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Skill file builder

A skill is a written instruction file your AI follows every time, so you stop re-explaining the same task. Pick one repeatable task you do weekly, answer the questions below, and you get a SKILL.md file that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or whatever you use.

Pick a good first task: something you do at least weekly, that follows the same pattern, and where you can describe what a good result looks like. Weekly reports, follow-up emails, meeting summaries, and content drafts all work well. "Grow the business" does not.

Skill name

Short and specific.

The job

What does this skill produce, in one sentence?

When to use it

The trigger. When does this task happen?

What it needs from you

The inputs you provide each time. Notes, a document, bullet points, a link?

How you do it today

The steps, in order, as if teaching a new hire. This is the heart of the skill; be concrete.

Output format

What the finished thing looks like: length, structure, tone markers.

Quality rules

What makes it good, and what must never appear.

Example (optional, but powerful)

Paste one real example of this task done well. Nothing teaches an AI faster.

Your SKILL.md

Download it and keep it next to your FOUNDATION.md. To use it: give your AI the foundation file first, then this skill file, then your inputs for the day. Same result, every time, whoever runs it.