writing-github-actions
Write GitHub Actions workflows with proper syntax, reusable workflows, composite actions, matrix builds, caching, and security best practices. Use when creating CI/CD workflows for GitHub-hosted projects or automating GitHub repository tasks.
writing-infrastructure-code
Managing cloud infrastructure using declarative and imperative IaC tools. Use when provisioning cloud resources (Terraform/OpenTofu for multi-cloud, Pulumi for developer-centric workflows, AWS CDK for AWS-native infrastructure), designing reusable modules, implementing state management patterns, or establishing infrastructure deployment workflows.
designing-distributed-systems
When designing distributed systems for scalability, reliability, and consistency. Covers CAP/PACELC theorems, consistency models (strong, eventual, causal), replication patterns (leader-follower, multi-leader, leaderless), partitioning strategies (hash, range, geographic), transaction patterns (saga, event sourcing, CQRS), resilience patterns (circuit breaker, bulkhead), service discovery, and caching strategies for building fault-tolerant distributed architectures.
designing-layouts
Designs layout systems and responsive interfaces including grid systems, flexbox patterns, sidebar layouts, and responsive breakpoints. Use when structuring app layouts, building responsive designs, or creating complex page structures.
designing-sdks
Design production-ready SDKs with retry logic, error handling, pagination, and multi-language support. Use when building client libraries for APIs or creating developer-facing SDK interfaces.
displaying-timelines
Displays chronological events and activity through timelines, activity feeds, Gantt charts, and calendar interfaces. Use when showing historical events, project schedules, social feeds, notifications, audit logs, or time-based data. Provides implementation patterns for vertical/horizontal timelines, interactive visualizations, real-time updates, and responsive designs with accessibility (WCAG/ARIA).
embedding-optimization
Optimizing vector embeddings for RAG systems through model selection, chunking strategies, caching, and performance tuning. Use when building semantic search, RAG pipelines, or document retrieval systems that require cost-effective, high-quality embeddings.
evaluating-llms
Evaluate LLM systems using automated metrics, LLM-as-judge, and benchmarks. Use when testing prompt quality, validating RAG pipelines, measuring safety (hallucinations, bias), or comparing models for production deployment.
generating-documentation
Generate comprehensive technical documentation including API docs (OpenAPI/Swagger), code documentation (TypeDoc/Sphinx), documentation sites (Docusaurus/MkDocs), Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and diagrams (Mermaid/PlantUML). Use when documenting APIs, libraries, systems architecture, or building developer-facing documentation sites.
guiding-users
Implements onboarding and help systems including product tours, interactive tutorials, tooltips, checklists, help panels, and progressive disclosure patterns. Use when building first-time experiences, feature discovery, guided walkthroughs, contextual help, setup flows, or user activation features. Provides timing strategies, accessibility patterns (keyboard, screen readers, reduced motion), and metrics for measuring onboarding success.
implementing-api-patterns
API design and implementation across REST, GraphQL, gRPC, and tRPC patterns. Use when building backend services, public APIs, or service-to-service communication. Covers REST frameworks (FastAPI, Axum, Gin, Hono), GraphQL libraries (Strawberry, async-graphql, gqlgen, Pothos), gRPC (Tonic, Connect-Go), tRPC for TypeScript, pagination strategies (cursor-based, offset-based), rate limiting, caching, versioning, and OpenAPI documentation generation. Includes frontend integration patterns for forms, tables, dashboards, and ai-chat skills.
implementing-compliance
Implement and maintain compliance with SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR using unified control mapping, policy-as-code enforcement, and automated evidence collection. Use when building systems requiring regulatory compliance, implementing security controls across multiple frameworks, or automating audit preparation.
implementing-drag-drop
Implements drag-and-drop and sortable interfaces with React/TypeScript including kanban boards, sortable lists, file uploads, and reorderable grids. Use when building interactive UIs requiring direct manipulation, spatial organization, or touch-friendly reordering.
implementing-gitops
Implement GitOps continuous delivery for Kubernetes using ArgoCD or Flux. Use for automated deployments with Git as single source of truth, pull-based delivery, drift detection, multi-cluster management, and progressive rollouts.
implementing-mlops
Strategic guidance for operationalizing machine learning models from experimentation to production. Covers experiment tracking (MLflow, Weights & Biases), model registry and versioning, feature stores (Feast, Tecton), model serving patterns (Seldon, KServe, BentoML), ML pipeline orchestration (Kubeflow, Airflow), and model monitoring (drift detection, observability). Use when designing ML infrastructure, selecting MLOps platforms, implementing continuous training pipelines, or establishing model governance.
implementing-navigation
Implements navigation patterns and routing for both frontend (React/TS) and backend (Python) including menus, tabs, breadcrumbs, client-side routing, and server-side route configuration. Use when building navigation systems or setting up routing.
