template-skill
An agent skill by anthropics, from anthropics/skills. Tags: anthropic, developer-tools, documents.
What it does
Replace with description of the skill and when Claude should use it.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill template-skillOr copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/anthropics/skills
cp -r skills/template ~/.claude/skills/template-skillSafety box score
Grade A, minimal risk: 0 of 100 risk points, rated 2026-10-01. The grade rates what the skill and its scripts can reach on the machine of whoever installs it, across eight categories from shell execution to secrets access. How the score works.
This is a placeholder skill with no operational instructions, scripts, or data flows. It does not appear to touch files, network, secrets, privileges, or external services beyond the empty template text.
| Category | Level | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Code & shell execution | 0 (none) | No shell commands, scripts, code evaluation, or native executables are present in `SKILL.md`. |
| Network access | 0 (none) | There are no URLs, downloads, API calls, or other network instructions in the file. |
| Filesystem reach | 0 (none) | The skill does not instruct reading, writing, or deleting any files or directories. |
| Secrets & credentials | 0 (none) | It does not mention tokens, keys, passwords, `.env` files, or credential stores. |
| Privilege & persistence | 0 (none) | There is no mention of sudo, installs, services, shell settings, or other privilege-changing actions. |
| Instruction hijack surface | 0 (none) | The file contains no prompts to ignore instructions, hide behavior, or follow external content. |
| Irreversible actions | 0 (none) | It does not perform or direct any autonomous action like posting, deploying, sending, or deleting. |
| Transparency | 0 (none) | The only file is plain readable markdown; there are no binaries, generated blobs, or hidden runtime content. |
Before installing
- No special checks are needed; the skill is currently just a placeholder markdown file.
- If you expected real behavior, inspect the repository history or replace the template content before use.
Rated 2026-10-01 by an automated review of 1 file from the skill's repository.
Source
- Repository
- anthropics/skills (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- template/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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