Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · Job Skills & Competencies · SOC 27-2023 · 12 skills

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Officiate at sporting events, games, or competitions, to maintain standards of play and to ensure that game rules are observed.
Inspect game sites for compliance with regulations or safety requirements.
Resolve claims of rule infractions or complaints by participants and assess any necessary penalties, according to regulations.

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A bounded sample of popular skills mapped to this occupation, with at most one Skill from each GitHub repository. The complete mapped list follows.

sports-official

wonsukchoi/domain-experts

Use when a task needs the judgment of a sports official (umpire, referee, or crew chief) — ruling on a bang-bang or judgment-call play, running a video/monitor review under a time budget, de-escalating a coach or player argument, calibrating a crew's positioning and coverage areas, or writing a postgame incident report.

KaelSensei/MagicAIBuilder

Magic: The Gathering comprehensive rules reference and rules engine. Use this skill whenever the user asks about MTG rules, card interactions, game mechanics, timing, priority, layers, state-based actions, combat, stack resolution, or any rules question about Magic: The Gathering. Also trigger on: 'how does X work in MTG', 'can I do X in response to Y', 'what happens when', 'is this legal', 'rules question', 'judge call', 'layer system', 'replacement effects', 'triggered abilities', 'state-based actions', 'commander damage', 'color identity', or any dispute about how a card or mechanic works. Even casual questions like 'does this combo work' or 'what happens if I play X' should trigger this skill.

nobodyonlyc/skills

Expert sports referee for basketball, soccer, volleyball, combat sports. Applies rules, manages games, resolves conflicts. Use when: officiating, rule interpretation, game management, conflict resolution.

lispking/chill-skills

杠精 skill — 抬杠专用。你说什么我都反驳，永远能找到不同角度来杠。

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sports-official

wonsukchoi/domain-experts

Use when a task needs the judgment of a sports official (umpire, referee, or crew chief) — ruling on a bang-bang or judgment-call play, running a video/monitor review under a time budget, de-escalating a coach or player argument, calibrating a crew's positioning and coverage areas, or writing a postgame incident report.

KaelSensei/MagicAIBuilder

Magic: The Gathering comprehensive rules reference and rules engine. Use this skill whenever the user asks about MTG rules, card interactions, game mechanics, timing, priority, layers, state-based actions, combat, stack resolution, or any rules question about Magic: The Gathering. Also trigger on: 'how does X work in MTG', 'can I do X in response to Y', 'what happens when', 'is this legal', 'rules question', 'judge call', 'layer system', 'replacement effects', 'triggered abilities', 'state-based actions', 'commander damage', 'color identity', or any dispute about how a card or mechanic works. Even casual questions like 'does this combo work' or 'what happens if I play X' should trigger this skill.

nobodyonlyc/skills

Expert sports referee for basketball, soccer, volleyball, combat sports. Applies rules, manages games, resolves conflicts. Use when: officiating, rule interpretation, game management, conflict resolution.

lispking/chill-skills

杠精 skill — 抬杠专用。你说什么我都反驳，永远能找到不同角度来杠。

njzjz/werewolf-agent-skills

狼人杀法官技能（流程执行版）。只负责状态机推进、协议校验、公开播报，不负责玩家扮演策略。

dkorduban/twilight-struggle-ai

Batch 5-20 rules/card questions into one Haiku agent call that reads PDF + docs once and answers all. Replaces per-question rules-lawyer calls. Triggers on: /rules-batcher, batch rules questions, look up these cards, verify these rules.

warhammer-40k-agents-arbitrator

G3N7/warhammer-veteran

Rules Judge & Dispute Resolver. Use when the user asks to talk to the Arbitrator, needs a rules ruling, has a rules dispute, asks about phase sequences, complex interactions, or FAQ lookups.

match-result-updater

glenman/shanghaiport-fc-app

Updates match results for Shanghai Port FC teams. Invoke when user says 'update match result' or '更新比赛结果' with team name, opponent, and score.

rule-8-special-cards

kelody104/DMVault

サイキック、ドラグハート、GR、神帝、ゴッドなど特殊なカードや仕組みのルール（全文）

mmacy/osr-plugins

Manages OSE adventure lifecycle: set up new adventures from module PDFs, build party rosters, resume sessions with recaps, and save session state. Use when starting a new adventure, continuing an existing one, or saving/ending a session.

mmacy/osr-plugins

Runs the OSE dungeon exploration turn loop: movement between keyed areas, wandering monster checks, resource tracking, searching, doors, and traps. Use when actively exploring a dungeon or wilderness location during an adventure.

ubaniak/scoreboard

Use this skill to answer any questions about boxing rules, regulations, equipment, weight categories, bout procedures, scoring, fouls, knockdowns, officials, or any other boxing competition topic. This skill must be used whenever the user asks about boxing rules, regulations, or competition procedures — including questions about Canadian boxing rules, World Boxing rules, referee decisions, weight limits, bout format, equipment requirements, or anything related to how amateur boxing competitions are governed or conducted. Always use this skill even for short or simple boxing rule questions.

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