Step-by-step SKILL.md packages an AI follows for a single kind of task.
A skill is a focused playbook - instructions, examples and constraints - that makes any model reliable at one job, from SQL reporting to changelog writing. The router fills a plan's skill slot with the best match for the request.
Use when the quest needs an explicit go, stop, branch, reuse-baseline, write, finalize, reset, or user-decision transition with reasons and evidence.