CL-SK-001: Cline Skill Uses Unsupported Field - Cline Skills

Summary

• Rule ID: CL-SK-001
• Severity: MEDIUM
• Category: Cline Skills
• Normative Level: SHOULD
• Auto-Fix: Yes (safe/unsafe)
• Verified On: 2026-02-09

Applicability

• Tool: cline
• Version Range: unspecified
• Spec Revision: unspecified

Evidence Sources

• https://docs.cline.bot/prompting/cline-memory-bank#cline-memory-bank-custom-instructions-[copy-this]

Test Coverage Metadata

• Unit tests: true
• Fixture tests: true
• E2E tests: false

Examples

The following examples demonstrate what triggers this rule and how to fix it.

Invalid

---
name: my-skill
description: A useful development skill
context: fork
---
# My Skill

Skill instructions here.

Valid

---
name: my-skill
description: A useful development skill
---
# My Skill

Skill instructions here.