Harper Best Practices

The harper-best-practices skill provides a curated set of guidelines and standards specifically designed to optimize interactions with Harper AI agents. It ensures that prompts and workflows align with recommended patterns for maximum efficiency and accuracy within the Harper ecosystem.

When to use it

• You need to structure complex queries to ensure Harper interprets intent correctly without ambiguity.
• You are building automated workflows that require consistent formatting and data handling standards.
• You want to troubleshoot why an agent is failing to execute specific tasks or returning unexpected results.
• You are creating documentation for other users on how to interact effectively with the platform.

Key capabilities

• Defines optimal prompt structures for complex reasoning tasks within Harper.
• Outlines standard operating procedures for data input and output formatting.
• Provides troubleshooting steps for common agent misinterpretations or execution errors.
• Establishes a baseline for high-quality interaction patterns specific to the Harper architecture.

Example prompts

• "Apply the harper-best-practices guidelines to refactor this multi-step data analysis request."
• "Check my current workflow against the recommended best practices for Harper agents and suggest improvements."
• "Generate a prompt template that adheres to the latest Harper interaction standards for customer support tasks."

Tips & gotchas

This skill is specific to the Harper AI environment; applying its rules to other agent platforms may result in suboptimal performance. Ensure you are running the latest version of the Harper core, as best practices evolve with platform updates.