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Use when creating new skills or converting workflows into SKILL.md

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What this skill does


# Building Skills

## Step 0: Read guidelines

Read `./references/writing-skills.md` — apply its principles throughout.

## Step 1: Gate

Single command ≤2 flags, no pipes → "Could be: `{cmd}`. Need a skill?" If no → STOP.

## Step 2: Route

- New skill → Read and follow `./subskills/skill_only.md`
- Builder skill (scripts/templates/tests) → Read and follow `./subskills/builder_skill.md`
- Edit or improve existing skill → Read and follow `./subskills/edit_skill.md`
- Validate existing skill only → Skip to Step 3
- Bottling session → Document workflow first, then `./subskills/skill_only.md`
- From historian → Needs `mcp__claude-historian-mcp__*`. Missing → STOP.

## Step 3: Validate

```bash
python3 ./scripts/validate_structure.py <SKILL.md path>
```

Creates: validation result on stdout

Fix issues → re-validate. DONE.
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Category: General

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