Conway AI Automaton Agent Skills (WIP)

Community-maintained skills for AI agents to help them save tokens and write to the world.

This repo is agent-first: skills are designed for any capable AI runtime, with Automaton as the primary reference implementation.

How skills work

A skill is one folder with one SKILL.md:

<skill-name>/
  SKILL.md

SKILL.md uses YAML frontmatter + markdown instructions:

---
name: my-skill
description: One-line summary
auto-activate: true
---

# Instructions
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Runtime notes

• Automaton loads skills from ~/.automaton/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md.
• Other agents can use the same SKILL.md pattern, but loading paths and activation behavior may differ by runtime.

Philosophy

• Skills should be secure, high-trust, and safe by default.
• Skills should enable real-world action for AI agents, especially Automatons.
• Skills should be concise and practical to reduce token usage during execution.
• Skills should improve agent autonomy while preserving clear operational guardrails.

Contributing

PRs are welcome.

When adding a skill:

• Create <skill-name>/SKILL.md.
• Keep instructions concrete, concise, and safe.
• Include assumptions (for example, what is already provisioned).
• Add the skill to SKILLS.md.