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Skill (Claude Code)

A markdown file that Claude Code loads as a named command, letting a team invoke an embedded prompt by name so the same instructions run consistently every time, shifting prompts from text snippets to versioned software.

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T6 / M6.5 / L1 Why team-specific prompts beat general ones T6 / M6.5 / L2 Building reusable prompts (skills)

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