Epic Free Games

v1.0.1

Fetch current and upcoming free games from Epic Games Store. Use when the user asks about Epic free games, this week's free games, or Epic giveaways.

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byCheer@cheerwhy
MIT-0
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
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Purpose & Capability
The name/description (fetch Epic free games) matches the SKILL.md: it uses a public Epic API endpoint and parses promotion fields. No unrelated credentials, binaries, or config paths are required.
Instruction Scope
Instructions are narrowly scoped to performing an HTTP GET, parsing JSON, and formatting results by current/upcoming promotions. The doc suggests using curl (and mentions web_fetch may truncate), and instructs converting UTC dates to the user's local timezone — these are reasonable for the task. Minor note: SKILL.md assumes the agent has a tool to run curl/HTTP requests and to parse JSON; the metadata doesn't declare required binaries, so implementers should ensure the agent environment supports those operations.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files are present (instruction-only). No external downloads or package installs are requested, which minimizes risk.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. That is proportionate: the Epic API endpoint is public and needs no auth.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and the skill does not request persistent or system-wide configuration changes. It is user-invocable and may be invoked autonomously (platform default), which is expected for this type of helper.
Assessment
This instruction-only skill fetches a public Epic Games Store endpoint and parses the JSON response; it does not ask for credentials or install anything. Before installing, confirm your agent environment can make outbound HTTPS requests and parse JSON (curl or equivalent), and be aware the skill will contact store-site-backend-static.ak.epicgames.com. Also verify date/timezone formatting behavior if you need precise local-times, and be mindful of rate limits or network policies that may block the request.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

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