The System Skill Pattern
shruggingface.comAuthor here-- hah, I'm surprised someone posted this already-- I just came to share it as a Show HN post and get the conversation started:
I’ve been playing with Claude Skills and stumbled on a simple pattern for tiny, durable personal data systems:
* CLI: a small, self-contained executable
* SKILL.md: the operator's manual (what to run, how to parse output, how to think about the system)
* SQLite: a local DB for persistent state
It’s nothing mind-blowing, but the ergonomics of this combo feel great.
If you define a process/flow, Claude can "turn the crank" by running the CLI, accumulating context, and animating the system to life over time.
They’re also easy to share: you can distribute System Skills via Claude Code’s `/plugin marketplace add <repo>`.
More details in the blog post and the toy Pomodoro System Skill reference implementation here:
Blog: https://www.shruggingface.com/blog/the-system-skill-pattern Repo: https://github.com/jakedahn/pomodoro
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Curious whether any of this resonates. Also excited to hear any interesting System Skill ideas worth exploring!
I think Steve Yegge's BD might be another "stateful" skill like this - have you compared the bead approach with yours