Reviewing a skill before you install it
Skills and promptsFive minutes of reading that predicts whether a skill will change behaviour or just consume context.
7 minLesson
What a skill is, how to write one, and how to turn a prompt you reuse into one.
Five minutes of reading that predicts whether a skill will change behaviour or just consume context.
A folder with a SKILL.md the agent loads on demand — closer to a training manual than a plugin.
The four sections every working skill has, why the fourth one is skipped, and how to test a skill before you ship it.
The upgrade path from a copied prompt to a shared practice, and the point where a skill is the wrong tool.