Add usethis-cli-dogfood agent skill#1691
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Create a new agent skill that instructs agents to safely run new or modified CLI commands against the usethis repo itself to catch edge cases. Documents the commit-run-revert workflow to avoid polluting the worktree. Resolves #1641 Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/usethis-python/usethis-python/sessions/ce6595ee-5690-42c1-8925-a7904e640b57 Co-authored-by: nathanjmcdougall <18602289+nathanjmcdougall@users.noreply.github.com>
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[WIP] Update agent configuration for dogfooding tests
Add Apr 1, 2026
usethis-cli-dogfood agent skill
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Avoids clashing with the usethis executable in the project's virtual environment. Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/usethis-python/usethis-python/sessions/9b7aa282-570b-44ca-b1b5-26e904ec3f33 Co-authored-by: nathanjmcdougall <18602289+nathanjmcdougall@users.noreply.github.com>
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Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/usethis-python/usethis-python/sessions/2f1668e3-d0c7-4582-be93-2c6a33cc296f Co-authored-by: nathanjmcdougall <18602289+nathanjmcdougall@users.noreply.github.com>
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PR #1639 revealed that agents implementing new CLI commands miss edge cases caught by running the command against the real repo. This adds a skill documenting the safe dogfooding workflow.
New skill:
usethis-cli-dogfoodInstructs agents to validate new/modified CLI commands against the usethis repo itself:
.agents/skills/usethis-cli-dogfood/SKILL.md— skill file with procedure, safety considerations.agents/skills/usethis-cli-modify/SKILL.md— updated to reference the new dogfood skill as step 4 in its proceduredocs/skills-directory.txt,AGENTS.md— registry entries