agent-principles skillA
agent-principles is agent-read markdown (skill) from akillness/jeo-skills: Core principles for collaborative development with AI agents. Defines divide-and-conquer, context management, abstraction-level selection, automation philosophy, and verification/retrospectives. Apply optimal collaboration patterns when using any AI agent. Also the owner of the retired `agent-development-principles` name (merged 2026-09-19). Triggers on: agent principles, agentic development principles, AI collaboration principles, context-management strategy, how to work with coding agents..
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What the file says
# Core Principles for AI-Agent Collaboration (Agentic Development Principles) > **"AI is the copilot; you are the pilot."** > AI agents amplify a developer's thinking and take over repetitive work, but final decisions and responsibility always remain with the developer. ## When to use this skill - Confirm the baseline principles at the start of an AI-agent session - Decide an approach before starting complex work - Establish a context-management strategy - Review workflows to improve productivity - Onboard teammates on how to use AI agents --- ## Principle 1: Divide and Conquer ### Core concept AI performs far better with **small, clear instructions** than with large, ambiguous tasks. ### How to apply | Bad example | Good example | |----------|----------| | "Build me a login page" | 1. "Create the login form UI component" | | | 2. "Implement the login API endpoint" | | | 3. "Wire up the authentication logic" | | | 4. "Write tests" | ### Practical pattern: staged implementation ``` Step 1: Design and validate models/schemas Step 2: Implement core logic (minimum viable functionality) Step 3: Connect APIs/interfaces Step 4: Write and run tests Step 5: Integrate and refactor …
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How to install
mdr add akillness/jeo-skills/agent-principles@v2.0.0mdr add akillness/jeo-skills/agent-principles@sha256:5321fbec239f6990Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
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| v2.0.0 latest | 2026-09-20 | 2a2b733 | 7,642 B | A | view · diff |
| v2.0.0 | 2026-09-19 | 9f2a908 | 7,386 B | A | view |
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Source
akillness/jeo-skills · 47 stars · license none · pushed 2026-09-22 · branch main
API
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