cortex-skills-loop
Drives the cortex skills recommend-feedback-rate loop. Use when a context change occurs (new file types, domain shift, task pivot) or when a task completes and skill effectiveness should be recorded.
defense-in-depth
Use when invalid data causes failures deep in execution, requiring validation at multiple system layers - validates at every layer data passes through to make bugs structurally impossible
codanna-codebase-intelligence
Use codanna MCP tools for semantic code search, call graphs, and impact analysis before grep/find.
database-design-patterns
Database schema design patterns and optimization strategies for relational and NoSQL databases. Use when designing database schemas, optimizing query performance, or implementing data persistence layers at scale.
compliance-audit
Regulatory compliance auditing across GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2, and ISO frameworks with automated evidence collection and gap analysis. Use when conducting compliance assessments, preparing for certifications, or implementing regulatory controls.
cqrs-event-sourcing
CQRS and Event Sourcing patterns for scalable, auditable systems with separated read/write models. Use when building audit-required systems, implementing temporal queries, or designing high-scale applications with complex domain logic.
writing-skills
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment - applies TDD to process documentation by testing with subagents before writing, iterating until bulletproof against rationalization
canvas-design
Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. Use when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece. Create original visual designs, never copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.
visual-modes
Use when activating visual showcase modes (supersaiyan, kamehameha, over9000) for UI or interaction design - provides mode-specific enhancement checklists.
vibe-security
Comprehensive secure coding guide covering OWASP web vulnerabilities with prevention patterns and checklists. Use when writing or reviewing web application code to prevent XSS, CSRF, SSRF, SQL injection, access control flaws, and other common security vulnerabilities.
verification-before-completion
Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output before making any success claims; evidence before assertions always
ux-review
Multi-perspective UX review combining usability heuristics, WCAG accessibility checks, and interaction design analysis. Use when reviewing UI components before release, evaluating user flows for usability issues, conducting design critiques, or auditing accessibility compliance.
build-optimization
Build system optimization covering compilation, caching, incremental builds, and developer tooling. Use when improving build times, configuring CI pipelines, or designing developer tools.
backlog-md
Task tracking system for agents via Backlog.md CLI. Use when creating deferred issues during implementation, filing audit findings, working assigned tasks, or managing project work. Optimized for agent workflows: structured issue filing, priority/labeling system, and task completion tracking.
async-python-patterns
Python asyncio and concurrent programming patterns for high-performance applications. Use when building async APIs, concurrent systems, or I/O-bound applications requiring non-blocking operations.
api-design-patterns
Comprehensive REST and GraphQL API design patterns with versioning, pagination, error handling, and HATEOAS principles. Use when designing APIs, defining endpoints, or architecting service contracts requiring production-grade patterns.
accessibility-audit
Fast, high-signal accessibility triage for pages, components, or PRs targeting WCAG 2.2 AA compliance.
doc-maintenance
Systematic documentation audit and maintenance. This skill should be used when documentation may be stale, missing, or misorganized — after feature work, refactors, dependency upgrades, or as a periodic health check. It prescribes folder structure for docs/ and manual/, dispatches haiku subagents for codebase/doc scanning, and routes doc creation to specialized agents (reference-builder, technical-writer, learning-guide) with docs-architect as quality gate.
task-orchestration
Use when coordinating complex tasks with orchestration, delegation, or parallel workstreams - provides structured workflows for orchestrate:brainstorm, orchestrate:spawn, and orchestrate:task.
template-skill
A template for creating new skills. Use when initializing a new skill to ensure proper structure and metadata.
terraform-best-practices
Terraform infrastructure-as-code best practices for scalable and maintainable cloud infrastructure. Use when writing Terraform modules, managing infrastructure state, or implementing infrastructure automation at scale.
test-generation
Use when generating tests for new or existing code to improve coverage - provides a structured workflow for analyzing code, creating tests, and validating coverage goals.
