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Add New Skills To Workflow

nicepkg/add-new-skills-to-workflow

Add new skills to an existing workflow and update all related documentation. Use when user wants to add skills from GitHub URLs to a workflow (e.g., "add this skill to the workflow", "为工作流添加技能"). Triggers on adding skills to workflows, updating workflow documentation after skill additions.

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Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository
npx skills add https://github.com/nicepkg/ai-workflow --skill add-new-skills-to-workflow

The instruction itself

8 sections, as written by the author

Add New Skills to Workflow

Add skills from GitHub to an existing workflow and update all related documentation.

Workflow

Step 1: Download Skills

Use skill-downloader to download skills from GitHub:

python .claude/skills/skill-downloader/scripts/download_from_github.py <repo-url> <skill-path> --output <workflow-path>/.claude/skills/

Parse GitHub URL:

  • https://github.com/user/repo/blob/main/path/to/skill → repo: https://github.com/user/repo, skill-path: path/to/skill
  • https://github.com/user/repo/tree/main/.claude/skills/my-skill → repo: https://github.com/user/repo, skill-path: .claude/skills/my-skill

Example:

# For URL: https://github.com/XIYO/zheon/blob/main/.claude/skills/slidev
python .claude/skills/skill-downloader/scripts/download_from_github.py https://github.com/XIYO/zheon .claude/skills/slidev --output ./workflows/talk-to-slidev-workflow/.claude/skills/

# Use --force to overwrite existing
python .claude/skills/skill-downloader/scripts/download_from_github.py <repo> <path> --output <target> --force

Step 2: Read Downloaded Skill

Read the downloaded SKILL.md to understand:

  • Skill name and description
  • What category it belongs to
  • How it fits into the workflow pipeline

Step 3: Update skill-source.json

Add the new skill entry to workflows/<name>/.claude/skill-source.json:

{
  "skill-name": {
    "source": "https://github.com/user/repo",
    "path": "path/to/skill"
  }
}

Step 4: Update Documentation

Update these files (all that exist for the workflow):

| File | Updates Required |

|------|------------------|

| workflows/<name>/.claude/skill-source.json | Add new skill source entry |

| workflows/<name>/README.md | Skill count, skill table, pipeline |

| workflows/<name>/README_cn.md | Same as above (Chinese) |

| workflows/<name>/AGENTS.md | Available skills list, recommended sequences |

| website/content/en/workflows/<name>.mdx | Skill count, skill table, pipeline |

| website/content/zh/workflows/<name>.mdx | Same as above (Chinese) |

| README.md (root) | Skill count in workflow table |

| README_cn.md (root) | Same as above (Chinese) |

Documentation Update Checklist

  • Skill Count: Update total count (e.g., "18 skills" → "20 skills")
  • Quick install comment
  • Section header
  • Description text
  • Skill Table: Add new skill row in appropriate category
   | `skill-name` | Brief description of what it does |
  • Pipeline: Add skill to relevant stage if applicable
   Stage X: Category
   ├── existing-skill → Description
   └── new-skill → Description
  • AGENTS.md: Add to available skills and update recommended sequences
  • Root README: Update skill count in workflow overview table

Example: Adding Skills to talk-to-slidev-workflow

Given: Add slidev and slidev-presentations skills

Step 1: Download

python .claude/skills/skill-downloader/scripts/download_from_github.py https://github.com/XIYO/zheon .claude/skills/slidev --output ./workflows/talk-to-slidev-workflow/.claude/skills/
python .claude/skills/skill-downloader/scripts/download_from_github.py https://github.com/clearfunction/cf-devtools skills/slidev-presentations --output ./workflows/talk-to-slidev-workflow/.claude/skills/

Step 2: Read downloaded skills to understand their purpose

Step 3: Update skill-source.json with new skill entries

Step 4: Update all 8 files:

  • Update skill-source.json with source info
  • Update skill count
  • Add new category with skill table
  • Update pipeline to reference new skills
  • Update AGENTS.md skill lists and sequences
  • Update root README skill count

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take nicepkg/add-new-skills-to-workflow from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.