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stencila skills validate

Validate a skill

Checks that a skill conforms to the Agent Skills Specification naming and constraint rules. Accepts a skill name, a directory path, or a path to a SKILL.md file.

Usage

stencila skills validate <TARGET>

Examples

# Validate a skill by name
stencila skills validate data-analysis

# Validate a skill directory
stencila skills validate .stencila/skills/data-analysis

# Validate a SKILL.md file directly
stencila skills validate .stencila/skills/data-analysis/SKILL.md

Arguments

NameDescription
<TARGET>Skill name, directory path, or SKILL.md path.
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