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ai-config-authoring
Craft effective AI agent configuration — skills, rules, agents, and instructions — for any AI coding client. Use when writing or reviewing a SKILL.md, rule file, or agent definition; when deciding between a skill, rule, hook, or always-on instruction; when a config file grows past its context budget; or when a skill description fails to trigger.
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# AI Config Authoring
## Core Principle: Context Is a Budget
Every always-loaded line competes with the user's actual task for model
attention, and attention degrades as volume grows — bloated config makes
agents ignore the instructions that matter. Pay the always-on price only
for content needed every session; defer everything else behind on-demand
loading (progressive disclosure). For each line, apply the deletion test:
would removing it cause mistakes? If not, cut it.
## Budget Table
| Artifact | Budget | Cost is paid |