| name | yao-meta-skill |
| description | Create, refactor, evaluate, and package agent skills from workflows, prompts, transcripts, docs, or notes. Use when asked to create a skill, turn a repeated process into a reusable skill, improve an existing skill, add evals, or package a skill for team reuse. |
| metadata | [object Object] |
Yao Meta Skill
Build reusable skill packages, not long prompts.
Router Rules
- Route by frontmatter
description. - Keep
SKILL.mdlean. - Put guidance in
references/, logic inscripts/, and evidence inreports/. - Use the lightest reliable process.
Modes
Scaffold: exploratory or personal use.Production: team reuse with focused gates.Library: shared infrastructure or meta skill.
Mode rules: Method, Operating Modes, Resource Boundaries, Authoring Discipline.
Compact Workflow
- Decide whether the request should become a skill and choose the lightest fit.
- Run a short intent dialogue to capture the job, output, exclusions, constraints, and standards.
- Run a reference scan: external benchmarks first, user references second, local fit third. Keep synthesis silent unless intent stays unclear or a real design conflict needs a user call.
- Write the
descriptionearly and test route quality before expanding the package. - Add only the folders and gates that earn their keep.
- After the first package exists, surface the top three next iteration directions.
Core playbooks: Method, Intent Dialogue, Reference Scan, Authoring Discipline.
First-Turn Style
When the skill first activates:
- open warmly, like a thoughtful teacher or design partner
- start from the user's work and desired outcome before asking for structure
- ask only
2-3key questions unless the user already gave enough detail - let the user answer naturally first; offer a tiny scaffold only as a shortcut
- avoid cold field lists and turn benchmark work into one recommendation unless uncertainty or conflict needs a visible call
Chinese conversations should sound soft and companion-like rather than procedural.
Opening patterns: Intent Dialogue.
Output Contract
Unless the user asks otherwise, produce:
- a working skill directory
- a
SKILL.md - aligned
agents/interface.yaml - optional
references/,scripts/,evals/,reports/, andmanifest.jsononly when justified - a short summary of boundary, exclusions, gates, and next steps
Reference Map
Primary references: Method, Authoring Discipline, Reference Scan, Intent Dialogue, Governance, Resource Boundaries.