Save and mutate workflow state — init a workflow, update fields, transition phases, and capture a structured handoff before context exhaustion. Use when the user says 'save progress', 'checkpoint', 'I need to stop', or runs /checkpoint. Writes current workflow phase, task progress, and artifacts to the event store for later resumption. Do NOT use for restoring/reading state after a session break (that is /rehydrate) or for workflow initialization framing handled by ideate/debug/refactor commands.

2026-07-1745

dogfood

lvlup-sw/exarchos

Review failed Exarchos MCP tool calls from the current session, diagnose root causes, and categorize into code bug, documentation issue, or user error. Use when the user says 'dogfood', 'review failures', 'what went wrong', 'triage errors', or runs /dogfood. Scopes exclusively to Exarchos tools (exarchos_workflow, exarchos_event, exarchos_orchestrate, exarchos_view, exarchos_sync). Do NOT use for debugging application code or non-Exarchos tool failures.

2026-07-1745

invariants

lvlup-sw/exarchos

Guided authoring of an architectural invariant catalog entry through a 6-step interview (elicit, locate, weight, enforce, number, commit). Drives the invariants_scaffold and invariants_add orchestrate verbs — the agent supplies judgment and natural-language elicitation; the verbs own schema validation, file writing, and event emission. Defaults to mode: audit; mode: check is an advanced opt-in. Triggers: 'add an invariant', 'author an invariant', 'enforce an architectural rule', or invariants. Do NOT use for: editing workflow state, running a review, or hand-writing YAML (the verbs write it — never emit catalog YAML yourself).

2026-07-1745

merge-orchestrator

lvlup-sw/exarchos

The composed executor that lands a subagent worktree branch onto an integration branch with preflight + recorded recovery point. For a shared integration branch route through `serialize_merge` (the single-writer lease that composes this action); invoke `merge_orchestrate` directly only for a non-integration merge or when you already hold the lease. Triggers: operator (or `next_actions`) surfaces the merge verb via Exarchos MCP. Local git operation — NOT remote PR merging (that is `merge_pr`).

2026-07-1745

plan

lvlup-sw/exarchos

Decompose the unified docs/specs/ artifact into parallelizable tasks — the ## Decomposition section of the same document whose ## Design & Rationale section holds the DR-N source. Triggers: 'plan implementation', 'create tasks from spec', or /plan. Applies the verification ladder: verification depth matches each task's blast radius — static analysis for low-risk tasks, scoped tests plus a kill-probe for medium, the integration suite on top for high-risk surfaces (judged test-after, not test-first ordering). Auto-chained from /ideate, or run directly to author the whole unified spec at thin/standard depth. Do NOT use for brainstorming, debugging, or code review.

2026-07-1745

delegate

lvlup-sw/exarchos

Dispatch implementation tasks to agent teammates in git worktrees. Triggers: 'delegate', 'dispatch tasks', 'assign work', or /delegate. Spawns teammates, creates worktrees, monitors progress. Supports --fixes flag. Do NOT use for single-file changes or polish-track refactors.

2026-07-1345

name	valid-skill
description	A valid skill used for testing frontmatter validation. Do NOT use for production workflows.
metadata	{"author":"test","version":"1.0","category":"testing"}

name	valid-skill
description	A valid skill used for testing frontmatter validation. Do NOT use for production workflows.
metadata	{"author":"test","version":"1.0","category":"testing"}