Book 2 · Chapter 7: Skills, Connectors, and Plugins
This page hands you starter SKILL.md files for building your own AI skills.
This page assumes you've read the chapter. It hands you the tools, not the lessons.
Copy either file, save it as SKILL.md (that exact name), and load it into your AI. The first is the meal-plan skill exactly as printed in the chapter. The second is the proposal skill, assembled into the chapter's own Skill anatomy.
SKILL.md starter files
- Weekly Meal Plan skill (SKILL.md, verbatim from the chapter)
--- name: weekly-meal-plan description: Creates a weekly meal plan for a household where one partner is vegetarian, the other eats everything, and the kid only eats pasta and rice-based dishes. Weeknight dinners under 30 minutes. Mediterranean and Asian cuisines preferred. Sunday batch-cook for lunches. --- # Weekly Meal Plan Skill ## Rules - Every dinner must have a vegetarian version AND satisfy the pasta/rice constraint for the kid - Weeknight dinners: 30 minutes max, start to table - Prefer Mediterranean and Asian cuisines, rotate weekly - Sunday batch-cook: prepare 5 days of lunches in one session - No repeated main dishes within the same week - Seasonal produce preferred: check what's in season ## Output Format For each day, provide: 1. Dinner name and cuisine type 2. Ingredients list (grouped by store section) 3. Prep time and cook time 4. Vegetarian base version 5. Protein add-on for the non-vegetarian partner 6. Kid-friendly modification (if different from base) ## Sunday Batch Cook Section - List 2-3 lunch recipes that store well for 5 days - Combined grocery list for the whole week - Prep order (what to cook first, what can cool while something else cooks) ## Example **Monday: One-Pot Coconut Curry with Rice (Asian, 25 min)** - Base: chickpea and vegetable coconut curry over jasmine rice - Add-on: grilled chicken thigh on the side - Kid version: plain rice with curry sauce (mild) on the side
- Client Proposal skill (SKILL.md, built from the chapter's proposal example)
--- name: client-proposal description: Writes a client proposal in my standard format: executive summary, problem statement, proposed approach, timeline, pricing table, and terms. Professional but warm tone. Always includes a "why us" section tied to the client's specific pain points, with annual-commitment pricing discounts. --- # Client Proposal Skill ## Rules - Professional but warm tone throughout - Always include a "why us" section that references the client's specific pain points - Pricing always comes with a discount for annual commitments ## Output Format Produce the proposal in this order: 1. Executive summary 2. Problem statement 3. Proposed approach 4. Timeline 5. Pricing table (show the annual-commitment discount) 6. Terms ## Why Us Reference the client's specific pain points from the request and tie each one to a part of the proposed approach.