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Use the Studio CLI to manage local WordPress sites, authentication, and preview sites. Invoke this skill when you need to run Studio CLI commands, manage sites, or troubleshoot site issues.

Write editable WordPress block markup for local Studio sites, including core/html limits, block-theme layout rules, full-width sections, validation, and skeleton-first page/CSS recipes.

Generate AI images for a site with generate_images — how to write image specs, pick aspect ratios, place files (theme assets vs media library), and handle failures.

Guidelines for creating new WordPress block themes from scratch — load this before generating theme files

Guidelines for modifying existing WordPress block themes — load this before editing theme files

Choose recommended plugins and plugin-provided blocks for features core WordPress blocks do not cover - ecommerce (WooCommerce), forms and newsletters (Jetpack), online courses and quizzes (Sensei LMS), polls, surveys and ratings (Crowdsignal), spam…

Verify and polish a built or redesigned site by diagnosing rendered-DOM issues against intent and fixing them in a planned, batched screenshot-and-fix loop.

Plan and execute high-quality visual direction for site creation, redesign, layout, typography, color, motion, and visual polish.

Verify that the dn CLI is installed and configured. Use when the user first installs the domain-names plugin, or when a dn command fails because the CLI is missing or not set up.

View the WordPress.com shopping cart using the dn CLI. Use when the user wants to see what domains are in their cart before checkout. User mode only - not available in partner mode.

Check domain name availability and pricing using the dn CLI. Use when the user wants to know if a domain is available, see domain pricing, or verify multiple domains at once. Supports both partner mode (Domain Services API) and user mode (WordPress.com API).

Open WordPress.com checkout in the browser using the dn CLI. Use when the user wants to complete a domain purchase after adding domains to cart. User mode only.

Set up credentials for the dn CLI tool. Use when the user needs to authenticate, switch between partner and user mode, set up API keys, or connect their WordPress.com account via OAuth. Also use when the user mentions "dn configure" or needs to reconfigure…

Update domain contact information (WHOIS contacts) using the dn CLI. Use when the user wants to change owner, admin, tech, or billing contacts for a domain. Partner mode only.

Delete a domain registration using the dn CLI. Use when the user wants to remove or cancel a domain. Shows a confirmation prompt before proceeding. Partner mode only - user mode redirects to WordPress.com.

Retrieve DNS records for a domain using the dn CLI. Use when the user wants to view current DNS records (A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, etc.) for a domain. Partner mode only.

Third-party WordPress plugin integration patterns. Use when adding new integrations, debugging compatibility with other plugins, or working with existing integrations.

PHP coding standards and WordPress patterns for ActivityPub plugin. Use when writing PHP code, creating classes, implementing WordPress hooks, or structuring plugin files.

Version management and release processes using Jetpack Changelogger. Use when creating releases, managing changelogs, bumping versions, or preparing patch releases.

INVOKE THIS SKILL before creating any PR to ensure compliance with branch naming, changelog requirements, and reviewer assignment.

ActivityPub protocol specification and federation concepts. Use when working with ActivityPub activities, understanding federation mechanics, implementing protocol features, or debugging federation issues.

Use when auditing or updating .gitattributes export-ignore coverage so dev-only files (lint configs, CI, tests, docs, build tooling) don't ship in the WordPress.org plugin zip. Run before a release, after adding a new top-level file or config, or when a tool…

Use when auditing or updating .gitattributes export-ignore coverage so dev-only files (lint configs, CI, tests, docs, build tooling) don't ship in the WordPress.org plugin zip. Run before a release, after adding a new top-level file or config, or when a tool…

Development workflows for WordPress ActivityPub plugin including wp-env setup, testing commands, linting, and build processes. Use when setting up development environment, running tests, checking code quality, building assets, or working with wp-env.

