AI Academy / Intermediate practice

Build a Skill

Turn a repeated research task into a structured, inspectable skill draft. This creates text only: no agents run and no files are written to GitHub.

Skill namelowercase-hyphen-namePurposeWhat problem does it solve?When to useWhat task should trigger it?Required inputsWhat must the user provide?ProcedureNumbered steps and source checksExpected resultWhat should it produce?VerificationHow do you tell it worked?Safety boundariesWhat must it never do?

Draft needs work

Missing: Skill name, Purpose, When to use, Required inputs, Procedure, Expected result, Verification, Safety boundaries

Use a lower-case, hyphenated name such as source-verification.

SKILL.md preview

---
name: replace-with-valid-name
description: 
---
# replace-with-valid-name

## When to use


## Inputs


## Procedure


## Output


## Validation


## Safety boundaries

Next: open Cursor, create a skill folder, save as SKILL.md, test normal and edge cases, then commit through a pull request. Treat this as a teaching template, not a formally validated agent package.

Practice only. Fixtures are fictional and do not establish facts about real companies.