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template-creator
Create or update a reusable personal Codex artifact-template skill. Use when the user invokes $template-creator or asks in natural language to create a reusable template from a reference document, presentation, spreadsheet, Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets link, ImageGen or Product Design image, email, Slack message, or Site project, or explicitly asks to edit or update a passed artifact-template skill. Do not use for one-off creation from an existing template.
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# Template Creator
Create or update a reference-backed template. Keep the source file, Site project, or a canonical Google Workspace URL and rendered reference image inside the skill so later use can reproduce its structure, voice, and visual system precisely.
## Routing
- Manage only personal skills under `${CODEX_HOME:-~/.codex}/skills`.
- Create a new template by default. Use a numbered skill name instead of overwriting an existing template.
- Update only when the user explicitly asks to edit or update exactly one passed artifact-template skill. Treat that passed skill as the exact target; never choose a similarly named template.
- Do not modify an installed or bundled plugin cache. If the passed template is plugin-backed, explain that this skill can update only a personal template.
- Do not create, modify, upload, or publish a plugin. If the request also asks to share the template with a workspace, explain that this skill only manages personal templates.
- A template exists only after `create-template-skill.mjs` succeeds. Never hand-author, rename, or copy a normal skill and report it as an artifact template.
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