implementing-observability
Monitoring, logging, and tracing implementation using OpenTelemetry as the unified standard. Use when building production systems requiring visibility into performance, errors, and behavior. Covers OpenTelemetry (metrics, logs, traces), Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Jaeger, Tempo, structured logging (structlog, tracing, slog, pino), and alerting.
implementing-realtime-sync
Real-time communication patterns for live updates, collaboration, and presence. Use when building chat applications, collaborative tools, live dashboards, or streaming interfaces (LLM responses, metrics). Covers SSE (server-sent events for one-way streams), WebSocket (bidirectional communication), WebRTC (peer-to-peer video/audio), CRDTs (Yjs, Automerge for conflict-free collaboration), presence patterns, offline sync, and scaling strategies. Supports Python, Rust, Go, and TypeScript.
implementing-search-filter
Implements search and filter interfaces for both frontend (React/TypeScript) and backend (Python) with debouncing, query management, and database integration. Use when adding search functionality, building filter UIs, implementing faceted search, or optimizing search performance.
implementing-service-mesh
Implement production-ready service mesh deployments with Istio, Linkerd, or Cilium. Configure mTLS, authorization policies, traffic routing, and progressive delivery patterns for secure, observable microservices. Use when setting up service-to-service communication, implementing zero-trust security, or enabling canary deployments.
implementing-tls
Configure TLS certificates and encryption for secure communications. Use when setting up HTTPS, securing service-to-service connections, implementing mutual TLS (mTLS), or debugging certificate issues.
ingesting-data
Data ingestion patterns for loading data from cloud storage, APIs, files, and streaming sources into databases. Use when importing CSV/JSON/Parquet files, pulling from S3/GCS buckets, consuming API feeds, or building ETL pipelines.
load-balancing-patterns
When distributing traffic across multiple servers or regions, use this skill to select and configure the appropriate load balancing solution (L4/L7, cloud-managed, self-managed, or Kubernetes ingress) with proper health checks and session management.
managing-configuration
Guide users through creating, managing, and testing server configuration automation using Ansible. When automating server configurations, deploying applications with Ansible playbooks, managing dynamic inventories for cloud environments, or testing roles with Molecule, this skill provides idempotency patterns, secrets management with ansible-vault and HashiCorp Vault, and GitOps workflows for configuration as code.
managing-dns
Manage DNS records, TTL strategies, and DNS-as-code automation for infrastructure. Use when configuring domain resolution, automating DNS from Kubernetes with external-dns, setting up DNS-based load balancing, or troubleshooting propagation issues across cloud providers (Route53, Cloud DNS, Azure DNS, Cloudflare).
using-relational-databases
Relational database implementation across Python, Rust, Go, and TypeScript. Use when building CRUD applications, transactional systems, or structured data storage. Covers PostgreSQL (primary), MySQL, SQLite, ORMs (SQLAlchemy, Prisma, SeaORM, GORM), query builders (Drizzle, sqlc, SQLx), migrations, connection pooling, and serverless databases (Neon, PlanetScale, Turso).
using-timeseries-databases
Time-series database implementation for metrics, IoT, financial data, and observability backends. Use when building dashboards, monitoring systems, IoT platforms, or financial applications. Covers TimescaleDB (PostgreSQL), InfluxDB, ClickHouse, QuestDB, continuous aggregates, downsampling (LTTB), and retention policies.
managing-git-workflows
Manage Git branching strategies, commit conventions, and collaboration workflows. Use when choosing between trunk-based development, GitHub Flow, or GitFlow, implementing conventional commits for automated versioning, setting up Git hooks for quality gates, or organizing monorepos with clear ownership.
securing-authentication
Authentication, authorization, and API security implementation. Use when building user systems, protecting APIs, or implementing access control. Covers OAuth 2.1/OIDC, JWT patterns, sessions, Passkeys/WebAuthn, RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC, policy engines (OPA, Casbin, SpiceDB), managed auth (Clerk, Auth0), self-hosted (Keycloak, Ory), and API security best practices.
security-hardening
Reduces attack surface across OS, container, cloud, network, and database layers using CIS Benchmarks and zero-trust principles. Use when hardening production infrastructure, meeting compliance requirements, or implementing defense-in-depth security.
shell-scripting
Write robust, portable shell scripts with proper error handling, argument parsing, and testing. Use when automating system tasks, building CI/CD scripts, or creating container entrypoints.
siem-logging
Configure security information and event management (SIEM) systems for threat detection, log aggregation, and compliance. Use when implementing centralized security logging, writing detection rules, or meeting audit requirements across cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
streaming-data
Build event streaming and real-time data pipelines with Kafka, Pulsar, Redpanda, Flink, and Spark. Covers producer/consumer patterns, stream processing, event sourcing, and CDC across TypeScript, Python, Go, and Java. When building real-time systems, microservices communication, or data integration pipelines.
