skill-optimization

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SKILL.md

Skill Content Optimization

Core Philosophy

  1. Evidence-Based: Grounded in prompt engineering research, applied to skill authoring
  2. Concrete: Each pattern provides detection criteria and transform methods
  3. Structure-Focused: Optimizes expression and organization; domain knowledge remains unchanged

Content Optimization Patterns

P1: Critical (Must Fix)

Issues that directly reduce LLM execution accuracy when consuming the skill.

BP-001: Negative Instructions → Positive Form

Detection Transform
"don't", "do not", "never", "avoid" in skill instructions Reframe as positive directive with equivalent constraint. Exception: Negative form is permitted only when ALL 4 conditions are met: (1) violation destroys state in a single step, (2) caller or subsequent steps cannot normally recover, (3) the constraint is operational/procedural, not a quality policy or role boundary, (4) positive rewording would expand or blur the target scope. If any condition is not met, rewrite in positive form.
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