How To Use AI Skills Like A Senior Developer
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A comprehensive guide to AI 'skills' — markdown-based instruction files that load context into AI coding agents. Covers what skills are, how to find and install them from skills.sh, security considerations when downloading third-party skills, and how to write custom skills from scratch. Key best practices include keeping skill.md files under 500 lines, writing action-oriented descriptions (e.g., 'use when...'), using references and scripts folders for progressive disclosure, and iteratively refining skills over time. Includes a real-world example of a custom blog-writing skill with a refinement loop using a second skill to compare AI output against manually edited versions.