Use Autohand Code with skill-creator guidance to write a SKILL.md, examples, allowed tools, and test prompts for a team workflow.
Capture a repeated workflow as reusable agent guidance
Agent skills Discovery and planning Planning Workflow
autohand -p "Create a custom skill for this repeated team workflow with examples and trigger guidance"
A project skill with clear trigger description, workflow steps, examples, and validation prompts.
Create a custom skill with Autohand Code is an agent-workflow packaging task that turns repeated team knowledge into a project skill with trigger description, steps, examples, tools, and validation prompts. ### At a glance | Question | Answer | | --- | --- | | Best for | team-specific release procedures, review rituals, debugging playbooks, onboarding tasks, and recurring product workflows | | Primary inputs | Workflow goal, trigger phrases, and expected output; Required files, tools, commands, and safety limits; Two or three example user requests and expected agent behavior | | Autohand Code returns | A project skill with clear trigger description, workflow steps, examples, and validation prompts. | | Avoid when | the workflow is still experimental and changes every time it runs | ### How Autohand Code handles this workflow 1. Clarifies the skill trigger and scope before writing files. 2. Creates a concise SKILL.md with workflow steps and examples. 3. Lists required tools and safety boundaries. 4. Adds validation prompts so the team can test whether the skill triggers correctly. ### Best inputs - Workflow goal, trigger phrases, and expected output - Required files, tools, commands, and safety limits - Two or three example user requests and expected agent behavior ### Strong prompt autohand -p "Create a custom skill for this repeated team workflow with examples and trigger guidance" ### Autohand Code CLI options - Use `/skills use skill-creator` for skill authoring guidance. - Run `autohand -p "Create a custom skill for this repeated team workflow with examples and trigger guidance"` from the repo root. - Use `/skills` after creation to confirm the skill is discoverable. ### Review before accepting Review the SKILL.md description, trigger examples, workflow steps, allowed tools, and a test prompt that invokes the skill. ### Source and validation signals Autohand AI maintains this workflow as first-party product guidance for Autohand Code. Use the [Autohand CLI Playbook](https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli/blob/main/docs/AUTOHAND_PLAYBOOK.md), [CLI reference](/docs/working-with-autohand-code/cli-reference.html), and [configuration reference](https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli/blob/main/docs/config-reference.md) when choosing between interactive mode, command mode, auto-mode, feature-enabled /goal, /settings, skills, MCP, and permission settings. The related resources below link to product docs and tutorials for the workflow, and the final answer should name repository-specific files, commands, outputs, or docs that a reviewer can verify. ### Frequently asked questions ### What is Create a custom skill with Autohand Code? Create a custom skill with Autohand Code is an agent-workflow packaging task that turns repeated team knowledge into a project skill with trigger description, steps, examples, tools, and validation prompts. ### When should a team use Create a custom skill? Use it when a repeated workflow should become reusable project knowledge instead of a long prompt. ### What evidence should reviewers check for Create a custom skill? Review the SKILL.md description, trigger examples, workflow steps, allowed tools, and a test prompt that invokes the skill.
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