How does this skill help prevent infinite AI loops?

It incorporates 'Loop Limit' patterns and defined success criteria, ensuring that fix/review cycles have a maximum attempt threshold before escalating to a human developer for intervention.

Why is step isolation important in AI Developer Workflows?

Isolation ensures each step can run independently without relying on hidden or global workflow state. This makes the system more reliable, easier to unit test, and prevents cascading failures across the automation pipeline.

What are the four core steps in this design pattern?

The framework relies on four primitives: /plan (generating a deterministic spec), /build (creative code implementation), /review (structured pass/fail validation), and /fix (targeted resolution of identified issues).

Do I need a specific SDK to use these designs?

While this skill provides the architectural design patterns, contracts, and templates, full orchestration of these steps into a functional agent typically requires the Claude Agent SDK.

Composable Step Design

Name: Composable Step Design
Author: melodic-software

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Productivity & Workflow

Designs modular Plan/Build/Review/Fix workflow primitives for robust and repeatable AI developer workflows.

This skill provides a structured framework for architecting AI Developer Workflows (ADWs) by breaking complex tasks into four distinct, composable steps: Plan, Build, Review, and Fix. It enables developers to define clear input/output contracts, implement step isolation patterns, and design sophisticated orchestration strategies that transition seamlessly from deterministic specifications to adaptive code generation. By formalizing these workflow primitives, it ensures that AI-driven development processes are reliable, testable, and capable of handling complex engineering tasks through repeatable, automated patterns.

Key Features

01Formal input/output contract definition for AI agents

02Workflow orchestration and composition rules

03Step isolation and dependency management patterns

04Standardized Plan/Build/Review/Fix step templates

05Error handling and recovery strategy design

0612 GitHub stars

Use Cases

01Building deterministic specification-to-code implementation pipelines

02Creating custom AI developer agents for specific repository tasks

03Designing automated code review and self-healing fix loops

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add melodic-software/claude-code-plugins composable-step-design

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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