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Skills.md from Scratch: Build a Skill-Driven Coding Agent

90 min
Jan 13, 2026 10:30 AM
Virtual (Zoom)

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What you'll learn

Understand the Skills.md Model

Learn how skills.md is structured and why metadata-first, progressive loading enables scalable, agent-friendly skills.

Implement a Skill Registry System

Build a registry that scans folders, parses metadata, indexes skills, and loads full instructions on demand.

Apply Skills in a Coding Agent

Integrate skill selection and injection into an agent loop to solve real coding tasks using reusable skills.

Why this topic matters

Skill-driven agents are becoming the standard way to scale AI behavior safely and predictably. Understanding skills.md from first principles helps you design transparent, reusable agent logic instead of relying on black-box frameworks. You’ll gain practical system design skills, build a working agent, and learn patterns directly applicable to modern AI tooling and team workflows.

You'll learn from

Alexey Grigorev

Alexey Grigorev

Principal Data Scientist | Book Author | Instructor to 100k+ Students World-Wide

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