_agent-ontology

Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python (FastMCP) or Node/TypeScript (MCP SDK).

Toolkit for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack, with validators for size constraints and composable animation primitives. This skill applies when users request animated GIFs or emoji animations for Slack from descriptions like "make me a GIF for Slack of X doing Y".

Creating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration. Use this when users request creating art using code, generative art, algorithmic art, flow fields, or particle systems. Create original algorithmic art rather than copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.

Suite of tools for creating elaborate, multi-component Codex.ai HTML artifacts using modern frontend web technologies (React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui). Use for complex artifacts requiring state management, routing, or shadcn/ui components - not for simple single-file HTML/JSX artifacts.

Create beautiful visual art in .png and .pdf documents using design philosophy. You should use this skill when the user asks to create a poster, piece of art, design, or other static piece. Create original visual designs, never copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.

Creates annotated bibliography-style manifests for Codex projects, tracking files, conversation threads, and relationships with unique IDs and annotations. Use when documenting project contents, creating file inventories, tracking conversation history, or building navigable knowledge maps.

Session-end ritual that walks back through plans authored and atoms touched in this session, assigning each a closure status (DONE-NNN, IRF-XXX-NNN, or `~/.Codex/plans/abandoned/`). Verifies git state. Produces CLOSEOUT_SUMMARY.md. Triggers on "/closeout", "close out the session", "end of session", "wrap up", "session close", or before any planned `git push`. Addresses the 90.4% plan-orphan rate documented in docs/evaluation/self-review-2026-05-05/stale-plans-and-orphan-commits.md.

Self-improvement patterns for AI agents to learn from feedback, errors, and successful patterns across sessions

Transfer context between AI agent sessions with structured handoff protocols, state serialization, and decision log preservation. Covers multi-agent coordination, context compression, and continuity patterns. Triggers on agent handoff, session transfer, or multi-agent continuity requests.

Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content. This workflow helps users efficiently transfer context, refine content through iteration, and verify the doc works for readers. Trigger when user mentions writing docs, creating proposals, drafting specs, or similar documentation tasks.

Foundational layer beneath PDE. Governs eight-strata substrate (ontology, lineage, constellation, gap-map, agent-fleet, production-stack, internal-magnet, external-contribution) plus four operators (selfish-altruistic loop, magnetic membrane, portfolio operator, reflexive operator) for any domain a flag pierces — chess, fitness, voodoo, education, design, taxidermy. Pre-instantiates engine reuse via Phase 0 portfolio audit and stretching-rack gap diagnosis.

Guides the creation of a "Minimal Root" home directory using the XDG Base Directory specification and a Bare Git Repository. Manages config separation, secrets, and cross-platform syncing.

Multi-perspective collaborative inquiry. Decomposes a topic into six cognitive lenses (Scope, Logic, Mythos, Bridge, Meta, Pattern) that operate as a chorus rather than a single voice, then synthesizes meta-patterns no single lens could find alone. MANDATORY TRIGGERS: 'expansive inquiry', 'multi-perspective inquiry', 'explore this from every angle', 'six-lens analysis', 'run a chorus on this'. STRONG TRIGGERS: 'help me think through X deeply', 'mythopoetic AND logical analysis'. Do NOT trigger on simple Q&A or failure-focused inquiries — use premortem for those.

A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Codex should use this skill whenever asked to write some sort of internal communications (status reports, leadership updates, 3P updates, company newsletters, FAQs, incident reports, project updates, etc.).

Progressive context retrieval pattern for understanding unfamiliar codebases through iterative refinement

Design knowledge systems using ontological principles—organizing by what things ARE rather than arbitrary hierarchies. Use when structuring personal knowledge bases, designing documentation systems, creating cross-domain linking patterns, building the {OS.me} ecosystem, or architecting information that reveals rather than obscures essential nature. Triggers on knowledge management, documentation architecture, information ontology, or systematic organization of complex domains.

Builds MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and clients for extending AI assistants with custom tools, resources, and prompts.

Configure, deploy, and troubleshoot Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for AI agent workflows. Use when setting up MCP servers, debugging connection issues, managing multi-server configurations, integrating with Codex Desktop/Code/Cowork, or designing custom tool servers. Triggers on MCP configuration, tool server development, Codex integration issues, or agent infrastructure setup.

