# Incremental Implementation (agent skill)

> 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.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/addyosmani/agent-skills |
| Skill path | skills/incremental-implementation/SKILL.md |
| Skill name | incremental-implementation |
| GitHub stars | 110,586 |
| Installs on skills.sh | 61,264 |
| License | MIT |
| Skills in repo | 13 |
| Plugin marketplace | addy-agent-skills |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode |
| Category | Coding |
| Last commit | Oct 13, 2026 |

## 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.

## Add this skill

### Claude Code

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

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

### ChatGPT / Codex

```sh
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
```

### Cursor

```sh
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
```

Sources (checked 2026-10-07): https://code.claude.com/docs/en/skills, https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude, https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills, https://cursor.com/docs/context/skills

skills.sh listing: https://www.skills.sh/addyosmani/agent-skills/incremental-implementation

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