SKILL.md
Agent-native applications treat agents as first-class citizens. Features are outcomes achieved by an agent with tools operating in a loop, not functions written in code. The same architecture that powers Claude Code can power apps far beyond coding.
Five core principles:
- Parity — Whatever the user can do through the UI, the agent can achieve through tools.
- Granularity — Tools are atomic primitives; features are prompt-defined outcomes. To change behavior, edit prose, not code.
- Composability — New features = new prompts, not new code. Atomic tools + parity make this possible.
- Emergent Capability — The agent accomplishes things you didn't explicitly design for. Open-ended requests reveal latent demand.
- Improvement Over Time — Apps get better through accumulated context (e.g. a
context.mdfile) and prompt refinement, without shipping code.
For deep coverage of how these principles translate into architectural patterns, read references/architecture-patterns.md.