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/writing-skills

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment.

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Install
$ npx -y skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill writing-skills --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/writing-skills

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment.

SKILL.md

writing-skills.SKILL.md
name: writing-skills
description: Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment.
graph:
  domains: [domain:software-engineering]
  skillAreas: [skill-area:agentic-loops, skill-area:orchestration-loop]
  workflows: [workflow:feature-development]
  topics: [topic:developer-experience]
  roles: [role:tech-lead, role:backend-engineer]
|-------------|----------------|
| Test case | Pressure scenario with subagent |
| Production code | Skill document (SKILL.md) |
| RED | Agent violates rule without skill |
| GREEN | Agent complies with skill present |
| REFACTOR | Close loopholes |

Skill Structure

  • YAML frontmatter: `name` and `description` only
  • Description: "Use when..." (triggering conditions only, never summarize workflow)
  • Flat namespace, separate files only for heavy reference or reusable tools

Tool Use

Meta-skill for creating new skills within the methodology.

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