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agent-skill-author

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Engineer Agent Skills with real failure data

Software Engineering#agent skills#skill authoring#YAML frontmatter#instruction design#model validation#prompt debugging#test-first design
Authormatlab
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This skill helps users author or improve Agent Skills by grounding the skill design in observed, repeatable agent failures instead of assumptions or generic best practices.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Stage-based test-first authoring: probe the agent with representative prompts, classify failures, and only convert genuine knowledge gaps into skill rules.
  • Load-bearing rule design: translate grouped root causes into prioritized, concrete skill rules with actionable examples.
  • Iteration and maintenance loop: validate improvements against runnable examples and maintain the skill as models and APIs evolve.

Quick Start

Ask the agent to help you design a new SKILL.md by walking through the five stages, starting with 5 to 10 real prompts where the agent currently fails.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

💻 Claude Code Installation

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Please help me install this Skill:
Name: agent-skill-author
Download link: https://github.com/matlab/agent-skills-playground/archive/main.zip#agent-skill-author

Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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