When you should not install a skill

A one-line reminder belongs in Rules or AGENTS.md. A skill is for a named, reusable playbook.

Stable constraints belong in always-on rules. A skill that only restates them often will not fire.

If you will run the steps once, a checklist in the PR is enough.

A skill without bans and a trigger is a prompt. Invoke it by name first.

See skills vs prompts and how to write a SKILL.md.