# query-helper

This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a quick plan", "draft a plan", "capture this idea", "plan this feature", or wants a lightweight plan without full feature planning. Creates concise plans in backlog/plans/ for later expansion.

Quick start guide for new product development

Compress macOS screen recordings with zero CPU stress using Apple Silicon's hardware HEVC encoder. Typically reduces file size 70-90% while staying visually lossless. Computer stays silent during encoding.

Picks random winners from lists, spreadsheets, or Google Sheets for giveaways, raffles, and contests. Ensures fair, unbiased selection with transparency.

Picks random winners from lists, spreadsheets, or Google Sheets for giveaways, raffles, and contests. Ensures fair, unbiased selection with transparency.

Picks random winners from lists, spreadsheets, or Google Sheets for giveaways, raffles, and contests. Ensures fair, unbiased selection with transparency.

Rails code patterns and conventions following rubocop-rails-omakase style.

Read your daily Working Memory briefing to understand current context. Contains active focus areas, priorities, unresolved flags, and recent knowledge changes. Load this automatically at the beginning of sessions for cross-tool continuity.

Identifies code smells and provides step-by-step refactoring recipes. Use when improving legacy code maintainability or teaching students how to apply Clean Code and SOLID principles.

Self-improving meta-skill that learns from user corrections and updates the TARGET PROJECT's skill files. Only runs when user explicitly says "reflect". Commits all skill updates to Git.

GitHub releases command center -- create, edit, and manage releases and their binary assets entirely from the editor. Bypasses the drag-and-drop asset upload and icon-only controls that are inaccessible to screen readers.

Analyzes ideas and extracts functional and non-functional requirements. Use when breaking down concepts into specific, measurable requirements. Identifies what needs to be built, constraints, and success criteria.

Explore codebase and gather context about a topic or area

Use when building context-dependent animations - duration that changes based on device, distance, user preference, or interaction context

Facilitate a structured sprint retrospective — what went well, what didn't, and prioritized action items with owners and deadlines. Use when running a retrospective, reflecting on a sprint, creating action items from team feedback, or learning how to run effective retros.

Use when animation needs musical flow—dance sequences, action choreography, comedic timing, scene pacing, or any motion that should feel rhythmic and well-composed over time.

Prevents destructive Git operations by requiring backup and confirmation. Blocks git reset --hard, git push --force on main, git clean -fd. Requires backup before git checkout, git reset, git rebase. Activate on any destructive git command.

# Mastermind Satellite - Read Project Context

Creates the CDK TypeScript infrastructure project alongside the existing app. Use when setting up infrastructure or the CDK project.

Create exercise directory structures with sections, problems, solutions, and explainers that pass linting. Use when user wants to scaffold exercises, create exercise stubs, or set up a new course section.

# Scientific Critical Thinking

Cut scope ruthlessly using Shape Up's appetite-first approach. Use when asked to reduce scope, find the MVP, trim features, ship faster, or figure out what to cut. Applies fixed time variable scope thinking and scope hammering techniques.

Search memory store when past insights would improve response. Recognize when user's stored breakthroughs, decisions, or solutions are relevant. Search proactively based on context, not just explicit requests.

Map the end-to-end service delivery system including frontstage actions, backstage processes, and supporting infrastructure.

Automatically install, configure, or upgrade ClaudeMemory

Configure which models pstack uses per role. Detects your available models and writes an always-applied rule that overrides the skill defaults. Use for /setup-pstack, "configure pstack models", or changing pstack's model choices.

Set up the initial file system for a new sandbox. Fetches the account's organizations and artists via the Recoup CLI and scaffolds the folder structure. Use when a sandbox has just been created and has no existing file system. Before running, check if the sandbox already has an orgs/ directory — if it does, this skill is not needed.

Use after brainstorming to apply vanilla-rails patterns to a feature, producing structured handoff for implementation planning. Invoke with /shape.

Share personal documents to the shared namespace with atomic git commit and push

Use as a meta-skill — "which SiftCoder skill should I use for X". Decision tree across families. Use when user is unsure which specific skill applies.

