agent skill — A reusable instruction file that teaches an agent how to do one job well — the procedure, the tools, and what counts as done.
Why it matters
Matt Pocock, creator of the popular 'grill-me' Claude agent skillA reusable instruction file that teaches an agent how to do one job well — the procedure, the tools, and what counts as done.Full definition →, explains why strong software fundamentals remain essential even as engineers hand more work to coding agents, and how he designs skills that actually get adopted.
