Rulebook Writing Skill for ChatGPT: Document a Reusable Operating Process
Convert a process into a rulebook with metadata, a clear outcome, prerequisites, steps, and completion checks. Use variables for facts that change across teams.
中文Install in ChatGPT
Use an eligible ChatGPT workspace with permission to create skills and, for uploads, upload permission. The installation path for this text-only adaptation was checked against OpenAI documentation. Workspace runtime verification is pending.
- Download skills/how-to-write-rulebooks/SKILL.md from the pinned GitHub source. Keep the name, description, and instructions for how-to-write-rulebooks together as a standalone text skill.
- In a ChatGPT workspace with skills and uploads enabled, open Plugins, Skills, Create, and Upload from your computer. Choose a skill package format accepted by the file picker. You can also choose Create with editor and enter the original name, description, and instructions.
- After the scan completes, check that how-to-write-rulebooks appears in Installed. Type @ in a new chat, select the skill, and use the fictional example on this page to check the output.
Example task
A fictional library must check date, venue, capacity, and contact email before releasing an event notice. Write a rulebook for two branches using a branch-name placeholder.What to check
State the pre-publication outcome. List inputs, review actions, outputs, and completion criteria. Keep branch, address, and contact values as fields owned by the event lead.
Original SKILL.md on GitHub · Updated
Frequently asked question
Should a shared rulebook hard-code one branch's contact?
Use a contact field and a fictional example for the shared version. Fill it with the verified contact at the point of use.