| name | discover-engineering |
| description | Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or software engineering practices. Activates for engineering development tasks. |
| license | MIT |
| metadata | {"author":"rand","version":"4.0"} |
| compatibility | Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format. |
Engineering Skills Discovery
Provides automatic access to comprehensive engineering skills.
When This Skill Activates
This skill auto-activates when you're working with:
- engineering practices
- code review
- documentation
- team collaboration
- technical leadership
- Process flows and flowcharts
- Sequence and interaction diagrams
- System architecture and C4 diagrams
- Database schemas and ER diagrams
- Class diagrams and state machines
- Data visualization charts
- Project timelines and Gantt charts
- Git workflows and branching
- Mindmaps and concept hierarchies
- Any Mermaid.js diagram creation
Available Skills
Quick Reference
The Engineering category contains 24 skills across 2 subcategories:
Engineering (16 skills):
Software Development Practices:
- code-review - PR reviews, feedback, automation
- code-quality - SOLID principles, metrics, code smells
- refactoring-patterns - Safe refactoring techniques
- test-driven-development - TDD, red-green-refactor
- domain-driven-design - DDD patterns, bounded contexts
- functional-programming - FP principles, immutability
- design-patterns - GoF patterns, when to use
- technical-debt - Identifying and managing debt
- pair-programming - Pairing techniques, mob programming
- continuous-integration - CI/CD pipelines, deployment
RFC & Documentation:
11. rfc-consensus-building - Stakeholder collaboration
12. rfc-decision-documentation - ADRs, decision tracking
13. rfc-structure-format - RFC templates, formatting
14. rfc-technical-design - Architecture proposals
Plus 2 more in ../engineering/INDEX.md
Diagrams (8 skills): See ../diagrams/INDEX.md
Load Full Category Details
Read ../engineering/INDEX.md
Read ../diagrams/INDEX.md
Progressive Loading
This gateway skill enables progressive loading:
- Level 1: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
- Level 2: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
- Level 3: Load specific skills as needed
Usage Instructions
- Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects engineering work
- Browse skills: Run
Read ../engineering/INDEX.md for full category overview
- Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills
Next Steps: Run Read ../engineering/INDEX.md to see full category details.
