Overview
hive.writing-hive-skills is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by aden-hive. Its author describes it as: “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, a…”. The project has 11k stars on GitHub and is available under the Apache-2.0 license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/writing-hive-skills`.
What hive.writing-hive-skills does
Hive agents discover skills by scanning several roots, in precedence order:
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for hive.writing-hive-skills is organised into these sections:
- Operational Protocol: Writing Hive Skills
- Choosing where to put a new skill
- Colony-scoped skills via writeskill
- Directory layout
- SKILL.md frontmatter
- Writing a good description
- Writing the body
- Progressive disclosure
- Scripts
- Creating a new skill — workflow
- Registering as a framework default
- What NOT to put in a skill
Installation
Add hive.writing-hive-skills to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/writing-hive-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
Neither the skill nor its repository names a specific agent. It uses the SKILL.md format, which several agents can load — check the repository for any agent-specific requirements.
License
hive.writing-hive-skills is published under the Apache-2.0 license.
Strengths
- Clear Apache-2.0 license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in aden-hive/hive, an established project with 10,923 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does hive.writing-hive-skills do?
- 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 do I install hive.writing-hive-skills?
- Run git clone https://github.com/aden-hive/hive ~/.claude/skills/writing-hive-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/aden-hive/hive before installing.
- Is hive.writing-hive-skills free to use?
- Yes. hive.writing-hive-skills is free and open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Where does hive.writing-hive-skills come from?
- hive.writing-hive-skills ships inside aden-hive/hive, a repository that contains 25 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 10,923 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.