apprentice_skill

Overview

This skill captures a task the first time you perform it and turns it into a permanent, repeatable workflow your agent can run. I watch your spoken narration and command sequence, infer intent and variables, synthesize an editable workflow, and save it locally for on-demand replay. No coding or formal specs required.

How this skill works

When you say a trigger phrase like "watch me," I enter observation mode and record the actions and narration you perform. After you stop, I analyze the log to identify ordered steps, which elements vary versus which stay constant, and produce a readable, editable workflow file plus an executable script. You review and approve the synthesis before it is saved; nothing is sent externally and execution happens only when you explicitly run a workflow.

When to use it

• Automate repetitive shell or project setup tasks after demonstrating them once
• Capture multi-step procedures you perform with spoken rationale and choices
• Turn tutorial-style demonstrations into reusable automation
• Create personal runbooks for deployments, onboarding, or weekly reports
• Chain several learned tasks into larger automations

Best practices

• Narrate your intent and decisions aloud while performing the task
• Explicitly name changing items (e.g., PROJECT_NAME) during observation
• Mark the end of the demonstration with a clear stop phrase
• Keep each observation focused on a single cohesive workflow
• Review and edit the synthesized workflow before approving it

Example use cases

• Record a new-project bootstrap sequence and replay it for every repo creation
• Demonstrate your deployment steps once and have the agent run them reliably
• Capture your weekly reporting routine to auto-generate and send summaries
• Teach the agent how you onboard a client so it can perform the same steps later
• Chain project setup with notification and tracking workflows into one command