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Building AI skills like checklists

This article describes how to build AI skills like surgical checklists, emphasizing iterative testing, solving problems first before drafting, separating reference docs, and continuous dry-run loops with sub-agents.

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  • AI skills are executable docs that need iteration through real use.
  • Explore and understand the problem before writing the skill, not after.
  • Separate reference content from skill logic for maintainability.
  • Use sub-agents for dry-run loops to continuously improve the skill.

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