Invoke It — and Verify It Ran

Skills are invoked by intent, not by command. You do not type the skill name — you describe the task, and Claude matches it to the description you wrote.

> Turn this changelog note into a release line:
> "swapped the slow N+1 query on /paths for a single joined fetch"

If your description matched the request, Claude loads release-line and follows its rules — you should get one benefit-led, jargon-free sentence.

How to verify the skill was used

• Claude announces the skill it is using at the start of the response.
• The output obeys rules that only exist in the skill (here: one sentence, under 120 chars, no jargon).
• If you get a generic answer that ignores those rules, the skill did NOT trigger — that is a description problem, and the next lesson fixes it.