# Extract Pattern

> Use when the user wants to create templates, extract reusable patterns, document solutions, or build a pattern library from working workflows.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-sharpdeveye-maestro-extract-pattern`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [sharpdeveye](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/sharpdeveye)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [sharpdeveye](https://github.com/sharpdeveye)
- **Source:** https://github.com/sharpdeveye/maestro/tree/main/source/skills/extract-pattern
- **Website:** https://maestroskills.dev

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-sharpdeveye-maestro-extract-pattern
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

## MANDATORY PREPARATION

Invoke /agent-workflow — it contains workflow principles, anti-patterns, and the **Context Gathering Protocol**. Follow the protocol before proceeding — if no workflow context exists yet, you MUST run /teach-maestro first.

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Turn working solutions into reusable patterns. Every successful workflow contains patterns that are applicable beyond their original context.

### Step 1: Identify What Worked

Review the workflow and identify components that:

- Solved a common problem in a particularly effective way
- Would be useful in other workflows or projects
- Required significant iteration to get right
- Represent a non-obvious solution

### Step 2: Generalize the Pattern

Transform the specific solution into a reusable template:

**From specific** → **To general pattern**:

```markdown
## Pattern: [Name]
**Problem**: What recurring problem does this solve?
**When to use**: When is this pattern appropriate?
**When NOT to use**: When is this pattern inappropriate?
**Template**: Copy-pastable starting point with customization markers.
**Variants**: Common variations for different contexts.
**Pitfalls**: What went wrong during development and how it was fixed.
**Examples**: 1-2 concrete examples.
```

### Step 3: Test Reusability

- Apply the template to a different but analogous problem
- Confirm the customization points are sufficient
- Verify the documentation is clear enough for someone unfamiliar with the original

| Workflow Element | Extract As |
|-----------------|-----------|
| Effective prompt structure | Prompt template with customization points |
| Tool chain that works well | Pipeline pattern with data flow diagram |
| Error handling strategy | Resilience pattern with implementation guide |
| Evaluation approach | Quality assurance pattern with scoring rubric |
| Context management technique | Context pattern with budget guidance |
| Agent coordination protocol | Orchestration pattern with handoff templates |

### Recommended Next Step

After extracting patterns, run `/calibrate` to ensure the new patterns are consistent with existing project conventions.

**NEVER**:

- Extract patterns from workflows that don't work reliably
- Over-generalize (if it only applies to one case, document it as a solution, not a pattern)
- Skip the "when NOT to use" section
- Extract without testing reusability

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [sharpdeveye](https://github.com/sharpdeveye)
- **Source:** [sharpdeveye/maestro](https://github.com/sharpdeveye/maestro)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://maestroskills.dev

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-sharpdeveye-maestro-extract-pattern
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/sharpdeveye
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