skills/skills/engineering
Matt Pocock 0172e61e57 to-issues: prefer native sub-issues; reference /prototype code explicitly
Two minimal edits to the to-issues skill:

- The "What to build" template now points explicitly at the `/prototype`
  skill's code as the source of an inlined decision snippet, rather than
  gesturing at "a prototype".
- Publishing now prefers the tracker's native sub-issues (parent → slice)
  and native blocking edges (Blocked by) where supported — mechanics
  already documented in the issue-tracker doc — keeping the `## Parent`
  and `## Blocked by` body sections as the fallback.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-07-06 13:33:44 +01:00
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ask-matt feat: add the research skill 2026-07-01 16:32:15 +01:00
code-review Rename review skill to code-review and promote to engineering 2026-07-01 12:04:12 +01:00
codebase-design Reduced description lengths 2026-06-17 15:15:11 +01:00
diagnosing-bugs Reduced description lengths 2026-06-17 15:15:11 +01:00
domain-modeling Reduced description lengths 2026-06-17 15:15:11 +01:00
grill-with-docs Improved /grill-with-docs commit message 2026-06-12 09:25:19 +01:00
implement Rename review skill to code-review and promote to engineering 2026-07-01 12:04:12 +01:00
improve-codebase-architecture feat: Add new skills and templates for domain modeling, bug diagnosis, and architectural improvement 2026-06-12 09:25:19 +01:00
prototype feat: implement model-invoked prototype skill and enhance wizard functionality 2026-06-29 13:51:38 +01:00
research feat: add the research skill 2026-07-01 16:32:15 +01:00
resolving-merge-conflicts refine: Add skill documentation for resolving merge conflicts 2026-06-12 09:25:19 +01:00
setup-matt-pocock-skills wayfinder: claim by assigning the ticket, not a label 2026-07-03 11:34:42 +01:00
tdd docs: fix tdd skill reference to code-review skill 2026-07-03 09:53:34 +01:00
to-issues to-issues: prefer native sub-issues; reference /prototype code explicitly 2026-07-06 13:33:44 +01:00
to-prd The fewer seams, the better 2026-06-12 09:25:19 +01:00
triage Added PR's as a triage surface 2026-06-18 09:41:30 +01:00
README.md feat: add the research skill 2026-07-01 16:32:15 +01:00

Engineering

Skills I use daily for code work.

User-invoked

Reachable only when you type them (disable-model-invocation: true).

  • ask-matt — Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the user-invoked skills in this repo.
  • grill-with-docs — Grilling session that also builds your project's domain model, sharpening terminology and updating CONTEXT.md and ADRs inline.
  • triage — Move issues through a state machine of triage roles.
  • improve-codebase-architecture — Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick.
  • setup-matt-pocock-skills — Configure this repo for the engineering skills (issue tracker, triage labels, domain doc layout). Run once per repo.
  • to-issues — Break any plan, spec, or PRD into independently-grabbable issues using vertical slices.
  • to-prd — Turn the current conversation into a PRD and publish it to the issue tracker.

Model-invoked

Model- or user-reachable (rich trigger phrasing so the model can reach for them).

  • prototype — Build a throwaway prototype to answer a design question: a runnable terminal app for state/logic, or several toggleable UI variations.

  • diagnosing-bugs — Disciplined diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions: reproduce → minimise → hypothesise → instrument → fix → regression-test.

  • research — Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a cited Markdown file in the repo, run as a background agent.

  • tdd — Test-driven development with a red-green-refactor loop. Builds features or fixes bugs one vertical slice at a time.

  • domain-modeling — Actively build and sharpen a project's domain model — challenge terms, stress-test with scenarios, update CONTEXT.md and ADRs inline.

  • codebase-design — Shared discipline and vocabulary for designing deep modules: small interfaces, clean seams, testable through the interface.

  • code-review — Two-axis review of the diff since a fixed point: Standards (does it follow the repo's coding standards, plus a Fowler smell baseline?) and Spec (does it faithfully implement the originating issue/PRD?), run as parallel sub-agents.