Project Skill Creator

Create project-managed skills in .chalk/skills without conflicting with Chalk-managed skills.

Workflow

1. Ask the user for:

   • skill name
   • purpose/description
   • optional triggers/examples

2. Normalize the provided skill name to kebab-case:

   • lowercase
   • replace spaces/underscores with -
   • remove characters outside a-z, 0-9, and -
   • collapse repeated -
   • trim leading/trailing -

3. Reject the normalized name if it starts with chalk-.

4. Ensure .chalk/skills exists.

5. Check for collisions:

   • If .chalk/skills/<normalized-name>/ already exists, do not overwrite.
   • Ask for explicit confirmation before any replace behavior.
   • Default behavior is create-only.

6. Create folder .chalk/skills/<normalized-name>/.

7. Create .chalk/skills/<normalized-name>/SKILL.md with frontmatter:

   ---
   name: <normalized-name>
   description: <purpose/description>
   owner: project
   version: "1.0.0"
   ---
   

8. Add these markdown sections to the generated skill file:

   • # <Skill Name>
   • ## Purpose
   • ## Workflow
   • ## Inputs
   • ## Output
   • ## Guardrails

9. In ## Purpose, include the user-provided purpose/description.

10. If provided, include user triggers/examples in the generated skill (typically under ## Inputs or ## Workflow).

11. Confirm the created path and summarize what was generated.

Inputs

• Required: skill name, purpose/description
• Optional: triggers/examples

Output

• New project skill folder at .chalk/skills/<normalized-name>/
• New skill definition file at .chalk/skills/<normalized-name>/SKILL.md
• Confirmation message including normalized name, created paths, and included sections

Guardrails

• Never modify existing Chalk-managed skills.
• Never modify skills named with chalk-* prefix.
• Never overwrite existing project skill folders unless user explicitly confirms replace.
• Default to create-only behavior.
• If validation fails (invalid or reserved name), stop and request a new name.