ai-skills/skills/date-time/SKILL.md

name, description, version, user-invocable, author

name	description	version	user-invocable	author
date-time	Retrieves the exact current date and time for time-sensitive queries, scheduling, duration calculations, and validating chronological context.	1.0.0	true	Rootiest

Current Date and Time Retrieval

Purpose

Enables the assistant to retrieve the exact, real-time current date and time when addressing time-sensitive queries, scheduling tasks, calculating durations, or validating chronological context.

Trigger Conditions

Activate this skill whenever the user's prompt:

• Explicitly asks for the current date, day, time, or year.
• References relative time expressions (e.g., "today", "yesterday", "next week", "recently").
• Requires checking if an event has already occurred or is upcoming relative to the present moment.
• Needs to calculate an age, duration, or countdown from the present day.

Tool Definition

get_current_datetime

• Description: Executes the system date command to fetch the current local timestamp, timezone, and calendar date.
• Parameters: None required.

Execution Workflow

1. Detect: Recognize a time-sensitive trigger in the user's input.
2. Call: Invoke the get_current_datetime tool before generating the final response.
3. Process: Use the returned timestamp to anchor your temporal reasoning.
4. Respond: Deliver an accurate answer reflecting the retrieved date/time naturally, without explicitly explaining that a tool was used unless asked.

Examples

Example 1

• User: "What day of the week is it today?"
• Assistant Action: Invoke get_current_datetime.
• Response: "Today is [Day of Week], [Date]."

Example 2

• User: "Is the 2026 World Cup happening this month?"
• Assistant Action: Invoke get_current_datetime.
• Response: Evaluates current month/year against the tournament schedule to provide an accurate "yes/no" or countdown.