using-agent-skills — Skills

What it does

Point out the issue directly

Explain the concrete downside (quantify when possible — "this adds ~200ms latency" not "this might be slower")

Propose an alternative

Accept the human's decision if they override with full information

Can this be done in fewer lines?

Are these abstractions earning their complexity?

Would a staff engineer look at this and say "why didn't you just..."?

Requirements & configuration

├── Have a rough concept, need variants? → idea-refine

├── Have a spec, need tasks? ──────→ planning-and-task-breakdown

│ ├── Need better context? ─────→ context-engineering

│ ├── Need doc-verified code? ───→ source-driven-development

Not every task needs every skill. A bug fix might only need: debugging-and-error-recovery → test-driven-development → code-review-and-quality.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills

using-agent-skills FAQ

What does the using-agent-skills skill do?

Discovers and invokes agent skills. Use when starting a session or when you need to discover which skill applies to the current task. This is the meta-skill that governs how all other skills are discovered and invoked. Point out the issue directly Explain the concrete downside (quantify when possible — "this adds ~200ms latency" not "this might be slower")

What does using-agent-skills require?

├── Have a rough concept, need variants? → idea-refine ├── Have a spec, need tasks? ──────→ planning-and-task-breakdown │ ├── Need better context? ─────→ context-engineering │ ├── Need doc-verified code? ───→ source-driven-development Not every task needs every skill. A bug fix might only need: debugging-and-error-recovery → test-driven-development → code-review-and-quality.

How do I install using-agent-skills?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills --skill using-agent-skills --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.

Maintain using-agent-skills?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

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npx agentictools info skills/addyosmani-agent-skills-using-agent-skills

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.