AI coding glossary
Composition Skill
Also known as: combo skill, skill pipeline, skill bundle
In one sentence
A SKILL.md that chains multiple skills into an agent team or pipeline, implement → test → review → ship as a single install.
Full definition
A composition skill is a SKILL.md file that references other skills via a `subagents:` field in its frontmatter. Installing a composition pulls every child skill automatically and orchestrates them into a multi-step pipeline. Example: a `ship-it` composition might chain implement → test → security-audit → code-review → deploy. Compositions turn agent teams from a manual orchestration job into a single installable artifact. Skills-Hub categorizes compositions under the `combo` category.
On skills-hub.ai
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