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Skill Index

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Skills: 77

Quick Navigation by Phase

Section titled “Quick Navigation by Phase”
Phase Count Skills
Discover 7 audit-plan, elaborate-spec, map-codebase, research-first, search-skills, survey-context, using-bigpowers
Design 7 deepen-architecture, define-language, define-success, design-interface, grill-me, grill-with-docs, model-domain
Plan 9 assess-impact, change-request, plan-refactor, plan-release, plan-work, run-planning, scope-work, seed-conventions, slice-tasks
Build 19 align-grid, build-epic, craft-skill, deploy, develop-tdd, execute-plan, extract-design, guard-git, hook-commits, kickoff-branch, orchestrate-project, publish-package, quick-fix, setup-environment, smoke-test, spike-prototype, validate-contracts, wire-ci, wire-observability
Verify 13 audit-code, diagnose-root, enforce-first, fix-bug, inspect-quality, investigate-bug, request-review, respond-review, run-evals, security-review, trace-requirement, validate-fix, verify-work
Release 2 commit-message, release-branch
Sustain 15 compose-workflow, delegate-task, dispatch-agents, edit-document, evolve-skill, migrate-spec, organize-workspace, reset-baseline, run-benchmark, session-state, simulate-agents, stocktake-skills, terse-mode, visual-dashboard, write-document
TOTAL 72

