Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: Example Command (Skill Format)

An example user-invoked skill that demonstrates frontmatter options and the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout

UncategorizedID: anthropics/claude-plugins-official/example-command

Repository

anthropics/claude-plugins-official
anthropicsLicense: Apache-2.0
31,8553,512

Install this agent skill to your local

pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/tree/HEAD/plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command

Skill Files

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plugins/example-plugin/skills/example-command/SKILL.md

Skill Metadata

Name
example-command
Description
An example user-invoked skill that demonstrates frontmatter options and the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout

Example Command (Skill Format)

This demonstrates the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout for user-invoked slash commands. It is functionally identical to the legacy commands/example-command.md format — both are loaded the same way; only the file layout differs.

Arguments

The user invoked this with: $ARGUMENTS

Instructions

When this skill is invoked:

  1. Parse the arguments provided by the user
  2. Perform the requested action using allowed tools
  3. Report results back to the user

Frontmatter Options Reference

Skills in this layout support these frontmatter fields:

  • name: Skill identifier (matches directory name)
  • description: Short description shown in /help
  • argument-hint: Hints for command arguments shown to user
  • allowed-tools: Pre-approved tools for this skill (reduces permission prompts)
  • model: Override the model (e.g., "haiku", "sonnet", "opus")

Example Usage

/example-command my-argument
/example-command arg1 arg2