Hive: Writing Hive Skills
Scaffolds a new Hive agent skill with SKILL.md and supporting directories.
Test report
- Verdict
- Works with setup
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 12, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · e2bdb51
⚠ The author changed this skill after we tested it. The verdict below describes the version we ran on Jul 12, 2026; it's queued for a re-test.
A meta-skill teaching how to author Agent Skills for the Hive framework: verbatim install works cleanly (single SKILL.md, valid strict-YAML frontmatter, no broken references), but ironically its own name 'hive.writing-hive-skills' violates the a-z0-9- naming rule it teaches, and much of its documented workflow (create_colony, uv run hive skill validate/doctor/list) hard-depends on the Hive CLI/platform the plain copy-into-skills install never brings in. Only the standalone half of its claim — hand-authoring a spec-compliant SKILL.md — works without Hive. In an A/B on exactly that task (author a project-scoped invoice-parser SKILL.md), the skill-armed and no-skill outputs were the same quality: both valid, well-structured, with correct frontmatter, trigger words, error handling and an end-to-end example, so the guidance added no measurable lift over a capable base agent.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 4/5
- Output vs. baseline 5/10
- Docs & honesty 3/5
What Hive: Writing Hive Skills does
Author a new Agent Skill for a Hive agent that conforms to the Agent Skills specification (SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter, optional scripts/references/assets directories). Use when the user asks to create, scaffold, add, or package a new skill for a Hive agent.
How to install Hive: Writing Hive Skills
git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive
cd hive
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r core/framework/skills/_default_skills/writing-hive-skills ~/.claude/skills/hive-writing-hive-skills
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Hive: Writing Hive Skills
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/hive-writing-hive-skillsScaffolds a new Hive agent skill with SKILL.md and supporting directories.
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Create a new skill for this Hive agent -
Scaffold a SKILL.md following the Hive spec -
Package a new capability as a Hive agent skill
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Hive: Writing Hive Skills skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from aden-hive/hive. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Hive: Writing Hive Skills work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 12, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. A meta-skill teaching how to author Agent Skills for the Hive framework: verbatim install works cleanly (single SKILL.md, valid strict-YAML frontmatter, no broken references), but ironically its own name 'hive.writing-hive-skills' violates the a-z0-9- naming rule it teaches, and much of its documented workflow (create_colony, uv run hive skill validate/doctor/list) hard-depends on the Hive CLI/platform the plain copy-into-skills install never brings in. Only the standalone half of its claim — hand-authoring a spec-compliant SKILL.md — works without Hive. In an A/B on exactly that task (author a project-scoped invoice-parser SKILL.md), the skill-armed and no-skill outputs were the same quality: both valid, well-structured, with correct frontmatter, trigger words, error handling and an end-to-end example, so the guidance added no measurable lift over a capable base agent.
- What is the Hive: Writing Hive Skills SkillProof Score?
- 6.8/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 4/5, output vs. baseline 5/10, docs & honesty 3/5.
- How do I install Hive: Writing Hive Skills?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Hive: Writing Hive Skills with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.