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Agent skill

Spk Meta Skill Authoring

by spec-kitty in spec-kitty/spec-kitty

Author future Spec Kitty spk skills using the 3.2.0 naming convention, lifecycle families, and doctrine/command boundaries.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Spk Meta Skill Authoring

skills CLI
$ npx skills add spec-kitty/spec-kitty --skill spk-meta-skill-authoring -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install spec-kitty/spec-kitty spk-meta-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/spec-kitty/spec-kitty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/charter/offering/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring .claude/skills/spk-meta-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
spk-meta-skill-authoring
GitHub stars
1.7k
Token cost
~216 tokens
SKILL.md length
86 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
45
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Author future Spec Kitty spk skills using the 3.2.0 naming convention, lifecycle families, and doctrine/command boundaries.

  • Works in 5 steps: Name public operating skills spk--. → Keep generated slash-command files… → Preserve legacy spec-kitty-* skills when… → …
  • Tasks that involve Skill authoring
  • SKILL.md covers Rules and Families
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Spk Meta Skill Authoring is an agent skill from spec-kitty/spec-kitty. Author future Spec Kitty spk skills using the 3.2.0 naming convention, lifecycle families, and doctrine/command boundaries.

Its SKILL.md is about 220 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. The repository describes itself as: Spec-Driven Development with organizational governance. Specs tell AI agents what to build; Charter governs how they build it. Git-native missions, enforceable workflows, and… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Skill authoring

Example prompts

  • “/spk-meta-skill-authoring”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Name public operating skills spk--.
  2. Keep generated slash-command files separate from generated
  3. Preserve legacy spec-kitty-* skills when they remain useful aliases or
  4. Keep mission behavior in doctrine mission composition, not in skill prose.
  5. Add tests when changing the public skill inventory.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d12146f. 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

Spk Meta Skill Authoring loads about 216 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 37 tokens; SKILL.md has 86 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~37
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~216

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 spec-kitty/spec-kitty at commit d12146f, republished under its MIT licence (© spec-kitty). 86 words, ~216 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
spk-meta-skill-authoring
description
Author future Spec Kitty spk skills using the 3.2.0 naming convention, lifecycle families, and doctrine/command boundaries.

spk-meta-skill-authoring

Use this skill when creating or revising a Spec Kitty skill.

Rules

  1. Name public operating skills spk-<family>-<action-or-topic>.
  2. Keep generated slash-command files separate from generated spec-kitty.<command> Agent Skills.
  3. Preserve legacy spec-kitty-* skills when they remain useful aliases or detailed workflows.
  4. Keep mission behavior in doctrine mission composition, not in skill prose.
  5. Add tests when changing the public skill inventory.

Families

Use only established families unless a new family improves discovery: start, mission, run, gate, admin, team, charter, practice, integrate, or meta.

© spec-kitty, MIT. 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 src/charter/offering/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring of spec-kitty/spec-kitty.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d12146f

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Questions about Spk Meta Skill Authoring

What does Spk Meta Skill Authoring do?

Author future Spec Kitty spk skills using the 3.2.0 naming convention, lifecycle families, and doctrine/command boundaries. Spk Meta Skill Authoring is an agent skill from spec-kitty/spec-kitty.0 naming convention, lifecycle families, and doctrine/command boundaries.

When should I use Spk Meta Skill Authoring?

Spk Meta Skill Authoring fits situations like: tasks that involve Skill authoring.

How do I install Spk Meta Skill Authoring in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add spec-kitty/spec-kitty --skill spk-meta-skill-authoring -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/charter/offering/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring in spec-kitty/spec-kitty) into .claude/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Spk Meta Skill Authoring in Codex?

Run `npx skills add spec-kitty/spec-kitty --skill spk-meta-skill-authoring -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/charter/offering/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring in spec-kitty/spec-kitty) into .agents/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Spk Meta 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 spec-kitty/spec-kitty --skill spk-meta-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/spk-meta-skill-authoring, .gemini/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring, .github/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring and .opencode/skills/spk-meta-skill-authoring in your project.

What does Spk Meta Skill Authoring need to run?

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

Does Spk Meta 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 Spk Meta 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 Spk Meta Skill Authoring use?

Spk Meta Skill Authoring is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Spk Meta Skill Authoring use?

About 216 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 864 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 Spk Meta Skill Authoring?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Spk Meta Skill Authoring: Skill Creator (Azure/azqr, 796 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 Spk Meta Skill Authoring?

spec-kitty (a GitHub organization) maintains it in spec-kitty/spec-kitty, which has 1,678 GitHub stars. The repository holds 45 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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