
Custom agent and workflow creation specialist
System architecture and technical design specialist
Product requirements and planning specialist
Orchestrates BMAD workflows for structured AI-driven development. Use when initializing BMAD in projects, checking workflow status, or routing between 4 phases (Analysis, Planning, Solutioning, Implementation). Manages project configs, tracks progress through project levels 0-4, and coordinates with specialized workflows. Trigger on /workflow-init, /workflow-status, or when users need BMAD setup.
Designs system architecture, selects tech stacks, defines components and interfaces, addresses non-functional requirements. Trigger words - architecture, system design, tech stack, components, scalability, security, API design, data model, NFR, patterns, microservices, monolith
Product requirements and planning specialist. Creates PRDs and tech specs with functional/non-functional requirements, prioritizes features using MoSCoW/RICE frameworks, breaks down epics into user stories, and ensures requirements are testable and traceable. Use for PRD creation, requirements definition, feature prioritization, tech specs, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Creates custom agents, workflows, and templates for BMAD. Extends BMAD functionality with domain-specific components. Trigger keywords - create agent, create workflow, custom skill, extend BMAD, new template, customize, scaffold skill
Story implementation and code development specialist
Brainstorming and research automation specialist
Core BMAD Method orchestrator and workflow manager
Sprint planning and agile workflow specialist
Product discovery and requirements analysis specialist
Sprint planning and agile workflow specialist. Breaks epics into user stories, estimates complexity using story points, plans sprint iterations, and tracks velocity. Trigger keywords - sprint planning, user story, story points, velocity, backlog, sprint, epic breakdown, estimation, burndown, agile planning.
Facilitates structured brainstorming sessions, conducts comprehensive research, and generates creative solutions using proven frameworks. Trigger keywords - brainstorm, ideate, research, SCAMPER, SWOT, mind map, creative, explore ideas, market research, competitive analysis, innovation, problem solving, feature generation
Product discovery and requirements analysis specialist. Conducts stakeholder interviews, market research, problem discovery, and creates product briefs. Use for product brief, brainstorm, research, discovery, requirements gathering, problem analysis, user needs, competitive analysis, and setting foundation before product planning. Hands off to product manager when analysis complete.
Implements user stories, writes clean tested code, follows best practices. Trigger keywords implement story, dev story, code, implement, build feature, fix bug, write tests, code review, refactor
Designs user experiences, creates wireframes, defines user flows, ensures accessibility. Trigger keywords - UX design, wireframe, user flow, accessibility, WCAG, mobile-first, responsive, UI design, user journey, interface design, user experience, design system, component design, interaction design
User experience and interface design specialist
Set up database replication for high availability and disaster recovery. Use when configuring master-slave replication, multi-master setups, or replication monitoring.
Design and implement database indexing strategies. Use when creating indexes, choosing index types, or optimizing index performance in PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Improve database query performance through indexing, query optimization, and execution plan analysis. Reduce response times and database load.
Implement database sharding for horizontal scalability. Use when scaling large databases, distributing data across multiple servers, or designing sharded architectures.
Automate deployments across environments using Helm, Terraform, and ArgoCD. Implement blue-green deployments, canary releases, and rollback strategies.
Document deployment processes, infrastructure setup, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management. Use when creating deployment guides, infrastructure docs, or CI/CD documentation.
Build comprehensive design systems with components, patterns, and guidelines. Enable consistent design, faster development, and better collaboration across teams.
Reduce feature dimensionality using PCA, t-SNE, and feature selection for feature reduction, visualization, and computational efficiency
Create optimized Docker containers with multi-stage builds, security best practices, and minimal image sizes. Use when containerizing applications, creating Dockerfiles, optimizing container images, or setting up Docker Compose services.
Build high-performance FastAPI applications with async routes, validation, dependency injection, security, and automatic API documentation. Use when developing modern Python APIs with async support, automatic OpenAPI documentation, and high performance requirements.
Create and transform features using encoding, scaling, polynomial features, and domain-specific transformations for improved model performance and interpretability
Build beautiful cross-platform mobile apps with Flutter and Dart. Covers widgets, state management with Provider/BLoC, navigation, API integration, and material design.
