Over the last few weeks I've been deep in the weeds on how solopreneurs can use Claude to 100x their development and out-ship entire teams at tech giants. Here's the important things I learned about skills. Bookmark this. Skills are the single biggest buff most devs still aren't leveraging. Vanilla prompting gets you something that looks and feels like a 'vibe-coded MVP' as opposed to a differentiated prod ready app. Its about setting aside time upfront to instruct claude instead of re-explaining what you want in every conversation until you run out of context. Skills load in 3 levels in your SKILL.md file: - Frontmatter (always in system prompt) — name + description, tells Claude when to use the skill. - Body (loaded when relevant) — the actual instructions - Linked files (loaded on demand) — references, scripts, templates, assets Your context stays clean until Claude actually needs the skill. This is how you avoid the "Claude forgot what we discussed an hour ago" failure mode. The frontmatter is the most important part of a skill and determines if your skill gets called automatically versus you having to explicitly invoke it. Frontmatter name: max 64 chars, lowercase + hyphens only description: max 1024 chars — but in Claude Code only the first 250 chars show in the skill listing. Front-load your trigger keywords. Write in third person. Include what it does AND when to use it. Don't say things like "Helps with smart contracts", instead focus on the specific action, "Audits Solidity and Cadence contracts for reentrancy, integer overflow, and access control bugs. Use whenever the user deploys, modifies, or reviews a smart contract." If your skill isn't triggering, it's almost always the description that got messed up. Body Keep the body under 500 lines. Anything longer goes into references/ subfolder and gets linked from the body. The body orchestrates, it doesn't contain/explain all your detail. Treat it like a router not a textbook. One of the most exciting aspects of skills is their composability. A skill can instruct Claude to call other skills in sequence: "When deploying a token contract, invoke tokenomics-review and security-audit in that order before suggesting the deploy command." Think about loops and pipelines when planning this out. Folder Structure my-skill/ ├── SKILL.md ← the brain ├── scripts/ ← bash/Python Claude executes ├── references/ ← deep docs loaded on demand └── assets/ ← Files used in app (templates, icons, fonts) One of the most powerful patterns in skill design is creating feedback loops: score → critique → rewrite → re-score until it's perfect. Build the rubric into the skill itself. Stop accepting first drafts. This can be used for copy, messaging and app development loops where claude creates an orchestrator that pipelines work into development agents, testing, giving feedback back to the dev agents etc. There isn't a definitive hard cap on skill count, but skill descriptions share a character budget (~1% of context in Claude Code). If you have too many skills, then your least-used skills get truncated descriptions and stop triggering reliably. Context optimization and awareness is likely going to be a key competency for builders in 2026. You can look at practical examples of well-formatted skills in flow-ai-tools, it's a Claude plugin I've been contributing to that is packed with skills for shipping decentralized apps that are fast, secure, and capable of things impossible on most chains. You can use it to create the next unicorn Top Shot-style app, on-chain games with native verifiable randomness, finance apps using scheduled smart transactions that act proactively and reactively. It covers both the technical patterns (Cadence resources, capabilities, transaction composition) and the defi/tokenomics side (supply curves, vesting, incentive design) so your next project has solid early validation baked in. You can check out more in the walkthrough below.

Flow team cooking 🧑‍🍳 Tasty things coming…

Go WTF and find the key

The Flow team is going through 79 killer app submissions from the @PL__Genesis hackathon. Going to need another coffee, builders are cooking 👨🏻‍🍳

So, what did we talk about at today's Flow Office Hours? - EthGlobal AI Agent hackathon starting TMRW . - How Deepseek is disrupting the LLM market and Nvidia stocks crashing. - EthDenver Castle and scholars announcements. - Limited time opportunity to get an army of hackers to contribute to your personal project or platform for FREE. - Builder Credits program and wishlist. - Seamless on-ramp payments and experiences like with @cloutdotme and what the core components of good Social Apps are.

