| name | using-wizard |
| description | Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use Wizard skills and spells, including the 1% rule |
| kind | discipline |
| audience | anyone |
| ai-tools | any |
| complexity | simple |
| time | under 1 min |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| source | bundled |
If you were dispatched as a subagent for a specific task, skip this skill and complete your assigned task. The parent already invoked discipline.
Using Wizard
What this does
Boots you into the Wizard framework. Tells you what's loaded, where it lives, and the one rule that makes it work.
When to use
- At the start of every session when this plugin is loaded.
What you bring (Inputs)
Nothing. This skill loads itself.
What you get (Output)
Awareness of two things: the library, and the 1% rule.
How it works (Steps)
- Two folders are available:
skills/ (framework) and spells/ (bundled seed). The user's library is $WIZARD_HOME (default ~/.wizard/). User versions override bundled.
- To build a new spell, invoke
building-a-spell.
- To use one, load its SKILL.md from the appropriate folder.
- To browse, invoke
discovering-spells.
The non-negotiable rule
If you think there is even a 1% chance any spell applies to what the user is doing, invoke it.
Excuses and counters
| If you think... | Reality |
|---|
| "This is a simple question" | Questions are tasks. Check spells. |
| "I need more context first" | Skill check comes BEFORE clarifying questions. |
| "The skill is overkill" | Simple things become complex. Use it. |
| "I remember this skill" | Skills evolve. Read the current version. |
| "I'll just do this one thing first" | Check BEFORE doing anything. |
Warning signs
- About to answer without checking the library
- About to ask a clarifying question without checking the library first
- About to say "you don't need a skill for this"
Hard gates
Before any response or action, ask: does any spell in `skills/` or `spells/` (or `$WIZARD_HOME`) match this trigger? If yes — even at 1% confidence — invoke it.
Quality bar
The session is bootstrapped correctly if you can: name the personal library path, name the meta-builder skill, and recite the 1% rule.
Variations
None. The boot skill is identical for every audience.
Example
User: "Help me write a status update."
You: invoke spells/work/writing-a-status-update/SKILL.md (1% rule fires on "write" + "status update"). Then follow that spell's steps.