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Create new OpenCode skills with the standard scaffold.

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Skill creator helps create other skills that are self-buildable.

The best way to use it is after a user already executed a flow and says: create a skill for this. Alternatively, if the user asks for a skill to be created, suggest they do the task first and ask for skill creation at the end.

This should trigger this scaffold:

  • If the user needed to configure things, create a .env.example without credentials and include all required variables.
  • Ask the user if they want to store credentials. If yes, write them to a .env file in the skill, and suggest rotating keys later.
  • Always add a .gitignore in the skill that ignores .env, and verify .env is not tracked.
  • If the user needed to interact with an API and you created scripts, add reusable scripts under scripts/.
  • New skills should explain how to use the scripts/ and that .env.example defines the minimum config.
  • Skills should state that they infer what they can do from the available config.

Trigger phrases (critical)

The description field is how Claude decides when to use your skill. Include 2-3 specific phrases that should trigger it.

Bad example: "Use when working with content"

Good examples: "Use when user mentions 'content pipeline', 'add to content database', or 'schedule a post'" "Triggers on: 'rotate PDF', 'flip PDF pages', 'change PDF orientation'"

Quick validation:

  • Contains at least one quoted phrase
  • Uses "when" or "triggers"
  • Longer than ~50 characters

Frontmatter template

---
name: my-skill
description: |
  [What it does in one sentence]

  Triggers when user mentions:
  - "[specific phrase 1]"
  - "[specific phrase 2]"
  - "[specific phrase 3]"
---

Quick Usage (Already Configured)

Create a new skill folder

mkdir -p .opencode/skills/<skill-name>

Minimum scaffold files

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/
  • .env
  • .env.example (use this to guide the minimum config)
  • .gitignore (ignore .env)

.env (credentials + config)

  • Use .env.example to document required credentials or external setup.
  • Do not include any real credentials in .env.example.

Minimal skill template

---
name: skill-name
description: One-line description
---

## Quick Usage (Already Configured)

### Action 1
```bash
command here

Common Gotchas

  • Thing that doesn't work as expected

First-Time Setup (If Not Configured)

  1. ...
## Notes from OpenCode docs

- Skill folders live in `.opencode/skills/<name>/SKILL.md`.
- `name` must be lowercase and match the folder.
- Frontmatter requires `name` and `description`.

## Reference

Follow the official OpenCode skills docs: https://opencode.ai/docs/skills/
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