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Dependency Intelligence: How Skillsmith Infers What Your Skills Need
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Skills reference MCP servers, models, and other skills — but until now, users had no way to know what a skill actually needs. Skillsmith's new dependency intelligence layer combines author declarations, static analysis, and behavioral data to surface dependencies before they become failures.

Ryan Smith ·
13 min
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Building Skillsmith with Multi-Agent Orchestration
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How Skillsmith used Claude-Flow V3, its SPARC methodology, hive-mind execution, wave-based delivery, as well as custom skills like Plan-Review — to ship 159 commits across 534 Claude Code sessions. A guide to How-I-AI in practice.

Ryan Smith ·
14 min
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You Installed a Claude Skill. It Didn't Work. You're Not Alone.
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The seven problems every developer hits with Claude Skills, what the data says, and which tools actually solve them

Skillsmith Team ·
15 min
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Security, Quarantine, and Safe Skill Installation: How Skillsmith Protects You
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A deep dive into Skillsmith's defense-in-depth security architecture—from static analysis to trust tiers—and why you can install skills with confidence

Skillsmith Team ·
15 min
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From GitHub to Search Results: How Skillsmith Indexes and Curates Skills
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A behind-the-scenes look at how Skillsmith discovers, scores, and indexes Claude Code skills—and how to optimize your skills for discovery

Skillsmith Team ·
10 min
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Composing Agents, Sub-Agents, Skills, and Sub-Skills: A Decision Framework for Product Builders
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The architecture decisions that determine whether your AI workflow scales or collapses

Ryan Smith ·
13 min
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