ai-scaffold
A comprehensive tool for scaffolding new AI skills and agents, ensuring correct structure and registration.
Install
mkdir -p .claude/skills/ai-scaffold && curl -L -o skill.zip "https://agentskills.codes/api/skills/download/16611" && unzip -o skill.zip -d .claude/skills/ai-scaffold && rm skill.zipInstalls to .claude/skills/ai-scaffold
Activation
This is the description your AI agent reads to decide when to run this skill — the better it matches your request, the more reliably it fires.
Creates new ai-engineering skills or agents end-to-end: scaffold, TDD pressure-test, optimize description, register in manifest, sync mirrors. Trigger for 'create a new skill', 'add a slash command', 'the framework needs a capability for', 'build a new agent', 'scaffold a skill for'. Not for evolving existing skills; use /ai-skill-improve instead. Not for description-only optimization; use /ai-prompt-tune instead.Key capabilities
- →Create new skills for the ai-engineering framework
- →Create new agents for the ai-engineering framework
- →Perform TDD pressure-testing for new skills
- →Register new skills or agents in manifest.yml
- →Synchronize command mirrors
How it works
This skill scaffolds new skills or agents, delegates drafting and testing to a skill-creator, and then registers them in the manifest and syncs mirrors.
Inputs & outputs
When to use ai-scaffold
- →Create a new AI engineering skill
- →Scaffold a new agent capability
- →Register a skill in the manifest
- →Pressure-test a new AI skill
About ai-scaffold
This tool creates end-to-end skill skeletons, including TDD test suites and registry manifests. It handles the organizational overhead required to add new capabilities to the framework.
Creates new ai-engineering skills or agents end-to-end: scaffold, TDD pressure-test, optimize description, register in manifest, sync mirrors. Trigger for 'create a new skill', 'add a slash command', 'the framework needs a capability for', 'build a new agent', 'scaffold a skill for'. Not for evolvin
When not to use it
- →When evolving existing skills
- →When optimizing description only
Limitations
- →This skill is not for evolving existing skills.
- →This skill is not for description-only optimization.
How it compares
This skill automates the end-to-end creation and registration process for new framework capabilities, including TDD and manifest updates, unlike manual setup.
Compared to similar skills
ai-scaffold side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ai-scaffold (this skill) | 0 | 2mo | Review | Advanced |
| autonomous-agent-patterns | 4 | 6mo | Review | Intermediate |
| agent-orchestration-improve-agent | 4 | 4mo | No flags | Advanced |
| skill-generator | 4 | 4mo | Review | Intermediate |
Try saying
Example prompts that trigger this skill in your AI assistant.
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