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+# Output Patterns
+
+Use these patterns when skills need to produce consistent, high-quality output.
+
+## Template Pattern
+
+Provide templates for output format. Match the level of strictness to your needs.
+
+**For strict requirements (like API responses or data formats):**
+
+```markdown
+## Report structure
+
+ALWAYS use this exact template structure:
+
+# [Analysis Title]
+
+## Executive summary
+[One-paragraph overview of key findings]
+
+## Key findings
+- Finding 1 with supporting data
+- Finding 2 with supporting data
+- Finding 3 with supporting data
+
+## Recommendations
+1. Specific actionable recommendation
+2. Specific actionable recommendation
+```
+
+**For flexible guidance (when adaptation is useful):**
+
+```markdown
+## Report structure
+
+Here is a sensible default format, but use your best judgment:
+
+# [Analysis Title]
+
+## Executive summary
+[Overview]
+
+## Key findings
+[Adapt sections based on what you discover]
+
+## Recommendations
+[Tailor to the specific context]
+
+Adjust sections as needed for the specific analysis type.
+```
+
+## Examples Pattern
+
+For skills where output quality depends on seeing examples, provide input/output pairs:
+
+```markdown
+## Commit message format
+
+Generate commit messages following these examples:
+
+**Example 1:**
+Input: Added user authentication with JWT tokens
+Output:
+```
+feat(auth): implement JWT-based authentication
+
+Add login endpoint and token validation middleware
+```
+
+**Example 2:**
+Input: Fixed bug where dates displayed incorrectly in reports
+Output:
+```
+fix(reports): correct date formatting in timezone conversion
+
+Use UTC timestamps consistently across report generation
+```
+
+Follow this style: type(scope): brief description, then detailed explanation.
+```
+
+Examples help Claude understand the desired style and level of detail more clearly than descriptions alone.
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+# Workflow Patterns
+
+## Sequential Workflows
+
+For complex tasks, break operations into clear, sequential steps. It is often helpful to give Claude an overview of the process towards the beginning of SKILL.md:
+
+```markdown
+Filling a PDF form involves these steps:
+
+1. Analyze the form (run analyze_form.py)
+2. Create field mapping (edit fields.json)
+3. Validate mapping (run validate_fields.py)
+4. Fill the form (run fill_form.py)
+5. Verify output (run verify_output.py)
+```
+
+## Conditional Workflows
+
+For tasks with branching logic, guide Claude through decision points:
+
+```markdown
+1. Determine the modification type:
+   **Creating new content?** → Follow "Creation workflow" below
+   **Editing existing content?** → Follow "Editing workflow" below
+
+2. Creation workflow: [steps]
+3. Editing workflow: [steps]
+```
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