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Guidance

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davila7·vlatest·agents·MIT

Provides helpful suggestions and context-aware prompts to steer conversations toward desired outcomes, boosting user engagement and clarity.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill guidance -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

davila7

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Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned davila7/claude-code-templates at 79182c51fb.

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Commit
79182c51fb
Manifest
cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/prompt-engineering-guidance/SKILL.md
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4 files, 2,359 lines
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About this skill

Guidance Skill Guide

What it does

The guidance skill provides structured, step-by-step instructions to AI agents, helping them navigate complex tasks with clarity and precision. It ensures that agents follow specific workflows or adhere to defined constraints during execution.

When to use it

  • Breaking down multi-step coding projects into manageable phases for an agent.
  • Enforcing strict safety protocols or compliance rules during automated operations.
  • Guiding agents through unfamiliar APIs or proprietary system architectures.
  • Providing context-aware direction when an agent encounters ambiguous user requests.

Key capabilities

  • Delivers clear, sequential instructions tailored to task complexity.
  • Supports constraint enforcement for consistent output quality.
  • Adapts guidance dynamically based on real-time agent progress.
  • Integrates seamlessly with Claude Code templates for enhanced workflow control.

Example prompts

  • "Use the guidance skill to outline a three-step process for debugging a Python script."
  • "Provide step-by-step instructions for deploying a Docker container while adhering to security best practices."
  • "Guide me through setting up a local development environment with specific version requirements."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure you provide sufficient context upfront so the guidance remains relevant throughout the task. Avoid overly vague instructions, as they may lead to misaligned agent behavior or incomplete workflows.