Builder Perks matter... They can change your career and an industry. I remember during my undergrad at @UBC, one evening after being hunched over my laptop, twitching with an ungodly amount of caffeine in my veins, first hearing about the Github Student Developer Pack. My diet as a student and early founder was identical, I would mooch off of free milk in cafeterias/wework and carry around a bag of quick oats, this was my breakfast/lunch/dinner. I was an ambitious brokie, excited about the future. The github pack was a goldmine. It felt exclusive to be granted free access to so many tools. I would spend hours upon hours carefully deciphering different products, diving into Twillo docs and becoming an early adopted of Canva. The pack expanded my understanding of what was possible, things that seemed so complex, that I could only hope to be able to achieve post-graduation were now doable in several lines of code with an API call that cost nothing for a broke student. I ended up building my first startup that helped small businesses manage their money with an NLP Search you could use to ask 'how much do I owe in taxes, how much profit did I make, how much did I spend on marketing etc.', this was all possible using credits I found in the Github pack for things like @algolia. This startup went on to get into @Techstars and secure a seed investment from @Barclays. During the pandemic I launched a nonprofit called CovidImpact that unlocked $3B in funding for Canadian small businesses, it was featured on TechRepublic, Forbes and 30+ media outlets. This was only possible because of the credits and perks for nonprofits that @TechSoup offered. Really excited to announce today that Flow is curating impactful perks and free credits for various tools, APIs and platforms. Check the link below to share what you would love to see! (Photo of a broke founder wearing my brothers blaser and eating my staple of cold oats with my cofounder before a pitch)

Let’s gooo! Flow booth @Permissionless

The Flow Devrel team has been busy cooking in April, averaging almost one talk/community event every three days across several continents. Embracing Kaizen, we’re diligently incorporating builder feedback and enabling devs. Where would you like to meet us next?

"Composability means you get more out of collaborating than you do from competing" - @laynelafrance At #NFTDay we explored NFT's current state and future with the legends that helped build it at @flow_blockchain! Thank you @eldumbo for leading this across 45+ cities!

The future of Web3 won’t be dominated by a single virtual machine — it’ll be defined by the apps that can seamlessly move across them. Interoperability isn’t just a nice-to-have anymore; it’s how we unlock composability, derisk tooling decisions, and reach users no matter where they are. By bridging VMs, developers can combine the best of multiple worlds to create more powerful, scalable, and user-friendly applications. Different VMs offer different strengths. EVM brings a massive ecosystem of tools, audited contracts, and developer familiarity. Cadence — Flow’s resource-oriented smart contract language — enables fine-grained permissioning, native account abstraction, and security guarantees that go beyond what’s possible in Solidity. It also powers experiences used by some of the world’s biggest brands like Disney and the NBA, delivering Web2-level UX at Web3 scale. On Flow you can use the Flow Client Library (FCL) to compose multi-call transactions, integrate with Cadence-based logic, and connect both EVM and Cadence through one wallet and one signature — no context switching, no new tooling stack required. Whether you're looking to extend your existing dApp or build something new, this is how you future-proof your app in a multi-chain, multi-VM world.

Flow was launched by the brains behind the first widely adopted blockchain game based on NFTs, with its chief architect being a key contributor to ERC-721 and the one who coined the term “NFT”. OpenSea is the largest NFT marketplace in the world. Now the seas shall flow 🌊

Your AI agents and platforms can now access the entire Flow docs, cadence language reference and dozens of up-to-date educational sources by supplying a single url: github.com/onflow/Flow-Data-…. It automatically updates daily and continuously improves with a robust feedback loop that even parses Q&A in traditionally closed environments (like discord).

I made a friend 🐕

Do you token? I made this educational video showing end-to-end: - How to create a token & multisig on flow without writing a single line of code w/Toucans (@emerald_dao) - List the token on Flow's top DEX @IncrementFi - Setup an LP for swapping piped.video/CBkRpQIvSsU

I’m super excited to host a Twitter space tomorrow on “How to Build Fun Games”, we have an epic lineup of speakers 👇

TVL on Flow, 🧱 by 🧱

Did you know that you can now launch an NFT, NFT Collection and drop on @flow_blockchain with @opensea?

I'm going to New Delhi in late Sept for ETH New Delhi. Flow team is super excited and looking forward to the bottomless chai ☕️ If you are in town, want to grab coffee, brainstorm your startup or want to cook on kickass side-events - hit up my DMs

Reminder: If you have an existing project that you want to amplify on Flow, you have till this weekend to submit to PL Genesis and access $250k in prizes. All ecosystem builders are eligible :)

Devs are cooking on @flow_blockchain

Next stop: The home of Bubble Tea! Two weeks away from EthTaipei and I’m super excited to be part of the Flow team attending. Looking for other Flow ecosystem members who will be in Taipei from April 1-6 or Hong Kong April 7-8. Comment below if you will be attending and want to join an awesome telegram chat of Flow peeps cooking.

Go WTF

Turkey is ranked 1st in Europe and 11th in the world for crypto adoption... Hadi arkadaşlar!

Flow has just integrated with Layerzero, unlocking the massive potential interoperability affords, making it easier than ever for people from across web3 ecosystems to come and use the consumer chain. Bullish on what this will unlock for our burgeoning defi ecosystem 👀

Time Flows at @ETHGlobal Taipei

The Flowtilla has been boarded…

During my morning coffee, I vibe coded a Coffee Calculator 🌊

The talk is long over, the people do not want to leave

The legend speaks… the legend builds once again!

