Skill Authoring
Write skills according to best practices published by Anthropic and others. The focus is token efficiency and progressive disclosure: small, high-signal roots that load deeper material only when needed.
Use this skill to refactor existing skills without bloat, and to integrate new learning (or several related skills) into a single, organized skill set. Most of the skills in this repository were written or refactored with these patterns.
Structure
Level 1 (this file): Frontmatter + pointers only
Level 2: Core skill content OR index to Level 3
Level 3: Detailed topic files (for complex skills)
Quick Reference
| Skill Complexity | Structure |
|---|---|
| Simple | L1 → L2 (single file) |
| Complex | L1 → L2 (index) → L3 (topic files) |
Resources
- Core principles
- Structure patterns
- Templates
- Anti-patterns