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Create generic Claude Code Skills guide#87

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Defines quality criteria and example structure for Claude Code SKILL.md files, covering naming conventions, description best practices, progressive disclosure, guardrails, and testing.

Defines quality criteria and example structure for Claude Code
SKILL.md files, covering naming conventions, description best
practices, progressive disclosure, guardrails, and testing.
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Updates all skills to follow Claude Code best practices:
- Third-person voice in descriptions ("Creates..." not "Create...")
- "Use when..." triggers for better auto-selection
- Guardrails sections in both meta and step templates

Templates updated:
- skill-job-meta.md.jinja: Added guardrails section
- skill-job-step.md.jinja: Added guardrails section

Standard jobs updated (src/deepwork/standard_jobs/):
- deepwork_jobs v0.9.0: Improved descriptions for all steps
- deepwork_rules v0.4.0: Improved descriptions

Bespoke jobs updated (.deepwork/jobs/):
- commit v1.2.0
- update v1.3.0
- add_platform v0.3.0

All skills regenerated via `deepwork install --platform claude`.
@nhorton nhorton merged commit 0be9a74 into main Jan 21, 2026
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