NZ-life-skills

Build and maintain a source-grounded shortlist of New Zealand PhD supervisors, combining official university profile details, research-fit signals, supervision accreditation where available, and clearly labelled student-submitted mentoring anecdotes. Use when Codex needs to collect, compare, update, or answer questions about potential doctoral supervisors in New Zealand while avoiding unsupported reputational claims.

Create or update skills inside the NZ Life Skills repository while keeping package docs, manifests, and bundle-level agent indexes in sync. Use when Codex needs to add a new repository skill, update an existing skill's package metadata, register a skill in docs/skills.json and docs/bundles.json, refresh docs/.well-known/agent-skills/*, or keep README and docs pages aligned with the repository's bundle structure. Triggers include requests like "add a new skill to this repo", "update all affected indexes and manifests", "register this skill in NZ-life-skills", or "use the add-skill-template workflow".

Guide users on when New Zealand Justice of the Peace services can help with certified copies, witnessed signatures, statutory declarations, affidavits, affirmations, and ordinary certified-document requests, then help find nearby JP contact details from official sources. Use when users ask whether they can use a JP, 太平绅士, certified true copy, witnessed signature, statutory declaration, affidavit, affirmation, or certified document for common New Zealand life admin. Verify current official sources before giving local JP locations, service desk hours, or policy-sensitive boundaries.

Build and tailor a pre-departure checklist for Chinese students heading to New Zealand for undergraduate, master's, or PhD study. Use when Codex needs to organize what to pack, what documents to print, payment and phone setup, electronics and adapters, optional kitchen or office items, and last-mile departure reminders for NZ study abroad. Triggers include "新西兰留学行李", "NZ 留学 checklist", "赴新留学出发前准备", "新西兰留学带什么", or similar requests.

Answer questions about New Zealand Kiwi Access Card eligibility, online versus in-person application, required documents, fees, processing times, and form interpretation. Use when Codex needs to explain Kiwi Access Card rules from AA, Kiwi Access official pages, or the official PDF form, especially for international students, overseas passport holders, or users asking whether they can apply and how. For any request involving current policy, latest rules, current fees, or live application support, verify against official websites first before answering and update the skill references if the policy has changed.

Explain how international students and new arrivals can open and use a New Zealand bank account, including common document requirements, branch versus online opening, proof-of-address questions, and first-week setup tasks such as EFTPOS, debit cards, transfers, and linking payroll. Use when Codex needs to answer practical banking setup questions in New Zealand. For current account types, fees, bank-specific onboarding rules, or product comparisons, verify the latest official bank pages first and update the skill reference if information has changed.

Explain how international students and new arrivals can access healthcare in New Zealand, including GPs, urgent care, pharmacies, student health services, medical registration basics, and how to decide where to go for common non-emergency issues. Use when Codex needs to answer practical healthcare-access questions for daily life in New Zealand. For current eligibility, pricing, clinic availability, enrolment rules, and emergency or urgent-care instructions, verify the latest official health or provider sources first and update the skill reference if information has changed.

Explain how to apply for and use a New Zealand IRD number, including eligibility, required identity documents, tax setup, and common first-arrival questions for international students and new migrants. Use when Codex needs to answer IRD number questions, compare online versus manual application paths, explain what documents are usually needed, or help a user understand post-approval setup such as tax codes and linking the IRD number to employment or banking. For any current rule, official form, timing, or fee question, verify the latest Inland Revenue guidance first and update the skill reference if policy has changed.

Explain how new arrivals in New Zealand can choose and activate mobile service, including prepaid versus plan, SIM versus eSIM, airport setup, top-up, data usage, number portability, and common student tradeoffs. Use when Codex needs to answer NZ mobile setup questions for international students or visitors. For current carrier pricing, coverage details, promotions, eSIM support, or plan recommendations, verify the latest official carrier pages first and update the skill reference if information has changed.

Explain how to start using public transport in New Zealand cities, including transport cards, local transit apps, airport-to-city setup, fare basics, student concessions, and city-specific differences such as Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. Use when Codex needs to help a user get around after arrival or compare transport setup steps by city. For current fares, concession rules, app names, and card availability, verify the latest official local transport authority sources first and update the skill reference if information has changed.

Explain the basics of renting in New Zealand for international students, including common application documents, flatting versus renting, bond and rent expectations, tenancy setup, move-in checks, and practical first-week housing questions. Use when Codex needs to help a user understand rental setup, compare housing paths, or read tenancy-related documents. For any current legal rule, notice period, bond handling detail, or official tenancy process, verify the latest official government tenancy guidance first and update the skill reference if information has changed.

New Zealand travel planning skill — use this whenever someone wants to plan a road trip or multi-day trip in New Zealand, especially in the Auckland Northland / Bay of Islands region. Triggers when the user mentions visiting NZ attractions (Cape Reinga, Bay of Islands, Paihia, Kerikeri, Whangarei, Matakana, Ninety Mile Beach, Te Paki Sand Dunes, Waitangi, etc.), asks for NZ accommodation recommendations or Airbnb searches, wants a NZ itinerary or travel guide, or asks about booking tours and activities in New Zealand. Even if the user just says "help me plan a trip to New Zealand" or "I'm going to Auckland and want to explore north", use this skill.

Improve the discoverability of a GitHub repository for search engines, GitHub users, and AI agents by auditing repository metadata, README structure, docs pages, GitHub Pages setup, community health files, and agent-friendly index files such as llms.txt. Use when Codex needs to help a user promote a repository, make it easier to discover on the web, improve GitHub Pages visibility, or make a skills or docs repository easier for agents to parse and reuse.

Universal travel planning skill for multi-day road trips and city-hopping itineraries anywhere in the world. Use this whenever someone wants to plan a trip to any country or city, find accommodation (Airbnb or hotels) with real-time availability checking, build a day-by-day itinerary, research and book tours or activities, or get a complete clickable travel guide they can use to book everything. Triggers on any travel planning request such as "help me plan a trip to Japan", "road trip in Europe", "weekend in Sydney", "best things to do in Iceland", "find me an Airbnb in Barcelona", or Chinese requests like planning trips to Thailand, Japan, Australia, etc. Even if the user just describes destinations without asking explicitly for a plan, use this skill. Has deep built-in knowledge for New Zealand Northland (references/nz-northland.md) and accumulates examples from past plans.