cardinalconseils/claude-starter

ecosystem-watch

Ecosystem monitoring — breaking changes, deprecations, security alerts, opportunity tracking, bulletin generation.

kickstart

Project kickstart — idea to scaffolded project: research, monetization, brand, ERD, architecture, deploy config.

saas-dashboard-sequence

Unified Dashboard SaaS Build Sequence — 12-stage methodology for multi-role SaaS products (super admin/admin/user/vendor). Enforces single application with role-gated dashboard visibility, never separate dashboards per role, generated from one permissions…

agent-build-sequence

Agentic System Build Sequence — 15-stage ordered methodology for building AI agent systems, autonomous agents, multi-agent orchestration, tool-calling loops. Enforces state machine and tool inventory design before architecture decisions, and architecture…

attractor

Attractor pipeline orchestrator — YAML node handlers, auto-decision criteria, review-merge-loop instructions for the CKS sprint lifecycle

prd

PRD lifecycle, feature planning, 5-phase cycle: discover, design, sprint, review, release, roadmap, acceptance criteria.

concept-evaluation

CKS concept feasibility evaluation — scoring rubrics, dual-mode detection, pillar frameworks, Go/Defer/Reject thresholds, and specialist-trigger conditions. Use when evaluating whether a concept should be added to the CKS plugin or a CKS-powered project.

headroom-integration

Integrates the headroom MCP server for input token compression. Use when compressing tool stdout, file reads, Bash output, RAG chunks, or any large payload entering the context window. Exposes headroom_compress, headroom_retrieve, headroom_stats tools.…

loop

Loop architecture domain expertise — six-part composition (automations/worktrees/skills/connectors/sub-agents/memory), autonomy ladder, triage-inbox-first UX, stop condition rules, health.jsonl schema, cost monitoring

cli-generation

Domain knowledge for generating typed Go CLIs + MCP servers + Claude skills from any external API using cli-printing-press. Covers when to use it, what it produces, install prerequisites, and CKS lifecycle fit. Step-by-step flows live in workflows/.

ideation

Creative brainstorming — SCAMPER, 5 Whys, How Might We, angle variations, idea stress-testing, concept refinement.

strategic-frameworks

PM strategy frameworks — Lean Canvas, BMC, OST, Pre-Mortem, North Star, PESTLE, Ansoff, Porter's Five Forces, Assumption Mapping — for discovery, validation, competitive analysis, growth strategy, and risk review

customer-research

When the user wants to conduct, analyze, or synthesize customer research. Use when the user mentions 'customer research,' 'ICP research,' 'talk to customers,' 'analyze transcripts,' 'user interviews,' or 'win/loss analysis.'

idea-validation

Generates 5 idea validation artifacts from a refined project pitch: MARKETING.md (positioning + copy pillars + channel matrix), EMAIL-SEQUENCE.md (5-email waitlist nurture), GTM-BRIEF.md (pre/launch/post phases + kill criteria), landing-page.html (standalone…

sleep-cycle

SkillOpt-Sleep nightly skill training loop — harvests CKS telemetry, replays tasks offline, gates improvements against held-out evals, stages proposals for user review. Integrates with session-start, retro, sprint, evals, and scheduler.

autoresearch

Autonomous keep/discard optimization loop — Karpathy autoresearch pattern generalized to any measurable metric (eval pass rate, bundle KB, web vitals, LLM cost, accessibility score)

ad-creative

Use when the user wants to write, improve, or scale ad creative — headlines, descriptions, primary text, or full ad variations. Also use when the user mentions 'ad copy,' 'ad creative,' 'write me ads,' 'Facebook ad,' 'Google ad copy,' 'LinkedIn ad,' or…

analytics-tracking

Use when the user wants to set up, audit, or improve their analytics and tracking. Also use when the user mentions 'analytics,' 'tracking,' 'GA4,' 'Google Analytics,' 'GTM,' 'events,' 'conversions,' 'pixels,' 'UTMs,' 'attribution,' or 'what data should we…

brand-marketing

Use when the user wants to build, audit, or improve their brand. Also use when the user mentions 'brand voice,' 'brand identity,' 'brand guidelines,' 'backlinks,' 'domain authority,' 'brand consistency,' 'how do I build brand,' or 'what should our brand sound…

cold-email

Use when the user wants to write B2B cold outreach emails or follow-up sequences. Also use when the user mentions 'cold email,' 'prospecting email,' 'outbound email,' 'SDR sequence,' 'sales email,' or 'cold outreach.'

