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Incremental Implementation

Incremental Implementation is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from addyosmani/agent-skills. It delivers changes incrementally in thin, verifiable slices. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 110,586 GitHub stars across a repository of 13 listed skills.

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Add this skill

Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add addyosmani/agent-skills
/plugin install agent-skills@addy-agent-skills

In the Claude apps, zip the incremental-implementation folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.git
cp -r agent-skills/skills/incremental-implementation .agents/skills/incremental-implementation   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills.git
cp -r agent-skills/skills/incremental-implementation .cursor/skills/incremental-implementation   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Delivers changes incrementally in thin, verifiable slices. Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file, or when picking up the next task from a plan. Use when rolling a change out behind a feature flag, when you're about to write a large amount of code at once, or when a task feels too big to land in one step. Build in thin vertical slices — implement one piece, test it, verify it, then expand. Avoid implementing an entire feature in one pass.

When it triggers

  • Use when implementing any feature or change that touches more than one file, or when picking up the next task from a plan.
  • Use when rolling a change out behind a feature flag, when you're about to write a large amount of code at once, or when a task feels too big to land in one step.

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FAQ

Incremental Implementation FAQ

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How do I install the Incremental Implementation skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add addyosmani/agent-skills and then /plugin install agent-skills@addy-agent-skills. For Codex or Cursor, copy the incremental-implementation folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Incremental Implementation skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Incremental Implementation maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 13, 2026. Its latest release is 0.6.13. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.