Query forge's live, always-fresh code map — a dependency graph of the repo with god-nodes, modules, and neighbors/impact (blast-radius) queries. Use before editing to know what depends on a file, to find the most-depended-on hotspots, to map an unfamiliar codebase's architecture, or whenever you need current structural context instead of guessing.
Build an accurate mental map of unfamiliar code before changing it. Use when starting work in a codebase or area you don't know well, before editing code whose ripple effects you can't predict, or when the user asks how something works or where something lives.
Design the shape of a non-trivial module, API, or system before implementing it. Use when a design decision has more than one reasonable answer, when introducing a new abstraction or interface, or when getting the shape wrong would be expensive to undo.
Turn a vague idea into an approved, written spec before any code is written. Use before building a feature, adding functionality, or changing behavior — whenever the work is more than a trivial mechanical edit and the requirements aren't already pinned down.
Find the root cause of a bug, test failure, or performance regression before proposing any fix. Use the moment something is broken, throwing, failing, flaky, or slower than expected — and resist the urge to patch first.
Build or redesign frontend UI that doesn't look templated or AI-generated. Use when creating components, pages, landing pages, or restyling existing UI — before writing CSS/markup, and before shipping any visual work.
Measure non-deterministic behavior — LLM features, agents, prompts, or a skill itself — with repeatable evals instead of one-shot checks. Use when building or tuning AI/LLM functionality (ranking, extraction, generation, agent loops), when a feature could pass once by luck, or when validating that a prompt or skill actually changes behavior.
Distill durable "instincts" (trigger → action patterns) from this session into project-scoped memory that auto-loads at the start of future sessions in this repo. Use when the user asks you to learn or remember a workflow pattern, after solving something non-obvious worth not re-deriving, at the end of a productive session, or when invoked directly.