version: "1.0.0" name: template-creator description: Create or update a reusable Amplifier artifact template skill from a permitted reference document, deck, workbook, image, or message. compatibility: "Python 3.11+ and Amplifier load_skill; matching authoring skill for Office/PDF/image references; renderer and image reader for visual QA." user-invocable: true

Template Creator

Create a self-contained Amplifier skill with a retained reference and a manifest. This uses Amplifier filesystem discovery, not a Codex gallery or plugin cache.

1. Identify the exact reference and whether this is creation or an explicitly

requested update. For cloud references, use a real authorized export tool; do not store account credentials or guess a download URL. Confirm the user can reuse the reference before redistributing it. Preserve the original.

1. Choose .amplifier/skills/artifact-template-<name> in the project or the

user's requested destination. Do not overwrite an existing skill by default.

1. For DOCX/PPTX/XLSX/PDF, load the corresponding authoring skill and render a

representative first page/slide/sheet. Inspect the preview for readability. For images retain the original; for a message retain exact UTF-8 text and make a preview only if a suitable renderer is available.

1. Run ${SKILL_DIR}/scripts/create_template.py with --reference, --name,

--description, and --destination (the parent skills folder). Optionally pass a verified --preview. The helper writes the reference, SHA-256, artifact-template.json, and an Amplifier SKILL.md, refuses overwrite, and rejects symlink inputs. Read its JSON result and verify the resulting files.

1. Load the new skill through load_skill and exercise it on a disposable copy.

For updates, identify the exact destination, preserve unaffected resources, update the manifest hash if the reference changes, and rerender its preview.

Keep layout and content responsibilities explicit: the retained reference controls format where the user gives no contrary instruction; user sources control facts. Template creation does not authorize cloud publication or integration installation.