Quickstart

Install a small starter set and use Adaptive Skills on a first low-risk task.

This quickstart takes you from an empty consumer project to one skill-assisted task.

1. Choose a project

Use an existing project or create a temporary directory:

mkdir adaptive-skills-first-use
cd adaptive-skills-first-use
git init

2. Install the starter set

apm install nevitonsantana/adaptive-skills \
  --skill workflow \
  --skill feature-planning \
  --skill testing

3. Confirm the installation

For the Claude target:

ls .claude/skills/

You should find workflow, feature-planning, and testing, each with a SKILL.md file.

4. Pick a low-risk task

Choose a reversible task whose result can be reviewed. Good first examples:

• plan a small documentation improvement;
• define tests for an existing behavior;
• frame a contained maintenance task;
• clarify the acceptance criteria for a minor feature.

Avoid deployments, destructive changes, credentials, sensitive data, or irreversible decisions for the first exercise.

5. Invoke one skill

Try:

6. Review the result

Check that the response includes:

• one clear goal;
• explicit scope boundaries;
• evidence appropriate to the task;
• a concrete next action;
• no invented permissions or hidden execution.

If these elements are missing, identify the missing Core Move and request a correction.

7. Decide whether to continue

The skill has done its job when the next action is clearer and reviewable. You can now continue normally, choose a second skill only if the task changes mode, or stop if the task should not proceed.

Next steps