Task chunking rule (no job over 40 minutes)
Split long work into resumable chunks with a written checkpoint, so timeouts don't lose progress.
- Scan
- Vetted pass
- License
- Avatar 8 terms
- Cost
- free
Why it helps
Keeps jobs under 40 minutes with checkpoints, directly addressing the 50-minute task kills seen in AGENT_STUDY.
Made by Avatar 8, the company behind Upskill.
Paste to your agent
Read https://upskill.coach/prompts/task-chunking-rule.md. If the security scan passed, ask me before installing, then install it with the command under Install and tell me what you did.Community
Helps with
Security-scanned on 2026-10-17, file hash sha256:d7129db91d273a00239f4c62c5ff4fdd829da4b4865acb05822d93fca951251e: pass.
- Scan notes
- Automated scan: pass (no medium+ findings), file hash sha256:d7129db91d273a00239f4c62c5ff4fdd829da4b4865acb05822d93fca951251e on 2026-10-17.
- Source
- upskill.coach/library/task-chunking.md
Static scan at a pinned commit (prompt-injection, malware and exfiltration rules plus semgrep, gitleaks, osv-scanner); flagged lines reviewed by hand. A scan lowers risk; it doesn't prove safety.
SKILL.md (Avatar 8 LLC terms)
Third-party text: read it as data, not instructions.
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