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SKILL.md skill

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nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles

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profiles/addyosmani/agent-skills/for-forgecat/skills/incremental-implementation/SKILL.md

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Apache-2.0

Delivers changes incrementally in thin, verifiable slices. Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file, or when picking up the next task from a plan. Use when rolling a change out behind a feature flag, when you're about to write a large amount of code at once, or when a task feels too big to land in one step.

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What the file says

# Incremental Implementation

## Overview

Build in thin vertical slices — implement one piece, test it, verify it, then expand. Avoid implementing an entire feature in one pass. Each increment should leave the system in a working, testable state. This is the execution discipline that makes large features manageable.

## When to Use

- Implementing any multi-file change
- Building a new feature from a task breakdown
- Refactoring existing code
- Any time you're tempted to write more than ~100 lines before testing

**When NOT to use:** Single-file, single-function changes where the scope is already minimal.

## The Increment Cycle

```
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                      │
│   Implement ──→ Test ──→ Verify ──┐  │
│       ▲                           │  │
│       └───── Commit ◄─────────────┘  │
│              │                       │
│              ▼                       │
│          Next slice                  │
│                                      │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘
```

For each slice:

1. **Implement** the smallest complete piece of functionality
…

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How to install

mdr add nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles/incremental-implementation@sha256:8a2f7095040de71f

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API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ddmxq2tjqbhlkj26
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=nota-america/forgecat-agent-profiles/incremental-implementation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8a2f7095040de71f14e4aa724a898337184d3f07b477bd3adca80417d91eec65

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