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Skill Manifest Specification

Source: R/skill_store.R
skill_manifest.Rd

The skill.yaml specification defines the structure for distributable skills.

Specification

# skill.yaml - Skill Manifest Specification v1.0

# Required fields
name: my-skill                    # Unique skill identifier (lowercase, hyphens)
version: 1.0.0                    # Semantic version
description: Brief description    # One-line description

# Author information
author:
  name: Author Name
  email: author@example.com
  url: https://github.com/author

# License (SPDX identifier)
license: MIT

# R package dependencies
dependencies:
  - dplyr >= 1.0.0
  - ggplot2

# System requirements
system_requirements:
  - python >= 3.8              # Optional external requirements

# MCP server configuration (optional)
mcp:
  command: npx                  # Command to start MCP server
  args:
    - -y
    - "@my-org/my-mcp-server"
  env:
    API_KEY: "${MY_API_KEY}"   # Environment variable substitution

# Capabilities this skill provides
capabilities:
  - data-analysis
  - visualization
  - machine-learning

# Prompt templates
prompts:
  system: |
    You are a specialized assistant for...
  examples:
    - "Analyze this dataset..."
    - "Create a visualization of..."

# Entry points
entry:
  main: SKILL.md                # Main skill instructions
  scripts: scripts/             # Directory containing R scripts

# Repository information
repository:
  type: github
  url: https://github.com/author/my-skill