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Adds a "Claude Code Skills" section to AGENTS.md documenting the expected format for .claude/skills/ definitions: YAML frontmatter with trigger phrases, numbered step-based runbook sections with bash commands, and a final report step. Lists anti-patterns and points to run-tests as the canonical example.

Why:

On PR #3434, 6 new skills were initially written as reference how-to guides. A reviewer had to request a full restructuring into executable workflows, which consumed most of the PR's 11-day lifecycle. The expected format was never documented — authors had to reverse-engineer it from existing examples, and reviewers had no documented criteria to assess structural correctness.

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AGENTS.md documents the required structure, content, example, and anti-patterns for Claude Code skills stored under .claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md.

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Document skill structure and rules
AGENTS.md
Adds guidance for YAML frontmatter, numbered action steps, Bash command blocks, the final Report step, anti-patterns, and the canonical run-tests example.

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Documentation-only additive change to a protected file (AGENTS.md) with an established multi-author churn history; no code, dependency, test, or security impact — score is elevated slightly above low due to protected-path status and 4-author collaboration in the last 90 days.

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Documentation-only PR adding 52 lines to AGENTS.md with no code, security, CI, or dependency changes; the scope is well-matched to the linked issue, the author is a known contributor, and the change is trivially revertible.

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Docs-only PR adding 52 lines to AGENTS.md documenting expected skill format, directly matching the linked issue scope. Single file changed, no code/test/CI/dependency impact. Known contributor. PROTECTED_PATH_COUNT=1 is the only elevated signal but expected for a documentation change explicitly requested by issue #3451. Trivially reversible.

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  • [protected-path] AGENTS.md — AGENTS.md is listed in the repository's protected paths and always requires human approval, regardless of context. This PR has sufficient context (linked issue Document expected skill format in AGENTS.md to prevent design-level rework on skill PRs #3451 / EC-2039 explicitly requests this documentation, and the PR body explains the rationale), so this finding is surfaced for human reviewer awareness rather than as a blocker of the change itself.
    Remediation: no code change required; a human reviewer must approve the protected-path modification.

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  • [documentation-accuracy] AGENTS.md:152 — The anti-pattern "No bash code blocks: Every action step should have concrete commands, not just prose" is contradicted by two existing skills in the repo. .claude/skills/debug-failure/SKILL.md Step 4 ("Check CI-specific issues", lines 114-120) is prose-only bullets with no fenced code block, and .claude/skills/write-tests/SKILL.md Step 1 ("Determine test type", lines 13-19) is also prose-only. Since this section is meant to codify the format for future skill reviews, an absolute rule that the repo's own skills violate will drive spurious future review comments.
    Remediation: Soften the anti-pattern to reflect actual practice, e.g., "Action steps should generally include concrete commands rather than only prose; brief prose-only steps are acceptable when they establish context (e.g., classifying inputs or listing CI-only conditions)." If the strict rule is intended, update the noncompliant existing skills in a follow-up.

  • [protected-path] AGENTS.md — This PR modifies AGENTS.md, which is on the repository's protected paths list (REVIEW_PROTECTED_PATHS). The PR links issue Document expected skill format in AGENTS.md to prevent design-level rework on skill PRs #3451, which explicitly proposes this exact change, and the description explains the rationale, so the context is sufficient — but human approval is always required for protected-path changes regardless of context.
    Remediation: Ensure a human maintainer explicitly approves this change before merge.

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  • [documentation-accuracy] AGENTS.md:127 — The description of "Numbered step sections" says each step "contains a brief explanation and fenced bash code blocks with the actual commands to run." .claude/skills/write-tests/SKILL.md uses go and gherkin fenced code blocks (Step 2, lines 27-36 and 46-52), not bash. The blanket "fenced bash code blocks" phrasing overstates the pattern.
    Remediation: Rephrase, e.g., "each ## Step N: Action contains a brief explanation and, typically, fenced code blocks (usually bash) with the concrete commands or snippets to run."

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  • [skill-format-accuracy] AGENTS.md:103 — The documented skill format omits the # Title heading and one-line description that appears between the YAML frontmatter and ## Step 1 in every existing skill file. All 6 skill files in .claude/skills/ follow the pattern: frontmatter → # Title → one-sentence description → ## Step 1. The documented format says "Every skill file has two parts" and jumps directly from frontmatter to step sections, so someone following it would produce a structurally different file from every existing skill.
    Remediation: Add the # Title heading and introductory description line to the documented format as a third element. After the YAML frontmatter example, show a # Title heading and one-line description before ## Step 1.

  • [protected-path] AGENTS.md — This PR modifies AGENTS.md, which is a protected governance file. The PR links to issue Document expected skill format in AGENTS.md to prevent design-level rework on skill PRs #3451 and explains the rationale (documenting expected skill format to prevent design-level rework on future skill PRs). Human approval is always required for protected-path changes, regardless of context.


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  • [technical documentation accuracy] AGENTS.md:118 — The documentation states the final step is "always ## Step N: Report <topic>", implying a topic suffix is mandatory. However, 3 of 6 existing skill files (build-and-lint, write-tests, pr-checklist) use just ## Step N: Report without a topic suffix, creating an inconsistency between the documented spec and half the existing skill files.
    Remediation: Change The final step is always \## Step N: Report `toThe final step is always `## Step N: Report []`` (brackets indicating the topic is optional).

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  • [technical documentation accuracy] AGENTS.md:119 — The documentation states the final step is always ## Step N: Report, but the canonical example (run-tests/SKILL.md) uses ## Step 6: Report results. The inline example uses ## Step 2: Report. This minor inconsistency could cause confusion about whether the step title should include a topic suffix.
    Remediation: Either change the description to say the final step follows the pattern ## Step N: Report <topic> (allowing variations), or update the inline example to ## Step 2: Report results to match the canonical example.

  • [naming-conventions] AGENTS.md:140 — Anti-pattern list items use **Term.** explanation format, but the established convention throughout AGENTS.md is **Term:** explanation (bold term followed by colon).
    Remediation: Change to colon-separated format for consistency.


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  • [technical documentation accuracy] AGENTS.md:126 — The template example inside the ```markdown fenced code block uses backslash-escaped backticks (\``bashand```) to prevent premature fence closure. The rendered output will display literal backslash characters, making the template misleading for readers who copy it. Use a 4+ backtick outer fence (e.g., `` `````markdown ``) or tilde fences (~~~markdown) so the inner triple backticks render correctly without escaping. **Remediation:** Replace the outer ```markdown ` fence with a 4+ backtick fence or tilde fence, and remove the backslash escaping from the inner backticks.

  • [cross-reference formatting] AGENTS.md:145 — The cross-reference link wraps the display text in backticks ([`.claude/skills/run-tests/SKILL.md`](...)), whereas the existing cross-references in the "Design Documents" section (lines 91–93) use plain text for display text (e.g., [internal/evaluator/DESIGN.md](...)). Minor style inconsistency.
    Remediation: Remove the backticks around the display text to match the established pattern.


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Adds a "Claude Code Skills" section to AGENTS.md documenting the expected
format for .claude/skills/ definitions: YAML frontmatter with trigger
phrases, numbered step-based runbook sections with bash commands, and a
final report step. Lists anti-patterns (how-to guides, missing triggers,
no commands) and points to run-tests as the canonical example.

This prevents future skill authors from writing prose documentation
instead of executable workflows, which caused a multi-day rewrite cycle
on PR conforma#3434.

Resolves: https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/EC-2039
Upstream: conforma#3451

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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