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extract-skill is an archived example, not installed by init. Copy it from examples/init-pack/ with its dependency closure, or ask create-workflow to build an equivalent. extract-skill looks back at a run (or a pattern you describe) and harvests the durable, reusable part: an agent skill doc, a sketch for a new workflow, and memory facts worth keeping. Reach for it right after a run, when you notice yourself doing the same thing again.
Pass targetRunId to let the analysis read the real run state (bunx smithers-orchestrator inspect, events, node); leave it null to harvest purely from the prompt and context.

Stages

  1. analyze: read the run (if given) and decide what’s worth harvesting: the repeated pattern, whether it’s skill- and/or workflow-shaped, and any durable memory facts.
  2. propose: draft concrete proposals: a skill (name, description, body), a workflow sketch (id, sketch), and memory facts to persist.
  3. scaffold-skill: when the pattern is reusable as a skill, write the proposed skill doc to .smithers/skills/<name>.md.

Inputs

Monitor it

Use this to close the loop after a run: harvest the approach once into a skill, a workflow sketch, or memory the next run can lean on, instead of re-deriving it.