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chiaroscuro Design polished responsive web UI with Tailwind v4. Not for browser QA (`fieldtest`), reuse (`componentize`), copy (`…

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fieldtest Exercise a running web app in a real browser and return evidence-backed QA findings.

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deslop Rewrite prose that sounds synthetic, inflated, or assistant-like.

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fail-fast Remove hidden fallbacks, swallowed errors, legacy aliases and permissive defaults. Not for behaviour-preserving clean…

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27

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nomen Generate, critique, and validate names for products, projects, packages, CLIs, apps, brands, or features, with domain…

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componentize Consolidate shared UI, split multi-responsibility files or extract packages. Not for redesign (`chiaroscuro`), typogr…

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mastraudit Audit a Mastra codebase against execution failures first: workflow step size, fan-out keying, suspend and resume payl…

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marginalia Add concise, useful JSDoc where IDE hover help or a generated API reference needs a non-obvious contract.

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foreman Run an explicitly requested delegation mode for substantial changes: the main agent decides and inspects while subage…

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foundry Create, review, or revise a distinctive visual identity system: positioning, rendered direction options, OKLCH palett…

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aperture Extract app-local components, hooks, utilities, or subsystems into reusable packages with stable exports and tests. U…

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heathen Find and refactor god components, oversized modules, tangled scripts, and multi-responsibility JavaScript or TypeScri…

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fenceline Add, check, explain, or repair JavaScript and TypeScript architecture boundaries with `@howells/boundaries`. Use for …

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unslop Remove machine-written code tells from a diff without changing behavior: narrating comments, one-caller wrappers, imp…

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memento Report what this task is doing now from live state: original ask, completed work, remaining work, branch, uncommitted…

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muster Rebuild context across concurrent or older tasks from transcripts, git, peer sessions and the tracker. Use for catch-…

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salvage Rescue work that exists in only one place - detached HEADs, worktrees, unpushed branches, or stashes - then remove on…

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signage Rewrite interface strings into the words the audience already uses: labels, headings, buttons, status lines, empty st…

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survey Grade an entire codebase with a stage-calibrated verdict, clustered findings, and comparable scores. Use for reposito…

howells/skills

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what Re-explain only the previous reply in three plain lines: what happened, current state, next step. No new facts. Not t…

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13

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glm-review Get an independent read-only review from GLM 5.3 Flash on the Z.AI Coding Plan via OpenCode, then verify its claims b…

howells/skills

12

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polyplugin Create, audit, or migrate agent plugins across Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Use for multi-host manifests, marketpl…

howells/skills

12

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product-description Document user-visible product behaviour from code, tests and the running product, then consolidate defects into triag…

howells/skills

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fable-review Get an independent review from Claude Fable 5.1 through the Claude CLI, then verify its claims before acting. Use for…

howells/skills

11

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typecase Design and enforce named typography roles across a UI codebase. Use when raw font utilities have multiplied or a type…

howells/skills

11

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paste-up Build a Paper mockup from a written specification, or audit and repair an existing Paper file: tokens, fonts, artboar…

howells/skills

10

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plimsoll Cut process weight when gate ladders, CI/build watch loops, remote Vercel builds or re-planning displace shipping. Ke…

howells/skills

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web-research Research the open web with Exa and Tavily and synthesize one cited answer. Not for browser QA (`fieldtest`) or scrapi…

howells/skills

10

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gog Use gogcli for configured Google accounts instead of Google connectors. Not for web research (`web-research`).

howells/skills

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linear Use configured Linear accounts via GraphQL; choose the account that owns the target. Not for transcripts (`muster`).

howells/skills

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starling Query configured Starling Bank balances and transactions. Not for Xero (`xero`).

howells/skills

9

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xero Query Xero accounting data through a configured integration. Not for Starling (`starling`).

howells/skills

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brand Create a distinctive visual identity system: brand strategy, palette, typography, visual character, rendered directio…

howells/skills

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blender Inspect, measure and render Blender scenes through MCP or headless CLI. Use for Blender scene, render-pipeline or MCP…

howells/skills

4

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next Deliver the next actionable tracker item with Plimsoll, then stop. Not for codebase audits (`survey`) or session reco…

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4

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inquest Answer a question about intent, history, or provenance by sweeping every available evidence source in parallel, then …

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simplify Strict structural review of abstractions, file growth and branching. Not routine cleanup (`unslop`) or a codebase aud…

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rebalance Reprioritize a project's backlog for a goal. Not implementation (`next`).

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