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

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SKILL.md skill

Repository

naimkatiman/continuous-improvement

Path

third-party/addy-agent-skills/skills/incremental-implementation/SKILL.md

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MIT

Delivers changes incrementally. 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. 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 naimkatiman/continuous-improvement/incremental-implementation@sha256:5f16adf542330dfa

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Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xu2umfl6kdht4gi4
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=naimkatiman/continuous-improvement/incremental-implementation
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5f16adf542330dfadb8b9a9c6d7ec45e4196bd1db9a67d4407e9dc07e6e29e41

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