gh-bcasci-hustler-marketplace-prompting-plugin/skills/prompt-writing/references/artifact-guides/skills.md

SKILL.md Format

Frontmatter (REQUIRED): Two fields are mandatory:

• name: Unique identifier (lowercase, hyphens for spaces)
• description: Complete description following this pattern:
  1. What the skill does
  2. When to use it (be specific about context)
  3. What it needs (when applicable)
  4. How to trigger it (specific phrases: "Trigger with phrases like '[action] [context]'")

Example: "Generates, analyzes, and optimizes prompts for skills, commands, subagents, reference docs, and free-form text. Use when generating prompt content, analyzing prompt files, or optimizing prompt text. Trigger with phrases like '[generate|analyze|optimize] prompt', '[generate|analyze|optimize] [file-path]', 'create [skill|command|subagent]'."

Optional Frontmatter:

• allowed-tools: Scope tool access (e.g., allowed-tools: "Read, Bash(git:*)")

Markdown Body (FLEXIBLE): No required structure. Use any prompting strategy.