Use when reviewing changed code for reuse, quality, and efficiency, then directly simplifying or cleaning up issues found.

Send synthetic single-session multi-page traffic to a URL and confirm PostHog $pageview events fire across page views. Use when verifying that cookies persist correctly, that the same distinct_id is reused across navigations, or when debugging session-stitching issues.

Write an AI-optimized PRD using multi-AI orchestration — use when scoping a new feature or product

Use when looking up available tools, skills, commands, agents, or plugins

Use when designing easing curves, controlling motion pacing, creating natural acceleration/deceleration, or making movements feel physically grounded.

Use when retrying a failed operation — but with a different strategy, not the same one. "Try again differently", "retry with another approach". Memory-aware so it doesn't repeat strategies that already failed.

Generate new AI-authored social media posts for your book-lover feed

This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a spec", "spec this out", "let's spec", "requirements gathering", "interview me about this feature", "define the requirements", or wants a structured interview-driven specification before implementation.

# Spec Formatter Skill

Use to derive a spec from user stories / Jira tickets / Linear issues. Aggregates the stories, finds the underlying capability, produces a spec with testable AC. Inverse of "spec → tickets".

Compares code implementation against specifications and requirements. Verifies functional requirements, non-functional requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications are met. Returns structured reports of specification gaps and misalignments.

This skill should be used when the user wants to define the requirements of a feature or project. Produces numbered requirements and validation criteria. Triggers include "write a spec for", "define the requirements", "what should this do", "capture the requirements".

Shared workflow rules for SpriteCook. Use together with spritecook-generate-sprites or spritecook-animate-assets for credits, downloads, asset manifests, safe auth handling, and recommended defaults.

SSH triage: Remote Login, launchd sshd, pre-auth closes, stale sessions.

Use when composing scenes, designing layouts, directing user attention, or ensuring a single clear idea is communicated at any given moment.

Build a stakeholder map using a power/interest grid, identify communication strategies per quadrant, and generate a communication plan. Use when managing stakeholders, preparing for a launch, aligning cross-functional teams, or planning stakeholder engagement.

# TRD Staleness Gate

Start processing tasks from the dr-done queue

AI CFO for bootstrapped startups. Provides financial frameworks for cash management, runway calculations, unit economics (LTV:CAC), capital allocation, hiring ROI, burn rate analysis, working capital optimization, and forecasting.

Show Inference Confidenz current status and recent history

Use when planning animation workflows, deciding between spontaneous vs controlled approaches, or balancing creative freedom with structural precision.

Universal workflow patterns (validation, gap classification, pass evolution, halt escalation) consumed by the State Analyst to inform Supervisor briefings.

Specification-workflow patterns (input assessment, produce-then-validate, gap-informed revision) consumed by the State Analyst alongside strategy-core for targeted Supervisor briefings.

Enforces consistent structured logging with request correlation IDs, standardized log schema, middleware integration, and best practices. Use for "structured logging", "log standardization", "request tracing", or "log correlation".

USE FOR query autocomplete/suggestions. Fast (<100ms). Returns suggested queries as user types. Supports rich suggestions with entity info. Typo-resilient.

Bayesian survival analysis models including exponential, Weibull, log-normal, and piecewise exponential hazard models with censoring support.

Swarm CLI commands for workers - hivemind memory, hive tasks, swarmmail coordination. Use when working in a swarm context. Covers: swarm memory (find/store/get/stats), swarm cells (query/create/update/close), and coordination commands.

Sync the current session branch with its upstream branch, or publish the current session branch to a remote. Use when the user asks to sync a branch, pull latest changes, rebase onto upstream, push current branch, publish branch, or set upstream.

Execute commands and manage services across all machines on the Tailnet. Use when tasks involve remote machines, cross-machine deployment, file transfers, service management on non-local hosts, or any operation that spans multiple machines.

List Telegram groups and channels. Use when user asks about available groups, channels, or wants to discover what's accessible.

