joshuadavidthomas

Detect and eliminate common AI writing tropes from prose. Use when drafting, editing, or reviewing text to avoid the predictable patterns that mark AI-generated writing.

Use when reviewing PRs, simplifying over-engineered code, judging architecture, or renaming unclear concepts — inline fake helpers, delete meatless ceremony, rename lying names, merge over-split files, reject premature abstraction, say no to speculative config/modes/layers, then end with the smallest safe next change. Triggers when code is too fancy, too abstract, too clever, too many files/helpers/layers, or too well-factored but painful to change. Embody Grug brain: complexity very bad, small words, no consultant speak, no hard pivot to opposite dogma.

Use when authoring an agent skill that wraps a command-line tool — covers hands-on tool exploration, required vs. recommended sections, installation/usage structure, trigger-rich descriptions, task-grouped commands, progressive disclosure, and a pre-publish checklist. Triggers for CLI / command-line / terminal / shell-command tools and binary wrappers; for review, run the Checklist section.

Use when optimizing CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, custom commands, or skill files — diagnose the concrete failure first, then apply current documented Anthropic best practices (explicit instructions, context/motivation, examples, output and verbosity control, thinking/effort, CLAUDE.md size and skill-description rules) instead of inventing improvements. Triggers when a prompt isn't followed, a skill won't activate, CLAUDE.md is too long or ignored, or migrating prompts to current Claude models.

Jujutsu (jj) — the Git-compatible version control system. Activate ONLY when a .jj/ directory is present in the project or when jj/jujutsu is explicitly mentioned. Do NOT activate for plain git repos without .jj/. Use for any VCS operations in jj-managed projects: commit, push, pull, branch, bookmark, rebase, squash, merge, diff, log, status, working copy, change ID, revset, fileset, template, configuration, workspaces.

Use when authoring, creating, refining, or troubleshooting agent skills — scaffold SKILL.md and frontmatter, write and optimize the trigger description, structure the body with progressive disclosure, validate structure, and test or debug activation. Also when building a new skill from scratch, when a skill won't trigger, loads incorrectly, or the agent ignores it entirely. Use when a skill misbehaved in the current session and needs adjustment based on learnings.

Use when building or reviewing frontend UI — dashboards, admin panels, landing pages, marketing sites, web apps. Drives domain-specific design decisions (typography, color world, layout, CSS token naming, depth and spacing systems) instead of generic AI defaults; routes to app.md (product/data UIs) or marketing.md (public/creative pages) by context.

Mental-model reset for SvelteKit apps. Use when writing or reviewing routes, layouts, load functions, form actions, remote functions, hooks, auth, cookies, endpoints, redirects, errors, SSR, progressive enhancement, or app-level data flow. Triggers on SvelteKit, +page, +layout, +server, +page.server.ts, +layout.server.ts, hooks.server.ts, load, actions, fail(), redirect(), error(), cookies, locals, route groups, protected routes, sessions, form actions, enhance, remote functions, command(), query(), form(), getRequestEvent(), SSR, hydration, and serialization. Use svelte5 for component-level runes, snippets, accessibility, actions, transitions, and component API review.

Use when editing Django template parser tags, validation errors, diagnostics, environment scanning, inspector data, Python environment inventory, or DJLS domain model code. Handles project-specific semantic and parser conventions.

Use when adding release notes, changelog entries, user-facing changes, internal changelog notes, or preparing a PR/release for django-language-server. Handles Keep a Changelog formatting and entry style.

Use when editing djls-extraction or Rust code that consumes Ruff Python AST APIs, including parse_module, parameters, boxed expressions, f-strings, or exception handlers. Handles known Ruff AST shape gotchas in django-language-server.

Use when editing Salsa inputs, tracked functions, database traits, setters, SemanticDb, crate::Db, invalidation behavior, or incremental computation in django-language-server. Handles project-specific Salsa conventions and required impl updates.

Use when running tests, fixing failing tests, updating snapshots, syncing corpus data, validating before push, or working with Django matrix testing in django-language-server. Handles cargo, just, nox, insta, corpus, clippy, fmt, and lint commands.

Use when adding or editing crates, Cargo.toml files, workspace dependencies, crate manifests, lints, versions, or project structure in django-language-server. Handles Rust workspace layout, dependency grouping, and new crate setup.

Provides git workflow assistance, branch management, and commit message optimization

A test skill to verify all plugin tools work correctly - use_skill, read_skill_file, run_skill_script, find_skills

Use when answering complex questions about a codebase that require exploring multiple areas or understanding how components connect - coordinates parallel sub-agents to locate, analyze, and synthesize findings

Use when writing prose humans will read—documentation, commit messages, error messages, explanations, reports, or UI text. Applies Strunk's timeless rules for clearer, stronger, more professional writing.

Manage agent skill dependencies with dotagents. Use when asked to "add a skill", "install skills", "remove a skill", "update skills", "dotagents init", "agents.toml", "agents.lock", "sync skills", "list skills", "set up dotagents", "configure trust", "add MCP server", "add hook", "wildcard skills", "user scope", or any dotagents-related task.

Jujutsu (jj) — the Git-compatible version control system. Activate ONLY when a .jj/ directory is present in the project or when jj/jujutsu is explicitly mentioned. Do NOT activate for plain git repos without .jj/. Use for any VCS operations in jj-managed projects: commit, push, pull, branch, bookmark, rebase, squash, merge, diff, log, status, working copy, change ID, revset, fileset, template, configuration, workspaces.

Use when adding, editing, or reviewing reviewer scout lenses in this agentkit repo — creates review lenses, wires them into REVIEW_LENSES, updates /review help/tool docs/README, and validates reviewer behavior. Handles requests like "add a new lens", "write a reviewer lens", "make a reviewer lens", or "update reviewer personas".

Use when diagnosing CodSpeed benchmark regressions, profiling with valgrind-codspeed/callgrind, comparing instruction counts between branches, or reading callgrind_annotate output. Also use when a CodSpeed PR check shows performance regression and you need to find the cause. Covers: just profile, callgrind Ir/Dr/Dw counts, flat vs tree annotation, branch comparison methodology.

Convert Docker Compose files to Coolify templates. Use when creating Coolify services, converting docker-compose.yml for Coolify deployment, working with SERVICE_URL/SERVICE_PASSWORD magic variables, or troubleshooting Coolify compose errors.