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Advanced Topics & Future Enhancements
Ideas and concepts for future improvements to the skill system.
Dynamic Rule Updates
Current State: Requires Claude Code restart to pick up changes to skill-rules.json
Future Enhancement: Hot-reload configuration without restart
Implementation Ideas:
- Watch skill-rules.json for changes
- Reload on file modification
- Invalidate cached compiled regexes
- Notify user of reload
Benefits:
- Faster iteration during skill development
- No need to restart Claude Code
- Better developer experience
Skill Dependencies
Current State: Skills are independent
Future Enhancement: Specify skill dependencies and load order
Configuration Idea:
{
"my-advanced-skill": {
"dependsOn": ["prerequisite-skill", "base-skill"],
"type": "domain",
...
}
}
Use Cases:
- Advanced skill builds on base skill knowledge
- Ensure foundational skills loaded first
- Chain skills for complex workflows
Benefits:
- Better skill composition
- Clearer skill relationships
- Progressive disclosure
Conditional Enforcement
Current State: Enforcement level is static
Future Enhancement: Enforce based on context or environment
Configuration Idea:
{
"enforcement": {
"default": "suggest",
"when": {
"production": "block",
"development": "suggest",
"ci": "block"
}
}
}
Use Cases:
- Stricter enforcement in production
- Relaxed rules during development
- CI/CD pipeline requirements
Benefits:
- Environment-appropriate enforcement
- Flexible rule application
- Context-aware guardrails
Skill Analytics
Current State: No usage tracking
Future Enhancement: Track skill usage patterns and effectiveness
Metrics to Collect:
- Skill trigger frequency
- False positive rate
- False negative rate
- Time to skill usage after suggestion
- User override rate (skip markers, env vars)
- Performance metrics (execution time)
Dashbord Ideas:
- Most/least used skills
- Skills with highest false positive rate
- Performance bottlenecks
- Skill effectiveness scores
Benefits:
- Data-driven skill improvement
- Identify problems early
- Optimize patterns based on real usage
Skill Versioning
Current State: No version tracking
Future Enhancement: Version skills and track compatibility
Configuration Idea:
{
"my-skill": {
"version": "2.1.0",
"minClaudeVersion": "1.5.0",
"changelog": "Added support for new workflow patterns",
...
}
}
Benefits:
- Track skill evolution
- Ensure compatibility
- Document changes
- Support migration paths
Multi-Language Support
Current State: English only
Future Enhancement: Support multiple languages for skill content
Implementation Ideas:
- Language-specific SKILL.md variants
- Automatic language detection
- Fallback to English
Use Cases:
- International teams
- Localized documentation
- Multi-language projects
Skill Testing Framework
Current State: Manual testing with npx tsx commands
Future Enhancement: Automated skill testing
Features:
- Test cases for trigger patterns
- Assertion framework
- CI/CD integration
- Coverage reports
Example Test:
describe('database-verification', () => {
it('triggers on Prisma imports', () => {
const result = testSkill({
prompt: "add user tracking",
file: "services/user.ts",
content: "import { PrismaService } from './prisma'"
});
expect(result.triggered).toBe(true);
expect(result.skill).toBe('database-verification');
});
});
Benefits:
- Prevent regressions
- Validate patterns before deployment
- Confidence in changes
Related Files
- SKILL.md - Main skill guide
- TROUBLESHOOTING.md - Current debugging guide
- HOOK_MECHANISMS.md - How hooks work today