YAO Meta‑Skill: Build Reusable AI Agent Skills with Proven Governance
From the repo · “YAO = Yielding AI Outcomes. A rigorous engineering, evaluation, governance, and portability system for reusable agent skills.”
Create reusable workflows using Python code.
"A founder needs to automate the onboarding process for new customers. They can create a workflow with ya-meta-skill to send a welcome email to new Stripe customers, create a new customer note in Notion, and track the customer's information in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. After 10 minutes of setup, the founder's new workflow is up and running, saving them 2 hours of manual work each week."
- •When building a workflow automation system that requires reusable components
- •When needing to integrate multiple AI models into a single workflow
- •When requiring a rigorous engineering and evaluation system for agent skills
python -m yao.run my_skill --input 'example_input' --output 'example_output'
Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.
Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/yao-meta-skill && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/yao-meta-skill/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/yao-meta-skill/SKILL.mdOpens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.
YAO Meta‑Skill: Build Reusable AI Agent Skills with Proven Governance is a large Python project (~57k lines across 178 code files, plus 85 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit 2 months ago, MIT license, has a test suite.
- 1README.mdStart here — what it does and how to install it
- 2AGENTS.mdThe instructions the AI actually follows
- 3manifest.jsonWhere the program starts running
- 4examples/README.mdA worked example — copy this to get going
Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.
Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/yao-meta-skill && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/yao-meta-skill/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/yao-meta-skill/SKILL.mdOpens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.
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Do this with a working workflow
Pages we wrote and tested that put a skill like this to work — importable n8n templates, outcome guides and Claude Desktop configs.
Turn meeting notes into a summary email automatically
Paste the transcript into a private form and the workflow writes and emails a concise recap — decisions, owners, open questions — that people will actually read.
Free n8n templateAbandoned Cart Win-Back
Draft a personalized, non-pushy win-back email for every abandoned cart — referencing the exact product left behind. You approve before sending.
Outcome guideScore your leads by ideal-customer fit
You describe your ideal customer once and keep leads in a Google Sheet. The workflow scores each 1–5 for fit with a one-line reason, so you sort and work the best first.
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