Your First Skill

Walk through using your first skill — from install to invocation.

Step 1: Install

npx skills-for-agents install --tool claude

Step 2: Invoke a Skill

Open your AI coding agent and try:

/caveman full

Your agent will now respond in ultra-terse caveman mode — cutting token usage by 30-95% while keeping full technical accuracy.

Step 3: Try Composition

Layer two skills together:

/blog technical + /caveman lite

This tells the agent to write a technical blog post (using the Blogger skill's voice) while applying caveman-lite compression to reduce verbosity.

Step 4: Use Natural Language

You don't always need slash commands. Skills trigger on natural language too:

"Write a blog post about our deployment incident, make it terse"

The agent auto-detects: Blogger (voice + content) + Caveman (density).

Understanding What Happened

When you invoke /caveman full:

1. The agent loads the Caveman skill's SKILL.md as a system prompt
2. The skill declares its domain: density
3. It applies compression rules to all output
4. Technical accuracy is preserved — only fluff is removed

When you compose skills:

1. Each skill handles its own domain
2. SIP (Skills Interoperability Protocol) resolves any conflicts
3. Domain ownership is respected — voice skills don't touch density, density skills don't touch voice

Next Steps

• Composition — Deep dive into how skills compose
• Creating Skills — Build your own skills
• Skills Catalog — Explore all 15 skills