AI Programming Enters the Skill Era: From Prompts to the Leap Toward Capability Packaging
Over the past year, the mainstream way developers interact with AI for programming has gone through a clear evolution: Prompt -> Prompt Engineering -> Context Engineering -> Skill (Capability Packaging) If a prompt is a one-off invocation of model capability, then a Skill is essentially a reusable intelligent capability module. It enables AI to evolve from “answering questions” to “executing tasks.” This article will systematically explain: What a Skill means in the context of AI programming The fundamental difference between a Skill and a prompt How to apply Skill thinking in VS Code + GitHub Copilot Chat Real engineering-level examples What Is a Skill?...