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research
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/research
Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated to a background agent.
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scaffold-exercises
mattpocock/skills · skills/misc/scaffold-exercises
Create exercise directory structures with sections, problems, solutions, and explainers that pass linting. Use when user wants to scaffold exercises, create exercise stubs, or set up a new course section.
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setup-ts-deep-modules
mattpocock/skills · skills/in-progress/setup-ts-deep-modules
Wire dependency-cruiser into a TypeScript repo so each package is a deep module, with implementation hidden in subfolders and reachable only through its entry-point files. User-invoked.
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tdd
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/tdd
Test-driven development. Use when the user wants to build features or fix bugs test-first, mentions "red-green-refactor", or wants integration tests.
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ask-matt
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/ask-matt
Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the skills in this repo.
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teach
mattpocock/skills · skills/productivity/teach
Teach the user a new skill or concept, within this workspace.
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writing-fragments
mattpocock/skills · skills/in-progress/writing-fragments
Writing, explore: mine raw fragments, no structure yet.
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diagnosing-bugs
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/diagnosing-bugs
Diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions. Use when the user says "diagnose"/"debug this", or reports something broken/throwing/failing/slow.
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writing-beats
mattpocock/skills · skills/in-progress/writing-beats
Writing, exploit; assemble raw material into a journey of beats, grounding each term before a beat leans on it.
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implement-spec
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/implement-spec
Implement the result of /to-spec and /to-tickets in code.
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writing-shape
mattpocock/skills · skills/in-progress/writing-shape
Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph.
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handoff
mattpocock/skills · skills/productivity/handoff
Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up.
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pr
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/pr
Use when writing a PR body.
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setup-matt-pocock-skills
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills
Configure this repo for the engineering skills: set up its issue tracker, triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run once before first use of the other engineering skills.
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setup-pre-commit
mattpocock/skills · skills/misc/setup-pre-commit
Set up Husky pre-commit hooks with lint-staged (Prettier), type checking, and tests in the current repo. Use when user wants to add pre-commit hooks, set up Husky, configure lint-staged, or add commit-time formatting/typechecking/testing.
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to-tickets
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/to-tickets
Break a plan, spec, or the current conversation into a set of tracer-bullet tickets, each declaring its blocking edges, published to the configured tracker (edges as text in one file per ticket locally, or native blocking links on a real tracker).
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retro
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/retro
Conduct a retrospective on a coding session.
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loop-me
mattpocock/skills · skills/in-progress/loop-me
Grill me about specs for the workflows I want to build, within this workspace.
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prototype
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/prototype
Build a throwaway prototype to answer a design question. Use when the user wants to sanity-check whether a state model or logic feels right, or explore what a UI should look like.
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grilling
mattpocock/skills · skills/productivity/grilling
Grill the user relentlessly about a plan, decision, or idea. Use when the user wants to stress-test their thinking, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases.
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implement
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/implement
Implement a piece of work based on a spec or set of tickets.
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git-guardrails-claude-code
mattpocock/skills · skills/misc/git-guardrails-claude-code
Set up Claude Code hooks to block dangerous git commands (push, reset --hard, clean, branch -D, etc.) before they execute. Use when user wants to prevent destructive git operations, add git safety hooks, or block git push/reset in Claude Code.
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to-questionnaire
mattpocock/skills · skills/productivity/to-questionnaire
Turn a decision you can't fully answer into a questionnaire for someone else to fill in.
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migrate-to-shoehorn
mattpocock/skills · skills/misc/migrate-to-shoehorn
Migrate test files from `as` type assertions to @total-typescript/shoehorn. Use when user mentions shoehorn, wants to replace `as` in tests, or needs partial test data.
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wait-what
mattpocock/skills · skills/productivity/wait-what
Stop. That last message did not land: re-pitch it.
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domain-modeling
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/domain-modeling
Build and sharpen a project's domain model. Use when discussing codebase terminology, writing or editing a GLOSSARY.md, or recording or editing an ADR.
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code-review
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/code-review
Review the changes since a fixed point (commit, branch, tag, or merge-base) along two axes: Standards (does the code follow this repo's documented coding standards?) and Spec (does the code match what the originating issue/spec asked for?). Runs both reviews in parallel sub-agents and reports them side by side. Use when the user wants to review a branch, a PR, work-in-progress changes, or asks to "review since X".
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writing-for-agents
mattpocock/skills · skills/productivity/writing-for-agents
Writing documents for agents. Use when creating or editing skills, or modifying AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.
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improve-codebase-architecture
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/improve-codebase-architecture
Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.
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wizard
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/wizard
Generate an interactive bash wizard that walks a human through steps only they can perform. Use when provisioning infrastructure, setting up credentials or CI secrets, walking an unfamiliar third-party dashboard, or running a one-off migration or cutover. Don't invoke this for steps the agent can perform itself.
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software-factory
mattpocock/skills · skills/in-progress/software-factory
Shared language for designing a software factory: the tasks it runs and the services it plugs into.
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chief-of-staff
mattpocock/skills · skills/in-progress/chief-of-staff
Pursue a long-running goal in a single session by co-ordinating subagents.
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triage
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/triage
Move issues and external PRs through a state machine of triage roles, categorise, verify, grill if needed, and write agent-ready briefs.
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to-spec
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/to-spec
Turn the current conversation into a spec and publish it to the project issue tracker: no interview, just synthesis of what you've already discussed.
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claude-handoff
mattpocock/skills · skills/in-progress/claude-handoff
Hand the current conversation off to a fresh background agent that picks up the work immediately.
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grill-me
mattpocock/skills · skills/productivity/grill-me
A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design.
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wayfinder
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/wayfinder
Plan a huge chunk of work (more than one agent session can hold) as a shared map of decision tickets on your issue tracker, and resolve them one at a time until the way to the destination is clear.
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codebase-design
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/codebase-design
Shared vocabulary for designing deep modules. Use when the user wants to design or improve a module's interface, find deepening opportunities, decide where a seam goes, make code more testable or AI-navigable, or when another skill needs the deep-module vocabulary.
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grill-with-docs
mattpocock/skills · skills/engineering/grill-with-docs
A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design, which also creates docs (ADR's and glossary) as we go.
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writing-plans
obra/superpowers · skills/writing-plans
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
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writing-skills
obra/superpowers · skills/writing-skills
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
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receiving-code-review
obra/superpowers · skills/receiving-code-review
Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation
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systematic-debugging
obra/superpowers · skills/systematic-debugging
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
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diagnosing-superpowers
obra/superpowers · skills/diagnosing-superpowers
Use when a superpowers session went wrong and your human partner wants to know why — repeated work, ignored plans, stumbles, poor results, a skill that didn't fire, "it took too long", "why is it so expensive", "what is it doing" — or wants to build a bug report for the superpowers maintainers, for the current session or a past one identified by id or path, on any harness.
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requesting-code-review
obra/superpowers · skills/requesting-code-review
Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
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using-git-worktrees
obra/superpowers · skills/using-git-worktrees
Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback
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test-driven-development
obra/superpowers · skills/test-driven-development
Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
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verification-before-completion
obra/superpowers · skills/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
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brainstorming
obra/superpowers · skills/brainstorming
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, modifying behavior, or planning anything new, in software or out of it (a talk, a business, a renovation).
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finishing-a-development-branch
obra/superpowers · skills/finishing-a-development-branch
Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work
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