Add information about the agent skills lifecycle and clarify docs-writer skill metadata. (#18234)

Co-authored-by: Jenna Inouye <jinouye@google.com>
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gemini skills disable my-expertise --scope workspace
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## How it Works (Security & Privacy)
## How it Works
1. **Discovery**: At the start of a session, Gemini CLI scans the discovery
tiers and injects the name and description of all enabled skills into the
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ gemini skills disable my-expertise --scope workspace
5. **Execution**: The model proceeds with the specialized expertise active. It
is instructed to prioritize the skill's procedural guidance within reason.
### Skill activation
Once a skill is activated (typically by Gemini identifying a task that matches
the skill's description and your approval), its specialized instructions and
resources are loaded into the agent's context. A skill remains active and its
guidance is prioritized for the duration of the session.
## Creating your own skills
To create your own skills, see the [Create Agent Skills](./creating-skills.md)