To all the Flow builders who showed up for PL Genesis: This is just the beginning. The real game starts now. Here's your builder’s map 🧵

What is Forte and why is it bullish? We about to find out

Did you know that Flow Wallet fully covers all transaction fees of users? If you're an active trader, collector, or gamer, you can enjoy a fully gasless experience today. This is not because there are no gas fees on Flow, but because gas fees are so low and the txn model on Flow allows for sponsoring transactions natively without the need of complex paymaster contracts.

Flow fam went bowling with builders at permissionless with @RedBeardVC and @DenariiLabs

Interested in seeing some of the latest apps using AI agents or telegram miniapps on @flow_blockchain? From games with smart NPCs to new forms of scalable capital allocation, get ready to be excited and inspired. Join me tonight at 7pm PT to see the top projects from the Flow December hackathon.

Fresh in - Flow Wallet now supports Previewnet!!! This is super useful for devs and app builders trying to simulate what their EVM or Cadence 1.0 apps will work like post upgrade.

Really excited to fly out to SF early next week to talk to @a16zcrypto's Crypto Startup Accelerator companies about the perks of building on Flow and start cooking!

Is Flow the 'iPhone moment' for Web3? 🤔 Learn how Flow is the next step beyond Ethereum - and is now interoperable with 70+ chains. 👇 #Crypto #Ethereum #NFTs #FlowBlockchain

Gm anon. Tomorrow @flow_blockchain is going to be at the @UBC career fair. Come chat with me if you're interested in a career on the cutting edge and to explore AI Agents, web3 or even launching your own startup. [Stares intensely]

Flow rewards platform hit $3.4M in just days of going live. The principle DEX on Flow @IncrementFi has seen a relatively small decrease in TVL (~$1M). Where is all this other FLOW coming from? Bull vibes 🐂🌊👀

Lovely meeting @Arpan_MegaVerse at the Appchain Day Singapore event, he's a past winner of a @flow_blockchain hackathon which helped cover several uni terms and is now involved in infra projects that benefit the overall ecosystem! Join the Flow World Tour to hack the future!

Podcast time! Had a ton of fun in Singapore with @doodlifts and our friends at @HackQuest_. In it we jam on the state of Web3 developer adoption, the mercenary problem, forming community, and how to spark the next wave of user-centred apps. Some key reflections 🧵

First 'May the Flow Be With You' twitter space is live in 2 hours, click below to set a notification, in it we will be talking about 'randomness', why it matters and how to build apps that utilize it: nitter.app/i/spaces/1BdGYqgDedLGX

Congrats all builders participating in 'May the Flow Be With You' challenges. Many exciting games launched this week, with some scoring huge attention. Week 3 is: Generative Art and Worlds. Missed the first two weeks? That's fine! Join today for a chance at thousands in prizes

Did you know you can add a massively powerful Flow AI bot/assistant into any telegram chat today by just adding '@AskFlowAI_bot' to a group?

In Hong Kong tomorrow, join my talk on the future of AI agents on Flow

Snack stations getting setup at the Flow HQ for the Ethereum 10 year birthday celebration today. Nothing sweeter than going with the Flow with the cool cats at @ETHGlobal

Alpha: The Flow Swag for ETHGlobal New Delhi is my favourite yet! Y'all in for a real treat

Flow is going to make a massive splash at EthDenver. Imagine coworking in a real castle on AI agents with the smartest cats in web3. Scholars can get all expenses paid flights and accommodation to one of the biggest events of the year and opportunities to build, mentor and speak.

The Flow Client Library (FCL) is used for building dApps on the Flow blockchain, making it easy to interact with wallets, txns and data to build next-gen UX, abstracting away complexities. You can think of it like Wagmi, Ethers or Web3.js in mono-VM chains. This month it hit a new record with 26,000+ weekly downloads. 💐to the gigachads that contributed to it @jordan_ribbink @chasefleming @0xJeffD @gregsantos @nialexsan and many more

In the last 24 hours, Beaver coin skyrocketed to the #1 memecoin on Flow in trading volume and TVL. It has higher volume than ceWETH. DeFi on Flow is going crazy in a good way.

Want FREE development on your project this month? Flow is trialing a new type of bounty for hackers at the upcoming EthDenver hackathon, giving awards to the best contribution to ecosystem projects. Have an MVP in mind that your team hasn't had the capacity to get started on? Have a long list of todos for your public good? DM me or @bz_bbclub right away to get your project included. Link below!

