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Create and manipulate Word DOCX files programmatically. Use when the user needs to generate documents, modify DOCX templates, extract document content, or automate Word document workflows. Supports both template-based generation (for branding compliance) and from-scratch creation. Keywords: Word, DOCX, document, report, template, contract, letter, corporate, branding.

Create and manipulate PDF files programmatically. Use when the user needs to generate PDFs, fill PDF forms, extract PDF content, add watermarks/overlays, or merge documents. Supports both template-based generation (form filling, overlays) and from-scratch creation. Keywords: PDF, document, form, fillable, merge, watermark, extract, text, report.

Create and manipulate PowerPoint PPTX files programmatically. Use when the user needs to generate presentations, modify PPTX templates, extract slide content, create thumbnail previews, or automate PowerPoint workflows. Supports both template-based generation (for branding compliance) and from-scratch creation. Keywords: PowerPoint, PPTX, presentation, slides, template, deck, slideshow, corporate, branding.

Create and manipulate Excel XLSX files programmatically. Use when the user needs to generate spreadsheets, modify XLSX templates, extract spreadsheet content, or automate Excel workflows. Supports both template-based generation (for branding compliance) and from-scratch creation. Keywords: Excel, XLSX, spreadsheet, workbook, worksheet, data, report, template, financial, analysis.

Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Provides analysis tools for auditing existing designs and generation tools for creating color palettes, typography systems, design tokens, and component templates. Supports React, Vue, Svelte, and vanilla HTML/CSS. Use when building web components, pages, or applications. Keywords: design, UI, frontend, CSS, components, palette, typography, tokens, accessibility.

Transform source documents into structured courses via the Teach authoring API. Use when building courses from existing content.

Manage dev servers and long-running processes. Use when starting, stopping, or checking status of Node.js dev servers.

Diagnose and fix convergent ideation. Use when brainstorming produces the same ideas every time, when all ideas cluster around one approach, or when you need to escape domain defaults.

Systematically investigate social media claims and viral content. Use when fact-checking complex claims, when decomposing multi-part assertions, or when investigating narratives that mix facts with interpretation.

Guide competency framework development and operation. Use when building training that produces capability, when existing training doesn't produce competence, when structuring knowledge for multiple audiences, or when setting up feedback loops to surface gaps.

Bootstrap, maintain, and evolve context networks across their full lifecycle. Use when starting a new project, when existing documentation feels scattered, or when agent effectiveness degrades due to missing context.

Verify claims in generated output against sources. Use as a separate pass AFTER content generation to catch hallucinations. Critical constraint - cannot be reliably combined with generation in a single pass.

Convert operating-frameworks skills into deployed Mastra+Hono agents with APIs, workflows, and persistent memory. Use when deploying a framework as an API, creating agent versions of diagnostic skills, or building multi-agent systems from framework clusters.

Guide AI-assisted learning that empowers learners while maintaining appropriate boundaries. Use when teaching, explaining concepts, or helping someone who is struggling to understand.

Diagnose GitHub-driven agile workflow problems and guide feature branch development

Develop AI agents, tools, and workflows with Mastra v1 Beta and Hono servers. This skill should be used when creating Mastra agents, defining tools with Zod schemas, building workflows with step data flow, setting up Hono API servers with Mastra adapters, or implementing agent networks. Keywords: mastra, hono, agent, tool, workflow, AI, LLM, typescript, API, MCP.

Diagnose requirements problems and guide discovery of real needs and constraints

Transform vague requirements into concrete decisions by exploring the decision space. Use when high-level asks spawn implicit decisions, when defaults need challenging, or when you need systematic discovery of actual needs vs assumed solutions.

Diagnose research quality and guide systematic query expansion. Use when starting research on any topic, when stuck in research, or when unsure if research is complete.

Build new agent skills. Use when creating diagnostic frameworks, CLI tools, or data-driven generators that follow the established skill patterns.

Diagnose design problems and guide architecture decisions for solo developers

Help neurodivergent users break down overwhelming tasks into manageable steps. Use when tasks feel paralyzing, when executive function is struggling, when someone can't start, or when the Wall of Awful has built up. Applies ADHD/autism-aware decomposition strategies.