AI skill design templates
Three compact templates for defining, reviewing, and composing AI skills as reusable execution units.
Resource Highlights
- Skill definition template for reusable task boundaries.
- Skill review template for versioned behavior changes.
- Skill composition template for handoff-safe orchestration.
These templates are for the moment when a useful prompt starts repeating often enough that it should become a reusable capability.
The goal is not to create documentation overhead. The goal is to make repeated work clearer, safer, and easier to hand off.
Skill definition template
name:
objective:
inputs:
constraints:
tools:
output_format:
success_criteria:
failure_modes:
escalation:
Use this when a repeated task needs a stable contract.
Skill review template
skill_version:
change_summary:
expected_behavior_change:
test_cases:
rollback_note:
Use this when a skill changes and you want the behavior shift to stay explicit.
Skill composition template
trigger:
upstream_context:
skill_execution:
output_contract:
downstream_handoff:
Use this when one skill becomes part of a wider workflow.
These templates work best when paired with:
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