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modern-css Teaches agents to write modern CSS using native features instead of legacy hacks, workarounds, and JavaScript. Covers…

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distill-to-skill Distill knowledge from any source — blog posts, articles, documentation, GitHub repos, video transcripts, books, pape…

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behavioral-testing Behavioral testing methodology — test what users experience, not how code is structured. Use when writing tests, revi…

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karpathy-guidelines Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code to avoid…

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code-comments Write high-signal code comments for humans and coding agents. Use when adding inline comments, docstrings, API commen…

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parse-dont-validate Type-driven design principle: transform unstructured data into structured types at system boundaries, making illegal …

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architecture-md Generate an ARCHITECTURE.md file for a codebase following matklad's principles. Use when asked to "write an architect…

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agent-first-repo Structure a repository and its documentation so AI coding agents can work effectively. Covers knowledge hierarchy, pr…

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lean-ts-patterns Patterns for building lightweight, zero-dependency TypeScript tools and libraries. Use when building new CLI tools, l…

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agents-md Write effective AGENTS.md files that give coding agents the context they need to work in a repository. Use when creat…

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typescript Write clean, pragmatically functional TypeScript — simple, composable, soundly typed

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typescript-refactoring Systematically refactor TypeScript codebases for readability, type safety, and AI-friendliness. Use when asked to "re…

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no-use-effect Prevent unnecessary React `useEffect` usage by steering code toward derived state, event handlers, memoization, `key`…

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git-worktree Create, remove, and list git worktrees in a standardized location

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technical-writing Write clean, terse technical docs — commits, issues, PRDs, specs, and technical communication

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macos-swift-desktop Build native macOS desktop applications in Swift using AppKit and SwiftUI. Use when building or modifying macOS .app …

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design-system Build design system components and UI that are accessible, themeable, and visually polished. Use when building button…

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git-safe-pr-workflow Safe GitHub pull request workflow for low-experience Git users. Use when pulling, syncing a feature branch with `main…

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update-readme Use when adding, removing, or renaming a skill in this repository to keep the Available Skills table in README.md cur…

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cleanup-swift End-of-session cleanup pass for Swift code. Use this skill whenever the user asks to "clean up", "polish", "tidy", "r…

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cleanup-web End-of-session cleanup pass for TypeScript, React, and web code. Use this skill whenever the user asks to "clean up",…

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design-patterns-gof The 23 Gang of Four object-oriented design patterns (Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides, 1994) distilled as a practical …

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pr-review-triage Pull PR review comments and triage them — separate substantive feedback from bikeshedding, stale comments, misreads, …

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simplify Simplify and refine recently modified code for clarity and consistency. Use after writing or modifying code, during c…

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macos-native-canvas Build native macOS desktop applications using Swift, Metal, and AppKit with optional libghostty integration for termi…

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swift-reference-repos Curated production-grade Swift/AppKit reference repositories for macOS desktop app development. Covers: CodeEdit (22k…

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adversarial-review Adversarially hunt for correctness bugs and regressions in a change set. Use when reviewing a diff before finalizing,…

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clear-communication Use clear, natural, reader-centered language for all agent communication. Apply when the user asks for plain language…

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