide page under content/guides/ with correct frontmatter, labspace-launch shortcode, and Docker docs style compliance. Use when asked to create a lab guide, write a Labspace page, add a Docker lab tutorial, migrate a lab to docs, or document a hands-on lab.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Containers, Static sites and blogs and Lesson planning. It works with Docker. The repository describes itself as: Source repo for Docker's Documentation. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Asked to create a lab guide
Write a Labspace page
Add a Docker lab tutorial
Migrate a lab to docs

Example prompts

“/create-lab-guide”

Requirements

Node.js
Docker

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Clone the labspace repo
Extract key information
Write the guide markdown
Apply Docker docs style rules
Validate

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7ba25ee. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- git
- npx
- docker
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
- github.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Create Lab Guide loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 303 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~100
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from docker/docs at commit 7ba25ee, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© docker). 303 words, ~1,017 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/create-lab-guide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: create-lab-guide
description: Clone a dockersamples Labspace repo, extract learning objectives and module structure from labspace.yaml, and produce a Hugo guide page under content/guides/ with correct frontmatter, labspace-launch shortcode, and Docker docs style compliance. Use when asked to create a lab guide, write a Labspace page, add a Docker lab tutorial, migrate a lab to docs, or document a hands-on lab.

Create Lab Guide

Create a guide page for a Docker Labspace: clone the source repo, extract structure from labspace.yaml, write the Hugo markdown page, and validate.

Inputs

REPO_NAME: GitHub repo in the dockersamples org (e.g. labspace-ai-fundamentals)

Step 1: Clone the labspace repo

bash

TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dockersamples/{REPO_NAME}.git "$TMPDIR/{REPO_NAME}"

Step 2: Extract key information

Read these files from the cloned repo:

File	Purpose
`README.md`	Lab purpose and overview
`labspace/labspace.yaml`	Module structure and content paths
`labspace/*.md`	Module content (only files listed in `labspace.yaml`)
`.github/workflows/*.yml`	Published Compose file URL for the launch command
`compose.override.yaml`	Check for top-level `model` specs (triggers `model-download` param)

Extract:

A short description for the description and summary frontmatter fields.
Learning objectives from the module content.
Whether a model download is required (compose.override.yaml → top-level model key).

Step 3: Write the guide markdown

Place the file at content/guides/lab-{GUIDE_ID}.md.

markdown

---
title: "Lab: { Short title }"
linkTitle: "Lab: { Short title }"
description: |
  A short description of the lab for SEO and social sharing.
summary: |
  A short summary of the lab for the guides listing page. 2-3 lines.
keywords: AI, Docker, Model Runner, agentic apps, lab, labspace
aliases: # Include only for AI-related labs
  - /labs/docker-for-ai/{REPO_NAME_WITHOUT_LABSPACE_PREFIX}/
params:
  tags: [ai, labs]
  time: 20 minutes
  resource_links:
    - title: A resource link pointing to relevant documentation or code
      url: /ai/model-runner/
    - title: Labspace repository
      url: https://github.com/dockersamples/{REPO_NAME}
---

Short explanation of the lab and what it covers.

## Launch the lab

{{< labspace-launch image="dockersamples/{REPO_NAME}" >}}

## What you'll learn

By the end of this Labspace, you will have completed the following:

- Objective #1
- Objective #2
- Objective #3

## Modules

| # | Module | Description |
|---|--------|-------------|
| 1 | Module #1 | Description of module #1 |
| 2 | Module #2 | Description of module #2 |
| 3 | Module #3 | Description of module #3 |

Conditional rules:

All lab guides must include labs in params.tags.
AI-related labs: also add ai tag and an alias under /labs/docker-for-ai/.
If a model download is required: add model-download: true to the labspace-launch shortcode.

Step 4: Apply Docker docs style rules

Follow STYLE.md and COMPONENTS.md. Key rules:

Avoid	Use instead
"we", "let's"	Imperative voice or "you"
"simply", "easily", "just"	Remove the hedge word
"allows you to" / "enables you to"	"lets you" or rephrase
"click"	"select"
Bold for emphasis / product names	Bold only for UI elements
"currently", "new", "recently"	Remove time-relative language

Use console as the language hint for shell blocks with $ prompts. Use contractions ("it's", "you're", "don't").

Step 5: Validate

Confirm frontmatter has title, description, keywords, and params.tags including labs.
Run npx --no-install rumdl fmt <file> to format.
Run docker buildx bake lint vale and fix any errors.
Re-read the file and verify: correct shortcode syntax, objectives match source content, modules match labspace.yaml, no vendored paths edited.

Do not proceed to commit until validation passes.

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/create-lab-guide of docker/docs.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7ba25ee

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Questions about Create Lab Guide

What does Create Lab Guide do?

Clone a dockersamples Labspace repo, extract learning objectives and module structure from labspace.yaml, and produce a Hugo guide page under content/guides/ with correct frontmatter…. Create Lab Guide is an agent skill from docker/docs, published by the product's own GitHub organization.yaml, and produce a Hugo guide page under content/guides/ with correct frontmatter, labspace-launch shortcode, and Docker docs style compliance.

When should I use Create Lab Guide?

Create Lab Guide fits situations like: asked to create a lab guide; write a Labspace page; add a Docker lab tutorial; migrate a lab to docs.

How do I install Create Lab Guide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/create-lab-guide in docker/docs) into .claude/skills/create-lab-guide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Create Lab Guide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/create-lab-guide in docker/docs) into .agents/skills/create-lab-guide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Create Lab Guide in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add docker/docs --skill create-lab-guide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/create-lab-guide, .gemini/skills/create-lab-guide, .github/skills/create-lab-guide and .opencode/skills/create-lab-guide in your project.

What does Create Lab Guide need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Create Lab Guide needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git, npx and docker). Our summary lists: Node.js; Docker.

Does Create Lab Guide access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: github.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Create Lab Guide safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Create Lab Guide use?

Create Lab Guide is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Create Lab Guide use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Create Lab Guide?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Create Lab Guide: Stack (guardana/guardana, 129 stars), Skip To (ericboy0224/learn-docker-and-k8s, 487 stars), Deploying Go SDK Bundles (astronomer/agents, 451 stars) and Iron Proxy Gateway for NanoClaw (nanocoai/nanoclaw, 31k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Create Lab Guide?

docker (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in docker/docs, which has 4,667 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: docker/docs on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Create Lab Guide

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Create Lab Guide

Inputs

Step 1: Clone the labspace repo

Step 2: Extract key information

Step 3: Write the guide markdown

Step 4: Apply Docker docs style rules

Step 5: Validate

Files

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