# SC-008: Meta-Skill's Own SKILL.md Is Under 500 Lines > Covers: FR-004, FR-021 — The meta-skill's own SKILL.md MUST be <500 lines > Type: Happy Path ## Given - The agent-skill-creator repository has been updated to v4.0 - The meta-skill's own SKILL.md exists at `agent-skill-creator/SKILL.md` ## When - The file is inspected for line count ## Then - The meta-skill's SKILL.md has fewer than 500 lines - Detailed content that was previously in the monolithic SKILL.md (4,116 lines) has been moved to `references/` - The SKILL.md body contains cross-references to files in `references/` ## Verification Method **Method**: CLI command **Steps**: 1. Run: `wc -l /Users/francylisboacharuto/agent-skill-creator/SKILL.md` 2. Run: `ls /Users/francylisboacharuto/agent-skill-creator/references/` 3. Run: `grep -c 'references/' /Users/francylisboacharuto/agent-skill-creator/SKILL.md` **Expected evidence**: Line count output is less than 500. `references/` contains multiple files. Grep shows at least 3 cross-references.