domains / general / template-selection / templates
Both skills are named 'templates' and share the same structural pattern: a top-level SKILL.md that acts as a router, listing sub-templates in a table and instructing the agent to read only the specific sub-template matching the user's request. However, they cover completely different domains (software project scaffolding vs. academic paper writing) and have different specific steps (e.g., the first includes a 'Selective Reading Rule' and usage workflow, the second is a simple table). Neither is a reproduction of the other; they are distinct applications of the same 'template router' pattern. Combining them would hide the fact that they are for different tasks, but since the prompt asks to decide if one is the procedure the others reproduce, and they don't, 'combine' is the correct decision to acknowledge the overlap in pattern but difference in content. Wait, looking closer at the instructions: 'decision is authentic when one copy is the procedure the others reproduce, shorten, or wrap.' They do not reproduce each other. 'decision is combine when the copies overlap but each has material steps or constraints the others lack, or they disagree, so crowning one would hide a real alternative.' They overlap in the *concept* of being a template router, but the *content* is disjoint. Is this a 'combine' of instructions? The combined instruction would be a generic 'Template Router' skill. However, the skills are so different in domain that combining them into a single SKILL.md is nonsensical for an agent. But the task is to judge the *copies* of the skill. If I treat them as two instances of a 'templates' skill, they are conflicting implementations of the same name. The 'combine' decision is for when they overlap but have unique material. Here, the material is entirely different. But they are both 'templates'. If I pick 'authentic', I have to pick a winner. Neither is the 'true' template skill. They are both valid but distinct. The prompt says 'combine' when 'crowning one would hide a real alternative'. If I crown the software one, I hide the academic one. If I crown the academic one, I hide the software one. So 'combine' is the safer bet to indicate they are distinct alternatives under the same name. The combined instruction would be a generic template selection procedure.
| Repository | Path |
|---|---|
| sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | plugins/agentic-awesome-skills-claude/skills/app-builder/templates/SKILL.md |
| brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/writing/templates/SKILL.md |
| Role | Repository | Path |
|---|---|---|
| peer | sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | plugins/agentic-awesome-skills-claude/skills/app-builder/templates/SKILL.md |
| peer | brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/writing/templates/SKILL.md |
| adapter | sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | plugins/agentic-awesome-skills/skills/app-builder/templates/SKILL.md |
| adapter | sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | skills/app-builder/templates/SKILL.md |
--- name: templates description: "Router for selecting and loading specific templates based on user intent." --- # Template Selection 1. Identify the user's project type or document type. 2. Consult the relevant template list (Software or Academic). 3. Read ONLY the specific template file matching the user's request. 4. Follow the instructions in that specific template. ## Software Templates [Insert list from sickn33 skill] ## Academic Templates [Insert list from brycewang skill]