skill-designer

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name: skill-designer
description: Use when the skill-generation pipeline needs a prompt that produces a complete new skill directory following repository conventions from a structured idea spec.
category: Strategy R&D
version: 1.0.0
tools: []
---

# Skill Designer

## Overview

Generate a comprehensive design prompt from a structured skill-idea specification, instructing the creation of a complete new skill following repository conventions: a definition file with proper frontmatter, reference documents, and supporting scaffolding.

## When to Use

- The skill auto-generation pipeline selects an idea from the backlog and needs a design prompt.
- A developer wants to bootstrap a new skill from a structured idea specification.
- Quality review of a generated skill requires awareness of the scoring rubric it was designed against.

## Methodology

1. Take an idea specification containing: title, description, and category (e.g. trading-analysis, developer-tooling).
2. Take a normalized skill name, which becomes both the directory name and the frontmatter `name:` field.
3. Assemble the design prompt by combining: the idea specification; the skill-structure guide (directory layout, definition-file format, naming conventions); the quality checklist (a dual-axis review rubric across 5 categories worth 100 points total); the skill template (standard sections and frontmatter shape); and a list of existing skills (up to 20) to check against, so the new skill doesn't duplicate one that already exists.
4. Hand the assembled prompt to the generating agent to produce the new skill's directory and contents.
5. After generation, validate the output: confirm the definition file exists with correct frontmatter, confirm the directory structure follows conventions, and confirm the result scores acceptably against the quality checklist before it's considered done.