agents-best-practices
Use this skill when designing, generating an MVP blueprint for, auditing, refactoring, or explaining an agentic harness for any domain. Covers provider-neutral agent architecture for OpenAI, Anthropic, and OpenAI-compatible APIs: agent loops, tool design, permissions, system prompts, planning, goals, context compaction, memory, skills, MCP/external connectors, observability, evals, prompt caching, agent-legible environments, feedback loops, and safety.
By DenisSergeevitch
How to install
Skill (folder)A Skill is a folder with a SKILL.md file that gives Claude extra instructions for a task.
Claude Code (project or global):
# per-project mkdir -p .claude/skills/agents-best-practices # ...or for all projects mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/agents-best-practices # copy SKILL.md and any supporting files into that folder
Claude.ai / Claude Desktop:
Customize → Skills → “+” → Browse skills → Install. (Installed skills are view-only; download a copy to customise.)
Claude auto-detects skills in that folder — no restart needed.
Exact steps can vary per project — always double-check the original source. New to this? Read the full install guide →
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