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Your CLAUDE.md says "always run tests" — hooks are how you actually mean it
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Your CLAUDE.md says "always run tests" — hooks are how you actually mean it

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SKILL.md: how to write a Claude Code skill that actually triggers (format + template)
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SKILL.md: how to write a Claude Code skill that actually triggers (format + template)

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Custom slash commands in Claude Code: how they work now that commands are skills
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Custom slash commands in Claude Code: how they work now that commands are skills

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Claude Code hooks explained: config structure, matchers, and a copy-paste PreToolUse guard
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Claude Code hooks explained: config structure, matchers, and a copy-paste PreToolUse guard

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Your Claude Code skill's description is being cut: the 1,536-char cap and the shared listing budget
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Your Claude Code skill's description is being cut: the 1,536-char cap and the shared listing budget

#claudecode #ai #productivity #programming
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Too many Claude Code skills? How the listing budget decides which descriptions Claude sees
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Too many Claude Code skills? How the listing budget decides which descriptions Claude sees

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Claude Code hooks not firing: how to verify what actually ran
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Claude Code hooks not firing: how to verify what actually ran

#claudecode #debugging #ai #devtools
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Claude Code plugin structure: the minimal layout that actually loads
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Claude Code plugin structure: the minimal layout that actually loads

#claudecode #plugins #ai #devtools
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Claude Code skill allowed-tools: a one-turn grant, not a sandbox
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Claude Code skill allowed-tools: a one-turn grant, not a sandbox

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What a forked Claude Code skill can see: a codeword, a passphrase, and a 5x bill
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What a forked Claude Code skill can see: a codeword, a passphrase, and a 5x bill

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/skill-doctor: 40 skills, 3,060 tokens a turn, and the wrong ones to cut
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/skill-doctor: 40 skills, 3,060 tokens a turn, and the wrong ones to cut

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Will Claude Code call your skill on its own? 38 runs, one skill, seven ways to describe it
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Will Claude Code call your skill on its own? 38 runs, one skill, seven ways to describe it

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CLAUDE.md rule vs PreToolUse hook: both held 5 of 5, then the user said 'I authorize it'
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CLAUDE.md rule vs PreToolUse hook: both held 5 of 5, then the user said 'I authorize it'

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Claude Code skill arguments across 12 runs: what $ARGUMENTS, $0 and argument-hint actually put in the body
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Claude Code skill arguments across 12 runs: what $ARGUMENTS, $0 and argument-hint actually put in the body

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Why your monorepo's per-package Claude Code skill says 'Unknown skill': it loaded after a Read in that folder, not after a cat (Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5)
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Why your monorepo's per-package Claude Code skill says 'Unknown skill': it loaded after a Read in that folder, not after a cat (Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5)

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How do you know Claude Code actually loaded your skill? We stopped trusting 'I read it' and check the transcript
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How do you know Claude Code actually loaded your skill? We stopped trusting 'I read it' and check the transcript

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When a Claude Code skill's reference.md and scripts actually load (the 'executed, not loaded' script was read in 13 of 16 runs)
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When a Claude Code skill's reference.md and scripts actually load (the 'executed, not loaded' script was read in 13 of 16 runs)

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We moved our Claude Code skills' reference.md files back into SKILL.md. Was that the wrong call?
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We moved our Claude Code skills' reference.md files back into SKILL.md. Was that the wrong call?

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