Analyze user conversion funnels, identify drop-off points, and optimize conversion rates for conversion optimization and user flow analysis
Deploy serverless functions on Google Cloud Platform with triggers, IAM roles, environment variables, and monitoring. Use for event-driven computing on GCP.
Build comprehensive GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD, testing, security, and deployment. Master workflows, jobs, steps, and conditional execution.
Implement idempotency keys and handling to ensure operations can be safely retried without duplicate effects. Use when building payment systems, APIs with retries, or distributed transactions.
Create and execute incident response procedures for security breaches, data leaks, and cyber attacks. Use when handling security incidents, creating response playbooks, or conducting forensic analysis.
Set up comprehensive infrastructure monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and alerting systems for metrics, health checks, and performance tracking.
Configure and deploy load balancers (HAProxy, AWS ELB/ALB/NLB) for distributing traffic, session management, and high availability.
Profile and optimize application memory usage. Identify memory leaks, reduce memory footprint, and improve efficiency for better performance and reliability.
Create and manage mocks, stubs, spies, and test doubles for isolating unit tests from external dependencies. Use for mock, stub, spy, test double, Mockito, Jest mocks, and dependency isolation.
Analyze network structures, identify communities, measure centrality, and visualize relationships for social networks and organizational structures
Debug network issues using browser tools and network analysis. Diagnose connection problems, latency, and data transmission issues.
Build production-ready Express.js servers with middleware, authentication, routing, and database integration. Use when creating REST APIs, managing requests/responses, implementing middleware chains, and handling server logic.
Design and execute performance tests to measure response times, throughput, and resource utilization. Use for performance test, load test, JMeter, k6, benchmark, latency testing, and scalability analysis.
Visualize and document current and future business processes. Identify inefficiencies, dependencies, and improvement opportunities through detailed process mapping and analysis.
Automate pull request workflows with templates, checklists, auto-merge rules, and review assignments. Reduce manual overhead and improve consistency.
Build collaborative and content-based recommendation engines for product recommendations, personalization, and improving user engagement
Build predictive models using linear regression, polynomial regression, and regularized regression for continuous prediction, trend forecasting, and relationship quantification
Systematically collect, document, and validate requirements from stakeholders. Ensure clarity, completeness, and agreement before development begins to reduce scope creep and rework.
Conduct comprehensive security compliance audits for SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001. Use when preparing for certification, annual audits, or compliance validation.
Classify text sentiment using NLP techniques, lexicon-based analysis, and machine learning for opinion mining, brand monitoring, and customer feedback analysis
Prevent SQL injection attacks using prepared statements, parameterized queries, and input validation. Use when building database-driven applications securely.
Test system behavior under extreme load conditions to identify breaking points, capacity limits, and failure modes. Use for stress test, capacity testing, breaking point analysis, spike test, and system limits validation.
Infrastructure as Code using Terraform with modular components, state management, and multi-cloud deployments. Use for provisioning and managing cloud resources.
Generate realistic, consistent test data using factories, fixtures, and fake data libraries. Use for test data, fixtures, mock data, faker, test builders, and seed data generation.
Manage database transactions for data consistency. Use when implementing ACID compliance, handling concurrency, or managing transaction isolation levels.
Create detailed user personas based on research and data. Develop realistic representations of target users to guide product decisions and ensure user-centered design.
Write effective user stories that capture requirements from the user's perspective. Create clear stories with detailed acceptance criteria to guide development and define done.
Implement webhook systems for event-driven integration with retry logic, signature verification, and delivery guarantees. Use when creating event notification systems, integrating with external services, or building event-driven architectures.
Implement advanced filtering and sorting capabilities for APIs with query parsing, field validation, and optimization. Use when building search features, complex queries, or flexible data retrieval endpoints.
Design and analyze A/B tests, calculate statistical significance, and determine sample sizes for conversion optimization and experiment validation
Plan and execute effective sprints using Agile methodologies. Define sprint goals, estimate user stories, manage sprint backlog, and facilitate daily standups to maximize team productivity and deliver value incrementally.
Develop native Android apps with Kotlin. Covers MVVM with Jetpack, Compose for modern UI, Retrofit for API calls, Room for local storage, and navigation architecture.
