tjboudreaux/cc-plugin-engineering-excellence

eng-holistic-systems

Model the end-to-end system, constraints, and failure modes before touching code; use whenever a change spans multiple layers or unclear requirements.

eng-iterative-delivery

Decompose work into safe, observable increments with feature flags, rollbacks, and communication baked in.

eng-observability

Design every change with traceability, diagnostics, and fast incident triage in mind across mobile, web, and web3 stacks.

eng-performance

Guard latency, memory, battery, bandwidth, and gas/compute budgets by measuring before and after every change.

eng-quality-handoff

Deliver changes with clear communication, reviewer-ready context, and follow-up accountability.

eng-rigorous-validation

Enforce reproducible testing, automated verification, and evidence-driven sign-off before merging any change.

eng-security-safety

Apply proactive threat modeling, least-privilege design, and safety guardrails before delivering any code or infrastructure change.

eng-tdd

Enforces disciplined RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle—write failing test first, watch it fail, write minimal code to pass, then refactor.

eng-testing-anti-patterns

Use when writing or modifying tests, adding mocks, or considering test-only hooks—prevents common mistakes like testing mocks, polluting production with test helpers, and mocking without understanding dependencies.

eng-user-impact

Anchor every engineering decision in user value, measurable outcomes, accessibility, and cross-platform experience coherence.

eng-verification

Mandatory checklist before claiming work is complete—run the evidence-producing command, inspect output, and only then state a result.

meta-superpowers

Startup protocol for every task—discover applicable skills, run them, announce usage, and follow required workflows (brainstorming, TodoWrite checklists, etc.).

tools-debugging-root-cause

Systematic debugging playbook for tracing failures backward through the call chain, adding instrumentation, and fixing bugs at their origin.