SciAgent Skill Creator
A repo-local scaffolder that generates a schema-valid SKILL.md, registers it in registry.yaml, and runs validation for the SciAgent-Skills repository.
Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 326⑂ 35AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 6, 2026
What it does
- Collects the required inputs conversationally: topic, sub-type (pipeline/toolkit/database/guide), category, kebab-case entry name, license, description, optional tags.
- Runs a duplicate check against
registry.yamlandlegacy/before creating anything. - Invokes
scripts/scaffold.pynon-interactively to createskills/{category}/{name}/SKILL.mdfrom the matching template, fill frontmatter, append the registry entry, and runpixi run validate. - Enforces description rules via
validate_description.py: max 1024 chars, tool keyword within the first 120 chars, no stop-verb openings (Use,The,A,Query). - Documents what the agent must still write (Overview, When to Use, Workflow, Recipes, Troubleshooting, References) plus authoring style rules: no color palettes or hex codes, no hardcoded paths, tables over bullets, terse prose.
Who it's for
- Contributors adding entries to the SciAgent-Skills repository.
- Maintainers who need many skills produced against one consistent schema.
- Anyone studying a solid pattern for automating skill-authoring conventions in their own repo.
Examples
- "Add a SciAgent skill for PyDESeq2 differential expression" → sub-type pipeline, category genomics-bioinformatics, scaffolds
pydeseq2-differential-expression. - "Create a skill for a literature database" → duplicate check, database template, tagged
["databases","literature"]. - A description beginning with "The tool..." fails the linter; the script aborts without writing, and you rewrite it to lead with the tool name and re-run.
· · · Install guide · · ·
Try it now, no install
Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.
Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills/HEAD/.claude/skills/sciagent-skill-creator/SKILL.md What I want: (describe your task here)
If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.
↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.
Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
- Download the ZIP with the button below.
- In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
- Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
Install in Claude Code
Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code
Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart. Copy the .claude/skills/sciagent-skill-creator folder from the GitHub repo jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills into my ~/.claude/skills/sciagent-skill-creator/. When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.
Install with a command instead
git clone https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r SciAgent-Skills/.claude/skills/sciagent-skill-creator ~/.claude/skills/⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.
- Open a terminal.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/jaechang-hits/SciAgent-Skills.git - Because the skill depends on repo files (
registry.yaml,AGENTS.md,skills/), the best way to use it is to run Claude Code inside the clone:cd SciAgent-Skills && claude - To make it available globally, copy it:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r SciAgent-Skills/.claude/skills/sciagent-skill-creator ~/.claude/skills/ - Install Python 3 and pixi so the
pixi run validate/pixi run teststeps work. - Trigger it in Claude Code with
/sciagent-skill-creatoror by saying "create a new skill for X".
View source on GitHub ↗License: NOASSERTION