Deploy, evaluate, and manage Foundry agents end-to-end: Docker build, ACR push, hosted/prompt agent create, container start, batch eval, continuous eval, prompt optimizer workflows, agent.yaml, dataset curation from traces. USE FOR: deploy agent to Foundry, hosted agent, create agent, invoke agent, evaluate agent, run batch eval, continuous eval, continuous monitoring, continuous eval status, optimize prompt, improve prompt, prompt optimizer, optimize agent instructions, improve agent instructions, optimize system prompt, deploy model, Foundry project, RBAC, role assignment, permissions, quota, capacity, region, troubleshoot agent, deployment failure, create dataset from traces, dataset versioning, eval trending, create AI Services, Cognitive Services, create Foundry resource, provision resource, knowledge index, agent monitoring, customize deployment, onboard, availability. DO NOT USE FOR: Azure Functions, App Service, general Azure deploy (use azure-deploy), general Azure prep (use azure-prepare).

Curated bundle of governance and quality skills for ORGANVM ecosystem management. Includes promotion readiness, onboarding flows, stranger testing, repository standards, verification, and coding standards. Use when establishing or auditing governance practices for repositories.

Translate internal markdown artifacts (pitch decks, business plans, research) into per-persona client-facing storefront surfaces in the client's domain language with ELI5/TLDR layers. Sits above Product Domain Engine and 8-Strata Domain Ideal-Whole; invokes voice-enforcement against persona-specific voice_constitution. Triggers on requests for client-facing surfaces, persona-tuned translation, ELI5/TLDR projections, or storefront-style client deliverables. Render is scaffold-and-curate (never auto-publish) to protect client trust.

Advanced PostgreSQL patterns for performance optimization, complex queries, indexing strategies, and database design

Run a premortem on any plan, launch, product, hire, strategy, or decision. Assumes it already failed 6 months from now and works backward to find every reason why. Produces a revised plan with blind spots exposed. MANDATORY TRIGGERS: 'premortem this', 'run a premortem', 'what could kill this', 'future-proof this', 'stress test this plan', 'what am i missing here', 'find the blind spots'. STRONG TRIGGERS: 'poke holes in this', 'devil's advocate this', 'where will this break'. Do NOT trigger on factual questions or LLM Council requests. DO trigger when the cost of being wrong is high.

Assess repository readiness for promotion through governance states (LOCAL, CANDIDATE, PUBLIC_PROCESS, GRADUATED) with structured checklists, quality gates, and evidence requirements. Triggers on promotion assessment, readiness review, or governance state transition requests.

Verify claims in a session/PR/transcript against on-disk reality. Produce a verification report (verified / false-positive / false-negative / partial) with explicit owners. STOP at verification — do not execute remediation without explicit approval.

Onboard new repositories into a managed ecosystem with seed.yaml contracts, CI/CD setup, documentation standards, and governance integration. Covers the full lifecycle from repo creation through promotion readiness. Triggers on new repository setup, repo onboarding, or ecosystem integration requests.

Create a scheduled task that can be run on demand or automatically on an interval. Distills the current session into a self-contained reusable prompt with cronExpression or fireAt, then calls the create_scheduled_task tool. Use when the user wants a recurring or one-time task scheduled — e.g. 'remind me every Friday', 'run this hourly', 'schedule a daily inbox check'.

Comprehensive dramaturgical analysis of screenplays and scripts. Use when asked to analyze, break down, map, or provide feedback on a script. Triggers on requests involving beat mapping, act structure analysis, scene-by-scene breakdown, first-reader reports, production notes, or any comprehensive script coverage. Codex assumes combined roles of aesthete, dramaturgist, narratologist, art historian, cinephile, rhetorician, producer, academic, and first-reader.

Orchestrate multi-skill workflows with prompt-based skill chaining. Define sequential or parallel skill invocations using YAML chain definitions, track progress through chains, and use pre-built chains for development, documentation, and career workflows. Use when coordinating multiple skills for complex tasks.

Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Codex's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.

Test-driven development workflow with comprehensive coverage requirements including unit, integration, and E2E tests

Comprehensive quality verification system for code changes with build, type, lint, test, and security checks

Enforce the Orchestrator Voice Constitution during text generation. Provides voice constraints, anti-pattern awareness, and scoring guidance. Use when writing or reviewing prose-heavy documents (READMEs, design docs, essays, manifestos).

Suite of tools for creating elaborate, multi-component Codex.ai HTML artifacts using modern frontend web technologies (React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui). Use for complex artifacts requiring state management, routing, or shadcn/ui components - not for simple single-file HTML/JSX artifacts.