generate-package-skill

A process for creating or updating an Agent Skill that explains how to use a specific npm or local software package.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect a package's version, exports, types, examples, release notes, and migration guides, then write a focused SKILL.md with supporting references.
Why use it?
It reduces the risk of documenting outdated or unsupported behavior by checking the package source and its current official documentation.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/skilld-dev/skilld/generate-package-skill
Any agent
npx skills add skilld-dev/skilld --skill generate-package-skill
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/skilld-dev/skilld

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 25 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 464 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00025 $0.00464
Opus 5 $0.00013 $0.00232
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00093
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00046

Measured 2d ago against content hash 2e6ab4e7994d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

generate-package-skill scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/generate-package-skill/SKILL.md · 65 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 65 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Generate a package Skill

Create a focused Skill that helps an Agent use one package correctly.

Inputs

Ask for a package name, package directory, or prepared package source. Ask for the destination only when the request does not provide one.

Research

  1. Record the exact installed or prepared package version.
  2. Read the package manifest and every exported entry point.
  3. Read public type entry points and their source definitions.
  4. Read current official documentation and runnable examples.
  5. Check release notes and migration guides for the exact version.
  6. Prefer public exports over internal files.
  7. Record advice only when the prepared source or official documentation proves it.

For an npm package, use the installed or prepared package source first. Use current official documentation when the prepared source lacks required details. For each version-specific rule, cite the source path or official documentation URL. Use path:line citations for prepared source when line numbers add value.

Output

Write one directory whose name matches the Skill name. The directory must contain SKILL.md. Put detailed or conditional material in references/. Put reusable commands or code in scripts/ when execution adds value.

The SKILL.md frontmatter must contain only:

---
name: package-name
description: Clear trigger conditions and the result this Skill provides.
---

Use lowercase letters, numbers, and single hyphens in the name. Keep the name at 64 characters or fewer. Keep the description at 1024 characters or fewer.

Quality checks

  • Keep instructions specific to the package.
  • Use current APIs and package vocabulary.
  • Include small examples for common tasks.
  • State environment or version limits.
  • Cite public APIs, version limits, and migration advice.
  • Link each reference from SKILL.md.
  • Remove generated filler and repeated prose.
  • Do not copy large documentation sections.
  • Do not include credentials, caches, build output, or dependency directories.

Read the full file on GitHub · 65 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 65 lines · 25 tokens per session scan A 2e6ab4e7994d

Subscribe to this mod's changes

generate-package-skill is a skill published in the GitHub repository skilld-dev/skilld (306 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 25 tokens to every session and 464 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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