creating-skillslisted

# Creating Skills Create effective Kimi Code skills through collaborative brainstorming, clear standards, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints. > **🔴 Mandatory pre-flight (READ BEFORE STEP 1).** Skipping any of these is the #1 cause of failed skill creation. Read each item into context, either by opening the file or by `grep`-ing for the relevant section. None of these are optional. > > - Skill standards (frontmatter, structure, naming, **language**) → `references/skill-standards.md` > - Core principles + question templates → `references/core-principles.md` > - Anti-patterns (per-step Don't list) → `references/skill-creation-checklist.md` > - Pre-ship checklist → `references/validation-checklist.md` > - Waiting + forward-test protocol → `references/waiting-and-forward-test.md` > > **Default language for `SKILL.md` is English**, unless the user explicitly asks otherwise. The user writing in Chinese does **not** mean they want the skill in Chinese. Confirm at Step 2; default is English. ## What a Skill Does A skill turns Kimi from a general-purpose agent into a specialist. It contains a `SKILL.md` plus optional `scripts/`, `references/`, `assets/`. Good skills are reusable, trigger-aware, concise, composable. Every skill must declare near the top of `SKILL.md`: **Can do** (capabilities), **Cannot do (without explicit approval)** (operations the skill must never auto-perform), **Default behavior** (read-only by default, what needs confirmation, forbidden assumptions). See `re