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Tech· 2026-05-14· 5min

Every Useful Skill Is One of Five Shapes

Skills aren't a freeform format. The useful ones fit one of five shapes — sequential workflow, multi-MCP coordination, iterative refinement, context-aware selection, domain-specific intelligence. Picking the right shape is most of the design work. Picking the wrong one is most of the bugs.

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