AI agent skill · by @pedronauck

To Prompt

Create a handoff brief for another LLM to implement. Preserve accepted decisions and write to docs/prompts/; excludes one-shot questions and end-user copy.

Archived 2026-10-23 · Source updated 2026-09-14. Check the original repository for the latest version.

SKILL.md instructions

# To Prompt

Write a **brief**, not a solution. The brief carries everything the receiving LLM needs to choose the implementation itself — the problem, the current state, the requirements, the constraints — and preserves any implementation constraints or approved plan already supplied by the user. Leave undecided design choices to the receiver; do not erase accepted decisions to manufacture an open-ended problem.

Every brief is a file: `docs/prompts/<YYYYMMDD-HHmm>_<slug>.md` (e.g. `docs/prompts/20260709-1745_fix-auth-redirect.md`).

## Steps

1. **Classify the task** — bug fix, improvement, or feature — and draft a one-paragraph statement of the problem and the outcome wanted.
2. **Gather the evidence.** Read the code paths involved; quote current code as it exists; capture the relevant error/log excerpts, excluding credentials and unrelated private data; note environment and recent changes. *Done when:* every claim in the brief is backed by something you actually read or ran.
3. **Write the brief from the template.** Copy `assets/brief-template.md` to `docs/prompts/<YYYYMMDD-HHmm>_<slug>.md` (create the directory if absent; slug = lowercase-hyphenated summary; timestamp = now). Fill the applicable sections and remove guidance comments. Record consequential unknowns; omit irrelevant sections.
4. **Check decision fidelity.** Separate user-approved constraints from suggestions and unresolved choices. Preserve the requested outcome and authorization; avoid introducing new implementation mandates.
5. **Hand off.** Reply with the file path and a one-line summary of what the brief asks for.

## Bundled files

- `assets/brief-template.md` — the brief's skeleton and per-type coverage guidance; the single source of truth for what a complete brief contains.