Full Reference Table

Section titled “Full Reference Table”
# Phase Skill Description Status
1 Discover audit-plan Evaluate an incoming project plan against bigpowers principles and conventions, ✅ Active
2 Discover elaborate-spec Refine a rough idea into a clear, detailed specification through dialogue. Does ✅ Active
3 Discover map-codebase “Derives the tech-stack doc from scratch by scanning the codebase — analyzes s ✅ Active
4 Discover research-first Look-before-build — search registries, repo, existing skills, and web for prio ✅ Active
5 Discover search-skills Find the right bigpowers skill from natural-language intent using a local lexica ✅ Active
6 Discover survey-context Per-task context bootstrap — reads existing specs/ and tech-architecture docs ✅ Active
7 Discover using-bigpowers One-time bootstrap that introduces the bigpowers skills system, the PMBOK lifecy ✅ Active
8 Design deepen-architecture Find deepening opportunities in a codebase, informed by the domain language in s ✅ Active
9 Design define-language Extract a DDD-style ubiquitous language glossary from the current conversation, ✅ Active
10 Design define-success ’Convert an imperative task statement into explicit “step → verify: <cmd>” pai ✅ Active
11 Design design-interface Generate multiple radically different interface designs for a module using paral ✅ Active
12 Design grill-me Interactive assumption-surfacing Q&A that stress-tests a plan through relentless ✅ Active
13 Design grill-with-docs Doc-grounded variant of grill-me — stress-tests plan assumptions by fetching a ✅ Active
14 Design model-domain Grilling session that challenges your plan against the existing domain model, sh ✅ Active
15 Plan assess-impact Analyze the blast radius of a proposed change before any code is written. Maps d ✅ Active
16 Plan change-request Add a new requirement or reorder epics by WSJF against specs/release-plan.yaml a ✅ Active
17 Plan plan-refactor Create a detailed refactor plan with tiny commits via user interview, then save ✅ Active
18 Plan plan-release “RELEASE-INDEX BUILDER — Sequence elaborated epics into specs/release-plan.yam ✅ Active
19 Plan plan-work “PLANNING SPINE STEP 3 of 3 — Plan the work: write detailed implementation tas ✅ Active
20 Plan run-planning “DISCOVER-PHASE ADVANCER — Drive the discover-phase checklist (specs/planning- ✅ Active
21 Plan scope-work “PLANNING SPINE STEP 1 of 3 — Scope the work: define what is in and out of sco ✅ Active
22 Plan seed-conventions Generate CLAUDE.md and CONVENTIONS.md for a brand-new project through a brief in ✅ Active
23 Plan slice-tasks “PLANNING SPINE STEP 2 of 3 — Slice the work: break a scoped PRD into vertical ✅ Active
24 Build align-grid “Build editorial/magazine/report webpages on a GENUINE Müller-Brockmann modular ✅ Active
25 Build build-epic Eight-step epic build cycle — reads state.yaml, execution-status.yaml, and one ✅ Active
26 Build craft-skill Create new bigpowers skills with proper structure, progressive disclosure, and b ✅ Active
27 Build deploy “Build → verify artifact → deploy → wait → smoke deployment pipeline. Pl ✅ Active
28 Build develop-tdd Test-driven development with red-green-refactor loop using vertical slices. Use ✅ Active
29 Build execute-plan Batch-execute tasks from the active epic capsule sequentially, with a human chec ✅ Active
30 Build extract-design “Extract a Google DESIGN.md file from an HTML prototype (claude.ai/design or any ✅ Active
31 Build guard-git Block dangerous git commands (push, force push, reset –hard, clean, branch -D, ✅ Active
32 Build hook-commits Set up pre-commit hooks with lint-staged (Prettier), type checking, and tests in ✅ Active
33 Build kickoff-branch Create a git worktree and feature branch, then verify a clean test baseline befo ✅ Active
34 Build orchestrate-project Meta-skill that enforces the 6-phase core loop (discover → elaborate → plan ✅ Active
35 Build publish-package “Package registry publishing for npm, crates.io, PyPI, and Homebrew. Verifies pr ✅ Active
36 Build quick-fix “Streamlined fast-path for trivial data-only fixes — no TDD, no branching cere ✅ Active
37 Build setup-environment Pre-install dependencies and configure tools before development work begins. Use ✅ Active
38 Build smoke-test “Post-deploy health-check against a live URL. Validates HTTP status, response co ✅ Active
39 Build spike-prototype Throw-away prototype for unknown problem spaces. Output is learning notes in spe ✅ Active
40 Build validate-contracts “Assert data shape consistency across system boundaries — live API responses a ✅ Active
41 Build wire-ci “CI pipeline setup with pre-built templates and local validation. Generates GitH ✅ Active
42 Build wire-observability Add structured JSON logging, observability commands, and idempotent setup script ✅ Active
43 Verify audit-code Self-review checklist for the coding agent to run before dispatching a reviewer. ✅ Active
44 Verify diagnose-root Run 4-phase root cause analysis — reproduce, isolate, hypothesize, verify. Use ✅ Active
45 Verify enforce-first Apply the F.I.R.S.T test quality rubric (per CONVENTIONS.md §Tests) to a test s ✅ Active
46 Verify fix-bug Bug fix orchestrator — active_flow fix_bug; reads specs/bugs/BUG-*.md; chains ✅ Active
47 Verify inspect-quality Interactive QA session where user reports bugs or issues conversationally, and t ✅ Active
48 Verify investigate-bug Investigate a bug or issue by exploring the codebase to find root cause, then wr ✅ Active
49 Verify request-review Dispatch a fresh reviewer agent with a clean context to critique the code after ✅ Active
50 Verify respond-review Act on a reviewer agent’s feedback systematically — categorize findings, apply ✅ Active
51 Verify run-evals Eval-Driven Development — define capability and regression evals before buildi ✅ Active
52 Verify security-review > ✅ Active
53 Verify trace-requirement Link story IDs from specs/release-plan.yaml + epic capsule directories to the im ✅ Active
54 Verify validate-fix Prove a fix works before declaring done — re-run the failing test, run the ful ✅ Active
55 Verify verify-work Multi-phase UAT gate — cold-start smoke, build, typecheck, lint, tests, step-b ✅ Active
56 Release commit-message Reviews working-tree changes, then drafts a Conventional Commits title/body and ✅ Active
57 Release release-branch Make the merge/PR/keep/discard decision for a feature branch, verify coverage ga ✅ Active
58 Sustain compose-workflow Chain multiple bigpowers skills into a custom workflow recipe saved in specs/. U ✅ Active
59 Sustain delegate-task Delegate one complex task to a single subagent, review its work in two stages be ✅ Active
60 Sustain dispatch-agents Dispatch multiple subagents in parallel on independent tasks. No waiting between ✅ Active
61 Sustain edit-document Edit and improve documents by restructuring sections, improving clarity, and tig ✅ Active
62 Sustain evolve-skill Benchmark-gated skill evolution — consume bigpowers-benchmark report, propose ✅ Active
63 Sustain migrate-spec Detect GSD, spec-kit, or BMAD spec artifacts and transform them into bigpowers Y ✅ Active
64 Sustain organize-workspace Scans the active workspace for disposable artifacts—logs, caches, stale build ✅ Active
65 Sustain reset-baseline Restore the project to a known clean state between agent runs or experiments. Us ✅ Active
66 Sustain run-benchmark Run skill quality benchmarks from specs/benchmarks/ definitions — N-run with/w ✅ Active
67 Sustain session-state Track implementation decisions and progress in specs/state.yaml to prevent conte ✅ Active
68 Sustain simulate-agents Run Mock User and Auditor agents against a feature in fresh contexts before huma ✅ Active
69 Sustain stocktake-skills Sequential subagent batch audit of the bigpowers skill catalog — Quick Scan (c ✅ Active
70 Sustain terse-mode Fallback ultra-compressed communication mode. Cuts token usage ~75% by dropping ✅ Active
71 Sustain visual-dashboard Start a browser-based dashboard that visualizes architecture, implementation pla ✅ Active
72 Sustain write-document Write, organize, and sync high-integrity technical documents using the BMAD meth ✅ Active

