I have always wondered how a construct like tables in mathematics helped stitch outputs across so many problems and domains. Human mind thrived on tables for most computational problem solving, and variations arose from that.
Skills is like that for me, when it comes to AI agents. I'm enjoying turning my deep thoughts, rabbit-hole excerpts, and scattered context into a super functional skill file and it's like magic every single time when you reference it.
An example? Right after I record a podcast, the downloaded transcripts goes into a 'podcast-to-snippets' skill that automatically finds 6-7 interesting buckets/ideas and generates the dramatically high + meaningful highlights from our conversation. 'podcast-trailer' then picks them up and gives me a one whole string of what needs to come before the start of the podcast, moments from across the chat.
Under 5 minutes, I have these ready, episode after episode.
And hey, my skill for NotebookLM is a customized prompt that automatically generates super-detailed infographic per episode.
Anything I want to now learn becomes a skill. What a fun way to thrive.
Simon Grimm & Software Mansion!? Wish I could like this post twice.