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+This directory contains skill symlinks for this project.
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+Agents: load all SKILL.md files in subdirectories before starting work.
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+Active skills:
+- experiment-spec  — write experiment specs before running any phase
+- feature-spec     — write component specs before implementing within a phase
+- tdd              — acceptance criteria map to tests; red-green-refactor
+- grill-me         — stress-test specs and hypotheses before committing
+- session-retrospective — after each phase, surface learnings for the brain
+- clean-code       — Go and Python style conventions
+- planning         — break phases into trackable tasks
+- debug            — systematic debugging approach