- Own bundled Agent Zero skills and their agent-facing instructions.
- Keep skill workflows accurate, composable, and safe for runtime loading.
- Each direct skill directory owns its
SKILL.mdand any local supporting files. - Plugin-distributed skills belong under the relevant plugin directory.
- User-local skills belong under
usr/skills/.
- Every skill directory must include a
SKILL.md. - Skill instructions must be operational and scoped to the skill's purpose.
- Do not include secrets, private user data, or environment-specific credentials.
- Supporting files referenced by a skill must exist relative to that skill directory.
- Keep skills focused on repeatable workflows that agents should actively follow.
- Prefer updating an existing skill over creating overlapping skill variants.
- When a skill refers to repository paths, commands, or plugin architecture, keep those references current with source and docs.
- Run skill runtime/import tests after changing skill loading assumptions or skill format.
- Manually read changed
SKILL.mdfiles for broken relative references.
Direct child DOX files:
| Child | Scope |
|---|---|
| a0-contribute-plugin/AGENTS.md | Publishing plugins to the community Plugin Index. |
| a0-create-agent/AGENTS.md | Creating Agent Zero agent profiles. |
| a0-create-plugin/AGENTS.md | Creating or extending Agent Zero plugins. |
| a0-debug-plugin/AGENTS.md | Diagnosing plugin loading, API, frontend, and extension issues. |
| a0-development/AGENTS.md | Broad Agent Zero framework development guidance. |
| a0-manage-plugin/AGENTS.md | Plugin install, update, scan, enable, disable, and removal workflows. |
| a0-plugin-router/AGENTS.md | Routing plugin-related user requests to specialist skills. |
| a0-review-plugin/AGENTS.md | Full plugin audit workflow and checklists. |
| build-skill/AGENTS.md | Building and improving Agent Zero skills. |
| scheduled-tasks/AGENTS.md | Managing scheduled, planned, and adhoc tasks. |