Matt Pocock turns agent work into small, inspectable engineering steps
Matt Pocock’s skill collection breaks AI-assisted development into explicit steps: clarify the project’s terminology, write a specification, split work into complete vertical slices, and test one behavior at a time. The useful idea is to keep each instruction small enough to inspect and adapt, so an agent follows an understandable engineering process instead of one sprawling prompt.
Matt Pocock · AI Hero
Why it matters
A concrete workflow to try when an agent starts implementing before requirements and test boundaries are clear.
More context
The guide links the skill source and a video walkthrough. Start by reading one skill and adapting it to a small feature before adopting the collection. A vertical slice should deliver an end-to-end behavior. This card is based on the written guide; its displayed update date is April 27, 2026.
Keep in mind
These are evolving workflow instructions, not guaranteed quality improvements. Original publication date is unverified; skill names can change.
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