uygnoey Instructions
Use this skill when designing an agent workflow that uses both skills and MCP servers.
Principles:
- MCP servers provide connectivity: secure, standardized access to external systems and tools.
- Skills provide expertise: procedural knowledge, sequencing, and output standards for a specific workflow.
Decision rules:
- Put a requirement in a skill if it describes how to do the work:
- multi-step workflow sequencing
- team standards for what "done" looks like
- domain methodology and edge-case handling
- institutional knowledge about which sources matter
- Use MCP when you need Claude to access or act on external systems:
- real-time data retrieval
- creating/updating artifacts in tools (issues, docs, tickets)
- file operations
- API integrations
- When combining both, avoid conflicting instructions between MCP-provided guidance and the skill's requirements (e.g., JSON vs Markdown formatting).
Constraints:
- Do not assume tool availability beyond the connected MCP servers.
- If the workflow depends on a specific output format, document it in the skill.
Examples
Example: Meeting preparation
- Skill responsibilities: define which pages to pull (project page → previous notes → stakeholder profiles), and define the structure of an internal pre-read and an external agenda.
- MCP responsibilities: search/read/create pages in Notion, then save the generated documents back to Notion.
Example: Financial analysis
- Skill responsibilities: define valuation methodology, sequencing, and compliance checks.
- MCP responsibilities: pull live market data from connected data providers.