Implement secure API authentication with JWT, OAuth 2.0, API keys, and session management. Use when securing APIs, managing tokens, or implementing user authentication flows.
Document API changes, breaking changes, migration guides, and version history for APIs. Use when documenting API versioning, breaking changes, or creating API migration guides.
Implement efficient pagination strategies for large datasets using offset/limit, cursor-based, and keyset pagination. Use when returning collections, managing large result sets, or optimizing query performance.
Optimize API response times through caching, compression, and efficient payloads. Improve backend performance and reduce network traffic.
Secure REST APIs with authentication, rate limiting, CORS, input validation, and security middleware. Use when building or hardening API endpoints against common attacks.
Implement API versioning strategies including URL versioning, header versioning, backward compatibility, deprecation strategies, and migration guides. Use when dealing with API versions, deprecating endpoints, or managing breaking changes.
Create system architecture diagrams using Mermaid, PlantUML, C4 model, flowcharts, and sequence diagrams. Use when documenting architecture, system design, data flows, or technical workflows.
Manage build artifacts, Docker images, and package registries. Configure artifact repositories, versioning, and distribution strategies.
Distribute content globally using CloudFront with caching, security headers, WAF integration, and origin configuration. Use for low-latency content delivery.
Create and deploy serverless functions using AWS Lambda with event sources, permissions, layers, and environment configuration. Use for event-driven computing without managing servers.
Manage S3 buckets with versioning, encryption, access control, lifecycle policies, and replication. Use for object storage, static sites, and data lakes.
Deploy and manage web apps using Azure App Service with auto-scaling, deployment slots, SSL/TLS, and monitoring. Use for hosting web applications on Azure.
Create serverless functions on Azure with triggers, bindings, authentication, and monitoring. Use for event-driven computing without managing infrastructure.
Design scalable React components using functional components, hooks, composition patterns, and TypeScript. Use when building reusable component libraries and maintainable UI systems.
Reduce JavaScript and CSS bundle sizes through code splitting, tree shaking, and optimization techniques. Improve load times and overall application performance.
Build compelling business cases to justify investments and secure funding. Quantify benefits, assess costs, manage risks, and present compelling ROI arguments to leadership.
Implement canary deployment strategies to gradually roll out new versions to subset of users with automatic rollback based on metrics.
Implement rate limiting, throttling, API quotas, and backpressure mechanisms to protect services from abuse and ensure fair resource usage. Use when building APIs, preventing DOS attacks, or managing system load.
Identify, analyze, and prioritize project risks using qualitative and quantitative methods. Develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact and maximize project success probability.
Analyze team capacity, plan resource allocation, and balance workload across projects. Forecast staffing needs and optimize team utilization while maintaining sustainable pace.
Maintain comprehensive changelogs and release notes following Keep a Changelog format. Use when documenting version history, release notes, or tracking changes across versions.
Optimize and manage cloud costs across AWS, Azure, and GCP using reserved instances, spot pricing, and cost monitoring tools.
Write comprehensive code documentation including JSDoc, Python docstrings, inline comments, function documentation, and API comments. Use when documenting code, writing docstrings, or creating inline documentation.
Analyze code complexity, cyclomatic complexity, maintainability index, and code churn using metrics tools. Use when assessing code quality, identifying refactoring candidates, or monitoring technical debt.
Perform comprehensive code reviews with best practices, security checks, and constructive feedback. Use when reviewing pull requests, analyzing code quality, checking for security vulnerabilities, or providing code improvement suggestions.
Implement comprehensive health check endpoints for liveness, readiness, and dependency monitoring. Use when deploying to Kubernetes, implementing load balancer health checks, or monitoring service availability.
Analyze competitive landscape to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Inform product strategy and positioning based on market insights.
Implement thread-safe code, mutexes, semaphores, async/await patterns, and concurrent data structures. Use when handling parallel operations, race conditions, or building high-performance concurrent systems.
Manage container registries (Docker Hub, ECR, GCR) with image scanning, retention policies, and access control.
Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality feedback. Use for continuous testing, CI testing, automated testing pipelines, test orchestration, and DevOps quality practices.
