Clarify frontmatter requirements in contributing-skills.md#38
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| That's it. No frontmatter required. No code. No config. Just instructions in markdown. | ||
| Every SKILL.md needs YAML frontmatter with a `name` and `description` so the plugin system can discover it: |
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I'm going to push back on "needs" here.
Here's a working example with no frontmatter: unit-test-generator/SKILL.md — it registers fine as /pf-react:unit-test-generator:
Skills are discovered by directory path, not frontmatter. A description is important — but it can just be the first line of the SKILL.md, it doesn't need to be in YAML frontmatter. And name is redundant since the directory name is the skill name.
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Closes #37