Add usethis-cli-modify agent skill#1555
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Creates a new skill that guides agents on modifying the CLI layer and emphasizes the requirement to update documentation (reference docs, overview, examples, README, CONTRIBUTING.md) after any user-facing CLI changes. Also registers the skill as important in AGENTS.md. Co-authored-by: nathanjmcdougall <18602289+nathanjmcdougall@users.noreply.github.com> Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/usethis-python/usethis-python/sessions/d8b3f256-7b6c-4eab-8d72-80f242b62ced
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[WIP] Add agent skill instructions for modifying CLI
Add Mar 25, 2026
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_uilayer were not updating the manually-written CLI documentation. This adds a dedicated skill to enforce that discipline..agents/skills/usethis-cli-modify/SKILL.md:_uipackage (commands, options, help text, app registration)AGENTS.md: Addedusethis-cli-modifyto the important skills list so agents are directed to it for any_uilayer workOriginal prompt
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