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Personalized Greeting

Writes a short, warm, personalized greeting for a given name.

Repository
withastro/flue
Stars
8,581
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
1 file

What it does

When asked to greet someone, the agent writes a warm, personalized greeting of one or two sentences using the name it was given. It is a minimal example of how an agent skill works: a single instruction file that tells the agent how to handle a particular type of request. It does not run any code or look anything up.

Great for

  • Developers learning how to write their first agent skill
  • Anyone who wants a quick, friendly greeting drafted for a named person
  • Teams testing that their agent setup loads and follows skills correctly

Skip it if

  • Formal or professional correspondence that needs specific tone, length or content, since the skill only asks for a warm one or two sentence greeting
  • Tasks needing real data about a person, because the skill has no access to outside information

Try asking

  • “Greet Maria for her birthday”
  • “Say hello to Dr. Okafor in a warm way”
  • “Generate a personalized greeting for Sam”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Personalized GreetingInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 1 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    greet.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip greet.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip greet.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Include the name clearly in your request so the agent can personalize the greeting.
  • Treat this as a template to copy when building your own skill, not as a production tool.
  • Ask for a different length or tone in your request if the default one or two sentences does not fit.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from withastro/flue under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.