Skills
Use the slash-command / skill / subagent decision rule to architect Claude Code workflows
A clean 2026 decision rule for Claude Code: use a slash command for a reusable prompt template, a skill (SKILL.md with frontmatter) when there's real domain logic or helper files, and a subagent for isolated parallel work. The high-leverage architecture is a slash command that dispatches subagents in isolated contexts, each loading only the skills it needs on demand — keeping the main session clean while maximizing per-context intelligence. Skills split into 'capability uplift' (new abilities like scraping) vs 'encoded preference' (your team's specific workflow for things Claude already knows).
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