A brief one-sentence description of what this skill helps with.

Manages testing lifecycle including unit tests, integration tests, validation, and quality assurance.

Gate 1 - Define the decision, stakeholders, constraints, and reversibility

Use when unsure how to approach a problem—plan, analyze, experiment, or stabilize first. Classify it by cause-effect (clear/complicated/complex/chaotic) and match the approach to the domain.

Use when determining how fast or slow motion should be—pacing action sequences, dramatic pauses, comedic beats, or any situation where the duration of movement matters.

Break a plan, spec, or PRD into independently-grabbable issues on the project issue tracker using tracer-bullet vertical slices. Use when user wants to convert a plan into issues, create implementation tickets, or break down work into issues.

Turn the current conversation context into a PRD and publish it to the project issue tracker. Use when user wants to create a PRD from the current context.

Present multiple approaches with explicit tradeoffs before committing to one. Use when there are multiple valid solutions to a problem.

Use when orchestrating multi-step animations - page transitions, onboarding flows, wizard steps, complex reveals, or any choreographed animation sequence.

Triage failing Shiplight YAML tests: reproduce failures, inspect evidence, apply minimal correct fixes, report app/spec mismatches, and update project memory.

Use tsq to extract structured code information with tree-sitter queries, symbols, outlines, and references across languages.

Creating OCaml library tutorials using .mld documentation format with MDX executable examples. Use when discussing tutorials, documentation, .mld files, MDX, or interactive documentation.

Advanced TypeScript patterns including generics, conditional types, mapped types, template literals, and type guards

Skill with typo in brain_first declaration

Use when you need to analyze git diffs or pull requests to understand what changed, affected components, and risks

Unity engine fundamentals and workflows for 3D asset integration

Use when applying animation principles in any context, for any role, or when a general understanding of Disney's 12 principles is needed.

Use when learning animation timing fundamentals - principles that apply regardless of duration, the foundational rules that scale across all time ranges

Interact with Uptime Kuma monitoring server. Use for checking monitor status, adding/removing monitors, pausing/resuming checks, viewing heartbeat history. Triggers on mentions of Uptime Kuma, server monitoring, uptime checks, or service health monitoring.

Creates or updates PlantUML use case diagrams defining actors, use cases, and their relationships from requirements. Use when the user asks to "create a use case diagram", "draw a UML diagram", "map actors to use cases", "generate a .puml file", or mentions PlantUML, use case overview, actor diagram, or system use cases.

Create refined user personas from research data — 3 personas with JTBD, pains, gains, and unexpected insights. Use when building personas from survey data, creating user profiles from research, or segmenting users for product decisions.

Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - creates isolated git worktrees with smart directory selection and safety verification

Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions

Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions

Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring Skill tool invocation before ANY response including clarifying questions

Use and customize workflow templates for common scenarios. Use when user wants to use a template, asks about available templates, or wants to customize existing workflows.

Use when defining Rails routes, organizing controller directories, or adding resources - enforces resource extraction, shallow nesting, resolve helpers, and module scoping

Attack hypothesis validation for smart contracts. Triggers on weasel validate, weasel check attack, or weasel verify.

A skill to get the weather information.

Use for guided multi-step interactive flows — first-time setup, complex configuration, exploratory workflows. AI presents steps; user advances by answering. Different from /pair (per-edit approval) — wizard is per-decision.

A skill whose name does not match its folder name.

X (Twitter) data extraction and scraping. Use when asked to scrape tweets, extract followers, search Twitter/X users, download media from tweets, monitor X accounts, or analyze Twitter engagement. Triggers on twitter, x.com, tweet, follower, following, retweet, quote tweet, scrape, OSINT.

Sharpens problem and goal statements to be more precise, unambiguous, complete, and well-scoped. Use this whenever the user states a problem or goal, so that you're fully aligned on what they want to achieve.

A skill with <xml-tag> characters in the description.

Fetch transcripts from YouTube videos for summarization and analysis.