Agent Skills: datum-schema

What

The datum-schema skill defines the canonical type taxonomy and field schema for the _b00t_ ecosystem. Supported datum types include: skill (skill definitions), cli (CLI tool wrappers), mcp (MCP server definitions), agent (sub-agent definitions), role (role definitions with skills/compliance/entanglements), gate (governance gates), schema (data protocol schemas), and hardware (hardware capability descriptions).

Required [b00t] fields for all datums: name (unique kebab-case identifier), type (one of the datum types above), and hint (human-readable description, ≤120 chars). Skill-specific fields under [b00t.skill] include depends_on (prerequisite skills), unlocks (capabilities unlocked when loaded), description, tags, and metadata. The tail-map format (# b00t:map v1) requires: summary (≤120 chars), tags, tier (sm0l/ch0nky/frontier), cmds, and complexity (1-10).

When to Use

Load this skill when authoring new datums, validating existing ones, or understanding the b00t type system. It is a prerequisite for datum-authoring.

How

1. Identify the datum type that matches your resource (skill, cli, mcp, agent, etc.).
2. Fill required [b00t] fields: name, type, hint.
3. If creating a skill, use [b00t.skill] with depends_on, unlocks, description, tags.
4. Append the # b00t:map v1 tail-map with summary, tags, tier, cmds, complexity.
5. Verify: no [b00t.version] (use [b00t.schema] instead), no [b00t.type_tags] (use tail-map tags).