We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent

8 rules. 0 are common, 3 are distinctive, and 5 are very specific to this project.

• 0

  Common

  Most of the 66 edited versions we read keep these.

• 3

  Distinctive

  This author's own choices. Worth a look.

• 5

  Very specific

  Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

• Common
• Distinctive
• Very specific

1. Very specific:

   Read referenced material first.

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2. Distinctive:

   Before and after: matched views that expose the meaningful change.

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3. Very specific:

   Use the host's supported plain-text diagram format by default.

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4. Very specific:

   Use Mermaid only when explicitly requested.

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5. Distinctive:

   Do not make HTML, a presentation, or a new UI merely to explain a small flow.

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6. Distinctive:

   Place a short explanation and source references beside the visual.

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7. Very specific:

   Check that the diagram and explanation agree and no important failure path is hidden.

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8. Very specific:

   Keep output in chat unless the user asks to save it.

   line 35

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 66 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.

• Other versions72 projects use a version of this.

  Word for word · 0

  None found.

  Edited · 0

  None found.

  Wrote their own version · 72

  1. withcoral/coral★ 4.9ksame name
  2. deadlock-mod-manager/deadlock-mod-manager★ 489same name
  3. Dimon94/dverity★ 107same name
  4. Dimon94/skills★ 107same name
  5. charlie947/show-me★ 70same name
  6. IgorGanapolsky/ThumbGate★ 29same name
  7. Melvynx/ai-maxxing-skills★ 23same name
  8. emiliosheinz/agent-skills★ 20same name
  9. ivanrvpereira/.agents★ 19same name
  10. kv0906/cc-skills★ 16same name

  62 more not listed

  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.

• Used alongsideProjects with it also use eli5, maintain-verification-skill and 10 more.

  Other files people use alongside this one.

  How we pick theseFiles found in the same public projects as a version of this one, more often than they turn up anywhere else. Each project counts once, large collections count for less, and this file's own repository is left out.

  • AnthropicSkill

    eli5

    Explain a topic like I'm a 5 year old. Use when the user types /eli5 <topic> or asks for a dead-simple picture explainer of how something works.

    Also in 10 projects that use this

  • jaydubya818Skill

    maintain-verification-skill

    Use when a project's verification driver or feature map may be stale.

    Also in 6 projects that use this

  • jaydubya818Skill

    create-verification-skill

    Use when a repository needs a repeatable driver that proves real UI, CLI, or service behavior.

    Also in 7 projects that use this

  • magnusrodsethSkill

    stacked-prs

    Manage a stack of dependent pull requests (a chain where each PR's base is the branch below it, up to main). Covers GitHub's native stacked pull requests via the gh stack CLI extension, and hand-rolled stacks built with plain git + gh. Use when creating or planning a stack of dependent PRs, merging the bottom of a stack, retargeting a PR's base to main, propagating main or a review fix up a chain of branches, rebasing or restructuring a stack, resolving conflicts across a PR stack, or recovering a stacked PR that was auto-closed when its base branch was deleted.

    Also in 3 projects that use this

  • ninehillsSkill

    herdr

    Control herdr from inside it. Manage workspaces and tabs, split panes, run commands, read output, and wait for state changes — all via CLI commands that talk to the running herdr instance over a local unix socket. Use when running inside herdr (HERDR_ENV=1).

    Also in 5 projects that use this

  • SentrySkill

    logging-best-practices

    Logging best practices focused on wide events (canonical log lines) for powerful debugging and analytics

    Also in 3 projects that use this

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