Sample Skill

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sample-skill is a sample from the dotnet skills repository focused on greeting generation. Once added, your AI can write friendly greetings that fit the person's name and the time of day. It also serves as a sample for testing the validator.

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

After adding it, ask your AI to greet someone by name and mention the time of day so the greeting fits the moment.

Then ask your AI: use the Sample Skill skill

What your AI can do with it

  • Write friendly greetings
  • Match a greeting to the person's name
  • Match a greeting to the time of day
  • Provide a ready-made sample for testing the validator

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by dotnet/skills in eng/skill-validator/tests/fixtures/sample-skill/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

When asked to generate greetings, always include the person's name and a time-appropriate greeting (good morning/afternoon/evening).

Steps

  1. Determine the time of day
  2. Format a greeting with the person's name
  3. Add a friendly closing

Signals

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