testing-skills-with-subagents
Use when creating or editing skills, before deployment, to verify they work under pressure and resist rationalization - applies RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle to process documentation by running baseline without skill, writing to address failures, iterating to close loopholes
web-researcher
Use this skill when you need to research a topic online, gather information from multiple sources, or evaluate source credibility. Trigger phrases: ''research'', ''find information about'', ''look up'', ''investigate''. Not for academic systematic reviews (use literature-reviewer) or fact-checking specific claims (use fact-checker).
terms-of-service
Use this skill when you need to draft Terms of Service, a Privacy Policy, or an End-User License Agreement (EULA) for a web application, SaaS product, or mobile app. Produces comprehensive, plain-English legal documents that cover user rights, data practices, liability limits, and dispute resolution. Not a substitute for a licensed attorney; have a lawyer review before publishing for a production product.
ux-writer
Use this skill when crafting microcopy, UI text, or in-product writing—error messages, tooltips, button labels, empty states, onboarding flows, and confirmation dialogs. Trigger phrases: ''write microcopy for'', ''write UI copy'', ''write error messages'', ''write onboarding text'', ''button label for''. Do NOT use for marketing copy (use copywriter) or long-form documentation (use technical-writer).
ui-ux-review-suite
User-triggered orchestrator that runs a comprehensive UI/UX review by coaching the user through four sibling skills as distinct lenses against one shared target, then synthesizing their findings into a single prioritized report. Composes user-journey-mapping (flow/funnel lens), ui-design-aesthetics (visual critique lens), interaction-design (state-coverage lens), and ux-review (usability-heuristics + WCAG lens). Resolves the review target once at suite start — the app/URL, the screens or flows under review, the viewports, and the user persona/goal — so every lens inherits the same scope and captured screenshots. Coaches rather than auto-runs — at each step it presents the next lens with its reframing prompt and an approval gate; the user invokes the sibling and confirms before moving on. Because the lenses overlap (ux-review already touches interaction and a11y), the suite scopes each lens to its distinct concern so the synthesis does not double-count. Produces one authored synthesis report — deduped findings grouped by severity and lens — not a navigation shell. Trigger on "run a full UX review," "comprehensive UI/UX review," "review this screen across all lenses," "do a complete design review," or when the user names two-or-more UI/UX lenses to coordinate. Not for running a single lens in isolation (invoke it directly), not for generating new UI (the generative siblings are reframed as critique here), and not for bypassing approval gates (this skill coaches, never autoruns).
ux-interaction-review
Combined UX and interaction design review: usability heuristics, state coverage, feedback patterns, timing, keyboard behavior, error recovery, and progressive disclosure. Use when reviewing how an interface works mechanically and whether interactions are well-designed for use.
template-skill-enhanced
Enhanced skill template with progressive disclosure, bundled resources, and quality rubrics. Use when creating new skills that need structured tiers, reference files, validation rubrics, or advanced bundling patterns beyond the basic template.
wiring-audit
User-triggered audit that finds wiring drift between a project's UI surfaces and backend capabilities — orphan surfaces (UI calls endpoints/hooks/procedures that no longer exist), unwired capabilities (backend routes/exports that nothing surfaces), shape drift (both exist but contracts mismatch), method drift (URL matches, HTTP verb does not), validation drift (frontend vs backend rules diverged), permission drift (UI exposes what backend forbids or vice versa), stale labels (UI text references renamed backend concepts), and unsurfaced configuration (env vars or flags that gate behavior with no UI or CLI to control them). This skill should be used when the user asks to "audit our wiring," "find UI/backend drift," "find unwired capabilities," "find stale surfaces," "check for contract violations," "find unused endpoints," "find unused hooks," "what mismatches between UI and backend," or any similar request whose deliverable is a prioritized findings report rather than a descriptive snapshot. Generic across UI frameworks but optimized for React applications (hooks, fetch, react-query, SWR, tRPC, server actions, react-router, Next.js). Not for descriptive architectural snapshots (use architectural-analysis), security audits (use security-auditor), or performance audits (use the performance-optimization skills).
