nathanvale

Creating or changing tests, fixtures, mocks, snapshots, test helpers, or test harnesses; require a pre-write Test Design Brief.

Browser tasks through Warm Chrome; no Chrome for Testing.

Explicit whole-suite test architecture review, visual candidates, or proof-boundary improvements.

Browser Use toolchain runtime, routing, or unmet-request defects: file redacted, deduplicated GitHub support tickets.

Bitbucket Cloud repositories, pull requests, pipelines, and other REST API operations.

Launch a multi-lens PR review workflow for blocking issues.

List, search, preview, or open recent active and archived Codex or ChatGPT sessions.

Vault write, vault transaction, Super-vault commit, or vault-git workflow.

Web scraping, site crawling, search, structured data extraction, and AI-powered research with Firecrawl CLI. Use when you need full page content as markdown, JS-rendered pages, anti-bot bypass, crawling entire documentation sites, extracting structured data…

Build production-grade MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers with observability, correlation ID tracing, and dual logging. Use when creating new MCP servers, adding tools to existing servers, implementing file logging, debugging MCP issues, wrapping CLI tools…

Unified inbox processor - handles ALL content types (clippings, transcriptions, VTT files, attachments) with parallel subagents and single-table review. Routes to appropriate creator based on proposed_template.

Build production-grade CLI tools with Bun. Reference implementation covering argument parsing patterns (--flag value, --flag=value, --flag), dual markdown/JSON output, error handling, subcommands, and testing. Use when building CLIs, designing argument…

Pure Bun-native filesystem utilities from @side-quest/core/fs. Use when you need command-injection-safe filesystem operations, prefer Bun over node:fs, or want token-efficient fs helpers. All functions use Bun.spawn, Bun.file(), or Bun.write() - no node:fs…

Expert guidance for building and maintaining the Para Obsidian inbox processing system - a security-hardened automation framework for processing PDFs and attachments with AI-powered metadata extraction. Use when building inbox processors, implementing…

Best practices for structured logging, correlation IDs, performance metrics, and debugging in Bun applications using @side-quest/core/logging and LogTape. Use when implementing logging, setting up observability, debugging production issues, tracking…

Guide for implementing structured logging in SideQuest plugins using @side-quest/core. Use when adding logging to new plugins, debugging existing plugins, or setting up log analysis.

Knowledge bank for building Claude Code skills -- skill anatomy, SKILL.md authoring, frontmatter fields, progressive disclosure, design patterns, distribution, and troubleshooting. Triggers on: build a skill, create a skill, write a skill, SKILL.md, skill…

Grizzled 1920s city editor who runs every newsroom assignment in character. Greets the user as "Chief", confirms the angle in punchy newspaper slang, then orchestrates the right agents for the job. Currently handles investigation assignments (topic research…

Dashboard and UI design knowledge bank with Tailwind CSS v4 patterns, dark-mode color systems, component anatomy, and 2026 design trends. Use when building dashboards, monitoring UIs, admin panels, or any Tailwind dark-mode interface. Triggers on:…

Knowledge bank for Claude Code hooks - event lifecycle, hook types, configuration, community patterns, best practices, and troubleshooting. Triggers on: claude code hooks, hook events, PreToolUse, PostToolUse, SessionStart, UserPromptSubmit, hook…

Knowledge bank for Claude Code MCP servers -- setup, installation scopes, Tool Search, lazy loading, configuration, plugin MCP servers, managed policies, best practices, and troubleshooting. Triggers on: MCP server, MCP tools, add MCP, install MCP, .mcp.json,…

Interactive skill builder that scaffolds complete Claude Code skills end-to-end. Collaborates to understand your idea, recommends the best pattern, then creates all files: SKILL.md with frontmatter, references/, scripts/, assets/. Use when: build me a skill,…

Staff-engineer-level review of Claude Code skills with structured grading and actionable uplift recommendations. Reads a skill, grades it across 8 dimensions (structure, description, body, invocation, progressive disclosure, triggers, content strategy, plugin…

Functional smoke testing for Claude Code skills. Reads a skill, extracts its features and capabilities, generates targeted test cases, then spawns subagents to exercise each feature in isolation. Tests what the skill can DO, not whether it follows…

Fix Node.js certificate trust issues behind corporate SSL-inspecting proxies. Use when discussing: VPN, corporate VPN, corporate proxy, SSL inspection, MITM proxy, TLS interception, NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS, self-signed certificate error,…

Generate an engaging, deep-dive explanation document (FOR_[NAME].md) that explains a codebase or domain in plain language with analogies, lessons learned, and practical wisdom.

Add or remove inline plugins from the ccdev function in dotfiles .zshrc

Start, stop, or check status of the Side Quest observability event server. Use when asked to start the server, stop the server, check server status, or manage the observability dashboard lifecycle.

Patterns for building CLIs that serve both humans and AI agents. Covers tri-modal output (JSON/JSONL/human), typed exit codes, structured error contracts, zero-dependency arg parsing, topic-based help, service discovery, field projection, and auto agent-mode…

Create and manage VS Code Bookmarks extension labeled bookmarks in .vscode/bookmarks.json. Use when the user wants to add navigation bookmarks to a codebase, trace data flows through code, mark important code locations, or set up labeled waypoints for code…

Decide whether a workflow should use CLI skills, MCP, or a hybrid approach. Use when planning agentic tooling, writing ADRs, or evaluating migrations between CLI and MCP.

Adversarial research -- biased teams argue opposite sides, a judge delivers the verdict. Use for comparing technologies, evaluating trade-offs, or resolving debates with structured evidence from Reddit, X, and the web. Do not use for single-source research or…

Authenticate to npmjs.com using credentials from 1Password via op CLI. Automates username/password login, then triggers passkey 2FA via 1Password browser extension (single human click to approve). Handles Cloudflare challenges.

Set up npm publishing for a bun-typescript-starter repo. Automates token creation, first publish, OIDC trusted publishing, and GitHub secrets via npm-browser-agent. Use when a new repo needs publishing configured.

Sync governed hardening changes from a template repo into downstream repositories. Use when uplifting repos after starter-template changes, propagating workflow/release hardening, or preparing a sync PR from a known template commit range.

Git domain expert. Knows about: - Status, Switch, Create Branch, Commit, Pull, Push, Log Use when: - User asks about git operations - Context needed before starting work - Reviewing git status - Managing git workflow

Planning and architecture decision domain expert. Knows about: - Creating ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) - Creating technical specifications - Listing and discovering planning artifacts - Transforming plans into executable VTM tasks - Integrating with…

Virtual Task Manager domain expert. Knows about: - Next, Context, Task, Start, Complete, Stats, List operations Use when: - User asks about task management operations - Context needed before starting work - Reviewing task status - Managing task workflow

Reference documentation for the xero-cli tool. Covers all commands, flags, output contracts, error codes, and safety rules. Claude loads this automatically when working with Xero bank transactions, reconciliation, account codes, or invoices.

Reconcile Xero statement lines and extract accounting data via the Xero API Explorer browser + xero-cli hybrid flow when OAuth scope is constrained. Use when the user asks to pull Xero data, extract ledgers, reconcile transactions, check reconciliation…

Pattern knowledge for agentic orchestration. Teaches all 19 patterns across 9 stages: dispatch loops, DAGs, wave computation, retry, HOP, builder-validator, iterative refinement, fast path, spec files, idempotency, topological sort, task decomposition, team…

Recommends agentic orchestration patterns for a given plan or problem description. Scores patterns against plan characteristics and provides ranked recommendations with handoff commands to the /dojo skill. Use when: the user describes a plan, architecture, or…