Agent skill

Author Skill

by fl-sean03 in fl-sean03/OpenSDL

Create, revise, split, or remove an OpenSDL repository skill.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Author Skill

skills CLI
$ npx skills add fl-sean03/OpenSDL --skill author-skill -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install fl-sean03/OpenSDL author-skill --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/fl-sean03/OpenSDL.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/author-skill .claude/skills/author-skill && 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/

Facts

Skill name
author-skill
GitHub stars
107
Token cost
~440 tokens
SKILL.md length
206 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
11
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Create, revise, split, or remove an OpenSDL repository skill.

  • Works in 9 steps: Read docs/development/agent-skills.md… → Place durable global rules in AGENTS.md,… → Create or revise one canonical directory… → …
  • A recurring agent procedure needs portable triggers
  • SKILL.md covers Inputs, Procedure, Completion and Stop conditions
  • Calls uv

What it does

Author Skill is an agent skill from fl-sean03/OpenSDL. Create, revise, split, or remove an OpenSDL repository skill. Use when a recurring agent procedure needs portable triggers, instructions, resources, validation, and fresh-session tests.

Its SKILL.md is about 440 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 Agent Workflows, covering Skill authoring. It works with Python. The repository describes itself as: A modular Python foundation for reproducible computational and autonomous laboratories. Alpha; the reference profile is simulator-only. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • A recurring agent procedure needs portable triggers
  • Fresh-session tests

Example prompts

  • “/author-skill”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

9 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read docs/development/agent-skills.md and the nearest .agents/AGENTS.md.
  2. Place durable global rules in AGENTS.md, concepts in documentation, exact behavior in typed
  3. Create or revise one canonical directory under .agents/skills/.
  4. Keep SKILL.md focused on one job. Add only the supporting references, scripts, or assets that
  5. Use portable name and description frontmatter. State what the skill does and when it applies.
  6. Reference every supporting file and every command that the procedure depends on.
  7. Add or update the matching .claude/skills/ symlink.
  8. Run uv run --locked python scripts/validate-repository.py and the procedure's own tests.
  9. Forward-test positive selection, negative selection, representative execution, and continuing

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 43f4988. 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:

    • uv

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Author Skill loads about 440 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 206 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~440

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 fl-sean03/OpenSDL at commit 43f4988, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© fl-sean03). 206 words, ~440 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/author-skill/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
author-skill
description
Create, revise, split, or remove an OpenSDL repository skill. Use when a recurring agent procedure needs portable triggers, instructions, resources, validation, and fresh-session tests.

Author a repository skill

Inputs

  • recurring job and intended users
  • three positive trigger requests
  • two nearby requests that should select a different skill or no skill
  • supported commands, inputs, outputs, evidence, and stop conditions

Procedure

  1. Read docs/development/agent-skills.md and the nearest .agents/AGENTS.md.
  2. Place durable global rules in AGENTS.md, concepts in documentation, exact behavior in typed tooling, and equipment procedures in a reviewed lab runbook.
  3. Create or revise one canonical directory under .agents/skills/.
  4. Keep SKILL.md focused on one job. Add only the supporting references, scripts, or assets that the procedure needs.
  5. Use portable name and description frontmatter. State what the skill does and when it applies.
  6. Reference every supporting file and every command that the procedure depends on.
  7. Add or update the matching .claude/skills/ symlink.
  8. Run uv run --locked python scripts/validate-repository.py and the procedure's own tests.
  9. Forward-test positive selection, negative selection, representative execution, and continuing work in a dirty worktree.

Completion

The canonical skill validates, both supported harnesses discover it, its commands exist, and fresh tests show correct selection and completion behavior.

Stop conditions

Stop if the proposed procedure depends on a planned command, duplicates operational authority, or would store credentials, conversation transcripts, or mutable runtime state in Git.

© fl-sean03, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/author-skill of fl-sean03/OpenSDL.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 43f4988

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Questions about Author Skill

What does Author Skill do?

Create, revise, split, or remove an OpenSDL repository skill. Author Skill is an agent skill from fl-sean03/OpenSDL. Create, revise, split, or remove an OpenSDL repository skill.

When should I use Author Skill?

Author Skill fits situations like: A recurring agent procedure needs portable triggers; fresh-session tests.

How do I install Author Skill in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add fl-sean03/OpenSDL --skill author-skill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/author-skill in fl-sean03/OpenSDL) into .claude/skills/author-skill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Author Skill in Codex?

Run `npx skills add fl-sean03/OpenSDL --skill author-skill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/author-skill in fl-sean03/OpenSDL) into .agents/skills/author-skill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Author Skill 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 fl-sean03/OpenSDL --skill author-skill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/author-skill, .gemini/skills/author-skill, .github/skills/author-skill and .opencode/skills/author-skill in your project.

What does Author Skill need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Author Skill needs the command-line tools its instructions call (uv). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Author Skill access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Author Skill 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 Author Skill use?

Author Skill 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 Author Skill use?

About 440 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k 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 Author Skill?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Author Skill: SkillAnything Skill Generator (AgentSkillOS/SkillAnything, 471 stars), DBS Skill Maker (dontbesilent2025/dbskill, 11k stars), Skill Creator (luongnv89/asm, 954 stars) and Run History Skill Builder (dongshuyan/compass-skills, 752 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Author Skill?

fl-sean03 (a GitHub user) maintains it in fl-sean03/OpenSDL, which has 107 GitHub stars. The repository holds 11 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

Source: fl-sean03/OpenSDL on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.