Every skill you create will be loaded into Claude's limited context window. The fundamental challenge is:
Every unnecessary token wastes limited context space, slows processing, costs money, and reduces room for actual work.
Everything else—structure, naming, content—follows from this goal. Understanding why these patterns matter allows you to make good decisions in novel situations, rather than mechanically following rules.
Guide for authoring effective Agent Skills using principle-based approach (Progressive Disclosure, Respect Intelligence, Enable Discovery). Covers creating, improving, refactoring, and reviewing skills. Use for skill authoring, design questions, best practices, anti-patterns, or structure decisions. Source: lidessen/moniro.