ux-researcher
Use this skill when planning or conducting user research, writing interview guides, designing surveys for UX insights, synthesizing qualitative findings, creating personas, or writing research reports. Trigger phrases: ''write a user interview guide'', ''how do I conduct usability testing'', ''synthesize research findings'', ''create a user persona'', ''design a UX survey''. Not for quantitative market sizing (use market-researcher), writing business requirements (use business-analyst), or product analytics.
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regex-master
Use this skill when building, explaining, or debugging regular expressions for pattern matching, validation, or text extraction. Trigger phrases: ''write a regex'', ''match this pattern'', ''validate this format'', ''extract from text''. Not for natural language parsing or full grammar parsing (use a parser instead).
storyteller
Use this skill when writing fiction, narrative nonfiction, brand stories, or any content where emotional engagement and narrative arc matter more than pure information delivery. Trigger phrases: ''write a short story'', ''tell my brand''s origin story'', ''write a narrative about'', ''create a character''. Do NOT use for purely informational content, technical writing, or persuasive copy without a narrative component.
product-manager
Use this skill when writing product requirements documents, prioritizing features, creating user stories, defining acceptance criteria, or setting product metrics. Trigger phrases: ''write a PRD for'', ''prioritize this feature backlog'', ''write user stories for'', ''help me define acceptance criteria'', ''what metrics should we track for''. Not for writing code, designing UI mockups, or conducting user research interviews.
proofreader
Use this skill when reviewing written content for grammar, spelling, punctuation, style consistency, and tone—before publishing, submitting, or sending. Trigger phrases: ''proofread this'', ''check my writing'', ''review this for errors'', ''edit this email/report/essay''. Do NOT use when structural rewrites or content changes are needed—proofreading fixes surface errors, not substantive problems.
multi-specialist-review
User-triggered multi-agent code review. Spawns 3-5 parallel specialist sub-agents that read actual source files, runs mechanical citation verification, and synthesizes a single review artifact. Use for PR-level changes, multi-commit ranges, or security-sensitive work where single-turn review is insufficient.
model-comparator
Use this skill when comparing AI or LLM models on benchmarks, capability, cost, latency, context window, or task-specific fit to help teams select the right model for their use case and budget. Not for training or fine-tuning models. Not for building eval frameworks from scratch.
fact-checker
Use this skill when verifying factual claims, checking accuracy of statements, or assessing the credibility of information. Trigger phrases: ''fact-check this'', ''is this true'', ''verify this claim'', ''check if this is accurate''. Do NOT use for subjective opinions, legal or medical advice, or claims requiring real-time data or breaking news.
frontend-design
Use this skill when specifying, designing, or documenting UI components, layouts, and design systems for frontend implementation. Trigger phrases: ''design this UI component'', ''create a responsive layout'', ''spec the CSS for'', ''design system for''. Do NOT use for backend development, server-side logic, data engineering, or writing server code.
html-seo-review
Audit static HTML files for on-page SEO, content quality, easy-win performance signals, and crawlability. This skill should be used when the user asks to review, audit, or check the SEO of one or more static HTML files — e.g., "review the HTML for SEO issues", "audit this landing page", "check SEO on these pages before I publish". Static HTML only — does not cover Jekyll/Hugo/Astro/Next.js source, off-page factors, or live-rendered Core Web Vitals.
justfile-author
Use this skill when authoring or refactoring a justfile (and matching Makefile wrapper) for one of Nick's projects. Triggers when the user asks to "create a justfile", "add a justfile to this project", "set up just for…", "wire up tmux services", "scaffold the task runner", or when working in a repo that lacks a justfile but obviously needs one. Produces a justfile using zsh syntax with the standard svc-* tmux service family, the canonical build/lint/dev/test recipes, a thin Makefile passthrough wrapper that auto-installs just, and per-service tx-start.sh helpers. Do NOT use for editing existing third-party justfiles or non-Nick projects unless the user explicitly opts in.
