tgd-router

name	tgd-router
description	Discovers and invokes agent skills. Use when starting a session or when you need to discover which skill applies to the current task. This is the meta-skill that governs how all other skills are discovered and invoked.

Using tGD

First, load the tgd-rules skill. It is the core rules — the Verification Iron Law, the per-phase tone, the Command Closing Report, and the human sign-off protocol — and it governs every phase. This router is injected at session start; loading tgd-rules from here is how the rules reliably enter context (there is no separate hook that injects them).

Overview

tGD is a collection of engineering workflow skills organized by development phase. Each skill encodes a specific process that senior engineers follow. This meta-skill helps you discover and apply the right skill for your current task.

Skill Discovery

When a task arrives, identify the development phase and apply the corresponding skill:

Task arrives
    │
    ├── Don't know what you want yet? ──────→ tgd-interview-me
    ├── Have a rough concept, need variants? → tgd-idea-refine
    ├── New project/feature/change? ──→ tgd-spec-driven-development
    │   └── UI feature? Mock variants → tgd-sketch
    ├── Have a spec, need tasks? ──────→ tgd-planning-and-task-breakdown
    │   └── Want Jira tickets from TASKS.md? → tgd-jira-auto-sync
    ├── Implementing code? ────────────→ tgd-incremental-implementation
    │   ├── Multi-task plan / high-stakes path? → tgd-subagent-driven-development
    │   ├── UI work? ─────────────────→ tgd-frontend-ui-engineering
    │   ├── API work? ────────────────→ tgd-api-and-interface-design
    │   ├── Need better context? ─────→ tgd-context-engineering
    │   ├── Need doc-verified code? ───→ tgd-source-driven-development
    │   └── Stakes high / unfamiliar code? ──→ tgd-doubt-driven-development
    ├── Writing/running tests? ────────→ tgd-test-driven-development
    │   └── Browser-based? ───────────→ tgd-agent-browser
    ├── Something broke? ──────────────→ tgd-debugging-and-error-recovery
    ├── About to claim "done"? ────────→ tgd-verification-before-completion
    ├── Reviewing code? ───────────────→ tgd-code-review-and-quality
    │   ├── Works but overly complex? → tgd-code-simplification
    │   ├── Security concerns? ───────→ tgd-security-and-hardening
    │   └── Performance concerns? ────→ tgd-performance-optimization
    ├── Committing/branching? ─────────→ tgd-git-workflow-and-versioning
    ├── CI/CD pipeline work? ──────────→ tgd-ci-cd-and-automation
    ├── Writing docs/ADRs? ───────────→ tgd-documentation-and-adrs
    ├── Removing/migrating old systems? → tgd-deprecation-and-migration
    └── Deploying/launching? ─────────→ tgd-shipping-and-launch