Implement distributed tracing with correlation IDs, trace propagation, and span tracking across microservices. Use when debugging distributed systems, monitoring request flows, or implementing observability.
Profile CPU usage to identify hot spots and bottlenecks. Optimize code paths consuming most CPU time for better performance and resource efficiency.
Handle cross-platform compatibility including file paths, environment detection, platform-specific dependencies, and testing across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Use when dealing with platform-specific code or OS compatibility.
Organize CSS using BEM, SMACSS, and CSS-in-JS patterns. Use when building scalable, maintainable styling systems with proper naming conventions.
Implement backup and restore strategies for disaster recovery. Use when creating backup plans, testing restore procedures, or setting up automated backups.
Manage database migrations and schema versioning. Use when planning migrations, version control, rollback strategies, or data transformations in PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Monitor database performance and health. Use when setting up monitoring, analyzing metrics, or troubleshooting database issues.
Design database schemas with normalization, relationships, and constraints. Use when creating new database schemas, designing tables, or planning data models for PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Document database schemas, ERD diagrams, table relationships, indexes, and constraints. Use when documenting database schema, creating ERD diagrams, or writing table documentation.
Implement strong encryption using AES, RSA, TLS, and proper key management. Use when securing data at rest, in transit, or implementing end-to-end encryption.
Create safe, reversible database migration scripts with rollback capabilities, data validation, and zero-downtime deployments. Use when changing database schemas, migrating data between systems, or performing large-scale data transformations.
Create effective visualizations using matplotlib and seaborn for exploratory analysis, presenting insights, and communicating findings with business stakeholders
Manage project dependencies across languages including npm install, package versioning, dependency conflicts, security scanning, and lock files. Use when dealing with dependencies, version pinning, semantic versioning, or resolving conflicts.
Prepare designs for development handoff. Document specifications, interactions, and assets to enable efficient development and maintain design quality.
Apply appropriate design patterns (Singleton, Factory, Observer, Strategy, etc.) to solve architectural problems. Use when refactoring code architecture, implementing extensible systems, or following SOLID principles.
Create comprehensive developer onboarding documentation including setup guides, README files, contributing guidelines, and getting started tutorials. Use when onboarding new developers or creating setup documentation.
Execute comprehensive disaster recovery tests, validate recovery procedures, and document lessons learned from DR exercises.
Implement distributed tracing with Jaeger and Zipkin for tracking requests across microservices. Use when debugging distributed systems, tracking request flows, or analyzing service performance.
Develop production-grade Django applications with models, views, ORM queries, authentication, and admin interfaces. Use when building web applications, managing databases with Django ORM, and implementing authentication systems.
Manage DNS records, routing policies, and failover configurations for high availability and disaster recovery.
Set up documentation websites using Docusaurus, MkDocs, VitePress, GitBook, or static site generators. Use when creating docs sites, setting up documentation portals, or building static documentation.
Implement error tracking with Sentry for automatic exception monitoring, release tracking, and performance issues. Use when setting up error monitoring, tracking bugs in production, or analyzing application stability.
Discover patterns, distributions, and relationships in data through visualization, summary statistics, and hypothesis generation for exploratory data analysis, data profiling, and initial insights
Develop lightweight Flask APIs with routing, blueprints, database integration, authentication, and request/response handling. Use when building RESTful APIs, microservices, or lightweight web services with Flask.
Implement form validation using React Hook Form, Formik, Vee-Validate, and custom validators. Use when building robust form handling with real-time validation.
Implement client-side routing using React Router, Vue Router, and Angular Router. Use when building multi-page applications with navigation and route protection.
Manage application state using Redux, MobX, Zustand, and Context API. Use when centralizing state for complex applications with multiple components.
Identify differences between current state and desired future state. Analyze gaps in capabilities, processes, skills, and technology to plan improvements and investments.
Deploy containerized applications on Google Cloud Run with automatic scaling, traffic management, and service mesh integration. Use for container-based serverless computing.
Master Git workflows including GitFlow, GitHub Flow, Trunk-Based Development. Configure branches, merge strategies, and collaboration patterns for team environments.
Implement graceful shutdown procedures to handle SIGTERM signals, drain connections, complete in-flight requests, and clean up resources properly. Use when deploying containerized applications, handling server restarts, or ensuring zero-downtime deployments.
