# article-prompts-to-skills

Convert tutorials, articles, or prompt packs into standalone AgentSkills packages with demos and tests. Use it when ideas need packaging into working agent capabilities.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 7001
- Author: MengTo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/codex/article-prompts-to-skills/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/article-prompts-to-skills

## What it does

The skill breaks down an article into independent mechanics while stripping away source branding, layout specifics, and hard-coded colors. It starts by drafting an extraction ledger to map prompts against isolated capabilities. If the source material is raw HTML without extracted prompts, run `$html-to-interaction-prompts` before running this workflow.

Each extracted behavior goes into its own folder under `agent-skills/<category>/<skill-name>/`. It creates a `SKILL.md` file with operational steps, an `agents/openai.yaml` configuration, and a `demo/` folder containing an `index.html` demo, `preview.jpg`, and `PROMPT.md`. The workflow expects the `skill-creator` initializer to scaffold new folders.

Static inspection alone is not accepted as proof. You must run `quick_validate.py`, verify the HTML demo between 390px and 1440px viewports, and check keyboard focus with reduced motion. The final git commit stages only the generated skill artifacts and keeps existing untracked files clean.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill article-prompts-to-skills -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill article-prompts-to-skills -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill article-prompts-to-skills -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MengTo/Skills article-prompts-to-skills
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/article-prompts-to-skills/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill article-prompts-to-skills -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MengTo/Skills --path agent-skills/codex/article-prompts-to-skills
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill article-prompts-to-skills -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/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/codex/article-prompts-to-skills/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- extract reusable capabilities from articles or prompt packs
- scaffold standard AgentSkills packages with SKILL.md and openai.yaml
- generate working HTML demos with 390px to 1440px responsive support
- validate skill artifacts and demos using quick_validate.py

## Example prompts
- Convert the prompts and workflow sections from this article into AgentSkills
- Extract this interactive UI pattern into a standalone skill with a working demo
- Turn this tutorial into a reusable capability package with browser validation

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: article-prompts-to-skills
description: Convert an article, tutorial, or prompt pack into focused reusable AgentSkills, one independent capability per skill, with portable instructions, example prompts, working demos, preview screenshots, validation, gallery updates, and a narrow commit. Use when the user asks to turn an article's prompts, tutorial sections, design patterns, interactions, or workflow ideas into complete skills rather than leaving them as prose.
---

# Article Prompts to Skills

Turn source prompts into small, demonstrable capability packages. Preserve the useful behavior, not the source page's brand or layout.

## 1. Inspect Before Extracting

1. Read the repository instructions and the complete source article.
2. Run `git status --short`; preserve unrelated work.
3. Inventory every explicit prompt, heading, example, asset, and acceptance criterion.
4. Search existing `SKILL.md` files for overlapping capabilities before creating folders.
5. If the source is raw HTML and the prompts do not exist yet, use `$html-to-interaction-prompts` first, then return here.

Do not infer a family of skills from a title alone. Trace each proposed skill to source evidence.

## 2. Build an Extraction Ledger

Create a working table before editing files:

| Source prompt | Reusable capability | Keep | Remove | Skill name | Demo proof |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

Apply these boundaries:

- Create one skill per independently reusable behavior.
- Merge steps only when separating them would make either step unusable.
- Update an existing skill when its contract already covers the capability.
- Skip decorative or editorial fragments that do not create a repeatable method.
- Name skills after the outcome or mechanism, never after the source article.

## 3. Extract the Portable Contract

Keep the source's successful mechanics:

- behavior and state transitions;
- data model and parameter defaults;
- timing, easing, spacing, and responsive rules;
- accessibility, reduced-motion, and keyboard behavior;
- performance constraints and failure modes;
- acceptance checks that prove the result.

Remove source-specific packaging:

- brand names, marketing copy, and proprietary content;
- page layout that is unrelated to the capability;
- hard-coded palettes, assets, and selectors;
- incidental implementation choices that do not affect the outcome.

The result must transfer to a different subject, layout, and visual system without rewriting the core instructions.

## 4. Package Every Skill
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