description: Anti-duplication guardrail for adding or changing skills
paths:
  - "skills/**"

Adding or changing a skill

This repo already covers most of the development lifecycle, so most new-skill ideas overlap an existing skill or an open PR. Before creating a new skills/<name>/ directory or significantly reworking an existing one:

• Run the pre-flight checks in CONTRIBUTING.md: search the catalog, check open PRs (gh pr list --state open), and justify the gap.
• Prefer extending an existing skill over adding a near-duplicate. If the idea overlaps an existing skill, edit that skill instead of adding a new directory.
• Keep the SKILL.md within docs/skill-anatomy.md, and never duplicate content between skills, reference the other skill instead.

CONTRIBUTING.md is the single source of truth for the full workflow; this rule points to it rather than restating its checklist.