Total: 72 active skills.

Lifecycle Arc

Section titled “Lifecycle Arc”
[First time]
using-bigpowers → orchestrate-project
                         ↓
survey-context → research-first → elaborate-spec → map-codebase
                         ↓
  model-domain / define-language / grill-me / grill-with-docs
  design-interface / deepen-architecture / define-success
                         ↓
  scope-work → assess-impact → change-request → slice-tasks
  → plan-work / plan-refactor / plan-release / seed-conventions
                         ↓
    kickoff-branch → guard-git / hook-commits / setup-environment
                         ↓
       [Unknown domain?] spike-prototype → (learnings)
                         ↓
  develop-tdd (+ enforce-first) ←→ delegate-task / dispatch-agents
  execute-plan / build-epic / craft-skill / align-grid
                         ↓
              ★ VERIFY ★  verify-work → run-evals → audit-code
                         ↓
    fix-bug → investigate-bug → diagnose-root → validate-fix
                         ↓
      request-review → respond-review → trace-requirement
                         ↓
      commit-message → release-branch
                         ↓
   inspect-quality → organize-workspace → stocktake-skills
   → evolve-skill → edit-document / write-document / migrate-spec


Transversal utilities (any phase):
  terse-mode, session-state, visual-dashboard, reset-baseline,
  search-skills, compose-workflow, simulate-agents, wire-observability

Status Legend

Section titled “Status Legend”
Icon Meaning
✅ Active SKILL.md exists and is usable
📋 Planned Designed but not yet implemented
🔄 Refactoring Active but under revision
⚠️ Deprecated Will be removed in a future release

Naming Convention Notes

Section titled “Naming Convention Notes”

All skills follow verb-noun kebab-case (ADR-0001). Documented exceptions:

  • terse-mode — adjective-noun; retained for clarity
  • visual-dashboard — adjective-noun; retained for clarity

How to Update

Section titled “How to Update”
  1. Run bash scripts/sync-skills.sh to regenerate this file and all artifacts.
  2. Or run bash scripts/generate-skill-index.sh to only regenerate this index.

→ verify: find . skills -maxdepth 2 -name "SKILL.md" 2>/dev/null | grep -v ".git\|.cursor\|.gemini\|.pi" | sort -u | wc -l