About style-playbook-starter
A maintenance guide for skills that follow the `style-topic-*` pattern. It defines patch, enhancement, and update practices, and requires topic skills to reference the starter rather than duplicate it.
Key features
- 01Patch factual errors and stale references
- 02Keep behavior changes minimal
- 03Add reusable defaults and guardrails
- 04Validate examples against current files
- 05Require topic skills to cite the starter
Use cases
- 01Maintaining an existing style-topic skill
- 02Adding reusable guidance to a topic skill
- 03Checking examples and source references before updates
Install
Copy the command and run it in a terminal.
$
npx skills add https:/After installing, type/style-playbook-starterin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.
Bundled filesagents/openai.yaml
Details
From the project READMEStyle Playbook Starter
Use this starter whenever you maintain a style-topic-* skill.
Patch (write)
- Fix factual errors, broken commands, invalid paths, or stale references.
- Keep behavior changes minimal and explicit.
- If patching changes expected outputs, update the relevant examples.
Enhance (write)
- Add reusable defaults and decision rules, not project-specific one-offs.
- Prefer additive updates; avoid breaking existing command contracts.
- Add clear guardrails and failure handling where missing.
Update (read)
- Read latest topic skill + source tag doc before proposing changes.
- Validate that examples still match current files and scripts.
- Call out drift between topic guidance and source references.
Required workflow in topic skills
- Topic skills must cite this starter in a dedicated section.
- Topic skills should not duplicate starter content verbatim; reference it.
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