zdx

Create a ship-first (ship-shaped) implementation plan with demoable MVP phases. Use when a user asks for an implementation plan, MVP plan, shipping plan, or wants to break down a feature into incremental, demoable phases. Emphasizes user journey order and daily-usable increments over polished completeness.

Cut a new zdx release. Use when the user asks to release, cut a release, ship a version, publish a build, bump the version, or generate release notes / changelog for zdx. Orchestrates version bump, changelog, and dispatching the manual GitHub Release workflow.

Add, update, or remove models and providers in the zdx LLM registry. Use when the user asks to add a new model, add a new provider, update model pricing or context limits, regenerate default models/config, or says things like "add support for X model", "add the new Y provider", "update pricing for Z", "regenerate models", or "run models update".

Explore options and pick a direction before committing to a goal or plan. Use when the user wants to think through approaches, weigh trade-offs, or decide between alternatives — not yet ready to define success criteria or slice work. Hard rule: no code, files, or implementation until the user explicitly approves a direction.

Shape a fuzzy intention into a concrete, measurable goal with explicit success evidence before starting work. Use when the user asks to define a goal, clarify success criteria, sharpen an objective, or turn "make X better" into something verifiable. Useful as a quick pre-step before planning, debugging, performance work, research, or operations work.

Use for memory-related tasks: saved notes, factual questions that may already be documented, and saving durable information. Prefer Memory_Search and Memory_Get for discovery; use this skill for routing, note-saving, and filing conventions.

Create, edit, validate, and test ZDX automations stored in `$ZDX_HOME/automations/*.md`. Use when users ask to add or modify automation files, recurring jobs, scheduled prompts, or YAML-frontmatter automation definitions.

Generate and edit images. Outputs PNG files. Use when the user wants any visual creative output, an image generated from a description, or wants to modify an existing image in any way — editing, transforming, or adding visual elements.

Create or update a skill (a SKILL.md-format module that extends an agent's capabilities). Use when the user wants to make a new skill, refactor an existing one, capture a repeatable workflow as auto-invoked guidance, or says "create a skill for X", "turn this into a skill", or "update the X skill". Works for any SKILL.md target (zdx, Anthropic Claude apps, etc.) and covers skill-vs-alternatives choice, frontmatter rules, save locations, per-step structure, and the draft-then-confirm-then-write flow.

Use only when the user explicitly asks for deep research.