Renaming the new-doc Skill to md-artifact
Why we renamed the new-doc skill to md-artifact and tightened up its trigger description.
May 7, 2026The new-doc Cline skill got a rename today. It's now md-artifact.
Why
The original name and description were too generic. "Create a new markdown document summarizing a conversation or topic" could match almost anything - write a file, save some notes, document some code. The agent was at risk of firing this skill when you just wanted a quick file written somewhere, not a full structured post routed through Postmaster.
The fix was to make the trigger more intentional. md-artifact borrows from Anthropic's "artifact" concept - a deliberate, structured output meant to be reviewed and dispatched, not just a file that gets written and forgotten. The description now explicitly says not to use it for general file writing or code tasks.
What Changed
- Skill directory renamed from
new-doc/tomd-artifact/ - Skill name and description updated in
SKILL.md - Script path updated to reflect the new directory
- Port reference fixed (was pointing to
localhost:3000, Postmaster runs on3333) - Removed the instruction to check if the
drafts/directory exists - it's part of the Postmaster repo, it's always there - Clarified the body-writing step: read the draft to get the script-generated frontmatter, don't rewrite it, just append the body
The Naming Logic
The name md-artifact is scoped intentionally. If other skills produce artifacts in the future (JSON artifacts, code artifacts, whatever), they'd be json-artifact, code-artifact, etc. The md- prefix keeps this one clearly in its lane.