testing-strategies
Strategic guidance for choosing and implementing testing approaches across the test pyramid. Use when building comprehensive test suites that balance unit, integration, E2E, and contract testing for optimal speed and confidence. Covers multi-language patterns (TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust) and modern best practices including property-based testing, test data management, and CI/CD integration.
theming-components
Provides design token system and theming framework for consistent, customizable UI styling across all components. Covers complete token taxonomy (color, typography, spacing, shadows, borders, motion, z-index), theme switching (CSS custom properties, theme providers), RTL/i18n support (CSS logical properties), and accessibility (WCAG contrast, high contrast themes, reduced motion). This is the foundational styling layer referenced by ALL component skills. Use when theming components, implementing light/dark mode, creating brand styles, customizing visual design, ensuring design consistency, or supporting RTL languages.
transforming-data
Transform raw data into analytical assets using ETL/ELT patterns, SQL (dbt), Python (pandas/polars/PySpark), and orchestration (Airflow). Use when building data pipelines, implementing incremental models, migrating from pandas to polars, or orchestrating multi-step transformations with testing and quality checks.
using-document-databases
Document database implementation for flexible schema applications. Use when building content management, user profiles, catalogs, or event logging. Covers MongoDB (primary), DynamoDB, Firestore, schema design patterns, indexing strategies, and aggregation pipelines.
using-graph-databases
Graph database implementation for relationship-heavy data models. Use when building social networks, recommendation engines, knowledge graphs, or fraud detection. Covers Neo4j (primary), ArangoDB, Amazon Neptune, Cypher query patterns, and graph data modeling.
using-message-queues
Async communication patterns using message brokers and task queues. Use when building event-driven systems, background job processing, or service decoupling. Covers Kafka (event streaming), RabbitMQ (complex routing), NATS (cloud-native), Redis Streams, Celery (Python), BullMQ (TypeScript), Temporal (workflows), and event sourcing patterns.
managing-secrets
Managing secrets (API keys, database credentials, certificates) with Vault, cloud providers, and Kubernetes. Use when storing sensitive data, rotating credentials, syncing secrets to Kubernetes, implementing dynamic secrets, or scanning code for leaked secrets.
resource-tagging
Apply and enforce cloud resource tagging strategies across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes for cost allocation, ownership tracking, compliance, and automation. Use when implementing cloud governance, optimizing costs, or automating infrastructure management.
prompt-engineering
Engineer effective LLM prompts using zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought, and structured output techniques. Use when building LLM applications requiring reliable outputs, implementing RAG systems, creating AI agents, or optimizing prompt quality and cost. Covers OpenAI, Anthropic, and open-source models with multi-language examples (Python/TypeScript).
providing-feedback
Implements feedback and notification systems including toasts, alerts, modals, progress indicators, and error states. Use when communicating system state, displaying messages, confirming actions, or showing errors.
platform-engineering
Design and implement Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) with self-service capabilities, golden paths, and developer experience optimization. Covers platform strategy, IDP architecture (Backstage, Port), infrastructure orchestration (Crossplane), GitOps (Argo CD), and adoption patterns. Use when building developer platforms, improving DevEx, or establishing platform teams.
planning-disaster-recovery
Design and implement disaster recovery strategies with RTO/RPO planning, database backups, Kubernetes DR, cross-region replication, and chaos engineering testing. Use when implementing backup systems, configuring point-in-time recovery, setting up multi-region failover, or validating DR procedures.
performance-engineering
When validating system performance under load, identifying bottlenecks through profiling, or optimizing application responsiveness. Covers load testing (k6, Locust), profiling (CPU, memory, I/O), and optimization strategies (caching, query optimization, Core Web Vitals). Use for capacity planning, regression detection, and establishing performance SLOs.
optimizing-sql
Optimize SQL query performance through EXPLAIN analysis, indexing strategies, and query rewriting for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server. Use when debugging slow queries, analyzing execution plans, or improving database performance.
optimizing-costs
Optimize cloud infrastructure costs through FinOps practices, commitment discounts, right-sizing, and automated cost management. Use when reducing cloud spend, implementing budget controls, or establishing cost visibility across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes environments.
operating-kubernetes
Operating production Kubernetes clusters effectively with resource management, advanced scheduling, networking, storage, security hardening, and autoscaling. Use when deploying workloads to Kubernetes, configuring cluster resources, implementing security policies, or troubleshooting operational issues.
model-serving
LLM and ML model deployment for inference. Use when serving models in production, building AI APIs, or optimizing inference. Covers vLLM (LLM serving), TensorRT-LLM (GPU optimization), Ollama (local), BentoML (ML deployment), Triton (multi-model), LangChain (orchestration), LlamaIndex (RAG), and streaming patterns.
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