incremental-implementation SKILL.md skillA

incremental-implementation from lll0k0lad/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

mdr add lll0k0lad/agent-skills/incremental-implementation@git:20260215.7ea265f

Pins git:20260215.7ea265f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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Kind

SKILL.md skill

Repository

lll0k0lad/agent-skills

Path

skills/incremental-implementation/SKILL.md

Versions recorded

1

Latest version

git:20260215.7ea265f, committed Feb 15, 2026

Size

8,378 bytes

Repository stars

3

License

MIT

Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file. Use 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.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Incremental Implementation

## Overview

Build in thin vertical slices — implement one piece, test it, verify it, then expand. Never attempt to implement 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
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

mdr add lll0k0lad/agent-skills/incremental-implementation@sha256:f64d3e94287a4c78

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_vcweu274wuscpce7.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_vcweu274wuscpce7)

Versions

The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Feb 15, 2026.

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Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_vcweu274wuscpce7
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=lll0k0lad/agent-skills/incremental-implementation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f64d3e94287a4c784439d8db1a04f3674ceafb5c051d513973cf5b92257959c0

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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