knowledge-stack
Use this skill whenever working inside any of Nick's repos (under ~/Developer/) or whenever a conversation touches Nick's durable cross-cutting work — Atlas Crew product strategy/brand/planning, the Unanet job, job search, interviews, tax amendment, foreclosure/tenant situation, strategic positioning. Maps Nick's three Basic Memory projects (products, work, main) and the per-repo dev trackers, and says which layer owns which kind of question. Consult before reasoning from stored memory summaries about repo architecture, product decisions, active priorities, or ongoing personal/career state — stored memory is lossy; the trackers and the Basic Memory projects are the real artifacts and should be consulted first.
mapping-suite
User-triggered orchestrator that walks the user through running multiple sibling mapping/audit/doc skills against a shared scope, then assembles their outputs into one navigable artifact. Coaches rather than auto-runs — at each step the orchestrator presents the next sibling skill, recommended scope inheritance, and approval gate; the user invokes the sibling and confirms before moving on. Resolves the prior arch-analysis lookup once at suite start so every sibling skill inherits the same scope. Records each run's output path in a suite manifest. Produces a combined navigation HTML that links to each sibling's standalone HTML for one-stop sharing. Ships two named recipes — "release-driver onboarding" (for tooling that drives releases) and "deployed-system onboarding" (for systems that get deployed) — and supports custom plans. Trigger on "run our mapping suite," "do a complete onboarding," "build the combined report," "I need to onboard to system X," "give me the full picture of this codebase," or when the user names two-or-more sibling analyses to coordinate. Not for running a single sibling skill in isolation (invoke it directly), and not for bypassing approval gates (this skill coaches, never autoruns).
market-researcher
Use this skill when sizing a market, analyzing competitors, designing customer surveys, segmenting audiences, or synthesizing research into market insights. Trigger phrases: ''size the market for'', ''analyze our competitors'', ''who is our target customer'', ''design a survey to understand'', ''TAM/SAM/SOM for''. Not for building financial models, writing pitch decks, or conducting UX usability research.
doc-quality-review
Assess documentation quality across readability, consistency, audience fit, and prose clarity. Produces a scored review with actionable findings. This skill should be used before releases, during doc reviews, or when documentation feels unclear or inconsistent.
email-drafter
Use this skill when drafting professional or personal emails—cold outreach, follow-ups, internal memos, client communication, or any message that needs to be clear and effective. Trigger phrases: ''write an email to'', ''draft a follow-up'', ''help me email''. Do NOT use for mass marketing email campaigns (use copywriter skill) or legal/formal notices requiring specific language.
eval-designer
Use this skill when building evaluation frameworks to measure LLM quality, safety, accuracy, or alignment including test suites, human eval rubrics, automated evals, and metrics design. Not for training or fine-tuning models. Not for dataset curation or benchmark comparison across publicly available models.
ai-tells-scan
Use when writing tasks produce prose artifacts (READMEs, docs, PR text, tutorials, guides, posts, release notes) and need a fast surface scan for AI tells. Auto-engages on prose writing tasks; checks banned punctuation, stock vocabulary, and mechanical patterns. For the structural judgment pass on rhythm and rhetorical reflexes, use ai-tells-review. Not a replacement for voice skills like nick-voice; this removes machine fingerprints, it does not add a target voice.
ai-tells-review
Use when public prose still sounds machine-written after ai-tells-scan. Complements ai-tells-scan's mechanical pass with structural judgment: rhythm, hedging, rhetorical reflexes, and performative emphasis. Trigger on 'review for AI tells,' 'does this read AI,' 'strip the AI smell,' or 'make this less AI.'
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