Front door for the whole migration. FIRST routes on input type — a local directory of owned HTML/CSS/JS takes the local carry-to-block-theme path (dispatches liberate-local inline; no platform detection, no network extraction, no path checkpoint), while a URL…

Reach VISUAL parity for ONE section by guiding AI to apply the captured design data (colors, padding, margins, full-bleed, font sizes, line-heights, families, alignment) to that section's WordPress block markup, then VERIFYING by looking at the source section…

Orchestrate whole-PAGE visual parity, with a replayable parity log so the work survives a reconstruct. PHASE 0 — if <outputDir>/parity-log.json exists, REPLAY its logged intents onto the current build first (apply + verify each by looking), so prior parity…

Spec-driven, whole-site block-theme reconstruction for a liberated site. Invokes design-foundations → creating-themes → clustering → spec extraction → generating-patterns (fan-out, per cluster) → assemble → validate → install → design-qa to produce a…

Parity-first carry-and-scope theme reconstruction — dispatched by `/liberate` after capture. Instead of projecting the source onto editable WordPress blocks (the `replicate-with-blocks` path), it CARRIES the source page near-verbatim and SCOPES the source's…

Guidelines for creating new WordPress block themes from scratch — load this before generating theme files

Debug failed or low-quality extractions by analyzing logs, probing the source site, and identifying root causes

Guidelines for modifying existing WordPress block themes — load this before editing theme files

Use WordPress Studio for local WordPress development, preferring MCP and falling back to the Studio CLI when needed.

Audit a Studio-backed WordPress site for performance, accessibility, and visible frontend quality issues, then recommend or validate improvements.

Create, edit, build, and review a custom WordPress Gutenberg block plugin inside a Studio-backed site.

Generate three parallel design preview options for a Studio-backed site and collect the user's preferred direction before theme implementation.

Create or update a custom WordPress plugin for site functionality that should not live in a theme or a block. Use when the user needs reusable behavior, admin/settings UI, hooks, REST endpoints, scheduled tasks, integrations, or server-side logic for a…

Create a WordPress site from a rough idea using Studio and shared WordPress skills.

Create a modern WordPress block theme.

Route WordPress build and audit requests to the right implementation path for a Studio-backed site. Use when the user wants WordPress work and it is not yet clear whether the task should be handled as site creation, theme work, a custom block, a plugin, or an…

Walk the user through first-time setup of the agentic-analytics plugin. Use when the user asks how to get started, how to set up the plugin, where to put their credentials, what the plugin can do for them, or any variant of "first run" / "onboarding" / "walk…

Run the Journey Report — how far into the site a visit gets and where it ends. Use when the user asks to run the journey report, asks how deep visitors go, where the site loses people, what route visitors take after landing, which pages or sections have the…

Run the staircase audience-relationship report for a customer. Use when the user asks to run the staircase report, requests it for a specific site, or asks for an audience-tier or relationship-intelligence report.

Remove the local config files written by first-time setup (bucket.json and the agentic-analytics AWS profile). Leaves the events cache alone. Use when the user wants to start setup over, entered the wrong bucket name, or asks to reset/clear the plugin's…

Detect whether the configured customer's tracker tags employee/internal pageviews via `extra_data`, and if so, save the filter so reports exclude that traffic. Use when the user asks to identify employees, exclude employee traffic, filter internal users, or…

Blow away the local data cache and rebuild it. Use when the user asks to refresh the cache, rebuild the cache, clear cached data, start clean, recover from a bad pull, or says reports are returning stale or weird-looking numbers. Leaves config alone. Offers…

Top up the local data cache with new data, without deleting anything. Use when the user wants to bring the cache up to date, pull the latest days, sync recent data, or top up the cache. The lighter, non-destructive sibling of refresh-cache – offered as an…

Seed for a future standalone conversions report. Currently holds conversion-attribution code lifted out of the staircase report (PR B of the staircase climbing revision); not yet runnable end-to-end. Use when the user asks to build out the standalone…

Given a wp-calypso PR number, identify the failing E2E test(s) in that PR's CI run so they can be fixed. Use when asked to investigate or fix a failing E2E test on a specific PR.

Provide advisory guidance for scanning Automattic/wp-calypso Dependabot alerts and Dependabot remediation PRs using the public dependency security alerts playbook.

Use when reviewing PRs that touch the Reader's multi-protocol social surfaces (`client/reader/social/`, `client/reader/atmosphere/`, `client/reader/mastodon/`, `packages/api-core/src/reader-{atmosphere,mastodon}/`,…

Use when editing or migrating Calypso Reader data-fetching code — `client/components/data/query-reader-*` components, `@automattic/data-stores` Reader hooks, or new Reader queries/mutations. Triggers on any work involving `api-core`, `api-queries`,…

Run a browser-based UI review of the WordPress.com Help Center across multiple surfaces, looking for visual and behavioral issues. Use when asked to test the Help Center UI.

