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skill-design-principles

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Design principled SKILLs with focused scope.

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Authorsage-base
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides a structured approach to creating high-quality SKILLs by distinguishing hard guardrails from soft guardrails, and by keeping SKILLs tightly scoped for practical usefulness.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Clear distinction between hard guardrails (CI/hook enforced) and soft guardrails (guidance that requires human judgment)
  • Scope control to ensure SKILLs stay task-specific and actionable
  • Practical guidance with concrete examples and review flow to improve existing SKILLs

Quick Start

  • Review existing SKILLs to ensure no hard guardrails are embedded in content
  • Define a narrow activation scope that targets a single task or domain
  • Provide concrete examples and a concise checklist to guide SKILL creation or evaluation

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

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Components

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Name: skill-design-principles
Download link: https://github.com/sage-base/sagebase/archive/main.zip#skill-design-principles

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