make-skill-template — Skills

What it does

User asks to "create a skill", "make a new skill", or "scaffold a skill"

User wants to add a specialized capability to their GitHub Copilot setup

User needs help structuring a skill with bundled resources

User wants to duplicate this template as a starting point

Understanding of what the skill should accomplish

A clear, keyword-rich description of capabilities and triggers

Knowledge of any bundled resources needed (scripts, references, assets, templates)

Requirements & configuration

A meta-skill for creating new Agent Skills. Use this skill when you need to scaffold a new skill folder, generate a SKILL.md file, or help users understand the Agent Skills specification.

User needs help structuring a skill with bundled resources

Every skill requires YAML frontmatter with name and description:

Configuration: SKILL

Scaffold new Agent Skills with proper frontmatter, directory structure, and bundled resource organization.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot

make-skill-template FAQ

What does the make-skill-template skill do?

Create new Agent Skills for GitHub Copilot from prompts or by duplicating this template. Use when asked to "create a skill", "make a new skill", "scaffold a skill", or when building specialized AI capabilities with bundled resources. Generates SKILL.md files with proper frontmatter, directory structure, and optional scripts/references/assets folders. User asks to "create a skill", "make a new skill", or "scaffold a skill" User wants to add a specialized capability to their GitHub Copilot setup

What does make-skill-template require?

A meta-skill for creating new Agent Skills. Use this skill when you need to scaffold a new skill folder, generate a SKILL.md file, or help users understand the Agent Skills specification. User needs help structuring a skill with bundled resources Every skill requires YAML frontmatter with name and description: Configuration keys: SKILL.

How do I install make-skill-template?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill make-skill-template --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/github/awesome-copilot.

Maintain make-skill-template?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

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npx agentictools info skills/github-awesome-copilot-make-skill-template

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.