Skills

Write Agentmemory Skill

The house format and rules for writing or updating an agentmemory skill.

Install

npx skills add rohitg00/agentmemory --skill write-agentmemory-skill -g -a claude-code -y
Repository
rohitg00/agentmemory30.1k
Category
Writing
Updated
6d ago
License
Apache-2.0
Context cost
Lightabout 538 tokens
Runs scripts
No, instructions only

What it does

The house format and rules for writing or updating an agentmemory skill. Use when adding a new skill, restructuring an existing one, or reviewing a skill contribution for consistency.

agentmemory skills follow one tiered format so they stay skimmable, accurate, and current. Match it exactly.

Directory layout

plugin/skills/<name>/
  SKILL.md      (required, under 100 lines)
  REFERENCE.md  (optional, dense facts; auto-generate data tables)
  EXAMPLES.md   (optional, worked transcripts)
  TROUBLESHOOTING.md (generated support file)

SKILL.md rules

  • Frontmatter: name, description, optional argument-hint, and user-invocable. Set user-invocable: true only for skills the user runs as a slash command; reference and knowledge skills are false.
  • Description is two sentences and the only thing the agent sees when deciding to load the skill. Sentence one states the capability. Sentence two starts "Use when" and lists concrete triggers. Keep it distinct from sibling skills, under 1024 chars, third person.
  • Body order: Quick start (one concrete example), Why (the governing principle), Workflow (numbered steps with decision gates), Anti-patterns (a WRONG vs RIGHT callout for the top mistake), Checklist, See also (cross-link siblings), Reference or Troubleshooting pointer.
  • Stay under 100 lines. Move dense facts to REFERENCE.md and examples to EXAMPLES.md.
  • Keep supporting files inside the skill directory so each skill works when installed separately. Link TROUBLESHOOTING.md; the generator copies shared recovery instructions into each skill root.

Keep it current

Facts that exist in source (tool names and parameters, REST endpoints, env vars, connect adapters, hook events) are generated, never hand-typed. Edit the source, then run npm run skills:gen. CI runs npm run skills:check and fails on drift, so generated tables cannot fall behind the code.

Style

No external or competitor product names. No emojis. No em-dashes. No filler. State the thing and stop.

Checklist

Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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