Engineering
Keep each skill short and specific, with one style guide
Vague skills just give you vague output faster.
What hurt
@vikrantshukla runs a small Grok Bot team where skills keep agents consistent: one folder with the steps plus a style guide, every agent follows the same recipe. The catch is keeping each skill short and specific. Tip only — no pasted prompt. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Shared skill folder + style guide · short/specific skills · same recipe for every agent.
Bots
Team bots
Each follows the shared short skills and style guide.
Plugins
None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.
Files
Shared skills folder + one style guide.
Routines
None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.
The prompt
This is a tip, not a pasteable system prompt. The author did not publish one. Follow the first-run steps.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/vikrantshukla/status/2113781552840917084 (credit @vikrantshukla).
- 2Make one shared folder for skills your team bots can all see.
- 3Put a short style guide next to the steps (tone, format, must-not).
- 4Rewrite any vague skill into a short, specific recipe.
- 5Point every agent at the same folder so output stays consistent.
Approval fence
Skills describe drafts; anything irreversible still needs your yes.
What to tweak
Steal the catch: short and specific, or you just accelerate mush.
Source
Vikrant Shukla @vikrantshukla · Original post
Not affiliated with xAI. We did not write this prompt. Third-party template terms still apply.
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