agent-skills

2026-03-11 • 10 min read

LLMs can draw diagrams, but you get better results with a conceptual model, a validation loop, and a lightweight verification pass against the codebase than with free-form diagramming. I used the C4 model extensively to map architecture landscapes. Last week I saw an opportunity …

2026-03-02 • 1 min read

Skills are a great way to introduce capabilities in your agent flows. To support my "The Day I Learned" repository and website, I created a skill to extract learnings from coding and LLM sessions. The skill below is installed in my global agent settings (AGENTS.md), and from each…

2026-02-26 • 2 min read

A short post on combining skills. It's not always clear when a skill will be called or triggered. The easiest way is to put instructions and directly invoke the skill you want by name. For example, for my Today I Learned mini blog site, I have two skills to keep my TILs focussed …

2026-02-04 • 5 min read

This is a short experience report about using skills (with Codex and its models) to build a personal AI assistant that helps me maintain my time-tracking log. To set expectations: the assistant does not manage my calendar or tasks. It helps me keep a time-tracking log that lives …