Set up and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or similar tools to automate testing, building, and deployment. Use when configuring automated builds, setting up test automation, implementing deployment automation, creating release workflows, managing environment deployments, configuring build caching, implementing blue-green deployments, setting up rollback strategies, or automating the entire software delivery pipeline.
Build accessible web applications following WCAG 2.1/2.2 guidelines with proper semantic HTML, ARIA attributes, keyboard navigation, screen reader support, and inclusive design. Use when implementing ARIA labels and roles, ensuring keyboard navigation, supporting screen readers, providing text alternatives for images, managing focus, creating accessible forms, building inclusive UI components, testing with accessibility tools, meeting WCAG compliance levels, or designing for users with disabilities.
Design clean, scalable, and maintainable REST and GraphQL APIs following industry best practices. Use when designing public or internal APIs, planning endpoint structures, defining request/response contracts, establishing versioning strategies, implementing authentication patterns, designing data models, creating API documentation, ensuring consistent error handling, optimizing for performance, or establishing service contracts between microservices.
Create interactive, self-contained artifacts like mini-apps, visualizations, calculators, and tools that can be embedded or used standalone. Use when building interactive calculators, creating data visualizations, making mini web apps, building embeddable widgets, creating interactive demos, making tools for specific tasks, or generating standalone HTML/JS applications.
Architect scalable backend services using layered architecture, dependency injection, middleware patterns, service classes, and separation of concerns. Use when building API services, implementing business logic layers, creating service classes, setting up middleware chains, implementing dependency injection, designing controller-service-repository patterns, handling cross-cutting concerns, creating domain models, implementing CQRS patterns, or establishing backend architecture standards.
Facilitate ideation, explore alternatives, and refine concepts through structured brainstorming techniques before implementation. Use when starting new projects, designing features, exploring solutions, evaluating tradeoffs, challenging assumptions, generating creative ideas, planning architecture, or refining rough concepts into detailed designs.
Create and maintain comprehensive brand guidelines including visual identity, tone of voice, messaging, color palettes, typography, and usage rules for consistent brand expression. Use when establishing brand identity, creating style guides, defining visual standards, setting tone of voice, creating brand assets, or ensuring brand consistency.
Create visual designs, graphics, and layouts using HTML Canvas API or design tools for data visualization, graphics, animations, and interactive visual content. Use when creating data visualizations, building interactive graphics, implementing drawing tools, creating charts and diagrams, building game graphics, implementing image manipulation, or creating dynamic visual content.