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SKILL.make: Makefile Styled Skill File

Hacker News · May 2, 2026, 8:18 AM

Key takeaways

  • Specification and reference implementation for Makefile-styled Agent Skills.
  • SKILL.make brings the declarative, dependency-driven paradigm of Makefiles to the Agent Skills format.
  • Token Efficient: Optimized syntax reduces SKILL file size by ~15%, saving costs and context window space.

Specification and reference implementation for Makefile-styled Agent Skills.

SKILL.make brings the declarative, dependency-driven paradigm of Makefiles to the Agent Skills format. It replaces fuzzy prose with structured logic, turning SKILL.md into a reproducible execution graph.

Token Efficient: Optimized syntax reduces SKILL file size by ~15%, saving costs and context window space. With manual optimization, context size can be reduced by more than 30%.

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