principle-encode-lessons-in-structure
Skill0 starsChanged 17 days agoMITView on GitHub
Apply when you catch yourself writing the same instruction a second time, or notice a recurring correction. Encode the rule as a lint, metadata flag, runtime check, or script instead of more text.
48 other projects use a version of this, 45 of them edited.
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- trpc/trpcedited, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- paramcodes/skillsedited, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- tristanphvn/keeledited, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- hidenobunagai/astackedited, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- requie/endostacktheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- creedants/pstack-t3edited, first seen Nov 3, 2026
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poteto's agent style for concise, detailed responses, deliberate subagents, unslopped prose, simple code, and verified work. Use for poteto, /poteto-mode, or requests to work in this style.
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- storybookjs/storybook★ 91k17% same
- trpc/trpc★ 41k90% same
- backnotprop/pstack★ 3.8k90% same
- jtaroreh/agystack★ 12817% same
- uzairansaruzi/p3-stack★ 12617% same
- dsebban/skills★ 7190% same
- creedants/pstack-t3★ 1895% same
- painhardcore/pstack★ 1895% same
- Scino/fstack★ 1817% same
- mariusflorescu/pstack-t3★ 1390% same
35 more not listed
Wrote their own version · 3
- TheOnlyFusionCube/potetos-for-everyone★ 21same name
- requie/endostack★ 4same name
- jaydubya818/MissionControl★ 2same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
3 rules. 1 is common, 2 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
1
Common
Most of the 48 edited versions we read keep these.
2
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
0
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 6
Read the Codex runtime adapter once per session before using this skill.
- Distinctive: line 10
If the lesson needs judgment and cannot be encoded, make the instruction more prominent and add an example of the failure mode.
- Common: line 12
Corollary: If the fix is structural, only use the structural fix.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 48 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Read the Codex runtime adapter once per session before using this skill. Its tool, model, history, and authorization mappings apply to all linked instructions.
Encode Lessons in Structure
If the lesson needs judgment and cannot be encoded, make the instruction more prominent and add an example of the failure mode.
Corollary: If the fix is structural, only use the structural fix. The instruction is the symptom.
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