Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: Skill Extractor

Extract reusable skills from conversation patterns. Use when asked to "turn this into a skill," "extract a skill," or "I keep doing this task repeatedly."

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leegonzales/aiskills
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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/leegonzales/AISkills/tree/HEAD/SkillExtractor/skill-extractor

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SkillExtractor/skill-extractor/SKILL.md

Skill Metadata

Name
skill-extractor
Description
Extract reusable skills from conversation patterns. Use when asked to "turn this into a skill," "extract a skill," or "I keep doing this task repeatedly."

Skill Extractor

Transform repeated conversation patterns into reusable SKILL.md files.

Workflow

1. Gather Evidence

Ask: "Share a conversation excerpt where Claude did this task well, or describe a task you do repeatedly."

Accept:

  • Pasted conversation excerpts
  • Task descriptions with examples
  • Multiple examples to find common patterns

2. Identify the Pattern

Analyze for these elements:

| Element | Find This | |---------|-----------| | Trigger | What phrase starts this workflow? | | Input | What does user provide? | | Transform | What does Claude do with it? | | Output | What format/structure results? | | Quality | What separates good from bad? |

3. Validate

Confirm: "It sounds like you want to [workflow]. Is that right?"

Refine: "What would you change? What context made it work?"

4. Generate SKILL.md

Output a complete skill file following the format in references/skill-template.md.

5. Test

Run the extracted skill on fresh input. Iterate until it works reliably.

Skill Archetypes

| Type | Pattern | Example | |------|---------|---------| | Transformer | Format A → Format B | Notes → Email | | Analyzer | Input → Assessment | Code → Review | | Generator | Parameters → Content | Topic → Blog | | Synthesizer | Many → One | Feedback → Themes |

Viability Check

Strong candidates:

  • Done 3+ times with similar structure
  • Clear input → output transformation
  • Required specific prompting to work
  • Explainable to a colleague

Weak candidates:

  • One-off creative tasks
  • Simple Q&A (no workflow)
  • Requires external data
  • Too vague to define success

Output Deliverables

Provide:

  1. SKILL.md — Complete, ready to use
  2. Test prompt — Verify it works
  3. Usage examples — How to invoke
  4. Refinement notes — Next iteration

Example Extraction

User says: "I keep asking Claude to turn meeting notes into weekly updates."

Extracted pattern:

  • Trigger: "write weekly update" / "summarize this week"
  • Input: Bullet points from meetings
  • Transform: Organize by Accomplishments/In Progress/Blockers
  • Output: Professional email format
  • Quality: Outcome-focused, not activity-focused

Result: See references/example-extractions.md for the full weekly-update-writer skill.

References

  • references/skill-template.md — Standard skill format
  • references/example-extractions.md — Before/after examples