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Agent Skills
Authors: Addy Osmani Date: 2026-05-03 URL: https://addyosmani.com/blog/agent-skills/
Abstract / Summary
Details the design rationale behind agent skills. Skills encode senior-engineer behaviors (specs, tests, review, scope discipline) that models skip by default. Five load-bearing principles: Process over prose, Anti-rationalization tables (pre-rebuttals to agent excuses), Non-negotiable verification, Progressive disclosure via small meta-skill routers, and Scope discipline (‘touch only what you’re asked to touch’).