This skill should be used when the user asks to "generate theories", "theorize about", "what theories explain", "form scientific theories", "literature-driven theories", "hypothesize", "form hypotheses", "generate hypotheses", "what hypotheses explain", "run…
Show the user the agent's work on a research project and save iterations on the user's behalf. Scaffold rendering and deploy infrastructure (Quarto today, GitHub Pages, dev container), show the rendered output, save iterations. Doesn't handle research…
Install or update the `asta` CLI to the version pinned by this plugin. Invoke whenever `asta` is not on PATH (e.g. `command not found` for `asta`) or when a subcommand/flag appears missing — that signals a stale install needing an update.
Interview the user about their experience with the Asta plugins and tools, write a narrative feedback report, and submit it (with optional supporting files) to the Asta team for analysis. Use when the user wants to "give feedback", "send feedback to the Asta…
Converse with the user to identify the next most productive units of work for the current project, and record them in project.md under Pending Work. Use when the user wants to plan what to work on next, or when there is no project.md yet.
Execute the approved plan in work/<slug>/README.md (status ready), write outputs into work/<slug>/data/, record what happened in the Results section, then hand off to review-work. Use when there is a ready work item.
Write a detailed, executable plan for a single unit of work, then get it approved by review-plan. Updates work/<slug>/README.md with concrete instructions and sets status to ready (or needs-input if review repeatedly rejects).
Critic skill. Given a plan in work/<slug>/README.md (status pending-review), check that the steps are concrete, the tools are appropriate, and the plan is realistic. Write a verdict and feedback back into the README.