The Startup Ideas Podcast

Claude Skills: The NEW Way to Build AI Agents (Live Tutorial)

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Oct 27, 2025
Discover how to build powerful digital employees with Claude Skills! Learn about automating workflows that tackle the context rot issue affecting AI performance. Amir demonstrates dynamic tools like an A/B test generator and a marketing insights analyzer. Dive into a live build of a tweet-to-newsletter converter, showcasing the ability to match tone and style seamlessly. Plus, find out how these skills can enhance AI adoption in enterprises by improving fluency and resolving context challenges.
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Projects Vs. Skills: Different Roles

  • Claude Projects are workspaces with system prompts, memories, files and tool connections that centralize team context.
  • Skills apply focused, repeatable workflows and only load context when relevant to avoid context rot.
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Context Rot Explains Bad Outputs

  • Too much or poorly chosen context can degrade LLM performance and increase hallucination risk.
  • The right amount of context, not simply more, improves accuracy and relevance.
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Define Skills With Docs And Scripts

  • Build custom skills as markdown files with reference docs and executable scripts to make tasks deterministic.
  • Define exact steps, metrics, and reference materials so the skill runs code when precision is required.
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