Skills and prompts
Writing instructions that change behavior instead of setting a tone.
- What a skill is, and what it is notLevel 1 · 6 min — A folder with a SKILL.md the agent loads on demand — closer to a training manual than a plugin.
- Writing a skill that changes behaviorLevel 2 · 9 min — The four sections every working skill has, why the fourth one is skipped, and how to test a skill before you ship it.
- Turning a prompt you reuse into a skillLevel 2 · 7 min — The upgrade path from a copied prompt to a shared practice, and the point where a skill is the wrong tool.
- Reviewing a skill before you install itLevel 2 · 7 min — Five minutes of reading that predicts whether a skill will change behaviour or just consume context.