writing-great-skills
A reference guide for writing and refining skills—vocabulary and principles that make skills predictable.
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A reference guide for writing and refining skills—vocabulary and principles that make skills predictable.
Loop 1 of the Three-Loop Integrated Development System. Research-driven requirements analysis with iterative risk mitigation through 5x pre-mortem cycles using…
Explain a topic like I'm a 5 year old. Use when the user types /eli5 <topic> or asks for a dead-simple picture explainer of how something works.
[Workflow] Use when activating the Documentation Update workflow for documentation creation and update workflow with plan validation.
Outline a system functionally (its purpose, actors, domain contexts, capability map, system-wide requirements, and glossary), settling fuzzy or conflicting…
ALWAYS use for ANY substantial prose a human will read - "write the article", "draft this section", "outline the paper", "turn these notes into prose", "write…
This skill should be used when the user needs to create a personalized, compelling cover letter from a resume and job description. Use when writing job…
This skill should be used when the user needs to transform weak resume bullets into achievement-focused statements with metrics and impact. Use when rewriting…
Converge the remaining key trade-offs in a feature or system idea into a design. Use when the user asks to discuss an approach or requirements are not yet clear; do not use for bug fixes, configuration changes, or implementing an already-established approach.
Comprehensive code documentation standards and guidelines for maintaining up-to-date documentation across Python, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript codebases. Use when…
Any live-web task via the Firecrawl CLI — including ordinary web research: searching the web, reading or extracting pages, gathering sources, discovering site…
Use when refining requirements and solutions before any creative work, including creating features, building components, adding new functionality, or modifying behavior; explore user intent, constraints, and success criteria through natural conversation, and produce a reviewable design document. Trigger words: brainstorm, brainstorming, brain storm.
Use when an approved design specification needs to be broken down into an executable implementation plan, giving file paths, complete code, verification commands, dependency context, and completion criteria at the smallest task granularity, so that low-context executors can land the implementation stably. Trigger words: write a plan, implementation plan, task breakdown, plan.
Improve unclear UX copy, error messages, microcopy, labels, and instructions to make interfaces easier to understand. Use when the user mentions confusing…
Provides the shared STORM methodology, artifact layout, stage-gating contract, citation hygiene, and retrieval fallback. Use when executing any /storm:* skill…
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code. Also writes and keeps current the committed roadmap (docs/roadmap.md)…
Expert NumPy numerical computing assistance covering ndarrays, broadcasting, linear algebra, vectorization, and memory views. Use when writing ultra-fast…
Generate or align a CONTRIBUTING.md for a Sentry SDK repository with the develop.sentry.dev standard template. Use when asked to "create contributing.md",…
Use when creating, materially updating, restructuring, or reviewing Markdown or MDX engineering documentation in a development repository, including README,…
Set up the Globalize CLI, create a translation project, and connect a GitHub or GitLab repository. Use this skill when the user asks to set up Globalize,…
Generate diverse outputs by prompting for a probability distribution instead of a single response. Implements Verbalized Sampling (VS) from Zhang et al. 2025 —…
Search LinkedIn posts by keywords using Crustdata API directly, deduplicate and sort by engagement. Outputs to CSV or JSON. Use when researching LinkedIn…
Context-aware translation that preserves tone, style, and natural word order. Use when translating UI strings, documentation, marketing copy, or any…
6-phase verification system ensuring code matches documentation with automated alignment scoring (signature, type, behavior, error, example checks). Reduces…