The Pragmatic Programmer Skill
SkillAI & modelsApply Hunt and Thomas-inspired pragmatic programming rules when improving engineering judgment, feedback loops, DRY knowledge, orthogonality, automation, or adaptability.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the The Pragmatic Programmer Skill skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by ciembor/agent-rules-books in the-pragmatic-programmer/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Use this skill when a task involves pragmatic engineering judgment, responsibility, DRY at the knowledge level, orthogonality, automation, prototyping, fast feedback, or adaptable design.
Before making design or code decisions, read and apply the-pragmatic-programmer.mini.md. Use the-pragmatic-programmer.md only as a deeper reference when the mini rules are not enough for the current engineering tradeoff.
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- github.com/ciembor/agent-rules-books