Slow AI Skill Creation

Create a new skill in the Slow AI skill catalog for: $ARGUMENTS

A skill is a named, reusable capability that specialist agents can be assigned at runtime. It lives in src/slow_ai/skills/catalog/{skill_name}/SKILL.md. The catalog is discovered from the filesystem automatically — no registry file to update.

Steps

1. Determine the skill name — snake_case, descriptive of the capability not the tool (e.g. regulatory_document_analysis, not pdf_reader). Check existing skills first: web_search, web_browse, pdf_extraction, dataset_inspection, code_execution. Do not create a skill that duplicates one that already exists.

2. Identify which existing tools it uses — available tools: perplexity_search, web_browse, url_fetch, code_execution, code_generation, read_prior_evidence. Prefer composing existing tools. Only flag a new tool requirement if the capability genuinely cannot be built from what exists.

3. Create the directory and write SKILL.md at src/slow_ai/skills/catalog/{skill_name}/SKILL.md:

---
name: {skill_name}
description: {one sentence — what capability this gives an agent}
source: built-in
tags:
- {tag1}
- {tag2}
tools:
- {tool_name}
---

## When to use
{One paragraph. What signals in a work item description should trigger this skill? Name the specific verbs, topics, or question types that indicate this skill is needed.}

## How to execute
1. {Step 1 — specific and actionable}
2. {Step 2}
...

## Output contract
{What must appear in the agent's proof dict? What artefacts must be written (filename, format)? Be explicit — the specialist agent will follow this exactly.}

## Quality bar
- {Pass/fail criterion — concrete, not vague}
- {Another criterion}
...

## Pairs well with
- {skill_name}

4. Verify — read back the file and confirm:
   • Frontmatter is valid YAML
   • tools lists only tool names that exist in src/slow_ai/tools/
   • The playbook is specific enough that an agent could follow it without ambiguity
   • The output contract says exactly what goes in proof and what artefacts are written