curate-a-team-library

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Use when building a managed team skills library for a real stack. Map work to shelves, browse before curating, write meaningful `whyHere` notes, and create a starter pack once the first pass is solid.

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Sourceskillcreatorai/ai-agent-skills

Added on2026-04-11

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add skillcreatorai/ai-agent-skills curate-a-team-library

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Curate A Team Library

Goal

Build a managed skills library that another teammate or agent can actually browse, trust, and install.

Do not hand-edit

skills.json

,

README.md

, or

WORK_AREAS.md

when the CLI already has the mutation you need.

First Move

Start with a managed workspace.

bash

npx ai-agent-skills init-library <name>
cd <name>

Ask at most 3 short questions before acting:

what kinds of work the library needs to support
whether the first pass should stay small and opinionated or aim broader
whether the output should stay local or end as a shareable GitHub repo

Shelf System

Use these 5 work areas as the shelf system:

```
frontend
```
: web UI, browser work, design systems, visual polish
```
backend
```
: APIs, data, security, infrastructure, runtime systems
```
mobile
```
: iOS, Android, React Native, Expo, device testing, app delivery
```
workflow
```
: docs, testing, release work, files, research, planning
```
agent-engineering
```
: prompts, evals, tools, orchestration, agent runtime design

Map the user's stack to shelves before adding anything.

Example:

React Native + Node backend

maps to

mobile

+

backend

.

Add
```
workflow
```
only when testing, release, docs, or research are real parts of the job.
Add
```
agent-engineering
```
only when the team is doing AI features, prompts, evals, or tooling.
Make sure the first pass covers every primary shelf the user explicitly named.

Discovery Loop

Browse before curating.

bash

npx ai-agent-skills list --area <work-area>
npx ai-agent-skills search <query>
npx ai-agent-skills collections

If the user named multiple primary shelves, inspect each one before choosing skills.

Mutation Rules

Keep the first pass small: around 3 to 8 skills.

Use
```
add
```
first for bundled picks and simple GitHub imports.
Use
```
catalog
```
when you want an upstream entry without copying files into
```
skills/
```
.
Use
```
vendor
```
only for true house copies the team wants to edit or own locally.

Every mutation must include explicit curator metadata like

--area

,

--branch

, and

--why

.

Good branch names:

```
React Native / UI
```
```
React Native / QA
```
```
Node / APIs
```
```
Node / Data
```
```
Docs / Release
```

Bad branch names:

```
stuff
```
```
misc
```
```
notes
```

Writing Good

whyHere

whyHere

is curator judgment, not filler.

Mention the stack or workflow it supports.
Mention the gap it fills in this library.
Be honest about why it belongs here.

Good:

Covers React Native testing so the mobile shelf has a real device-validation option.

Bad:

I want this on my shelf.

Featured Picks

Use

--featured

sparingly.

keep it to about 2 to 3 featured skills per shelf
reserve it for skills you would tell a new teammate to install first

Collections

After the library has about 5 to 8 solid picks, create a

starter-pack

collection.

Use
```
--collection starter-pack
```
while adding new skills.

Or use

npx ai-agent-skills curate <skill> --collection starter-pack

for existing entries.

Keep the collection small and onboarding-friendly.

Sanity Check

Before finishing:

bash

npx ai-agent-skills list --area <work-area>
npx ai-agent-skills collections
npx ai-agent-skills build-docs

Run
```
list --area
```
for each primary shelf you touched.
If you created
```
starter-pack
```
, confirm the install command looks right.
Make sure the final shelf mix still matches the user's actual stack.

Finish

Return:

what you added
which shelves you used and why
which skills are featured
what
```
starter-pack
```
contains, if you created one
whether the library is local-only or ready to share

curate-a-team-library

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SKILL.md Content

Curate A Team Library

Goal

First Move

Shelf System

Discovery Loop

Mutation Rules

Writing Good
`whyHere`

Featured Picks

Collections

Sanity Check

Finish