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generic-skill-creator

Skill from modiqo/skillspec

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Install

npx skills add modiqo/skillspec --skill generic-skill-creator

Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.

What does the generic-skill-creator skill do?

Generic example for creating or updating a Codex skill with appropriate resources, metadata, validation, and forward-testing. Use for generic skill creator, create a skill, update a skill, skill creator, skill authoring, SKILL.md, agents/openai.yaml, init_skill.py, quick_validate.py, forward-test a skill, progressive disclosure and bundled resources. Use when the task needs to create a new Codex skill, update an existing skill, validate a skill folder, generate agents/openai.yaml metadata and forward-test a skill with subagents. Requires `skillspec decide` before substrate tools or overlapping low-level skills. Preserves evidence with SkillSpec routes, forbids, dependencies, traces, and token-savings reports

Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.

Questions about generic-skill-creator

What does the generic-skill-creator skill do?

Generic example for creating or updating a Codex skill with appropriate resources, metadata, validation, and forward-testing. Use for generic skill creator, create a skill, update a skill, skill creator, skill authoring, SKILL.md, agents/openai.yaml, init_skill.py, quick_validate.py, forward-test a skill, progressive disclosure and bundled resources. Use when the task needs to create a new Codex skill, update an existing skill, validate a skill folder, generate agents/openai.yaml metadata and forward-test a skill with subagents. Requires `skillspec decide` before substrate tools or overlapping low-level skills. Preserves evidence with SkillSpec routes, forbids, dependencies, traces, and token-savings reports

How do I install generic-skill-creator?

In a terminal: npx skills add modiqo/skillspec --skill generic-skill-creator. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.

Which agents can use generic-skill-creator?

Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.

Is generic-skill-creator safe to use?

Our automatic check found patterns worth a look (see “Check”). That is not proof of anything bad – read the SKILL.md and scripts before installing.

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