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Agent skill

Repo Skill Authoring

by netdata in netdata/netdata

Create, amend, restructure, or review Netdata skills under .agents/skills/ and docs/netdata-ai/skills/.

GPL-3.0Auto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Repo Skill Authoring

skills CLI
$ npx skills add netdata/netdata --skill repo-skill-authoring -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install netdata/netdata repo-skill-authoring --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/netdata/netdata.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/repo-skill-authoring .claude/skills/repo-skill-authoring && 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
repo-skill-authoring
GitHub stars
81k
Token cost
~771 tokens
SKILL.md length
331 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
27
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
GPL-3.0

At a glance

Create, amend, restructure, or review Netdata skills under .agents/skills/ and docs/netdata-ai/skills/.

  • Skill instructions
  • SKILL.md covers Pick Your Task, What Good Looks Like and Maintaining This Skill
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Preservation of domain knowledge

What it does

Repo Skill Authoring is an agent skill from netdata/netdata. Create, amend, restructure, or review Netdata skills under .agents/skills/ and docs/netdata-ai/skills/. Use for skill instructions, triggers, routing, stale claims, duplication, and preservation of domain knowledge. Review is read-only; small amendments use a bounded workflow. Repository bootstrap and PR-comment triage have separate workflows.

Its SKILL.md is about 770 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `authoring-rules.md` and `change-method.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Skill authoring. The repository describes itself as: The fastest path to AI-powered full stack observability, even for lean teams. The licence is GPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Skill instructions
  • Preservation of domain knowledge

Example prompts

  • “/repo-skill-authoring”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a7f3cf9. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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

Repo Skill Authoring loads about 771 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 92 tokens; SKILL.md has 331 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~92
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~771

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 netdata/netdata at commit a7f3cf9, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© netdata). 331 words, ~771 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/repo-skill-authoring/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
repo-skill-authoring
description
Create, amend, restructure, or review Netdata skills under .agents/skills/ and docs/netdata-ai/skills/. Use for skill instructions, triggers, routing, stale claims, duplication, and preservation of domain knowledge. Review is read-only; small amendments use a bounded workflow. Repository bootstrap and PR-comment triage have separate workflows.

Skill Authoring

Use skills to preserve project-specific knowledge and route each task to the instructions it needs. Loading a skill for review or maintenance does not authorize the operational procedures it describes. Root AGENTS.md and .agents/skills/README.md remain the owners of project authorization, SOW, delivery and skill-layout policy.

Pick Your Task

TaskRead
Explain guidance or investigate possible rotRelevant sections of ./authoring-rules.md#rot-signals; report evidence without implementation ceremonies
Review an existing skill change./change-method.md#review-round and the relevant rules/owners; use the supplied diff and scope
Correct or add a bounded rule, example, trigger or local duplicate./change-method.md#bounded-amendment and the affected ./authoring-rules.md#authoring-rules sections
Restructure, slim, split or migrate substantial knowledge./change-method.md#restructure-evidence, then its preservation and review sections
Create a skill./change-method.md#creating-a-skill and ./authoring-rules.md#authoring-rules
Locate a governing project rule./authoring-rules.md#where-the-rules-live

A slimming pass over touched content does not by itself turn an amendment into a restructure. Choose by loss risk and changed contracts, not line count. Existing user approval persists; this skill adds no options round for a fixed goal. Non-trivial implementation still needs the project SOW gate; read-only and trivial work retain the owner's exemptions (AGENTS.md#when-a-sow-is-required, AGENTS.md#plan-before-non-trivial-work).

What Good Looks Like

The description makes the skill discoverable; the short entry states shared constraints and routes to details. The relevant owner supports factual claims, commands are valid for their stated environment, and valid exceptions survive changes. A reviewer can assess the full assigned change without being told to run live procedures or rewrite unrelated material. Validation and review establish acceptance; shorter text alone is not proof of improvement.

Maintaining This Skill

Capture applicable lessons under AGENTS.md#knowledge-capture and the active task's artifact gate. Updating one lesson uses the bounded amendment path unless it changes the method structurally. When the method changes, walk through a representative amendment, restructure and read-only review, including their action boundaries, using this skill, root AGENTS.md and the skills README. The walkthrough MAY be performed directly or included in a review; it does not require a separate review round. Final readiness follows AGENTS.md#review.

© netdata, GPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in .agents/skills/repo-skill-authoring of netdata/netdata.

  • SKILL.md
  • authoring-rules.md
  • change-method.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a7f3cf9

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Questions about Repo Skill Authoring

What does Repo Skill Authoring do?

Create, amend, restructure, or review Netdata skills under .agents/skills/ and docs/netdata-ai/skills/. Repo Skill Authoring is an agent skill from netdata/netdata.agents/skills/ and docs/netdata-ai/skills/.

When should I use Repo Skill Authoring?

Repo Skill Authoring fits situations like: skill instructions; preservation of domain knowledge.

How do I install Repo Skill Authoring in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Repo Skill Authoring in Codex?

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

Can I use Repo Skill Authoring 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 netdata/netdata --skill repo-skill-authoring -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/repo-skill-authoring, .gemini/skills/repo-skill-authoring, .github/skills/repo-skill-authoring and .opencode/skills/repo-skill-authoring in your project.

What does Repo Skill Authoring need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Repo Skill Authoring is instructions for the agent only.

Does Repo Skill Authoring access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Repo Skill Authoring 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 Repo Skill Authoring use?

Repo Skill Authoring is published under the GPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Repo Skill Authoring use?

About 771 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.1k 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 Repo Skill Authoring?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Repo Skill Authoring: Skill Creator (Azure/azqr, 795 stars), Claude Code Skill Developer Guide (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars), Darwin Skill Optimizer (alchaincyf/darwin-skill, 6.2k stars) and Claude Code Command Development (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Repo Skill Authoring?

netdata (a GitHub organization) maintains it in netdata/netdata, which has 80,853 GitHub stars. The repository holds 27 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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