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Validate skill directories against AgentSkills spec

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Validate Skill

Purpose

This skill validates skill directories against the AgentSkills specification. Use it to ensure your skills have proper frontmatter, required fields, and follow naming conventions.

Use when:

  • Creating new skills in any agent's skills directory (.claude/skills/, .cursor/skills/, etc.)
  • Reviewing PRs that modify skills
  • Validating skill structure before publishing

Scripts

validate-skill.ts

Validate one or more skill directories.

bunx @plaited/development-skills validate-skill [paths...]

Arguments:

  • paths: Paths to validate (defaults to current agent's skills directory)

Options:

  • --json: Output results as JSON

Examples:

# Validate skills in current directory's .claude/skills/
bunx @plaited/development-skills validate-skill .claude/skills

# Validate Cursor skills
bunx @plaited/development-skills validate-skill .cursor/skills

# Validate a specific skill
bunx @plaited/development-skills validate-skill .claude/skills/typescript-lsp

# Validate multiple paths with JSON output
bunx @plaited/development-skills validate-skill .claude/skills .cursor/skills --json

Validation Rules

Required Fields

  • name: Skill name (lowercase, alphanumeric with hyphens)
  • description: Brief description of the skill

Naming Conventions

  • Name must be lowercase
  • Only alphanumeric characters and hyphens allowed
  • Cannot start or end with hyphen
  • Cannot contain consecutive hyphens
  • Maximum 64 characters
  • Directory name must match skill name

Optional Fields

  • license: License identifier
  • compatibility: Runtime requirements
  • allowed-tools: Comma-separated list of allowed tools
  • metadata: Key-value pairs for additional metadata

Output Format

Human-Readable (default)

✓ .claude/skills/typescript-lsp
✓ .cursor/skills/my-skill
✗ .claude/skills/invalid-skill
  ERROR: Missing required field in frontmatter: 'description'

2/3 skills valid

JSON (--json)

[
  {
    "valid": true,
    "path": ".cursor/skills/my-skill",
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "properties": {
      "name": "my-skill",
      "description": "..."
    }
  }
]

Related Skills

  • typescript-lsp - Example of a well-structured skill with scripts
  • code-documentation - TSDoc standards for TypeScript/JavaScript code