diff --git a/site/src/pages/CreateTemplatePage/CreateTemplatePage.tsx b/site/src/pages/CreateTemplatePage/CreateTemplatePage.tsx
index 1a1b3056a4..c775f691e6 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/CreateTemplatePage/CreateTemplatePage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/CreateTemplatePage/CreateTemplatePage.tsx
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ const CreateTemplatePage: FC = () => {
 				onCreateVersion: setTemplateVersion,
 				onTemplateVersionChanges: setTemplateVersion,
 			});
+			// Ephemeral router state tells TemplateFilesPage to show a
+			// one-time banner with agent skill and docs links.
 			navigate(
 				`${getLink(linkToTemplate(options.organization, template.name))}/files`,
+				{ state: { justCreated: true } },
 			);
 		},
 		onOpenBuildLogsDrawer: () => setIsBuildLogsOpen(true),
diff --git a/site/src/pages/TemplatePage/TemplateFilesPage/TemplateFilesPage.tsx b/site/src/pages/TemplatePage/TemplateFilesPage/TemplateFilesPage.tsx
index 0189a523c9..e393785674 100644
--- a/site/src/pages/TemplatePage/TemplateFilesPage/TemplateFilesPage.tsx
+++ b/site/src/pages/TemplatePage/TemplateFilesPage/TemplateFilesPage.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,33 @@
-import type { FC } from "react";
+import { ExternalLinkIcon } from "lucide-react";
+import { type FC, useEffect } from "react";
 import { useQuery } from "react-query";
-import { useParams } from "react-router";
+import { useLocation, useNavigate, useParams } from "react-router";
 import {
 	previousTemplateVersion,
 	templateFiles,
 } from "#/api/queries/templates";
+import { Alert, AlertDescription, AlertTitle } from "#/components/Alert/Alert";
+import { Button } from "#/components/Button/Button";
 import { Loader } from "#/components/Loader/Loader";
 import { TemplateFiles } from "#/modules/templates/TemplateFiles/TemplateFiles";
 import { useTemplateLayoutContext } from "#/pages/TemplatePage/TemplateLayout";
+import { docs } from "#/utils/docs";
 import { getTemplatePageTitle } from "../utils";
 
 const TemplateFilesPage: FC = () => {
 	const { organization: organizationName = "default" } = useParams() as {
 		organization?: string;
 	};
+	const location = useLocation();
+	const navigate = useNavigate();
+	const locationState = location.state as { justCreated?: boolean } | null;
+	const justCreated = locationState?.justCreated === true;
+
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (justCreated) {
+			navigate(location.pathname, { replace: true, state: {} });
+		}
+	}, [justCreated, navigate, location.pathname]);
 	const { template, activeVersion } = useTemplateLayoutContext();
 	const { data: currentFiles } = useQuery(
 		templateFiles(activeVersion.job.file_id),
@@ -39,6 +53,42 @@ const TemplateFilesPage: FC = () => {
 		<>
 			<title>{getTemplatePageTitle("Source Code", template)}</title>
 
+			{justCreated && (
+				<Alert severity="info" dismissible className="mb-6">
+					<AlertTitle className="font-semibold">
+						Awesome, you just created a new template!
+					</AlertTitle>
+					<AlertDescription>
+						To customize it further you can edit the Terraform or Coder Template
+						directly. You can use our template agent skill to help you.
+					</AlertDescription>
+					<div className="flex items-center gap-2 mt-4">
+						<Button asChild size="sm" variant="default">
+							<a
+								href="https://github.com/coder/registry/blob/main/.agents/skills/coder-templates/SKILL.md"
+								target="_blank"
+								rel="noopener noreferrer"
+								className="flex items-center"
+							>
+								View agent skill
+								<ExternalLinkIcon className="size-icon-sm ml-1" />
+							</a>
+						</Button>
+						<Button asChild size="sm" variant="outline">
+							<a
+								href={docs("/admin/templates/creating-templates")}
+								target="_blank"
+								rel="noopener noreferrer"
+								className="flex items-center"
+							>
+								View docs
+								<ExternalLinkIcon className="size-icon-sm ml-1" />
+							</a>
+						</Button>
+					</div>
+				</Alert>
+			)}
+
 			{shouldDisplayFiles ? (
 				<TemplateFiles
 					organizationName={template.organization_name}