In Progress Skill Incubator

Use this skill for draft skills that need iteration before becoming public or team-ready.

Purpose

skills/in-progress/ is a staging area. A draft belongs here when the idea is useful but the trigger, workflow, scope, or validation is still uncertain.

Rules

• Draft skills should not be listed as stable skills in the root README.
• Keep experiments small enough to promote or retire quickly.
• Do not add large references until the core workflow works.
• Do not promote a skill without realistic trigger examples.

Workflow

1. Define the experiment
   • State the repeated task the draft skill should improve.
   • Name the expected trigger phrases.
   • Identify what the agent should do differently after loading it.
2. Draft narrowly
   • Give the skill one main job.
   • Prefer workflow steps over broad advice.
   • Add stop conditions when misuse is likely.
3. Test with realistic prompts
   • Try at least three prompts that should trigger the skill.
   • Try one prompt that should not trigger it.
   • Note where the instructions are too vague or too broad.
4. Decide status
   • Promote to a domain bucket when the workflow is stable and useful.
   • Keep in progress when examples still fail or scope is unclear.
   • Move to deprecated/ when the idea is no longer worth pursuing.
5. Promote cleanly
   • Move the skill folder into the right bucket.
   • Update README references if the skill is public.
   • Update workflows or registries only when the skill is part of a repeatable job.

Promotion Checklist

• name is lowercase and hyphenated.
• description clearly says when to use the skill.
• The body has a workflow, rules, and verification or output guidance.
• The skill has one main job.
• It does not duplicate another stable skill.
• Any long examples or references are moved into references/.

Output Format

End with:

• Draft status
• What changed
• What still needs testing
• Promote, keep, or retire recommendation