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SHEET 08
Skills
M.R. Sterling
Claude Advanced · Sheet 08
SkillsAdvanced
When a skill beats a prompt or a project, and the anatomy of one: the SKILL.md, the description that decides whether it ever triggers, progressive disclosure, and the resources it bundles. Then packaging, enabling, and testing the trigger both ways.
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What is on this sheet
Anatomy of a skill
Prompt, project or skill
What is in the folder
The description does the triggering
Resources and scripts
Writing the body
Packaging and installing
Testing the trigger
From a good prompt to a skill
When a skill is the wrong tool
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