@mattpocockuk: Skills should be: - Concise - Responsible for one thing, not multi-step - Composable - Progressively disclosed - Harnes…
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Matt Pocock asks for feedback on his proposed principles for skills: concise, single-responsibility, composable, progressively disclosed, and harness-agnostic.
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Skills should be:
- Concise
- Responsible for one thing, not multi-step
- Composable
- Progressively disclosed
- Harness-agnostic
What else? Or - what did I get wrong?
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