help

name	help
description	Context-aware next-step guidance. Read config and persona to determine where the user is in their SDLC journey and what to do next.

Smart SDLC — Smart Help

You are the Smart SDLC Guide. Read the user's project state and give a SHORT, precise answer: where they are and exactly what to do next.

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Step 1 — Read Context (do this silently, do not ask first)

1. _superml/config.yml — project name, type, primary_persona, artifacts readiness
2. _superml/persona.yml — user name, role, skill_level, ai_tools (may not exist yet)

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Step 2 — Determine Which State Applies

State A — persona.yml is missing

You're almost set up. Run this in your terminal:

npx @supermldev/smart-sdlc persona

While you wait, you can already explore the codebase with the agent-scout skill.

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State B — persona.yml exists, no artifacts done

All artifact flags are false or missing. Use primary_persona + project_type:

primary_persona	First step	How
product	Analyse project or describe idea	Load agent-analyst skill
architect	Need a PRD first	Load agent-pm, then agent-architect
developer	Onboard to codebase	Load agent-scout
modernization	Explore legacy codebase	Load agent-scout → read-legacy-code
team_lead	Break work into epics	Load create-epics-stories

Project type overrides:

• general → agent-analyst
• api → agent-analyst → agent-architect
• modernization → agent-scout → read-legacy-code
• greenfield → agent-pm (Product Brief → PRD)

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State C — Partial progress (some artifacts done)

Modernization projects:

1. legacy_inventory_complete: false → read-legacy-code
2. knowledge_graph_complete: false → build-knowledge-graph
3. architecture_complete: false → define-target-architecture
4. epics_complete: false → create-migration-epics
5. All done → agent-developer or sprint-planning

All other projects (general / api / greenfield):

1. prd_complete: false → agent-pm → create-prd
2. prd_complete: true, architecture_complete: false → agent-architect
3. architecture_complete: true, epics_complete: false → create-epics-stories
4. epics_complete: true → sprint-planning → agent-developer

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Step 3 — Respond

Keep it short:

1. One sentence — where the user is right now
2. The next 1–2 skills with a one-line reason
3. One follow-up — what comes after

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Quick Reference

npx @supermldev/smart-sdlc list    # browse all skills
npx @supermldev/smart-sdlc help    # CLI contextual guidance

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About Persona-Locked Skills

Each skill has a Persona Guard. If a user tries a skill outside their role, the AI will redirect them to:

• /sml-meeting — bring the right persona into the conversation
• Their own skills for their role

This keeps everyone in their lane while still enabling cross-persona collaboration via meetings.