skill

beyond-the-prompt

Skills & Subagents for AI development: progressive disclosure, context efficiency, and evaluation-first patterns. Built with Nix + Reveal.js.

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Set up

Skills are installed by placing their folder where your agent loads skills.

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The download comes from github.com/wscoble/beyond-the-prompt itself, not from our server, so what you get is exactly what its author published.

Install instructions come from the README

Skills do not use an MCP config. Follow the steps in the README below.

README

synced Oct 24, 2026

Beyond the Prompt: Lessons from Building with Claude Code

A presentation about using Skills and Subagents to guide AI-assisted development, demonstrated through the FLUO project's FluoDSL sandboxing decision.

Quick Start

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/beyond-the-prompt.git
cd beyond-the-prompt

# Start the presentation (requires Nix)
nix run .#present

Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser.

Prerequisites

Nix package manager with flakes enabled

Commands

Run Presentation Only

nix run .#present

Serves the presentation at http://localhost:8000

Run Full Demo

nix run .#demo

Serves:

Presentation at http://localhost:8000
Conversation viewer at http://localhost:8001 (if available)

Development Mode

# Enter development shell with all tools
nix develop

# Start presentation server with live reload
caddy file-server --root ./presentation --listen :8000

Presenter Mode

Press P during the presentation to toggle presenter mode with speaker notes and timing.

Press C to clone the slideshow for dual-screen presentation.

Key Keyboard Shortcuts

→ / Space - Next slide
← - Previous slide
P - Toggle presenter mode
C - Clone slideshow
F - Toggle fullscreen
? - Show help

Project Structure

.
├── flake.nix                 # Nix flake with apps and devShell
├── README.md                 # This file
├── CLAUDE.md                 # Instructions for Claude Code
├── docs/
│   ├── adr/                  # Architecture Decision Records
│   └── demo/                 # Demo materials
└── presentation/
    ├── index.html            # Reveal.js presentation
    ├── slides.md             # Presentation content
    ├── assets/               # Images, CSS, themes
    └── vendor/               # Vendored dependencies

Content

This presentation covers:

Context Window Economics - Progressive disclosure and token efficiency
Skills + Subagents Pattern - HOW to implement vs SHOULD we build
Preventing Waste - Evaluation before execution

Learn More

FLUO Project: https://github.com/fluohq/fluo
See .skills/ and .subagents/ directories in FLUO for implementation examples
Read ADRs in docs/adr/ for architectural context

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details