Build Your Software Factory — articles on composable AI skills, commands, agents, and workflows.https://factoryengineering.dev/https://factoryengineering.dev/articles/07-a-skill-that-holds-up-under-pressure/https://factoryengineering.dev/articles/07-a-skill-that-holds-up-under-pressure/The skills capstone. Take the Capture → Test → Retrospective → Optimize workflow from a forgiving LINQ problem to a Java/Kafka consumer at production load, and harden the result against backpressure, poison pills, and conflicting requirements.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://factoryengineering.dev/articles/06-sharpen-your-skill-with-skill-optimizer/https://factoryengineering.dev/articles/06-sharpen-your-skill-with-skill-optimizer/A refined skill from a retrospective is good, not tight. /skill-optimizer reads it against Anthropic's published authoring best practices and returns concrete edits.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://factoryengineering.dev/articles/05-the-retrospective-did-you-use-a-skill/https://factoryengineering.dev/articles/05-the-retrospective-did-you-use-a-skill/A clean-room test leaves a list of gaps. A retrospective turns them into specific skill edits, starting with one question: did the skill even load?Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://factoryengineering.dev/articles/04-test-your-skill-in-a-clean-room/https://factoryengineering.dev/articles/04-test-your-skill-in-a-clean-room/A skill validated only during active collaboration isn't reliable. Test it in a fresh session with no prior context to find what's actually missing.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://factoryengineering.dev/articles/03-do-the-work-then-capture-it/https://factoryengineering.dev/articles/03-do-the-work-then-capture-it/The fastest way to create a skill is to do the work first, get the output right, then ask the assistant to capture what it just learnedSun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT