Gary Saunders

[Craft Gallery @5min__crafts]

I really wish I’d known this earlier.

[Anatoli Kopadze @AnatoliKopadze]

instead of watching 2 hours of Netflix tonight, watch this Stanford lecture

it's the clearest explanation I've seen of how ChatGPT and Claude actually work

useful whether you've never touched AI in your life or have been using it every day for the past year

I took the key ideas and turned them into a practical guide on how to actually get 100% out of Claude

find it below

[Be Believing @Be_Believing]

Instant Regret ..

[Buraq @Buraq515]

Can you handle it? 😂😂😂

[Akshay 🚀 @akshay_pachaar]

Anthropic released a 33-page guide on building Skills.

Here's everything you need to know (under 370 words):

First, what are Skills?

A skill is a folder that teaches Claude how to handle specific tasks. You teach it once, and it works every time. No more re-explaining your preferences in every conversation.

Skills aren't locked to Claude. They've been published as an open standard, so you can use them with AI agents like OpenClaw, too.

Here's the simplest way to think about it:

MCP gives Claude access to your tools. Skills teach Claude how to use them well. One without the other is incomplete.

The guide breaks things down into 3 use cases:

1. Workflow Automation: You have processes that need to run the same way every time. A skill can pull your project status, evaluate team capacity, and create tasks without you walking Claude through each step again.

2. MCP Enhancement: Your team has years of accumulated knowledge about how things should work. A skill captures that expertise so Claude handles edge cases the way your best team member would.

3. Document Creation: Every team has standards for how presentations, code, and designs should look. A skill lets Claude follow those standards without you pasting your style guide into every conversation.

The setup is more straightforward than you'd think:

One SKILL. md file with some structured metadata at the top is all that's required. Scripts, templates, and reference docs are optional.

Two fields in that metadata matter most:
- name (lowercase with hyphens, no spaces or capitals)
- description (what the skill does + specific phrases that should activate it)

Nail the description, and Claude picks up your skill at exactly the right moment. Get it wrong, and it sits there doing nothing.

The guide walks through 5 patterns that actually work:

1. Sequential Workflow Orchestration: processes that need to happen in a fixed order, like onboarding a customer or deploying a service.

2. Multi-MCP Coordination: your workflow touches multiple services, say design in Figma, tasks in Linear, updates in Slack. One skill ties them together.

3. Iterative Refinement: the skill validates its own work, catches issues, and refines the output before handing it to you.

4. Context-Aware Tool Selection: Claude picks the right tool automatically depending on the file type, size, or situation instead of you telling it every time.

5. Domain-Specific Intelligence: your skill carries specialized knowledge like compliance rules or security checks that Claude wouldn't know on its own.

Pitfalls the guide warns you about:

- Vague descriptions like "Helps with projects" that never trigger
- Important instructions buried inside walls of text
- No fallback when a tool call fails
- One skill trying to do too much

Here's the bigger insight:

AI doesn't have to be general-purpose in every conversation. Give it focused knowledge for the workflows you actually repeat, and it stops being a chatbot and starts being a genuine part of how you work.

I've shared a link to the PDF in the next tweet.

[Latest in Cosmos @latestincosmos]

This is Mars!

140 million miles away from us!

[aka @akafaceUS]

This eagle hauled in a fish nearly its own size.

With soaked wings and all that weight, it’s unreal.

[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

Me whenever I'm faced with the prospect of real life social interaction.

📹: https://t.co/qkRl1asw9e

[Epick📲🇺🇸 @shonkpa55133]

Elephant flings crocodile to save her calf 😳

[Sindambiwe @LensVibe]

Whales: Giants of the Ocean ("thread")

The deep blue hides massive secrets. 🌊🐋 Witness the raw power of the Giants of the Ocean as they rule the wild.
Whales are among the most magnificent creatures on Earth, belonging to the order Cetacea. These marine mammals evolved from land-dwelling ancestors about 50 million years ago. The blue whale, the largest animal ever known, can reach up to 100 feet long and weigh over 150 tons. bigger than any dinosaur! They inhabit all oceans, from the icy Arctic to tropical seas.

[🔥⭐️Edwin⭐️🔥 @Nuked4Every1]

Coca-Cola.

The Evolution Of A Truck (1909–2025) 🇺🇸

[BuffaloRon @BuffaloRon]

Good Morning Xitterverse friends...

actual footage of two of our customers fighting over the last pair of large Trekker boot socks.

24hrs/DFIU HUHAWD

[Gary Saunders @GaryRSaunders]

@ALadyNamedKatie God bless you for your 16 months. I pray it will last 16 years.

[Enacchi Ena 💇🌺 @Gn5c2MeHKp69958]

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[Bee 🐝🌿 @BeeAwake1]

😁 I don't know about anyone else but I enjoy watching these car test

[Yisrael official 🕎 @YisraelOfficial]

LOL 🙃🙃🙃
I watched it a few times.
Cool and funny.

[Ted Nugent @TedNugent]

Good Lord!