Design and implement GraphQL APIs with schema design, resolvers, queries, mutations, subscriptions, and best practices. Use when building GraphQL servers, designing schemas, or migrating from REST to GraphQL.
Build high-performance gRPC services with Protocol Buffers, bidirectional streaming, and microservice communication. Use when building gRPC servers, defining service contracts, or implementing inter-service communication.
Optimize images for web to reduce file size without sacrificing quality. Use compression, modern formats, and responsive techniques for faster loading.
Organize and structure information for clarity and discoverability. Design navigation systems, hierarchies, and mental models that match user needs.
Optimize cloud infrastructure costs through resource rightsizing, reserved instances, spot instances, and waste reduction strategies.
Design and implement integration tests that verify component interactions, API endpoints, database operations, and external service communication. Use for integration test, API test, end-to-end component testing, and service layer validation.
Design meaningful interactions and microinteractions. Create delightful user experiences through thoughtful animation, feedback, and responsive interface design.
Debug issues that occur sporadically and are hard to reproduce. Use monitoring and systematic investigation to identify root causes of flaky behavior.
Implement internationalization (i18n) and localization including message extraction, translation catalogs, pluralization rules, date/time/number formatting, RTL language support, and i18n libraries like i18next and gettext. Use for multi-language, translation, or localization needs.
Develop native iOS apps with Swift. Covers MVVM architecture, SwiftUI, URLSession for networking, Combine for reactive programming, and Core Data persistence.
Build Jenkins declarative and scripted pipelines with stages, agents, parameters, and plugins. Implement multi-branch pipelines and deployment automation.
Implement centralized logging with ELK Stack, Loki, or Splunk for log collection, parsing, storage, and analysis across infrastructure.
Master markdown formatting, GitHub Flavored Markdown, README files, and documentation formatting. Use when writing markdown docs, READMEs, or formatting documentation.
Detect and fix memory leaks using heap snapshots, memory profiling, and leak detection tools. Use when investigating memory growth, OOM errors, or optimizing memory usage.
Interpret machine learning models using SHAP, LIME, feature importance, partial dependence, and attention visualization for explainability
Build and train machine learning models using scikit-learn, PyTorch, and TensorFlow for classification, regression, and clustering tasks
Debug issues specific to mobile applications including platform-specific problems, device constraints, and connectivity issues.
Comprehensive mobile app testing strategies for iOS and Android. Covers unit tests, UI tests, integration tests, performance testing, and test automation with Detox, Appium, and XCTest.
Design for mobile devices first, then scale up to larger screens. Create responsive interfaces that work seamlessly across all device sizes.
Deploy machine learning models to production using Flask, FastAPI, Docker, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), and model serving frameworks
Monitor model performance, detect data drift, concept drift, and anomalies in production using Prometheus, Grafana, and MLflow
Design and implement multi-cloud strategies spanning AWS, Azure, and GCP with vendor lock-in avoidance, hybrid deployments, and federation.
Evaluate test suite quality by introducing code mutations and verifying tests catch them. Use for mutation testing, test quality, mutant detection, Stryker, PITest, and test effectiveness analysis.
Configure network security groups and firewall rules to control inbound/outbound traffic and implement network segmentation.
Configure Nginx web server for high-performance reverse proxy, load balancing, SSL/TLS, caching, and API gateway functionality.
Identify and debug performance regressions from code changes. Use comparison and profiling to locate what degraded performance and restore baseline metrics.
Design NoSQL database schemas for MongoDB and DynamoDB. Use when modeling document structures, designing collections, or planning NoSQL data architectures.
Implement secure OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), JWT authentication, and SSO integration. Use when building secure authentication systems for web and mobile applications.
Ethical hacking and security testing methodologies using penetration testing tools, exploit frameworks, and manual security validation. Use when assessing application security posture and identifying exploitable vulnerabilities.
Integrate multiple programming languages using FFI, native bindings, gRPC, or language bridges. Use when combining strengths of different languages or integrating legacy systems.
Profile application performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimize hot paths using CPU profiling, flame graphs, and benchmarking. Use when investigating performance issues or optimizing critical code paths.