Mission accomplished #ethbangkok

Frens that go WTF together stay together

Sometimes you need a light to find your Flow. Illuminating night with @RedBeardVC, @denariilabs and @flow_blockchain. If you’re in Singapore and want to cook, let’s light things up! [international model in the photo is @barteryard ]

Just under 2 hrs left at @Permissionless IV hackathon!

Get passive airdrops throughout September with thousands in $FLOW + Rewards (Macbooks, Airpods etc.) up for grabs! Get started by registering your new OR existing project in 2 minutes. Register. Build. Earn.👇

Flow team cooking at EthBangkok, exciting things coming for hackers

Find your Flow State

Alpha 🌊

Flying out tomorrow for my 5th EthDenver by @SporkDao . This year is about adopting a more regenerative, sustainable mindset. It’s especially timely given recent high profile greed-driven zero-sum rugs. Flow is offering $50k in bounties to the top regens, engaging in 18+ events/panels and hosting a builder castle. Dm me if you want to meet up or cook on better mechanisms in web3.

🐐 recognizes 🐐

In Taipei hacking? Join me and the legendary @bz_bbclub at Chain - Reaction the largest pre-EthGlobal dev meetup today in town from 2pm - 6pm at Cozy Coworker Cafe. Come learn more about the Flow bounties and ideate on the next killer app! Shoutout to cohosts: @rootstock_io for driving and @NoditPlatform

What is a web3 popup city like and what can we learn from them? Read my experience at @JoinEdgeCity, one of these new highly experimental communities nestled in the mountains of northern Thailand and what the @flow_blockchain team was up to aliserag.medium.com/what-can…

We’re cooking #GoWTF

Tomorrow we are doing a very special twitter space culminating the May the Flow Be With You campaign where we will announce: 1. The best projects we saw 2. The winner of the 2500 FLOW jackpot 3. Key learnings 4. Builder Alpha

Throughout Taipei you find builders rocking the hottest web3 swag designs from the Flow World Tour. These limited collectibles were earned in dozens of different cities and hacks around the world by veteran builders dreaming up the next Killer App. @HackQuest_ @flow_blockchain

Did you know that you can join in the #MayTheFlowBeWithYou challenge on any day in May and still earn funds, including today? Every 'commit day' increases your odds of bagging loot while learning how to 10x your development with the latest AI vibe-coding resources.

Winners of Week 4 - May The Flow Be With You have been selected! Congratulations to everyone who participated and hustled! To the winners, check your wallets for $FLOW!

“A builder builds on their stomach” - Anon that’s totally not Bismarck Flow builder breakfast at Elmo right before @ETHGlobal NYC

Congrats Flow ecosystem on all the hard work on making Crescendo on Testnet a reality today. Thousands of hours have gone into upgrading contracts, creating tools to support each other and adding awesome features that are going to shape the future of web3 for the mainstream.

Working on exciting comsumer randonmness @EasyA_App hack at #EasyAConsensusHackathon, kols get ready

Week 1 of the #MayTheFlowBeWithYou challenge has ended. Randomness reigned, but now... Week 2: Actually Fun Games begins! 🎮 Build, create, and bring joy with your vibe code. The adventure continues. May the Flow be with you.

The most lit side event at @Permissionless. Come by the Happy Hour with @flow_blockchain and @ETHGlobal in NYC!

Building a robust developer ecosystem requires empathy and honesty. It’s not about shilling vaporware or pushing vanity metrics but rather meeting devs where they are at and enabling them to create powerful, useful and fun experiences. It encompasses comprehensive education and documentation, fostering an entrepreneurial environment, creating feedback loops, building in public and so much more. Had a lovely panel in Bangkok hosted by @HackQuest_ with some of the coolest people in web3 that are enabling the builders of apps that enable millions of users. @anmolarora_tw @PauChan23 @qc_qizhou @HammerToe #devcon

The @ETHGlobal team busy at work preparing a magical hack experience tmrw in Taipei. Teaser: Flow has some 🔥 swag in store this year!

Yesss! @Ticketmaster runs on Flow :)

Gm gm frens! Super excited to join the Flow team and scholars in descending upon NYC in a few days for @FanaticsFest, @Permissionless and @NFT_NYC. We have an action packed agenda - from hacking to putting together 3 killer side events (links in 🧵). LMK if you're in town!

GO WTF! Gm frens, I'm organizing an art competition for Telegram sticker packs related to going WTF where top submissions will be awarded FLOW. Dm me your telegram if you're interested in participating. @flow_blockchain

Welcome to the Flow State :) Loved how engaged you were in the conversations and your insightful perspectives!

