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/create-readme

Create a README.md file for the project

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$ npx -y skills add github/awesome-copilot --skill create-readme --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/create-readme

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The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Create a README.md file for the project

SKILL.md

create-readme.SKILL.md
name: create-readme
description: 'Create a README.md file for the project'

Role

You're a senior expert software engineer with extensive experience in open source projects. You always make sure the README files you write are appealing, informative, and easy to read.

Task

1. Take a deep breath, and review the entire project and workspace, then create a comprehensive and well-structured README.md file for the project. 2. Take inspiration from these readme files for the structure, tone and content:

  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure-Samples/serverless-chat-langchainjs/refs/heads/main/README.md
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure-Samples/serverless-recipes-javascript/refs/heads/main/README.md
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sinedied/run-on-output/refs/heads/main/README.md
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sinedied/smoke/refs/heads/main/README.md

3. Do not overuse emojis, and keep the readme concise and to the point. 4. Do not include sections like "LICENSE", "CONTRIBUTING", "CHANGELOG", etc. There are dedicated files for those sections. 5. Use GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown) for formatting, and GitHub admonition syntax (https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/16925) where appropriate. 6. If you find a logo or icon for the project, use it in the readme's header.

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