Building Claude Skills: Treat Them as Workflow Packages, Not Giant Prompts
Aiden_Tech_Ai · x · 2026-08-17
Insights on building Claude Skills effectively. The author notes that treating Skills as giant, polished prompts often leads to unreliable instruction following. The key is to view Skills as workflow packages. Best practices include: one skill per job, clear triggers, narrow workflows, using supporting files for cleaner instructions, scripts for repeatability, and examples for consistency.
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