Claude-skill-registry frontmatter

Generates YAML frontmatter metadata (date/time, git commit, branch, repository) for workflow documentation. Use when creating research docs, plans, or work summaries.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/data/frontmatter" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-frontmatter && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/data/frontmatter/SKILL.md

source content

Frontmatter Generator

Collect metadata for document frontmatter by running:

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/frontmatter/workflow-tools-frontmatter.sh

Output Format

Current Date/Time (TZ): 2025-01-15 10:30:45 EST
Current Git Commit Hash: abc123...
Current Branch Name: main
Repository Name: my-project

If not in a git repository, only the date/time line is returned.

Mapping to YAML Frontmatter

Use the output to populate these fields:

Script Output	YAML Field
Current Date/Time (TZ)	`date:`
Current Git Commit Hash	`git_commit:`
Current Branch Name	`branch:`
Repository Name	`repository:`