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Why you should sell your AI Skills?

8 points by trebuh 2mo ago

huflungdung 2mo ago
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mathgeek 2mo ago
Love the idea, but in practicality I'd want to see a reproducible example that end users can't just take a description of the skill and throw it at an LLM to get most of the way there for free. You'd also need to prove to a buyer that an LLM isn't already better at producing these skills from scratch. That's debatable per recent commentary from those at the cutting edge of developing harnesses and models. Personally I suspect the value of any such skills rapidly decreases over the course of days/weeks once any marketplace signals the ones that are popular.
- trebuh 2mo ago
  Thanks for feedback :) I think there's a ton to hide besides the description. I see agent skills as new digital form of sharing or selling your knowledge, so I can compare it to the course someone is selling - can you get the value of the course by linking the LLM to their landing page? Proving it to the buyer is definitely a challenge, I have a couple of ideas on how to achieve it, but it requires a lot of testing and iterations which I'm doing right now :D I'm sure sometimes I'll just need to accept that, as you're saying, LLM IS better at producing some skills. Creators (and me) just need to find the places where it's not. I can imagine repeatable work is usually being done better by LLM by itself than doing it based on human-made skill, but I don't think you can say it about creative work where uniqueness matters - like marketing.
ElProlactin 2mo ago
"The failure modes..." "...and comparisons that matter." Can I sell a SKILL that audits pages for Claude writing?
- trebuh 2mo ago
  I'll be the first one to buy it :) But on a real note, I don't try to hide that the marketplace was created with AI assistance and there's still a lot to improve. Thanks for pointing that out - I'll review the copy again :D
  - ElProlactin 2mo ago
    Yeah nothing wrong with using AI. Your site looks good. But I'm always triggered by the failure modes. They're load-bearing for me. :) https://github.com/JCarterJohnson/vibecoded-design-tells/tree/main/unslop-ai-text https://github.com/JCarterJohnson/vibecoded-design-tells/tre...

8 points by trebuh 2mo ago

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Love the idea, but in practicality I'd want to see a reproducible example that end users can't just take a description of the skill and throw it at an LLM to get most of the way there for free. You'd also need to prove to a buyer that an LLM isn't already better at producing these skills from scratch. That's debatable per recent commentary from those at the cutting edge of developing harnesses and models. Personally I suspect the value of any such skills rapidly decreases over the course of days/weeks once any marketplace signals the ones that are popular.

trebuh 2mo ago
Thanks for feedback :) I think there's a ton to hide besides the description. I see agent skills as new digital form of sharing or selling your knowledge, so I can compare it to the course someone is selling - can you get the value of the course by linking the LLM to their landing page? Proving it to the buyer is definitely a challenge, I have a couple of ideas on how to achieve it, but it requires a lot of testing and iterations which I'm doing right now :D I'm sure sometimes I'll just need to accept that, as you're saying, LLM IS better at producing some skills. Creators (and me) just need to find the places where it's not. I can imagine repeatable work is usually being done better by LLM by itself than doing it based on human-made skill, but I don't think you can say it about creative work where uniqueness matters - like marketing.

ElProlactin 2mo ago

"The failure modes..." "...and comparisons that matter." Can I sell a SKILL that audits pages for Claude writing?

trebuh 2mo ago
I'll be the first one to buy it :) But on a real note, I don't try to hide that the marketplace was created with AI assistance and there's still a lot to improve. Thanks for pointing that out - I'll review the copy again :D
- ElProlactin 2mo ago
  Yeah nothing wrong with using AI. Your site looks good. But I'm always triggered by the failure modes. They're load-bearing for me. :) https://github.com/JCarterJohnson/vibecoded-design-tells/tree/main/unslop-ai-text https://github.com/JCarterJohnson/vibecoded-design-tells/tre...