The System Skill Pattern

(shruggingface.com)

4 points | by groseje 8 hours ago

1 comments

  • jakedahn 1 hour ago
    Author here-- hah, I'm surprised someone posted this already-- I just came to share it as a Show HN post and get the conversation started:

    I’ve been playing with Claude Skills and stumbled on a simple pattern for tiny, durable personal data systems:

    * CLI: a small, self-contained executable

    * SKILL.md: the operator's manual (what to run, how to parse output, how to think about the system)

    * SQLite: a local DB for persistent state

    It’s nothing mind-blowing, but the ergonomics of this combo feel great.

    If you define a process/flow, Claude can "turn the crank" by running the CLI, accumulating context, and animating the system to life over time.

    They’re also easy to share: you can distribute System Skills via Claude Code’s `/plugin marketplace add <repo>`.

    More details in the blog post and the toy Pomodoro System Skill reference implementation here:

    Blog: https://www.shruggingface.com/blog/the-system-skill-pattern Repo: https://github.com/jakedahn/pomodoro

    --

    Curious whether any of this resonates. Also excited to hear any interesting System Skill ideas worth exploring!