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.
NIH grant research skill for clinical researchers. Grill-me intake (research idea + career stage + preliminary data + environment + submission posture + known institute targets) locks down the funding