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AuthorMatt Pocock
Version1.2.3
Last updatedAug 16, 2026

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Wait What Stop. That last message did not land — re-pitch it. Teach Teach the user a new skill or concept, within this workspace. Grilling Grill the user relentlessly about a plan, decision, or idea. Use when the user wants to stress-test their thinking, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases. To Questionnaire Turn a decision you can't fully answer into a questionnaire for someone else to fill in. Writing For Agents Writing documents for agents. Use when creating or editing skills, or modifying AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md. Handoff Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up. Grill Me A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design. Writing Beats Writing, exploit — assemble raw material into a journey of beats, grounding each term before a beat leans on it. Writing Fragments Writing, explore — mine raw fragments, no structure yet. Setup Ts Deep Modules Wire dependency-cruiser into a TypeScript repo so each package is a deep module — implementation hidden in subfolders, reachable only through its entry-point files. User-invoked. Loop Me Grill me about specs for the workflows I want to build, within this workspace. Writing Shape Writing, exploit — shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph. Claude Handoff Hand the current conversation off to a fresh background agent that picks up the work immediately. Git Guardrails Claude Code Set up Claude Code hooks to block dangerous git commands (push, reset --hard, clean, branch -D, etc.) before they execute. Use when user wants to prevent destructive git operations, add git safety hooks, or block git push/reset in Claude Code. Scaffold Exercises 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. Setup Pre Commit Set up Husky pre-commit hooks with lint-staged (Prettier), type checking, and tests in the current repo. Use when user wants to add pre-commit hooks, set up Husky, configure lint-staged, or add commit-time formatting/typechecking/testing. Migrate To Shoehorn Migrate test files from `as` type assertions to @total-typescript/shoehorn. Use when user mentions shoehorn, wants to replace `as` in tests, or needs partial test data. To Tickets Break a plan, spec, or the current conversation into a set of tracer-bullet tickets, each declaring its blocking edges, published to the configured tracker — edges as text in one file per ticket locally, or native blocking links on a real tracker. Resolving Merge Conflicts Use when you need to resolve an in-progress git merge/rebase conflict. Domain Modeling Build and sharpen a project's domain model. Use when discussing codebase terminology, writing or editing a CONTEXT.md, or recording or editing an ADR. Improve Codebase Architecture Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick. Wayfinder Plan a huge chunk of work — more than one agent session can hold — as a shared map of decision tickets on your issue tracker, and resolve them one at a time until the way to the destination is clear. Setup Matt Pocock Skills Configure this repo for the engineering skills — set up its issue tracker, triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run once before first use of the other engineering skills. Research Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated to a background agent. Codebase Design Shared vocabulary for designing deep modules. Use when the user wants to design or improve a module's interface, find deepening opportunities, decide where a seam goes, make code more testable or AI-navigable, or when another skill needs the deep-module vocabulary. Triage Move issues and external PRs through a state machine of triage roles — categorise, verify, grill if needed, and write agent-ready briefs. Grill With Docs A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design, which also creates docs (ADR's and glossary) as we go. Ask Matt Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the skills in this repo. To Spec Turn the current conversation into a spec and publish it to the project issue tracker — no interview, just synthesis of what you've already discussed. Tdd Test-driven development. Use when the user wants to build features or fix bugs test-first, mentions "red-green-refactor", or wants integration tests. Diagnosing Bugs Diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions. Use when the user says "diagnose"/"debug this", or reports something broken/throwing/failing/slow. Wizard Generate an interactive bash wizard that walks a human through steps only they can perform. Use when provisioning infrastructure, setting up credentials or CI secrets, walking an unfamiliar third-party dashboard, or running a one-off migration or cutover. Don't invoke this for steps the agent can perform itself. Code Review Review the changes since a fixed point (commit, branch, tag, or merge-base) along two axes — Standards (does the code follow this repo's documented coding standards?) and Spec (does the code match what the originating issue/spec asked for?). Runs both reviews in parallel sub-agents and reports them side by side. Use when the user wants to review a branch, a PR, work-in-progress changes, or asks to "review since X". Prototype Build a throwaway prototype to answer a design question. Use when the user wants to sanity-check whether a state model or logic feels right, or explore what a UI should look like. Implement Implement a piece of work based on a spec or set of tickets.