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Systematic testing of code variations, edge cases, boundary conditions, and alternative implementations. This skill provides methodologies and tools for exhaustive testing including input permutation, code path analysis, mutation testing, and implementation alternatives. Use when ensuring code robustness through comprehensive test coverage or when exploring edge cases and boundary conditions.

Specialized skill for MLX-based LLM fine-tuning on Apple Silicon. This skill should be used when working with LoRA fine-tuning, model conversion from HuggingFace to MLX format, adapter management, hyperparameter tuning, memory optimization, and benchmarking on M1/M2/M3/M4 chips.

You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.

Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies

n8n workflow development patterns, testing, validation, and best practices for building composable webhook workflows

Transforms workflow to use Manus-style persistent markdown files for planning, progress tracking, and knowledge storage. Use when starting complex tasks, multi-step projects, research tasks, or when the user mentions planning, organizing work, tracking progress, or wants structured output.

Use UV for Python dependency management. Use when setting up Python projects, creating Dockerfiles for Python apps, or managing dependencies & `pyproject.toml` files. UV provides deterministic resolution, speed, and reproducibility.

Convert PRDs to beads for ralph-tui execution. Creates an epic with child beads for each user story. Use when you have a PRD and want to use ralph-tui with beads as the task source. Triggers on: create beads, convert prd to beads, beads for ralph, ralph beads.

Convert PRDs to prd.json format for ralph-tui execution. Creates JSON task files with user stories, acceptance criteria, and dependencies. Triggers on: create prd.json, convert to json, ralph json, create json tasks.

Generate a Product Requirements Document (PRD) for ralph-tui task orchestration. Creates PRDs with user stories that can be converted to beads issues or prd.json for automated execution. Triggers on: create a prd, write prd for, plan this feature, requirements for, spec out.

Systematic workflow for extracting complete, unambiguous specifications from incomplete or ambiguous inputs. Orchestrates question-driven elicitation, multi-stakeholder analysis, and systematic completeness verification. Use when gathering requirements, reviewing specs, or when facing unclear stakeholder intent.

Apply TDD methodology with Red-Green-Refactor cycle. Use when implementing features, fixing bugs, or when user says "TDD", "test first", "test-driven". Ensures code quality through disciplined test-first development.

Standardized tool set definitions for Claude Code agents ensuring consistent tool access across similar agent types

Scan conductor/ directory for project direction, workflows, and task planning when present

Systematic framework for extracting actionable items from documents and organizing them into prioritized, trackable checklists. Use when converting reports, meeting notes, audits, or any document with embedded action items into structured TODO lists.

Agile ceremonies and sprint management specialist. Use when running standups, retrospectives, sprint planning, or tracking sprint progress.

Remove AI-generated code slop from branches. Use after AI-assisted coding sessions to clean up defensive bloat, unnecessary comments, type casts, and style inconsistencies. Focuses on identifying and removing AI artifacts that degrade code quality.

Claude Code hooks configuration specialist. Use when creating hooks for tool validation, logging, notifications, or custom automation in Claude Code.

Comprehensive toolkit for developing with the CocoIndex library. Use when users need to create data transformation pipelines (flows), write custom functions, or operate flows via CLI or API. Covers building ETL workflows for AI data processing, including embedding documents into vector databases, building knowledge graphs, creating search indexes, or processing data streams with incremental updates.

Automatically find relevant context from knowledge graph and code relationships while coding. Detects when context would be helpful (new files, unfamiliar code, architectural decisions) and surfaces related entities, prior decisions, and code dependencies.

Expert code review specialist for quality, security, and maintainability. Use when reviewing code changes, ensuring high development standards, or conducting security audits. Provides actionable feedback organized by priority.

CLI command development specialist. Use when creating commands, designing argument parsing, automating tasks, or implementing CLI best practices. Specializes in command design patterns and user experience.

SQL query optimization and database performance specialist. Use when optimizing slow queries, fixing N+1 problems, designing indexes, implementing caching, or improving database performance. Works with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other databases.

Detects and safely removes unused code (imports, functions, classes) across multiple languages. Use after refactoring, when removing features, or before production deployment. Includes safety checks and validation.

Comprehensive debugging specialist for errors, test failures, log analysis, and system problems. Use when encountering issues, analyzing error logs, investigating system anomalies, debugging production issues, analyzing stack traces, or identifying root causes. Combines general debugging workflows with error pattern detection and log analysis.

Dependency management specialist. Use when updating dependencies, scanning for vulnerabilities, analyzing dependency trees, or ensuring license compliance. Handles npm, pip, maven, and other package managers.

Developer Experience specialist for tooling, setup, and workflow optimization. Use when setting up projects, reducing friction, improving development workflows, or automating repetitive tasks. Focuses on making development joyful and productive.

Comprehensive documentation specialist covering API documentation, technical writing, design documentation, migration guides, and changelog generation. Use when creating OpenAPI/Swagger specs, generating SDKs, writing user guides, creating README files, documenting architecture, writing design specs, creating ADRs, writing migration guides, or generating changelogs from git commits. Handles versioning, examples, developer experience, and user-facing documentation.

Generate descriptive commit messages by analyzing git diffs. Use when the user asks for help writing commit messages or reviewing staged changes.

Git workflow and pull request specialist. Use when creating PRs, managing branches, establishing git conventions, or improving code review processes.

Jira Cloud integration for issue management and search. This skill should be used when working with Jira tickets, searching issues with JQL, creating or updating issues, adding comments, or transitioning issue status. Covers REST API v3 and Jira Query Language.

Identifies high-quality leads for your product or service by analyzing your business, searching for target companies, and providing actionable contact strategies. Perfect for sales, business development, and marketing professionals.

Meta-cognitive reasoning specialist for evidence-based analysis, hypothesis testing, and cognitive failure prevention. Use when conducting reviews, making assessments, debugging complex issues, or any task requiring rigorous analytical reasoning. Prevents premature conclusions, assumption-based errors, and pattern matching without verification.

n8n workflow automation patterns and API integration. This skill should be used when creating n8n workflows, using webhooks, managing workflows via REST API, or integrating n8n with MCP servers. Covers workflow JSON structure, node patterns, and automation best practices.

Comprehensive performance specialist covering analysis, optimization, load testing, and framework-specific performance. Use when identifying bottlenecks, optimizing code, conducting load tests, analyzing Core Web Vitals, fixing memory leaks, or improving application performance across all layers (application, database, frontend). Includes React-specific optimization patterns.

Python scripting with uv and PEP 723 inline dependencies. Use when creating standalone Python scripts with automatic dependency management.

Security auditing and vulnerability assessment specialist. Use when conducting security reviews, analyzing code for vulnerabilities, performing OWASP assessments, or creating security audit reports.

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 Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.

Technical spike and research investigation specialist. Use when exploring options for a technical decision, conducting timeboxed investigations, or evaluating technology choices.

Comprehensive testing specialization covering test strategy, automation, TDD methodology, test writing, and web app testing. Use when setting up test infrastructure, writing tests, implementing TDD workflows, analyzing coverage, integrating tests into CI/CD, or testing web applications with Playwright. Framework-agnostic approach with framework-specific guidance via reference files.