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j-star-films-studios (@j-star-films-studios) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Agent Engineering by j-star-films-studios

Name: Agent Engineering
Author: j-star-films-studios

Agent Engineering

Use when engineering LLM prompts, compiling skills from sources ('source-to-skill'), engineering expert systems ('expert-system-engineer' CommonKADS/rules), writing agent docs ('writing-for-agents'), modeling domain vocabulary ('domain-modeling' CONTEXT.md/ADRs), creating specs ('conversation-to-spec'), curating/importing skills ('skill-curator'), spawning task DAGs ('spawn-task'), running code tournaments ('arena'), or managing subagents.

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Agent Engineering Suite

Comprehensive suite for prompt engineering, agent steering rules, domain dictionaries (CONTEXT.md), task decomposition DAGs, and subagent orchestration.

[!IMPORTANT] Foundational Guide: When authoring or editing any skill, AGENTS.md, or subagent prompt, read writing-for-agents/SKILL.md and writing-for-agents/SKILL-MECHANICS.md first to ensure tight context pointers and zero token waste.

Sub-Skills

Sub-Skill	Purpose	Path
`writing-for-agents`	Core rules for writing skills, AGENTS.md, context pointers, and router mechanics	`writing-for-agents/SKILL.md`
`skill-curator`	Intake, standardize, classify, and wire new skills into the ecosystem	`skill-curator/SKILL.md`
`skill-creator`	Scaffolding new agent skills following repository conventions	`skill-creator/SKILL.md`
`source-to-skill`	Distill raw sources (docs, books, transcripts, PDFs) into operational agent skills	`source-to-skill/SKILL.md`
`expert-system-engineer`	Engineer CommonKADS knowledge models, MYCIN rule systems, and inference engines	`expert-system-engineer/SKILL.md`
`domain-modeling`	Generates `CONTEXT.md` ubiquitous language glossary with `_Avoid_` anti-synonyms and ADRs	`domain-modeling/SKILL.md`
`conversation-to-spec`	Synthesizes chat discussions into formal technical specifications	`conversation-to-spec/SKILL.md`
`spawn-task`	Decomposes specs into tracer-bullet vertical slice task packets with blocking DAGs	`spawn-task/SKILL.md`
`to-questionnaire`	Generates async questionnaires for domain experts and external stakeholders	`to-questionnaire/SKILL.md`
`arena`	Spawns parallel candidate implementations and blind-judges the strongest solution	`arena/SKILL.md`
`automate-me`	Scans terminal history and repeated workflows to produce new agent skills and scripts	`automate-me/SKILL.md`
`reflect`	Spawns 3 review subagents over transcripts to extract learnings and patch skills	`reflect/SKILL.md`
`create-verification-skill`	Generates project-local verification harnesses driving apps end-to-end	`create-verification-skill/SKILL.md`
`maintain-verification-skill`	Audits and updates project verification harnesses as code evolves	`maintain-verification-skill/SKILL.md`
`subagent-driven-development`	Parallel subagent orchestration and implementation task loops	`subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md`
`prompt-engineering`	Advanced prompting patterns, meta-prompts, and eval harnesses	`prompt-engineering/SKILL.md`
`optimize-agent-context`	Optimizing context windows and rule files	`optimize-agent-context/SKILL.md`
`crafting-effective-readmes`	Writing structured repository documentation	`crafting-effective-readmes/SKILL.md`

---name: agent-engineeringdescription: Use when engineering LLM prompts, compiling skills from sources ('source-to-skill'), engineering expert systems ('expert-system-engineer' CommonKADS/rules), writing agent docs ('writing-for-agents'), modeling domain vocabulary ('domain-modeling' CONTEXT.md/ADRs), creating specs ('conversation-to-spec'), curating/importing skills ('skill-curator'), spawning task DAGs ('spawn-task'), running code tournaments ('arena'), or managing subagents.---# Agent Engineering SuiteComprehensive suite for prompt engineering, agent steering rules, domain dictionaries (`CONTEXT.md`), task decomposition DAGs, and subagent orchestration.> [!IMPORTANT]> **Foundational Guide:** When authoring or editing any skill, `AGENTS.md`, or subagent prompt, read [`writing-for-agents/SKILL.md`](writing-for-agents/SKILL.md) and [`writing-for-agents/SKILL-MECHANICS.md`](writing-for-agents/SKILL-MECHANICS.md) first to ensure tight context pointers and zero token waste.## Sub-Skills| Sub-Skill | Purpose | Path ||---|---|---|| **`writing-for-agents`** | Core rules for writing skills, AGENTS.md, context pointers, and router mechanics | [`writing-for-agents/SKILL.md`](writing-for-agents/SKILL.md) || **`skill-curator`** | Intake, standardize, classify, and wire new skills into the ecosystem | [`skill-curator/SKILL.md`](skill-curator/SKILL.md) || **`skill-creator`** | Scaffolding new agent skills following repository conventions | [`skill-creator/SKILL.md`](skill-creator/SKILL.md) || **`source-to-skill`** | Distill raw sources (docs, books, transcripts, PDFs) into operational agent skills | [`source-to-skill/SKILL.md`](source-to-skill/SKILL.md) || **`expert-system-engineer`** | Engineer CommonKADS knowledge models, MYCIN rule systems, and inference engines | [`expert-system-engineer/SKILL.md`](expert-system-engineer/SKILL.md) || **`domain-modeling`** | Generates `CONTEXT.md` ubiquitous language glossary with `_Avoid_` anti-synonyms and ADRs | [`domain-modeling/SKILL.md`](domain-modeling/SKILL.md) || **`conversation-to-spec`** | Synthesizes chat discussions into formal technical specifications | [`conversation-to-spec/SKILL.md`](conversation-to-spec/SKILL.md) || **`spawn-task`** | Decomposes specs into tracer-bullet vertical slice task packets with blocking DAGs | [`spawn-task/SKILL.md`](spawn-task/SKILL.md) || **`to-questionnaire`** | Generates async questionnaires for domain experts and external stakeholders | [`to-questionnaire/SKILL.md`](to-questionnaire/SKILL.md) || **`arena`** | Spawns parallel candidate implementations and blind-judges the strongest solution | [`arena/SKILL.md`](arena/SKILL.md) || **`automate-me`** | Scans terminal history and repeated workflows to produce new agent skills and scripts | [`automate-me/SKILL.md`](automate-me/SKILL.md) || **`reflect`** | Spawns 3 review subagents over transcripts to extract learnings and patch skills | [`reflect/SKILL.md`](reflect/SKILL.md) || **`create-verification-skill`** | Generates project-local verification harnesses driving apps end-to-end | [`create-verification-skill/SKILL.md`](create-verification-skill/SKILL.md) || **`maintain-verification-skill`** | Audits and updates project verification harnesses as code evolves | [`maintain-verification-skill/SKILL.md`](maintain-verification-skill/SKILL.md) || **`subagent-driven-development`** | Parallel subagent orchestration and implementation task loops | [`subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md`](subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md) || **`prompt-engineering`** | Advanced prompting patterns, meta-prompts, and eval harnesses | [`prompt-engineering/SKILL.md`](prompt-engineering/SKILL.md) || **`optimize-agent-context`** | Optimizing context windows and rule files | [`optimize-agent-context/SKILL.md`](optimize-agent-context/SKILL.md) || **`crafting-effective-readmes`** | Writing structured repository documentation | [`crafting-effective-readmes/SKILL.md`](crafting-effective-readmes/SKILL.md) |

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