Use when designing or reviewing REST-style API endpoints, payloads, status codes, filtering, sorting, or pagination behavior.
Use when investigating a technical topic, comparing external options, or producing a source-backed research summary before implementation.
Use when preparing commits, reviewing branch hygiene, or deciding how to package and describe changes for collaboration.
Use when diagnosing slowness, reducing context/tool overhead, or choosing an efficient workflow for coding agents and build pipelines.
Use before adding a dependency, writing a new helper, or implementing a feature that may already have an existing solution.
Use when reviewing auth, secrets, permissions, external input handling, or any change that could introduce security regressions.
Use before marking work complete to run focused validation such as tests, lint, type checks, and manual sanity checks.