| name | idd |
| description | Apply Intent-Driven Development (IDD) principles from Kamesh Sampath's IDD series to prompts, workflows, and CI/CD automation. Evaluate existing prompts for IDD alignment, rewrite them using the Goal/Requirements/Constraints/Output structure, or measure the Intent Compression Ratio (ICR) of a workflow. Use when: "review my prompt", "is this IDD-compliant", "rewrite this prompt", "measure ICR", "what is my ICR", "IDD audit", "intent compression ratio", "apply IDD", "improve my cortex exec prompt", "IDD principles".
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When to Load
Load when the user wants to evaluate, improve, or measure a prompt or workflow
through the IDD lens. Routes to the appropriate sub-skill based on intent.
IDD Primer
IDD (Intent-Driven Development) treats prompts as design artifacts, not casual
inputs. Intent is the source of truth; code and execution are the outputs.
IDD Prompt Template:
[Goal] — desired outcome / desired state
[Requirements] — intent statements (not steps)
[Constraints] — scope, safety rules, what not to do
[Output] — what success looks like (Glass Box reporting)
ICR (Intent Compression Ratio): Total Ops / Intent Expressions
- ICR 1–3: command relay (the agent is just a wrapper)
- ICR 4–8: automation wrapper (meaningful compression)
- ICR 9+: architectural partner (high agentic readiness)
Target design point: Glass Box Compression — high ICR + full observability
Reference: Kamesh's IDD Blog Series (external, community content)
Routing Table
| Intent | Triggers | Load |
|---|
| Audit a prompt | "evaluate", "audit", "is this IDD", "review my prompt" | idd-evaluate-prompt/SKILL.md |
| Rewrite a prompt | "rewrite", "improve prompt", "apply IDD to", "fix my prompt" | idd-rewrite-prompt/SKILL.md |
| Measure ICR | "measure ICR", "what is ICR", "calculate ICR", "how much compression" | idd-measure-icr/SKILL.md |
If intent is ambiguous, ask:
ask_user_question:
header: "IDD"
question: "What would you like to do?"
options:
- label: "Evaluate a prompt"
description: "Audit an existing prompt for IDD alignment and score it"
- label: "Rewrite a prompt"
description: "Guided rewrite using Goal/Requirements/Constraints/Output"
- label: "Measure ICR"
description: "Calculate the Intent Compression Ratio of a workflow"
Shorthand Invocations
$devops-coco-agents:idd → ask intent, route to sub-skill
$devops-coco-agents:idd-evaluate-prompt → load evaluate-prompt directly
$devops-coco-agents:idd-rewrite-prompt → load rewrite-prompt directly
$devops-coco-agents:idd-measure-icr → load measure-icr directly
