# AI Coding Tip 030 - Script Your Skills, Not Your Prompts

DevFeed: [AI Coding Tip 030 - Script Your Skills, Not Your Prompts](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ai-coding-tip-030-script-your-skills-not-your-prompts-18220.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://maximilianocontieri.com/ai-coding-tip-030-script-your-skills-not-your-prompts>)

Author: Maxi Contieri

Published: 2026-07-31T22:54:55Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Maximiliano Contieri - Software Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/maximiliano-contieri-software-design.md>)

Topics: [Script](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/script.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [pull-request](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-request.md>), [script](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/script.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>), [unit-tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/unit-tests.md>)

## AI overview

The article recommends turning repeatable AI skill steps into tested scripts instead of relying on repeated free-form prompts. It explains that scripts improve determinism, reduce token use, keep credentials in configuration files, support retries and timeouts for API calls, and make failures easier to diagnose. The model should handle judgment calls such as selecting which script to run.

## Source excerpt

TL;DR: Turn repeatable skill steps into tested scripts instead of prompts, so behavior stays deterministic and cheap. Common Mistake ❌ You ask the AI to repeat the same multi-step task through free-f