progressive-disclosure-split-pattern-net-positive
When Helix skills split SKILL.md content into docs/ or references/ subdirectories, total skill content grows net-positive. Confirmed: frontend-redesign +1665B net, website-creator +612B net. Apparent SKILL.md shrinkage during restructuring is not content loss — always verify total bytes across skill directory, not SKILL.md alone.
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