authoring-skills
Authors new agent skills that follow the Anthropic + agentskills.io specification. Use when the user asks to create, draft, review, or refactor a skill, write a SKILL.md file, lay out reference files, or bundle scripts. Covers frontmatter rules, 500-line / 5000-token body budgets, one-level-deep reference layout, progressive disclosure, gotchas sections, control calibration, the evaluation-first authoring loop, and the lint gate before publish.
Profile →npx skills add friday-platform/friday-studio --skill authoring-skills --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Authoring skills A skill is a bundle of instructions loaded into an agent's context window on demand. This skill covers how to write one that is concise, discoverable, calibrated to its task, and testable. Copy this checklist into the response when starting a skill: ``` Skill authoring: - [ ] 1. Capture real expertise (hands-on task or project artifacts — not LLM synthesis) - [ ] 2. Write frontm
What does the authoring-skills skill do?
Authors new agent skills that follow the Anthropic + agentskills.io specification. Use when the user asks to create, draft, review, or refactor a skill, write a SKILL.md file, lay out reference files, or bundle scripts. Covers frontmatter rules, 500-line / 5000-token body budgets, one-level-deep reference layout, progressive disclosure, gotchas sections, control calibration, the evaluation-first authoring loop, and the lint gate before publish.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add friday-platform/friday-studio --skill authoring-skills --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From friday-platform/friday-studio, a repository with 98 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.