This skill should be used when the user asks to "implement a feature in Elixir", "refactor this module", "should I use a GenServer here?", "how should I structure this?", "use the pipe operator", "add error handling", "make this concurrent", or mentions protocols, behaviours, pattern matching, with statements, comprehensions, structs, or coming from an OOP background. Contains paradigm-shifting insights.
This skill should be used when the user asks to "add a LiveView page", "create a form", "handle real-time updates", "broadcast changes to users", "add a new route", "create an API endpoint", "fix this LiveView bug", "why is mount called twice?", or mentions handle_event, handle_info, handle_params, mount, channels, controllers, components, assigns, sockets, or PubSub. Covers where to load data (mount vs handle_params) and the LiveView lifecycle.
This skill should be used when the user asks to "add a background job", "process async", "schedule a task", "retry failed jobs", "add email sending", "run this later", "add a cron job", "unique jobs", "batch process", or mentions Oban, Oban Pro, workflows, job queues, cascades, grafting, recorded values, job args, or troubleshooting job failures.
This skill should be used when the user works on any .ex or .exs file, mentions Elixir/Phoenix/Ecto/OTP, the project has a mix.exs, or asks "which skill should I use", "new to Elixir", "help with Elixir". Routes to the correct thinking skill BEFORE exploring code. Triggers on "implement", "add", "fix", "refactor" in Elixir projects.
This skill should be used when the user asks to "add a database table", "create a new context", "query the database", "add a field to a schema", "validate form input", "fix N+1 queries", "preload this association", "separate these concerns", or mentions Repo, changesets, migrations, Ecto.Multi, has_many, belongs_to, transactions, query composition, or how contexts should talk to each other.
This skill should be used when the user asks to "add background processing", "cache this data", "run this async", "handle concurrent requests", "manage state across requests", "process jobs from a queue", "this GenServer is slow", or mentions GenServer, Supervisor, Agent, Task, Registry, DynamicSupervisor, handle_call, handle_cast, supervision trees, fault tolerance, "let it crash", or choosing between Broadway and Oban.