Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes - four-phase framework with built-in backward tracing for deep-stack failures, ensuring root-cause understanding before implementation
Turn the current session into a coordination thread that routes per-branch implementation work to durable, reusable child agents. Use when the user says 'orchestrator on', wants this session to act as chief-of-staff across branches, or asks to route work without implementing locally.
Test-driven development with red-green-refactor loop. Use when user wants to build features or fix bugs using TDD, mentions "red-green-refactor", wants integration tests, or asks for test-first development.
Adversarial questioning and collaborative shaping in one skill. Two modes: stress-test (challenge a plan/design until gaps surface) and shape (iterate on requirements and solution options until alignment). Use when user says 'grill me', 'stress-test this', 'challenge this plan', 'shape this', 'let's explore options', or wants to pressure-test any design before committing.
Compact the current session into a handoff document for another agent or future session to pick up. Captures mission, repo state, role, scope, locked decisions, dispatch sequence, and a pickup checklist. Studio-aware. Use when pausing work, ending a session, switching contexts, or preparing for a fresh agent to continue.
Initialize a new project with PROJECT.md + ROADMAP.md in .project/, set up jira and studio, and route to the first sprint. Use when starting a new project, onboarding a new codebase, or setting up workflow infrastructure for the first time.
Use when a user completes a phase, sprint, milestone, or meaningful unit of work and needs a retrospective. Also triggers on `/retro` command. Generates honest, structured retrospectives from available project data (GSD planning files, git history, GitHub PRs/issues, user input). Adapts to any project — GSD-managed, plain git repos, GitHub-heavy workflows, or unstructured projects. Jira-aware: detects `.jira/` and redirects per-sprint retros to `/jira:retro` (the plugin owns the tight coupling to CONTEXT.md/VERIFICATION.md). Produces phase retrospectives, cumulative summaries, and stakeholder reports.
Fan out work to parallel sub-agents with worktree isolation. Reads a plan, scope list, or inline description, breaks it into waves of independently-dispatchable units, and orchestrates execution. The orchestrator never implements — it coordinates. Use when user says 'spawn', 'fan out', 'parallelize this', 'orchestrate', or has multiple independent tasks to dispatch.