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Example Skill skill

example-skillNVIDIA/SkillSpectortests/fixtures/as3_self_reference/SKILL.md

Documents manifest locations for an example skill.

21kApache-2.0

always on

12 tokname + description

once used

18 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

11 KB

repo stars

21kGitHub

Install the Example Skill skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector --skill example-skill

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector.git /tmp/SkillSpector
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/SkillSpector/tests/fixtures/as3_self_reference ~/.claude/skills/example-skill

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

WhenWhat loadsCost
Every sessionName and description12 tok
When the agent uses itThe SKILL.md instructions18 tok
Only if opened1 bundled files (1 KB)varies

Until it is used, example-skill costs about 114× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Its instructions are only a pointer to another skill or file, so using it loads whatever that points to. Installing all 33 skills from NVIDIA/SkillSpector would load 549 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

  • The name doesn't match its folder name, as the specification requires.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

  • Example Skill

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