JavaMUG tomorrow: Claude Skills - Automate the Boring Stuff

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Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, July 8th, for the July JavaMUG meeting

Abstract

As developers, we love automating the tasks we don't want to do. We're not lazy, we just don't enjoy repetitive, boring tasks. We want to spend our time building cool stuff!

What if I told you there was an AI solution that could help you automate those status reports your manager wants every day. It could generate all that documentation for you in your team's standard format. It could give Claude Code the ability to follow Test Driven Development (TDD).

In this session, we'll explore how to author skills that encode your expertise, your standards, and your team's quirks into reusable instruction sets that Claude can draw on across tasks and projects. We'll cover the anatomy of a well-written skill, how to trigger and compose them effectively, and the design decisions that go into teaching a model how to do the things you don't want to do.

Speaker

Jacob Orshalick is a software consultant, AI practitioner, and co-author of The Developer’s Guide to AI. With more than 20 years of software development experience and 18 years as an independent consultant, Jacob helps organizations turn emerging technology into practical business systems. His work focuses on making AI understandable, useful, and actionable without getting lost in the technical noise.

Meeting Details
We'll be meeting at Improving Enterprises, 5445 Legacy Dr #100, Plano, TX 75024

The pizza and networking start at 6:30pm and the meeting at 7pm. Come have a great evening of learning with your fellow local Java enthusiasts.