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Author a high-quality Agent Skill (SKILL.md) that an AI reliably triggers and executes well — strong frontmatter, a sharp description with trigger phrases, a clear output contract, quality checks, and anti-patterns. Use when asked to write a skill, create a SKILL.md, improve a skill, review a skill for quality, or contribute to a skills library. Produces a complete, SkillCheck-passing SKILL.md plus a short rationale for the key choices.

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# Writing Great Skills Skill

A skill is a promise: *given this kind of request, produce this kind of professional output, every time.* The best SKILL.md files win on two things — the model **triggers** them at the right moment, and once triggered it **produces the right artifact** without hand-holding. This skill helps you write one that does both.

## Working from a brief

Given a rough idea ("a skill for writing changelogs"), **produce the full SKILL.md anyway** — infer the deliverable, inputs, and structure, and mark genuinely open choices. Never hand back a skeleton with `<!-- TODO -->` left in; fill them.

## Required Inputs

Ask for (if not already provided), else infer and label:
- **What the skill should do** and the **concrete artifact** it produces
- **When it should trigger** (the phrasings a user would actually type)
- **The inputs** it needs from the user
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