Context
In intent-integrity-chain/kit PR #89 (link), the OpenAI policy reviewer flagged the addition of argument-hint: to five SKILL.md files under skill-authoring:
the loaded policy only permits allowed-tools, disable-model-invocation, and user-invocable as optional skill frontmatter fields
The reviewer reads the rule's "Optional fields" line as a closed list:
- Optional fields: `allowed-tools`, `disable-model-invocation`, `user-invocable` (set to `false` for background-knowledge skills the runtime loads as context but the user should never invoke directly)
Why argument-hint belongs
argument-hint: is real Claude Code slash-command frontmatter. When present, Claude Code's UI surfaces the expected argument shape inline next to the slash command — purely a discovery / UX field, no runtime semantics. Upstream spec-kit harvested it in commit 10be4848 (PRs #2059, #1951).
Other agents (Codex, Gemini, OpenCode) ignore unknown fields, so adding it is non-breaking. Per rule-frontmatter.md passthrough behavior for rules, the same principle (unknown fields preserved, runtime decides relevance) is the natural extension for skill frontmatter.
Proposal
Update rules/skill-authoring.md to add argument-hint: to the optional-fields list:
- Optional fields: `allowed-tools`, `disable-model-invocation`, `user-invocable` (set to `false` for background-knowledge skills the runtime loads as context but the user should never invoke directly), `argument-hint` (Claude Code slash-command UI hint — string describing expected arguments, e.g. `[init|status|use|uninit|help] [feature]`)
Either expand the list, or rephrase the line to make clear it documents commonly-used optional fields rather than enumerating an exhaustive allow-list.
Impact
Unblocks intent-integrity-chain/kit PR #89 (and any future PR adding argument-hint: to a skill).
Context
In
intent-integrity-chain/kitPR #89 (link), the OpenAI policy reviewer flagged the addition ofargument-hint:to fiveSKILL.mdfiles underskill-authoring:The reviewer reads the rule's "Optional fields" line as a closed list:
Why argument-hint belongs
argument-hint:is real Claude Code slash-command frontmatter. When present, Claude Code's UI surfaces the expected argument shape inline next to the slash command — purely a discovery / UX field, no runtime semantics. Upstream spec-kit harvested it in commit10be4848(PRs #2059, #1951).Other agents (Codex, Gemini, OpenCode) ignore unknown fields, so adding it is non-breaking. Per
rule-frontmatter.mdpassthrough behavior for rules, the same principle (unknown fields preserved, runtime decides relevance) is the natural extension for skill frontmatter.Proposal
Update
rules/skill-authoring.mdto addargument-hint:to the optional-fields list:Either expand the list, or rephrase the line to make clear it documents commonly-used optional fields rather than enumerating an exhaustive allow-list.
Impact
Unblocks
intent-integrity-chain/kitPR #89 (and any future PR addingargument-hint:to a skill).