competitor-alternatives

Use when the user wants to create competitor comparison pages, alternative pages, or vs pages for SEO and sales enablement. Also use when the user mentions 'alternative page,' 'vs page,' 'competitor comparison,' 'how we compare to X,' 'best alternative to,'…

content-strategy

Use when the user wants to plan a content strategy, decide what content to create, or figure out what topics to cover. Also use when the user mentions 'content strategy,' 'what should we write about,' 'content calendar,' 'content pillars,' 'editorial…

copywriting

Use when the user wants to write, review, or improve marketing copy — hero headlines, landing page copy, ad copy, or email body. Also use when the user mentions 'copy,' 'headline,' 'CTA,' 'value prop,' 'messaging,' 'write this for me,' or asks for help with…

customer-research

Use when the user wants to conduct, plan, or synthesize customer research. Also use when the user mentions 'customer research,' 'ICP research,' 'talk to customers,' 'user interviews,' 'win/loss analysis,' 'why do customers churn,' or 'understand our customers…

email-sequence

Use when the user wants to build, plan, or improve an email sequence for nurturing, onboarding, or re-engagement. Also use when the user mentions 'email sequence,' 'drip campaign,' 'email nurture,' 'welcome sequence,' 'onboarding emails,' 're-engagement,' or…

launch-strategy

Use when the user wants to plan a product launch, go-to-market campaign, or release strategy. Also use when the user mentions 'launch plan,' 'how do I launch,' 'Product Hunt,' 'launch checklist,' 'pre-launch,' 'go-to-market,' or 'how to announce my product.'

lead-magnets

Use when the user wants to create, plan, or optimize a lead magnet for email capture or lead generation. Also use when the user mentions 'lead magnet,' 'gated content,' 'content upgrade,' 'free resource,' 'opt-in incentive,' 'how to grow my email list,' or…

market-mapping

Use when the user wants to map the competitive landscape, understand where profit concentrates, identify white space, or size the opportunity. Also use when the user mentions 'competitive landscape,' 'who are my real competitors,' 'market analysis,' 'where is…

marketing-psychology

Use when the user wants to apply psychological principles or behavioral science to marketing, copy, or design. Also use when the user mentions 'psychology,' 'persuasion,' 'cognitive biases,' 'behavioral economics,' 'why do people buy,' 'how to make my page…

page-cro

Use when the user wants to optimize, improve, or increase conversions on any marketing page — including homepage, landing pages, pricing pages, feature pages, or blog posts. Also use when the user mentions 'CRO,' 'conversion rate,' 'page optimization,' 'why…

paid-ads

Use when the user wants help with paid advertising campaigns on Google Ads, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), LinkedIn, or other ad platforms. Also use when the user mentions 'PPC,' 'paid social,' 'SEM,' 'paid media,' 'Google Ads,' 'Facebook Ads,' 'ad budget,'…

positioning

Use when the user wants to define, refine, or stress-test their product positioning, brand identity, or competitive framing. Also use when the user mentions 'positioning,' 'how we're different,' 'value proposition,' 'competitive alternatives,' 'brand…

seo-audit

Use when the user wants to audit, review, or diagnose SEO issues on their site. Also use when the user mentions 'SEO audit,' 'technical SEO,' 'why am I not ranking,' 'SEO issues,' 'on-page SEO,' 'site audit,' or 'how do I improve my Google rankings.'

signup-flow-cro

Use when the user wants to optimize their signup, registration, or trial activation flow. Also use when the user mentions 'signup conversions,' 'signup drop-off,' 'onboarding optimization,' 'trial activation,' 'registration friction,' or 'how do I get more…

social-content

Use when the user wants to create, plan, or improve social media content. Also use when the user mentions 'social content,' 'content calendar,' 'LinkedIn posts,' 'Twitter/X,' 'Instagram,' 'TikTok,' 'social strategy,' 'what to post,' or 'hook writing.'

codegraph

CodeGraph MCP integration — when and how to use the codegraph_explore tool for symbol-level codebase queries. Prefer over Grep/Glob for function calls, class hierarchies, and import chains. Fall back gracefully when not installed.

ahe-evolution

AHE Evolution Agent domain knowledge — reading harness signals, clustering patterns, generating golden case proposals, HITL validation loop

harness-evals

Domain knowledge for running CKS hook fixture evals — tests hook handler exit codes and output patterns, feeds G2 AHE Evolution Agent validation signal

luv-model-routing

Profile-based model routing for Luv Marketing agents. Load when making programmatic OpenRouter calls for text generation — reads the active profile (quality/budget/speed), resolves the right model per task type, and provides the curl call pattern.

photo-direction

Commercial photography direction for AI image generation — Peter Belanger aesthetic, OpenAI gpt-image-1 prompt engineering, studio lighting configurations, product photography