Flow points the way 🌊

Every day @flow_blockchain is making it easier and easier to make the value propositions of web3 accessible to every day people

Flow Dev Office Hours happening rn, get support, get alpha, get community, get shipping

Planning to hack Flow bounties at @ETHGlobal Taipei but missing a full team? The Flow cruise for builders is happening tomorrow and we’re excited to partner with hacker matching platform - @CherryBuilders, just input your skills and what you’re looking for and find a team.

Google VEO is insane. Made this in 2 min. AI is changing content forever.

Lets cook! If you're an investor or builder interested in raising, check 🧵

NYC is the world's top financial center, 2nd top AI startup hub and a leading Web3 hotspot. In 2 weeks (Aug 19-23) I'll be in Manhattan to help mentor and support hundreds of brilliant devs at @ETHGlobal building killer consumer apps that solve real problems. $275k will be awarded after 36 hours of coding to seed the creation of platforms that create opportunities, align incentives, enliven our digital rights and enhance our lives. Really excited to show NYC builders first hand how Flow excels in being the best place to build web3 apps with AI. Dm if you're in town and want to cook!

Flow dev office hours happening over the next hour. All the top cadence experts are there now, great time to pick brains or ask questions for how to amplify your app!

Gas fees on Flow is ultra low, so much that you can forget you are sponsoring hundreds of thousands of transactions for your users

🚀 CryptoKitties: Arcade 🐱 CryptoZombies for Cadence but with cats! Why Cadence? The resource-oriented lang built for digital assets soon amplifying Solidity apps. Build gasless experiences, manage spectrum ownership, and customize account permission. arcade.ecdao.org/

Where do you go when you have a technical question? Stack overflow was long the great Q&A directory for a generation of developers, but it’s given way to tools like cursor and copilot that can analyze, generate and debug your code in seconds. All… within your IDE… No need to open up a browser and hunt through links that may or may not be related to the issue you’re experiencing. AI chatbots can help you understand or navigate developer docs more effectively, office hours give you a place to talk live and discord/slack/telegram allow for easy asynchronous exchanges. Twitter, as always, is the public square. Full of memes, news and exchanges that push the current boundaries of web3. It’s also where many go to voice frustration and accomplishments, invaluable insights when you’re building educational resources and tooling for devs. However oftentimes these insights are lost or never really loop back into product. What is asked and answered on discord is never picked up by LLM models that are commonly used. The information that is available is rarely made in an optimized format for RAG systems…. At @flow_blockchain, one of the things I’m working on right now with @bz_bbclub, @btspoony and @SeanPRobb is reimagining next gen developer support. Sourcing insights across all channels in real time, creating benchmarks around issue resolution, and feedback loops that are indexed by search engines and optimized for AI systems. This might sound boring to some, but for me this is what it means to help others at scale and is one of the most exciting things possible!

Gm gm, tomorrow's 'May the Flow Be With You' week 3 Twitter Space will be on the topic of Generative Composability, where we explore how to turn products into platforms. Looking forward to seeing you all there! nitter.app/i/spaces/1MnxnwmLabjKO

💰 NEW ECOSYSTEM BOUNTY! 💰 Earn 500 FLOW by building an AI Agent that informs people about interesting sales and trends on Disney Pinnacle. Details ⤵️

Power breakfast before EthDenver. It’s all about the 🥚

What is the difference between FLOW and WFLOW? How do you access FLOW on EVM? Where is it's CA? Made this infographic to simplify the differences between the two.

Love seeing the @flow_blockchain community come together and create tools to help eachother with upgrading to Cadence 1.0. Neat regex tool to help with auto-updating transactions and scripts: github.com/MobileReality/sta…

Build. Commit. Earn. May the Flow Be With You is live! A month long series of challenges with a new topic every week, inviting all devs to 20x their development with the latest AI tools and Flow features. It's simple. Each commit day in May = increases access to 10k+ in $FLOW.

10 days left to join... $10k in prizes... Win while learning how to build the next killer Telegram Miniapp.... Open to anyone, anywhere, with workshops in 4 cities across Asia. hackquest.io/en/hackathon/ex…

At Flow, we cook

More and more people are waking up in bed each morning, opening their eyes, and going WTF. 485% is just the beginning 🔥

Gm gm frens! How do you vote and why does it matter? In this video I explain EVERYTHING you need to know about voting for your favorite Flow GrantDAO projects hosted on @DoraHacks. Have a direct voice in which projects you would love to fund and help bring to life!

Super exciting to meet with some of the world’s top web3 startups at the A16Z HQ in San Francisco this week. Big takeaway: - AI agents are present in most of the startups, but there are massive issues with livenses, inference and security guard rails that limit their utility