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From Prompt Engineering to Architecture Engineering

Most teams begin AI adoption with prompts.

Create a login page.

Over time those prompts grow:

Create a login page.

Use React.
Use TypeScript.
Use Atomic Design.
Use Storybook.
Use Vitest.
Use Context.
Use Zod.

Eventually teams discover they are repeating the same instructions every day.

This is where skills become valuable.

The prompt becomes:

Create a login page.

Follow SKILLS.md.

The architecture lives in one place.

The implementation becomes repeatable.

Mini Exercise​

Start with a long prompt for a React feature.

Then reduce it to:

Create the feature.
Follow SKILLS.md.

List which repeated instructions should move out of the prompt and into the skill.

Example​

Repeated instructions that belong in the skill:

  • use React and TypeScript
  • follow Atomic Design
  • keep domain logic outside UI components
  • create tests and stories
  • avoid inline styles