# create-skill

Turns a one-line description into a finished skill: parses the request, checks for duplicates, researches the APIs and opens a pull request.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/aeonfun-create-skill

## What it does

The skill takes `${var}` — a plain-language description such as tracking Ethereum gas prices and alerting below 10 gwei. An empty variable stops the run with `CREATE_SKILL_NO_VAR` and a notification. The agent then pulls the action verb, data sources, output format, configurable parameters and cadence out of the request, and keeps that summary for the pull request body.

Duplicate detection goes past a directory listing. Keywords from the request are matched against `skills/*/SKILL.md`, the three closest candidates get read in full, and the agent judges whether an existing skill with a different `var=` already covers the job. A real overlap exits as `CREATE_SKILL_DUPLICATE` with the existing skill name. When the match is merely adjacent, the new skill is designed around a different angle or cadence, and the boundary is written into the PR.

Every API the skill needs is checked with WebSearch and WebFetch: endpoints, headers, auth scheme, rate limits, environment variables. A separate step lists secret names through `gh api repos/:owner/:repo/actions/secrets --jq '.secrets[].name'` — values stay out of reach. A name that isn't there is recorded as `NEW_SECRET_REQUIRED`, and the generated skill has to degrade gracefully instead of crashing. Direct commits to `main` are off the table; everything goes through a PR. The category must be one of `core`, `evolution`, `basics`, `dev`, `crypto`, `productivity`, or CI rejects it.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill create-skill -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/create-skill/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill create-skill -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill create-skill -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon create-skill
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill create-skill -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/create-skill
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill create-skill -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/create-skill/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a one-sentence idea into a working skill
- find out whether a similar skill already exists in the repo
- pin down current API docs and record them in SKILL.md
- list which secrets are missing before enabling the skill
- get the result reviewed through a pull request instead of a direct commit

## Example prompts
- Create a skill that watches Hacker News for new AI papers and sends a daily summary
- Generate a skill that tracks Ethereum gas prices and alerts me below 10 gwei
- Build a new skill for tracking GitHub releases and open it as a PR

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: create-skill
description: Generate a complete new skill from a one-line prompt and ship it as a PR
metadata:
  title: Create Skill
  category: evolution
  var: ""
  tags:
    - dev
    - meta
---
> **${var}** — A natural-language description of the skill to create. **Required.** Example: `"monitor Hacker News for AI papers and send a summary"` or `"track gas prices on Ethereum and alert when below 10 gwei"`.

<!-- autoresearch: variation B — sharper output via PR-first workflow + quality enforcement + exit taxonomy + new-secret guard -->

If `${var}` is empty, exit `CREATE_SKILL_NO_VAR`:
```bash
./notify "create-skill aborted: var empty — pass a description e.g. \"monitor X for Y\""
```
Then stop.

Today is ${today}. Your task is to generate a complete, production-ready skill from `${var}`, score it against a quality bar, and ship it as a PR — **never commit directly to `main`**.

## Steps

1. **Parse the request.** Extract from `${var}`:
   - Core action verb (monitor, fetch, generate, analyze, alert, track, scan, etc.)
   - Data source(s) — APIs, websites, RSS, on-chain, GitHub, etc.
   - Output format — notification, article, file, PR, dashboard, etc.
   - Configurable parameter(s) the new skill will accept via its own `${var}`
   - Suggested cadence (daily, hourly, weekly, on-demand)

   Save a one-paragraph structured request summary; you'll use it in the PR body.

2. **Duplicate detection (deep — not just `ls`).** Find functional overlap, not just name collision.
   ```bash
   keywords=$(echo "${var}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | grep -oE '[a-z]{4,}' \
     | grep -vE '^(send|with|from|that|this|when|each|into|over|some|like|just|than|then|also|will|have|been|using|monitor|track|fetch|alert)$' \
     | sort -u)
   for kw in $keywords; do
     grep -liE "$kw" skills/*/SKILL.md | head -5
   done
   ```
   Read the top 3 candidates fully. For each, judge: does it already do this? Could the request be solved by running an existing skill with a different `var=`?
   - **Near-duplicate exists** → exit `CREATE_SKILL_DUPLICATE`. Notify with the existing skill name and a one-line suggestion ("use existing `{skill}` with `var={...}` instead"). Stop.
   - **Functionally adjacent** → design the new skill to complement (different angle/cadence/output). Document the boundary in the PR body.
````
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