Document skills: frontmatter with pinned refs, per-skill auth, and Matt Pocock example#42747
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Adds first-class reference documentation for the skills: frontmatter field so workflow authors can declare external skill repositories (with optional per-skill auth) that are installed during the activation job before the agent runs.
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skills:and its supported entry shapes (string vs object). - Specifies validation constraints (40-char lowercase SHA pinning; per-entry auth field rules).
- Adds a mixed-auth YAML example plus cross-references to the glossary and a real workflow example.
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| docs/src/content/docs/reference/frontmatter.md | Adds a new “Frontmatter Skills (skills:)” reference section with formats, constraints, example config, and links. |
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| See [Glossary: Frontmatter Skills](/gh-aw/reference/glossary/#frontmatter-skills-skills) | ||
| for terminology, and | ||
| [`mattpocock-skills-reviewer.md`](https://github.com/github/gh-aw/blob/main/.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.md) | ||
| for a full workflow example using `skills:`. |
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| ```yaml wrap | ||
| skills: | ||
| # Shared auth via workflow-level activation token |
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This PR adds first-class reference documentation for the
skills:frontmatter field so users can configure skill installation correctly in workflows. It also adds a concrete, complex example covering mixed authentication patterns and links to the Matt Pocock workflow as a real-world reference.What was added
skills:) section indocs/src/content/docs/reference/frontmatter.md.owner/repo@SHA,owner/repo/path@SHA)skill, optionalgithub-token, optionalgithub-appgithub-tokenandgithub-appare mutually exclusive per entrygithub-tokenmust be a GitHub expressionExample and cross-references
.github/workflows/mattpocock-skills-reviewer.mdas a full production example