RAW Agentic Coding: ZERO to Agent SKILL

IndyDevDan · Advanced ·🧠 Large Language Models ·6mo ago

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The video demonstrates building a complete agent skill from the ground up using Claude Code, showcasing agentic coding and prompt engineering in action, with a focus on creating the Fork Terminal skill.

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If you can't build your OWN agent skills, you're leaving MASSIVE productivity gains on the table. Agent Skills are powerful tools to have in your AI Agentic Coding arsenal. Period. 🎥 Featured Links: - Fork Terminal Skill: https://github.com/disler/fork-repository-skill - Tactical Agentic Coding: https://agenticengineer.com/tactical-agentic-coding?y=X2ciJedw2vU - Agent Skills: https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/overview 🔥 In this raw, unfiltered AI coding devlog, we're building a complete agent skill from the ground up. No flashy demos, no hype - just pure agentic coding and prompt engineering in action. Watch as we create the Fork Terminal skill using Claude Code, demonstrating the exact process you need to master to build powerful, reusable agent skills. 🛠️ This video showcases agentic coding at its finest. We start with pen and paper planning (the secret weapon every engineer overlooks), then progressively build out a fully functional skill that lets you fork terminal sessions and spin up new agentic coding environments. See how proper planning and prompt engineering combine to create agent skills that scale your compute and multiply your impact. 💡 You'll learn the critical components of agent skill architecture: the pivot file (skill.md), the tools directory, the prompts directory, and the cookbook for progressive disclosure. This isn't just theory - we live-code the entire Fork Terminal skill, handling Mac and Windows support, integrating with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex CLI, and implementing conversation summarization for true context window forking. 🚀 IndyDevDan takes you through every step of the agentic devlog process, from initial concept to working proof of concept. Learn how to use Claude Code and Claude skills effectively, leverage Astral UV for Python tooling, and build agent skills that let you spawn parallel agents working on different problems simultaneously. This is in-loop agentic coding at its be
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This video teaches how to build a complete agent skill from the ground up using Claude Code, demonstrating agentic coding and prompt engineering in action. It showcases the process of creating the Fork Terminal skill, handling Mac and Windows support, and integrating with various tools.

Key Takeaways
  1. Plan the agent skill architecture using pen and paper
  2. Create the pivot file (skill.md)
  3. Build the tools directory
  4. Develop the prompts directory
  5. Implement the cookbook for progressive disclosure
  6. Live-code the entire Fork Terminal skill
  7. Handle Mac and Windows support
  8. Integrate with Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex CLI
💡 Proper planning and prompt engineering are critical components of building powerful, reusable agent skills that scale compute and multiply impact.

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