What is this?
This is Joe Bell's personal collection of 'agent skills' — markdown files describing specific know-how that an AI agent (or a human) can read and follow in a project. They're opinionated, written for his own work, and shared publicly so others can reuse them.
This is Joe Bell's personal collection of 'agent skills' — markdown files describing specific know-how that an AI agent (or a human) can read and follow in a project. They're opinionated, written for his own work, and shared publicly so others can reuse them.Is this a code library or just instructions for an agent to follow?It's not executable code — each entry is a markdown skill file meant to be read and followed by an AI agent, more like a playbook than a library you import.
It's not executable code — each entry is a markdown skill file meant to be read and followed by an AI agent, more like a playbook than a library you import.How do I add one of these skills to my project?The README's Install section points to an 'Individual skills' list, meaning you grab the specific skill file you need rather than installing the whole repo as one package.
The README's Install section points to an 'Individual skills' list, meaning you grab the specific skill file you need rather than installing the whole repo as one package.Can I trust these skills to just work in my own project?No — they come with an explicit warning: built for the author's own use, no support, no guarantees, and you should read a skill fully before installing it.
No — they come with an explicit warning: built for the author's own use, no support, no guarantees, and you should read a skill fully before installing it.What is the apple-web-app skill about?It's the one skill currently listed in the README's Reference section, covering how to build web apps for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
It's the one skill currently listed in the README's Reference section, covering how to build web apps for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.Why did Joe Bell make this public instead of keeping it private?He uses these skills across his own projects and wrote them down so an agent — or anyone else — could pick them up, even though they're opinionated and come without support.
He uses these skills across his own projects and wrote them down so an agent — or anyone else — could pick them up, even though they're opinionated and come without support.Is this an actively growing collection or a one-off?It reads as an evolving personal reference rather than a finished product — right now only one skill (apple-web-app) is documented, with more likely added as the author needs them.
It reads as an evolving personal reference rather than a finished product — right now only one skill (apple-web-app) is documented, with more likely added as the author needs them.What are similar projects?explainer, skills, pm-skills, open-steps, evondevKit, skills, bigpeng-hot-gzh, shuohao-skills
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