Build progressive web apps using service workers, web manifest, offline support, and installability. Use when creating app-like web experiences.
Set up Prometheus monitoring for applications with custom metrics, scraping configurations, and service discovery. Use when implementing time-series metrics collection, monitoring applications, or building observability infrastructure.
Design property-based tests that verify code properties hold for all inputs using automatic test case generation. Use for property-based, QuickCheck, hypothesis testing, generative testing, and invariant verification.
Implement push notifications for iOS and Android. Covers Firebase Cloud Messaging, Apple Push Notification service, handling notifications, and backend integration.
Implement reactive programming patterns using RxJS, streams, observables, and backpressure handling. Use when building event-driven UIs, handling async data streams, or managing complex data flows.
Build cross-platform mobile apps with React Native. Covers navigation with React Navigation, state management with Redux/Context API, API integration, and platform-specific features.
Implement real-time functionality using WebSockets, Server-Sent Events (SSE), or long polling. Use when building chat applications, live dashboards, collaborative editing, notifications, or any feature requiring instant updates.
Build recommendation systems using collaborative filtering, content-based filtering, matrix factorization, and neural network approaches
Modernize and improve legacy codebases while maintaining functionality. Use when you need to refactor old code, reduce technical debt, modernize deprecated patterns, or improve code maintainability without breaking existing behavior.
Plan, coordinate, and execute software releases across environments. Manage versioning, rollout strategies, rollback procedures, and stakeholder communication for smooth deployments.
Design RESTful APIs following best practices for resource modeling, HTTP methods, status codes, versioning, and documentation. Use when creating new APIs, designing endpoints, or improving existing API architecture.
Facilitate effective retrospectives to capture lessons learned, celebrate successes, and identify actionable improvements for future iterations.
Conduct systematic root cause analysis to identify underlying problems. Use structured methodologies to prevent recurring issues and drive improvements.
Develop Ruby on Rails applications with models, controllers, views, Active Record ORM, authentication, and RESTful routes. Use when building Rails applications, managing database relationships, and implementing MVC architecture.
Create operational runbooks, playbooks, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and incident response guides. Use when documenting operational procedures, on-call guides, or incident response processes.
Implement secrets management with HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or Kubernetes Secrets for secure credential storage and rotation.
Implement comprehensive security audit logging for compliance, forensics, and SIEM integration. Use when building audit trails, compliance logging, or security monitoring systems.
Create security policies, guidelines, compliance documentation, and security best practices. Use when documenting security policies, compliance requirements, or security guidelines.
Configure HTTP security headers including CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and XSS protection. Use when hardening web applications against common attacks.
Identify security vulnerabilities through SAST, DAST, penetration testing, and dependency scanning. Use for security test, vulnerability scanning, OWASP, SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, and penetration testing.
Implement semantic versioning (SemVer) with automated release management. Use conventional commits, semantic-release, and version bumping strategies.
Design and implement serverless applications using AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, and GCP Cloud Functions with event-driven patterns and orchestration.
Implement service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) for service-to-service communication, traffic management, security, and observability.
Implement secure session management systems with JWT tokens, session storage, token refresh, logout handling, and CSRF protection. Use when managing user authentication state, handling token lifecycle, and securing sessions.
Analyze and optimize SQL queries for performance. Use when improving slow queries, reducing execution time, or analyzing query performance in PostgreSQL and MySQL.
Implement stored procedures and functions for database logic. Use when creating reusable database routines, complex queries, or server-side calculations.
Analyze time-to-event data, calculate survival probabilities, and compare groups using Kaplan-Meier and Cox proportional hazards models
Implement synthetic monitoring and automated testing to simulate user behavior and detect issues before users. Use when creating end-to-end test scenarios, monitoring API flows, or validating user workflows.
Create comprehensive technical roadmaps aligned with business goals. Plan technology investments, architecture evolution, and infrastructure improvements over quarters and years.
Analyze temporal data patterns including trends, seasonality, autocorrelation, and forecasting for time series decomposition, trend analysis, and forecasting models
Create comprehensive troubleshooting guides, FAQ documents, known issues lists, and debug guides. Use when documenting common problems, error messages, or debugging procedures.
