Skills Development Slash Command Example

Slash Command Example

v20260320
example-command
Demonstrates the SKILL.md layout and frontmatter options for creating a user-invoked slash command, outlining argument parsing, tool usage, and documentation so developers can replicate the structure.
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Overview

Example Command (Skill Format)

This demonstrates the skills/<name>/SKILL.md layout for user-invoked slash commands. It is functionally identical to the legacy commands/example-command.md format — both are loaded the same way; only the file layout differs.

Arguments

The user invoked this with: $ARGUMENTS

Instructions

When this skill is invoked:

  1. Parse the arguments provided by the user
  2. Perform the requested action using allowed tools
  3. Report results back to the user

Frontmatter Options Reference

Skills in this layout support these frontmatter fields:

  • name: Skill identifier (matches directory name)
  • description: Short description shown in /help
  • argument-hint: Hints for command arguments shown to user
  • allowed-tools: Pre-approved tools for this skill (reduces permission prompts)
  • model: Override the model (e.g., "haiku", "sonnet", "opus")

Example Usage

/example-command my-argument
/example-command arg1 arg2
Info
Category Development
Name example-command
Version v20260320
Size 1.2KB
Updated At 2026-03-22
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