Codex: invalid YAML warnings for SKILL.md files after installing antigravity-awesome-skills
I installed skills with
npx antigravity-awesome-skills --codexon macOS and started Codex (latest Homebrew version). Every session prints a warning like/{user}/.codex/skills/azure-storage-blob-py/SKILL.md: invalid YAML: did not find expected key at line 3 column 3, while parsing a block mappingfor about 225 skills. Codex still runs, but how can I make these warnings go away?Originally asked on GitHub: https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/issues/108
6 answers
The issue is closed as completed, and the maintainer says frontmatter YAML fixes shipped in release v6.0.0. However, the thread shows the warning still appears after updating: one user still saw errors for 217 skills after installing the last update, and another reported 215 errors on v6.2.0, so the problem is explained but not confirmed fully fixed.
Reproduce with
npx antigravity-awesome-skills --codex, then start Codex withcodexin a project folder. The warning appears on every session start but does not stop Codex from working.A contributor identified the cause: the
descriptionfield in each skill file's frontmatter. A side-by-side comparison of a working and a broken skill file showed the difference, and after manually fixing thedescriptionof one skill, that skill loaded without the YAML error. That workaround is confirmed for a single skill only; the thread does not show a bulk fix. On v6.2.0 the remaining broken skills were mostly azure-, hig-, and seo-related. A pull request (#139) with an attempted fix was opened, but the thread does not say whether it was merged or resolved the issue.Did this work for you?What @itsmeares tried on GitHub (Worked)
Manually fixed the
descriptionfield in one skill's frontmatter after comparing a working and a broken skill file; that specific skill then loaded without the YAML error.Did this work for you?What @itsmeares tried on GitHub (Outcome unclear)
A contributor opened PR #139 with an attempted fix; the thread does not confirm whether it was merged or whether it resolved the warnings.
Did this work for you?What @Rodrigolmti tried on GitHub (Didn't work)
Installed the last update after the maintainer's fix; the warning still appeared for 217 skills instead of 225.
Did this work for you?What @itsmeares tried on GitHub (Didn't work)
Updated to v6.2.0; still got 215 invalid YAML errors, mostly for azure-, hig-, and seo-related skills.
Did this work for you?What a GitHub user tried on GitHub (Didn't work)
Installed with
npx antigravity-awesome-skills --codexon macOS and started Codex; got invalid YAML warnings for 225 skills on every session, though Codex still worked.Source: https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/issues/108 (opens external site)
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