writing-skills

Installation
SKILL.md

Writing Skills

Overview

Writing skills IS Test-Driven Development applied to process documentation.

You write test cases (pressure scenarios with subagents), watch them fail (baseline behavior), write the skill (documentation), watch tests pass (agents comply), and refactor (close loopholes).

Core principle: If you didn't watch an agent fail without the skill, you don't know if the skill teaches the right thing.

Personal skills live in agent-specific directories: ~/.claude/skills for Claude Code, ~/.codex/skills for Codex

REQUIRED BACKGROUND: This skill applies a test-first discipline to skill-writing — watch a skill fail before you trust it. The testing mechanics live in testing-skills-with-subagents (see below).

When to Use

Installs
5
GitHub Stars
27
First Seen
Mar 29, 2026
writing-skills — nickcrew/claude-cortex