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docs(index): add dream + experiment-spec rows, and gate the index
Both skills shipped without an index row. The rows existed — on the feature
branches deleted in #22 — and were dropped by the squash-merge that followed
a directory reorg: the SKILL.md landed under skills/, the row did not. Nothing
errored, the index just under-reported the library to every harness reading it.

Adding two rows by hand fixes today and not tomorrow, so the assertion goes in
`task check` via bin/check-index, following the same pattern as
bin/should-skip-release: a real script with a real test, not untested logic
buried in a Taskfile. It checks both directions — a skill with no row, and a
row naming a skill that no longer exists.

Verified by mutation: deleting the `dream` row turns `task check` red and the
report names it.

Closes #15
Bump-Type: patch
2026-08-29 09:52:03 +02:00

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Engineering Skills Index

This index lists all available engineering skills. Load the full SKILL.md on demand.

Skill Description Use when
tdd Test-Driven Development enforcement Starting any new feature or fixing a bug
clean-code Clean code principles with Go adaptation Code review, refactoring, new code
solid SOLID principles with Go examples Design review, architecture decisions
code-review Code smell detection + Go-specific checklist Pre-merge review
refactoring Systematic refactoring methodology (Fowler) When improving existing code
test-design Dave Farley test design scoring (Farley Index) Reviewing or writing tests
cognitive-load Cognitive complexity analysis (CLI score) Identifying hotspots, before refactoring
problem-analysis Deep problem understanding before coding Starting any non-trivial task
user-stories Elephant Carpaccio story slicing Breaking down features
atdd Acceptance Test-Driven Development workflow Feature development with acceptance criteria
spec-driven-dev Spec-driven development for PMs Writing specs and requirements
planning Planning and task breakdown Sprint planning, task decomposition
gitea-ci Gitea CI/CD pipeline with act_runner, buildah, k3s, GitHub mirror Setting up or debugging CI on this infra
debug Hypothesis-first debugging discipline Any test failure or bug whose cause is not immediately obvious
feature-spec Implementation-level feature spec (tighter than spec-driven-dev) Scoping one feature inside an already-specced project
experiment-spec Rigorous experiment spec — falsifiable hypothesis, quantitative acceptance, null-result protocol Scoping a research/ML phase instead of a feature
playwright Playwright E2E testing — setup, HTMX patterns, SSE streams, CI wiring Adding browser tests to any project with a web UI
session-retrospective Surface non-obvious learnings from a session log After a coding session ends, before context is lost
trainer Two-phase brain curation (score candidates, write past quality gate) Periodic brain pruning and curation
dream Reflective consolidation pass over an agent's memory directory Pruning/merging memory files, rebuilding a memory index
grill-me Structured plan interrogation — Quick Poke, Full Grill, Pre-mortem Stress-testing a plan before committing; end of Diamond 1; before promoting to pre-prod
own-the-task Delegation ownership — Intake → Brief → Plan → Execute A task is handed over open-ended; "take this off my plate"; before a plan exists
telos-load Load TELOS intention substrate at session start Starting any koala session; before architectural decisions; CAD pipeline entry
secret-hygiene Stop credentials rendering into the session transcript; safe rotation chain when one leaks Before any kubectl/SOPS/token command; after a confirmed leak
regulatory-risk-assessment Structured risk register for regulated-industry features Filing a CAD issue (needs Risk: level); features touching payments, auth, external APIs, user data
discovery-framing Problem-before-solution discovery/framing method Framing/validating a problem before any solution; opportunity sizing
stage-gate-review Stage-gate product governance (go/no-go council) Preparing a Product Council ask; building a go/no-go checklist; gate review
web-shot Screenshot a running web UI via a koala k3s Playwright job Visual verification of a running UI when no local browser exists
cad-babysit Focused human-in-the-loop session working CAD's stuck queue (read-only) Picking up whatever cad stuck flags, with a human present
superpowers-brainstorming Structured divergent brainstorming Generating or expanding a set of ideas
superpowers-writing-plans Writing implementation plans Planning substantial work before coding
superpowers-executing-plans Executing a written plan step by step Running an approved plan to completion
superpowers-dispatching-parallel-agents Fan work out across parallel subagents Decomposing work for concurrent agents
superpowers-subagent-driven-development Subagent-driven development workflow Building via orchestrated subagents
superpowers-systematic-debugging Hypothesis-first systematic debugging Diagnosing a failure methodically
superpowers-test-driven-development TDD discipline (superpowers variant) Red → green → refactor on a change
superpowers-verification-before-completion Verify behavior before claiming done Before marking any task complete
superpowers-requesting-code-review Requesting a code review well Asking another agent/human to review
superpowers-receiving-code-review Acting on received review feedback Responding to review comments
superpowers-finishing-a-development-branch Cleanly finishing/landing a dev branch Wrapping a branch → merge/PR
superpowers-using-git-worktrees Isolating work with git worktrees Parallel/isolated work in a worktree
superpowers-writing-skills Authoring new SKILL.md skills Creating a new reusable skill
superpowers-using-superpowers Meta: orienting in the superpowers set Learning how to use the superpowers skills

