Write skills only for what agents miss: run each task twice, with and without a draft
SeanOliver · x · 2026-10-02
The author's method for writing coding-agent skills: since agents already handle most repo tasks without one, skills should only cover what they miss. He had agents run each task twice — once without a skill, once with a draft — across five skills for his Sudoku repo to pinpoint the real gaps before writing.
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