Concise Output
Enforces brevity and signal-over-noise in all outputs. Eliminates verbose explanations, filler phrases, and unnecessary elaboration. Use when documentation, artifacts, or responses need to be maximally concise and actionable.
Confidence Honesty
Force honest confidence assessment before claiming conclusions. Triggers on 'root cause identified', 'problem identified', 'complete clarity'. Express confidence as percentage, explain what's stopping 100%, validate assumptions before presenting.
create-tasks
Creates well-formed tasks following a template that engineers can implement. Use when creating tasks, defining work items, creating tasks from PRD, breaking down features, or converting requirements into actionable tasks.
Critical Peer Personality
Professional, skeptical communication style. Never over-enthusiastic, verifies before agreeing, challenges constructively, proposes instead of asking preferences. Expert peer who coaches, not serves.
Data Visualization
Comprehensive data visualization skill covering visual execution and technical implementation. Includes perceptual foundations, chart selection, layout algorithms, and library guidance. Load on-demand when building charts, graphs, dashboards, or any visual data representation.
Independent Research
Research-driven investigation skill for validating solutions and exploring documentation. Never ask questions you can answer yourself through research. Use WebFetch, WebSearch, and testing to validate ideas before presenting them. Deliver concrete, tested recommendations with evidence.
lightweight-design-analysis
This skill analyzes code for design quality improvements across 8 dimensions: Naming, Object Calisthenics, Coupling & Cohesion, Immutability, Domain Integrity, Type System, Simplicity, and Performance. Ensures rigorous, evidence-based analysis by: (1) Understanding code flow first via implementation-analysis protocol, (2) Systematically evaluating each dimension with specific criteria, (3) Providing actionable findings with file:line references. Triggers when users request: code analysis, design review, refactoring opportunities, code quality assessment, architecture evaluation.
Lightweight Implementation Analysis Protocol
This skill should be used when fixing bugs, implementing features, debugging issues, or making code changes. Ensures understanding of code flow before implementation by: (1) Tracing execution path with specific file:line references, (2) Creating lightweight text diagrams showing class.method() flows, (3) Verifying understanding with user. Prevents wasted effort from assumptions or guessing. Triggers when users request: bug fixes, feature implementations, refactoring, TDD cycles, debugging, code analysis.
Lightweight Task Workflow
FOLLOW THE STATE MACHINE IN SKILL.MD. When user says 'continue': (1) FIRST: Run pwd, (2) Announce STATE: CHECK_STATUS, (3) Read .claude/session.md to check Status field, (4) Route based on Status. NEVER auto-advance tasks. NEVER use TodoWrite. NEVER create git commits.
Observability-First Debugging
Systematic debugging methodology that eliminates guessing and speculation. Add instrumentation to gather specific data that fully explains the problem. Evidence before hypothesis. Observation before solution.
Questions Are Not Instructions
Ensures questions are answered literally before taking action. Triggers on user input containing '?' or patterns like 'why did you...?', 'will that work?', 'have you considered...?'. Use when user asks about your decisions, challenges an approach, or requests assessment. Prevents interpreting questions as implicit instructions or criticism.
Software Design Principles
Object-oriented design principles including object calisthenics, dependency inversion, fail-fast error handling, feature envy detection, and intention-revealing naming. Activates during code refactoring, design reviews, or when user requests design improvements.
Switch Persona
Quick persona switching. Triggers: 'switch persona', 'switch to X', 'become X'. Lists personas, reads selected file, switches immediately.
TDD Process
Strict test-driven development state machine with red-green-refactor cycles. Enforces test-first development, meaningful failures, minimum implementations, and full verification. Activates when user requests: 'use a TDD approach', 'start TDD', 'test-drive this'.
NX Monorepo TypeScript Backend Project Setup
Sets up NX monorepo for TypeScript backend projects optimized for AI-assisted development. Delegates to NX commands where possible, patches configs as last resort. Triggers on: 'set up typescript backend project', 'create backend project', 'initialize typescript backend', 'create monorepo', or when working in an empty project folder.
Writing Tests
Principles for writing effective, maintainable tests. Covers naming conventions, assertion best practices, and comprehensive edge case checklists. Based on BugMagnet by Gojko Adzic.