Write comprehensive unit tests with high coverage using testing frameworks like Jest, pytest, JUnit, or RSpec. Use when writing tests for functions, classes, components, or establishing testing standards.
Implement uptime monitoring and status page systems for tracking service availability. Use when monitoring application uptime, creating status pages, or implementing health checks.
Create comprehensive user guides, tutorials, how-to documentation, and step-by-step instructions with screenshots and examples. Use when writing user documentation, tutorials, or getting started guides.
Detect unintended visual changes in UI by comparing screenshots across versions. Use for visual regression, screenshot diff, Percy, Chromatic, UI testing, and visual validation.
Automated vulnerability detection using OWASP tools, CVE databases, and security scanners. Use when performing security audits, compliance checks, or continuous security monitoring.
Optimize web application performance using code splitting, lazy loading, caching, compression, and monitoring. Use when improving Core Web Vitals and user experience.
Create wireframes and interactive prototypes to visualize user interfaces and gather feedback early. Use tools and techniques to communicate design ideas before development.
Prevent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks through input sanitization, output encoding, and Content Security Policy. Use when handling user-generated content in web applications.
Implement Zero Trust security model with identity verification, microsegmentation, least privilege access, and continuous monitoring. Use when building secure cloud-native applications.
Implement robust batch processing systems with job queues, schedulers, background tasks, and distributed workers. Use when processing large datasets, scheduled tasks, async operations, or resource-intensive computations.
Build end-to-end automated tests that simulate real user interactions across the full application stack. Use for E2E test, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, browser automation, and user journey testing.
Integrate email services with backends using SMTP, third-party providers, templates, and asynchronous sending. Use when implementing email functionality, sending transactional emails, and managing email workflows.
Integrate payment gateways like Stripe, PayPal, and Square with backends for payment processing, subscription management, and webhook handling. Use when building e-commerce platforms, implementing billing systems, and handling payments securely.
Implement server-side rendering with template engines, view layers, and dynamic content generation. Use when building server-rendered applications, implementing MVC architectures, and generating HTML on the server.
Build enterprise Spring Boot applications with annotations, dependency injection, data persistence, REST controllers, and security. Use when developing Spring applications, managing beans, implementing services, and configuring Spring Boot projects.
Implement real-time bidirectional communication with WebSockets including connection management, message routing, and scaling. Use when building real-time features, chat systems, live notifications, or collaborative applications.
Implement WCAG 2.1/2.2 accessibility standards, screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation, and a11y testing. Use when building inclusive web applications, ensuring regulatory compliance, or improving user experience for people with disabilities.
Implement comprehensive alert management with PagerDuty, escalation policies, and incident coordination. Use when setting up alerting systems, managing on-call schedules, or coordinating incident response.
Identify unusual patterns, outliers, and anomalies in data using statistical methods, isolation forests, and autoencoders for fraud detection and quality monitoring
Implement comprehensive API error handling with standardized error responses, logging, monitoring, retry logic, and validation patterns. Use when building resilient APIs, debugging issues, improving error reporting, implementing retry logic, handling HTTP error codes, managing API timeouts, designing error response handling, or adding circuit breaker patterns.
Create comprehensive API reference documentation with OpenAPI/Swagger specs, REST endpoints, authentication, examples, and SDKs. Use when documenting REST APIs, GraphQL APIs, endpoint documentation, or OpenAPI specifications.
Deploy iOS and Android apps to App Store and Google Play. Covers signing, versioning, build configuration, submission process, and release management.
Launch and configure EC2 instances with security groups, IAM roles, key pairs, AMIs, and auto-scaling. Use for virtual servers and managed infrastructure.
Implement background job processing systems with task queues, workers, scheduling, and retry mechanisms. Use when handling long-running tasks, sending emails, generating reports, and processing large datasets asynchronously.
Implement blue-green deployment strategies for zero-downtime releases with instant rollback capability and traffic switching between environments.
Implement efficient caching strategies using Redis, Memcached, CDN, and cache invalidation patterns. Use when optimizing application performance, reducing database load, or improving response times.
Design and implement CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CircleCI. Use for automated testing, building, and deployment workflows.
