A new tool prompt instructs the model to surface recurring multi-step procedures from the session as skill proposals, a render-only card the user reviews and saves from, capped at 3 proposals per call. A saved proposal must replace the entire SKILL.md rather than apply a partial edit.
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**Write the skill.** A skill is a folder named after the skill, holding a `SKILL.md` file. The file starts with YAML frontmatter carrying `name` and `description`, followed by the instructions as markdown. The folder name must match the `n…government/desktop/skills see the edit
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* Fixed plugins silently skipping a default monitors file or root SKILL.md that could not be checkedchangelog see the edit
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