writing-skills

Test-driven development for process documentation involves writing baseline tests that fail, drafting the SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter, and implementing the minimal Skill to pass tests before refactoring to close loopholes.

Rationalization tracking in skill writing captures agent rationalizations during workflows to harden skills against bypass attempts, ensuring documentation explicitly addresses and closes loopholes discovered through these rationalizations.

SKILL.md frontmatter requires YAML syntax enforcing the name and description fields, providing structured discovery metadata that guides the agent in understanding and deploying the skill correctly within workflows.

The red-green-refactor cycle applies to writing agent skills by first baselining documentation failures, implementing the minimal Skill to pass those tests, and then refactoring to close loopholes and harden the documentation.

The best way to validate agent skills documentation is running a baseline testing campaign against the drafted SKILL.md to confirm expected failures, ensuring the documentation is tested and refined before final deployment.

Yes, this skill-writing approach supports complex workflow documentation by applying discipline-driven workflows, flowcharts, and structured discovery to guide frontmatter, documentation patterns, and rationalization tracking across intricate processes.