@skills-hub-ai/skill-parser

Parser for SKILL.md files — extracts YAML frontmatter and instructions from the skills-hub skill format.

This is an internal library used by @skills-hub-ai/cli, @skills-hub-ai/mcp, and the skills-hub API.

Usage

import { parseSkillMd } from "@skills-hub-ai/skill-parser";

const result = parseSkillMd(`---
name: My Skill
description: Does something useful
version: 1.0.0
category: code-quality
platforms:
  - claude-code
---

Your skill instructions here.
`);

if (result.success) {
  console.log(result.skill.name);         // "My Skill"
  console.log(result.skill.instructions); // "Your skill instructions here."
}

Exports

`parseSkillMd(content: string): ParseResult`

Parses a SKILL.md file. Returns { success, skill?, errors[] }.

Required fields: name, description, version Optional fields: category (validated against known slugs), platforms (normalized to uppercase)

`validateSemver(version: string): boolean`

Validates that a string matches X.Y.Z semver format.

`compareSemver(a: string, b: string): number`

Compares two semver strings. Returns -1, 0, or 1.

OpenFang support

import { translateToHand, serializeHandToml } from "@skills-hub-ai/skill-parser/openfang";

const hand = translateToHand(skill);
const toml = serializeHandToml(hand);

Converts SKILL.md format to OpenFang HAND.toml for agent execution.

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