Troubleshooting and Optimization·Task 7.2·Bloom: apply·Difficulty 3/5·8 min read·Updated 2026-07-14

Promoting a Working Fix Into a Standing Instruction or Skill

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In short
Promoting a working fix means applying the test "will this same correction be needed again" to decide whether a fix that worked once should be captured as a durable standing instruction or Skill rather than repeated by hand. A phrasing that reliably produces the right output is promoted to a standing instruction; a multi-step fix is promoted to a Skill so the whole procedure is captured, not just the outcome. A fix discovered and not captured will be rediscovered at the same cost every time the task repeats, by the same person or someone else.

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