Agent skill · mia-cx
agent-copy
Use when writing text an agent will consume: a skill, rule or memory file, plan, or subagent prompt.
What it needs
About 4k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Agent copy How to write for agents. A skill, a rule file, a plan, and a subagent prompt are packaged differently, but the same levers make each one predictable: the agent takes the same process every run. The /refine set audits existing documents against this reference. Write new ones from it directly; for subagent prompts, apply it inline. Context pointers A context pointer is an in-context reference that names out-of-context material and the condition for reaching it: a skill description, an AGENTS.md line naming a doc, a plan step citing a file. The pointer's wording, not its target, decides whether the agent gets there. A must-have target behind a weakly worded pointer is a variance bug. Sharpen the wording first; inline the material only if sharpening fails. A pointer states what the material is and lists the branches that trigger reaching it. Always-loaded pointers earn the hardest pruning: front-load the leading word, keep one trigger per branch (synonyms renaming one branch collapse to one), and cut identity the body already carries. The two loads Every document and pointer spends one of two budgets: Context load: always-loaded material (a rule line, a skill description) costs tokens and attention every turn, whether or not it fires. Cognitive load: the human remembering what exists and when to reach for it. Not a cost to minimize; it is the price of human agency. Spend it where human judgment matters. Material behind a pointer escapes context load for the price of the pointer's line. Material with no pointer rides entirely on the human. Information hierarchy Two content types, steps (ordered actions) and reference (rules and facts consulted on demand), sit on a ladder ranked by how immediately the agent needs them: 1. In-file step: what the agent does, in order. 2. In-file reference: consulted on demand. A flat peer-set of rules is a fine arrangement, not a smell. 3. Disclosed reference: a separate file behind a pointer, loaded only when it fires. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills mia-cx/agent-copy