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Agent Skills specification

An open specification for packaging an AI agent capability as a directory whose required SKILL.md file carries front matter describing when the skill applies, alongside optional scripts and reference documents.

Known aliases

SKILL.md specification

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check_message.py turns a commit skill's format rules into exit codes 0, 1 and 2

The Agent Skills specification requires only SKILL.md. In the commit-crafter tutorial, everything countable moves into scripts/check_message.py, tested with Python's standard library and no API key.

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Evidence58
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap−6
Incentives28
Confidence60