Run comprehensive UI tests for the Image Studio feature. Covers Media Library entry points, Edit Mode, Generate Mode, Block Editor integration, navigation, and delete. Use when running the full UI smoke test or testing any Image Studio surface.

Create a new screen in the Multi-site Dashboard with automatic route registration

Audit a Studio-backed WordPress site for performance, accessibility, and visible frontend quality issues, then recommend or validate improvements.

Create, edit, build, and review a custom WordPress Gutenberg block plugin inside a Studio-backed site.

Create or update a custom WordPress plugin for site functionality that should not live in a theme or a block. Use when the user needs reusable behavior, admin/settings UI, hooks, REST endpoints, scheduled tasks, integrations, or server-side logic for a…

Create a WordPress site from a rough idea using Studio and shared WordPress skills.

Use WordPress Studio for local WordPress development, preferring MCP and falling back to the Studio CLI when needed.

Create a modern WordPress block theme.

Route WordPress build, management, and audit requests to the right target and implementation path. Use when the user wants WordPress work and it is not yet clear whether the task should use a local WordPress Studio site, a live WordPress.com site, site…

The full design glow-up toolkit. Turns forgettable interfaces into something that looks like a real designer touched it. Routes to 6 sub-skills for de-slopifying, typography, spacing, gradients, motion, and adding that one detail people actually remember. Use…

Add one unforgettable signature detail that gives a site recall, identity, and emotional lift. Use after baseline polish is complete. Inspired by hit-making principles: hook-first thinking, disciplined repetition, emotional clarity, contrast, and ruthless…

Scan a site for AI-slop defaults and replace them with premium patterns. Detects generic giveaways (Inter everywhere,

Apply the motion language of premium VC-funded sites — specific cubic-bezier easings (not ease-in-out), snappy 75-200ms durations, mechanical press feedback, orchestrated hover deltas, width-animated buttons, mouse-tracking gradients, blur-in reveals,…

Apply the warm, atmospheric, multi-layer shadow aesthetic used by premium SaaS sites like Hex, Antimetal, Incident, Outseta, Cohere, and Amplemarket. Warm off-white grounds, tinted shadows that harmonize with theme, multi-stop gradients at deliberate angles,…

Apply the spacing, container, grid, and border-radius rhythm of premium VC-funded sites. Generous 80-160px section padding, intentional non-strict spacing scales (including 20/28/40), deliberate radius architecture (binary 0-or-pill, asymmetric interlocking,…

Upgrade typography from generic SaaS to premium, authored, high-conviction design. Uses distinct display fonts, lighter body weights, tight negative tracking, mono eyebrows, restrained serif accents, and OpenType details to create typography with taste,…

PHP coding standards and WordPress patterns for ATmosphere plugin. Use when writing PHP code, creating classes, implementing WordPress hooks, or structuring plugin files.

Development workflows for WordPress ATmosphere plugin including wp-env setup, testing commands, linting, and build processes. Use when setting up development environment, running tests, checking code quality, or working with wp-env.

Testing patterns for PHPUnit tests. Use when writing tests, debugging test failures, setting up test coverage, or implementing test patterns for ATmosphere features.

INVOKE THIS SKILL before creating any PR to ensure compliance with branch naming, changelog requirements, and reviewer assignment.

Version management and release processes using Jetpack Changelogger. Use when creating releases, managing changelogs, bumping versions, or preparing releases.

MUST be invoked before creating any PR, pushing a branch for review, or running `gh pr create`. Covers changelog entries, branch naming, PHPCS/PHPUnit checks, and reviewer assignment.

Address PR review comments by fixing code, replying to each comment, and re-requesting review. Use this skill when the user wants to handle, fix, resolve, or address PR feedback, review comments, or code review suggestions. Also use when the user says things…

Create a pull request using the repository template and current branch changes

Cross-platform codebase exploration for Pocket Casts. Use when asked about Web, iOS, or Android implementation of a feature, or when comparing implementations across platforms.

Expert guidance for Dynamic Type support for Pocket Casts iOS development with Swift, UIKit, and SwiftUI. Use this skill when the user asks about Dynamic Type, content size categories, accessibility text size, font scaling, or making text/UI elements respond…

Adds a feature flag and fences off code with it

Create a well-structured GitHub issue for Jetmon work

Create a PR for the current branch based on the PR template

Debug memory issues in Jetmon workers and identify leaks

Run, debug, and test Jetmon using the Docker development environment

Rebuild the C++ native addon after making changes to http_checker.cpp