Wiring into tools

This repo is the canonical home, and it is delivered two different ways.

Claude Code — install the plugin

This repo hosts a marketplace containing exactly one plugin: itself. The plugin carries the skills plus the secret-guard and pre-task-ritual hooks and the brain/gitea/infra MCP servers — none of which a symlink can deliver.

/plugin marketplace add https://git.d-ma.be/mathias/skills.git
/plugin install skills@mathias

Skills are namespaced: tdd becomes skills:tdd. Updates arrive when .claude-plugin/plugin.json's version moves, which CI does on every release. Remove any leftover ~/.claude/skills/<name> symlinks from the pre-plugin era — plugin skills do not override same-named user skills, so leftovers make everything load twice.

Crush, Pi, OpenCode — run install.sh

These have no plugin system, so they get symlinks — but one directory link each, never one per skill:

~/.agents/skills           -> $SKILLS_CHECKOUT_DIR/skills   (Pi reads this directly)
~/.config/crush/skills     -> ~/.agents/skills
~/.config/opencode/skills  -> ~/.agents/skills

Adding a skill therefore wires it everywhere with no re-run, and a broken link is one broken link instead of 42.

curl -fsSL https://git.d-ma.be/mathias/skills/raw/branch/main/install.sh | bash

SKILLS_CHECKOUT_DIR defaults to ~/.local/share/skills and must stay outside ~/dev. On this fleet ~/dev is an iCloud folder shared by both Macs and spans two path roots (/Users/mathias vs /home/mathias on koala); a checkout there means a git working tree with two concurrent writers, and any absolute link stored there is broken on one side by construction. See #23.

Check a host

task doctor (or bin/doctor) reports dangling links, links resolving into a foreign checkout, count mismatches, stray entries, and leftover Claude symlinks. It also runs automatically at session start via the plugin, so drift announces itself instead of waiting to be found.

Skill Relationships

problem-analysis
    │
    └── user-stories
            │
            ├── spec-driven-dev (PM-kickoff lifecycle)
            │       │
            │       └── feature-spec (per-feature, mid-implementation)
            │               │
            │               └── planning
            │                       │
            │                       └── atdd ──→ tdd (foundation)
            │                                ├──→ debug (when tests fail)
            │                                ├──→ clean-code (REFACTOR phase)
            │                                └──→ test-design (review)
            │
            └── planning

code-review ──→ refactoring ──→ clean-code
                                    └──→ solid

(post-session)
session-retrospective ──→ trainer ──→ brain (via brain_write)

(planning & convergence)
own-the-task ──→ grill-me (intent first, then stress-test the plan)
grill-me ──→ planning (after plan is sharpened)
         ──→ spec-driven-dev (after hypothesis is validated)

Quick Triggers

Situation Load
"Build this feature" problem-analysis → spec-driven-dev → planning → atdd
"Fix this bug" tdd
"Review this code" code-review
"Refactor this" refactoring + clean-code
"Design this system" solid + problem-analysis
"Break this down into stories" user-stories
"Write a spec" spec-driven-dev
"This code is hard to understand" cognitive-load
"Review these tests" test-design
"Set up CI for this project" gitea-ci
"CI pipeline is failing / not triggering" gitea-ci
"Commit directly to main? Or branch?" TBD: commit to main unless parallel agents are active (see gitea-ci SKILL §Trunk-Based Development)
"Grill me / stress-test this / is this ready?" grill-me
"End of Diamond 1 — should we build this?" grill-me (Full Grill)
"About to promote to pre-prod" grill-me (Pre-mortem)
"Take this off my plate / own this / act as my AI employee" own-the-task
"What are the risks?" / "compliance gate" / "risk register" regulatory-risk-assessment
"Start of session" / "load TELOS" / "what are we optimizing toward?" telos-load