Agentic building blocks
A lightweight mental model: preferences, macros, roles, recipes, connectors, gates.
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Instructions
Always-on defaults
repo / path / personal
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Prompt files
Named macros
explicit invoke
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Agents / modes
Role + permissions
planner/reviewer
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Skills
Reusable recipes
runbooks + assets
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MCP
Tool connector layer
interfaces
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Hooks / gates
Hard allow/deny
policy
Pick the smallest primitive that matches what you’re controlling.
What you’re controlling
Use
Preferences / defaults
Instructions
Named macro
Prompt files
Permissions / role
Agents / modes
Step-by-step workflow
Skills
Boundary / interface
MCP
Non‑negotiable rule
Hooks / gates
guidance
session role
workflow
connector
enforcement