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Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon · September 23 · 9 min

GPT-6 Astra: How to Write Better Prompts and Skills

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/gpt-6-astra-how-to-write-better-prompts-and-skills. A vague skill description like "help with websites" misfires on unrelated requests. Trigger skills on the specific job, not the topic. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #codex, #gpt-6-astra, #gpt-6, #writing-prompts, #prompt-engineering, #agents.md, #developer-tools, #hackernoon-top-story, and more. This story was written by: @proflead. Learn more about this writer by checking @proflead's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. To improve Codex instructions, break down tasks into reusable skills and define clear completion criteria. This involves writing a task prompt, a skill, and an AGENTS.md file that serve different purposes and guide Codex accordingly.

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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/gpt-6-astra-how-to-write-better-prompts-and-skills.
A vague skill description like "help with websites" misfires on unrelated requests. Trigger skills on the specific job, not the topic.
Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #codex, #gpt-6-astra, #gpt-6, #writing-prompts, #prompt-engineering, #agents.md, #developer-tools, #hackernoon-top-story, and more.

This story was written by: @proflead. Learn more about this writer by checking @proflead's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.

To improve Codex instructions, break down tasks into reusable skills and define clear completion criteria. This involves writing a task prompt, a skill, and an AGENTS.md file that serve different purposes and guide Codex accordingly.

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