Add New Skills to Workflow

SkillDocs & knowledge

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.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Add New Skills to Workflow skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by nicepkg/ai-workflow in .claude/skills/add-new-skills-to-workflow/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

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):

FileUpdates Required
workflows/<name>/.claude/skill-source.jsonAdd new skill source entry
workflows/<name>/README.mdSkill count, skill table, pipeline
workflows/<name>/README_cn.mdSame as above (Chinese)
workflows/<name>/AGENTS.mdAvailable skills list, recommended sequences
website/content/en/workflows/<name>.mdxSkill count, skill table, pipeline
website/content/zh/workflows/<name>.mdxSame as above (Chinese)
README.md (root)Skill count in workflow table
README_cn.md (root)Same as above (Chinese)

Documentation Update Checklist

  1. Skill Count: Update total count (e.g., "18 skills" → "20 skills")

    • Quick install comment
    • Section header
    • Description text
  2. Skill Table: Add new skill row in appropriate category

    | `skill-name` | Brief description of what it does |
    
  3. Pipeline: Add skill to relevant stage if applicable

    Stage X: Category
    ├── existing-skill → Description
    └── new-skill → Description
    
  4. AGENTS.md: Add to available skills and update recommended sequences

  5. 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

Signals

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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
add-new-skills-to-workflow
Source
github.com/nicepkg/ai-workflow