x402-smol-agent-workflow

Guides repo mapping and milestone planning for x402 smol-agent challenge submissions.

Updated Mar 27, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/gmackie/agent-skills --skill x402-smol-agent-workflow-gmackie
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Skill: x402-smol-agent-workflow
Source: https://github.com/gmackie/agent-skills/tree/main/skills/x402-smol-agent-workflow
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/gmackie/agent-skills --skill x402-smol-agent-workflow-gmackie

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Working on the x402 challenge or smol-agent demos often leads to scattered effort: optimizing internals before the demo path works, extracting reusable skills too early, or losing the challenge story. This Skill structures that work as a product-and-demo system so every change strengthens the end-to-end narrative. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Repo Mapping: Identifies runtime entrypoints, payment or access control points, evaluation scripts, and challenge-specific surfaces before any editing begins. - Milestone Shaping: Ranks work into demo-path critical, infrastructure support, polish, and reusable skill extraction, deferring anything that does not improve the demo path. - Skill Extraction Guidance: Decides when a repeated pattern should become a public reusable skill versus staying as local glue in smol-agent. - Use Case: When asked to make smol-agent stronger for the x402 challenge, map the runtime and demo path, identify the critical payment flow, rank the smallest set of improvements, and list patterns worth extracting later. ## Quick Start Use the x402 smol-agent workflow to map the repo and rank the smallest improvements that strengthen the challenge demo path.

Frequently Asked Questions about x402-smol-agent-workflow

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I prioritize work on an x402 challenge submission?▼

Rank tasks by demo impact: demo-path critical work comes first, then infrastructure support, then polish. If a task does not improve the end-to-end demo story, defer or remove it before optimizing internals.

How to map a smol-agent repo before editing code?▼

Identify runtime entrypoints, challenge-specific surfaces, payment or access control points, and evaluation or demo scripts. Also separate local glue that should stay local from repeated patterns that could become reusable skills.

When should a pattern become a reusable skill versus local glue?▼

Promote a pattern to a shared skill only when it appears outside x402, is not challenge-specific, and would benefit another repo. Otherwise keep it local to smol-agent to avoid premature abstraction.

What are common mistakes in x402 agent challenge work?▼

Common mistakes include optimizing internals before the demo path works, extracting public skills too early, conflating challenge-specific rules with general workflows, and shipping a clever system without a legible story.

Which agents support this workflow skill?▼

The skill metadata lists codex and claude-code as supported agents. It is model-invoked and has no runtime package dependencies, helper tools, or MCP servers.