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Anatomy of a skill file an AI agent will actually follow

Most "prompt engineering" advice is about wording. The thing that actually changes agent behaviour is structure: what the document says, in what order, and how it tells the agent when to stop. This is the anatomy I keep coming back to. It is the shape of a good SKILL.md , and it is not specific to…

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  1. 2026-11-08 20:16 · DEV Community — AI
    Anatomy of a skill file an AI agent will actually follow

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