Build binary and multiclass classification models using logistic regression, decision trees, and ensemble methods for categorical prediction and classification
Implement comprehensive cloud security across AWS, Azure, and GCP with IAM, encryption, network security, compliance, and threat detection.
Track and analyze user cohorts over time, calculate retention rates, and identify behavioral patterns for customer lifecycle and retention analysis
Implement computer vision tasks including image classification, object detection, segmentation, and pose estimation using PyTorch and TensorFlow
Debug Docker containers and containerized applications. Diagnose deployment issues, container lifecycle problems, and resource constraints.
Measure relationships between variables using correlation coefficients, correlation matrices, and association tests for correlation measurement, relationship analysis, and multicollinearity detection
Build NLP applications using transformers library, BERT, GPT, text classification, named entity recognition, and sentiment analysis
Design and architect neural networks with various architectures including CNNs, RNNs, Transformers, and attention mechanisms using PyTorch and TensorFlow
Estimate project scope, timeline, and resource requirements using multiple estimation techniques including bottom-up, top-down, and analogous estimation methods for accurate project planning.
Implement query caching strategies to improve performance. Use when setting up caching layers, configuring Redis, or optimizing database query response times.
Create responsive layouts using CSS Grid, Flexbox, media queries, and mobile-first design. Use when building adaptive interfaces that work across all devices.
Implement automated secrets rotation for API keys, credentials, certificates, and encryption keys. Use when managing secrets lifecycle, compliance requirements, or security hardening.
Manage SSL/TLS certificates with automated provisioning, renewal, and monitoring using Let's Encrypt, ACM, or Vault.
Manage stakeholder expectations and engagement through targeted communication, regular updates, and relationship building. Tailor messaging for different stakeholder groups and priorities.
Implement static code analysis with linters, formatters, and security scanners to catch bugs early. Use when enforcing code standards, detecting security vulnerabilities, or automating code review.
Design and implement scalable test automation frameworks with Page Object Model, fixtures, and reporting. Use for test framework, page object pattern, test architecture, test organization, and automation infrastructure.
Integrate external APIs and services with error handling, retry logic, and data transformation. Use when connecting to payment processors, messaging services, analytics platforms, or other third-party providers.
Structure Vue 3 applications using Composition API, component organization, and TypeScript. Use when building scalable Vue applications with proper separation of concerns.
Analyze user research data to uncover insights, identify patterns, and inform design decisions. Synthesize qualitative and quantitative research into actionable recommendations.
Conduct comprehensive web performance audits. Measure page speed, identify bottlenecks, and recommend optimizations to improve user experience and SEO.
Debug database performance issues through query analysis, index optimization, and execution plan review. Identify and fix slow queries.
Test web applications for WCAG compliance and ensure usability for users with disabilities. Use for accessibility test, a11y, axe, ARIA, keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility, and WCAG validation.
Configure API gateways for routing, authentication, rate limiting, and request/response transformation. Use when deploying microservices, setting up reverse proxies, or managing API traffic.
Conduct statistical tests including t-tests, chi-square, ANOVA, and p-value analysis for statistical significance, hypothesis validation, and A/B testing
Assess, quantify, and prioritize technical debt using code analysis, metrics, and impact analysis. Use when planning refactoring, evaluating codebases, or making architectural decisions.
Create detailed technical specifications, requirements documents, design documents, and system architecture specs. Use when writing technical specs, requirements docs, or design documents.
Implement secure webhook systems for event-driven integrations, including signature verification, retry logic, and delivery guarantees. Use when building third-party integrations, event notifications, or real-time data synchronization.
Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), permissions management, and authorization policies. Use when building secure access control systems with fine-grained permissions.
Design Angular modules using feature modules, lazy loading, and dependency injection. Use when organizing large Angular applications with proper separation of concerns.
Infrastructure automation and configuration management using Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventory. Use for deploying applications, patching, and managing servers.
Verify API contracts between services to ensure compatibility and prevent breaking changes. Use for contract testing, Pact, API contract validation, schema validation, and consumer-driven contracts.
Implement API rate limiting strategies using token bucket, sliding window, and fixed window algorithms. Use when protecting APIs from abuse, managing traffic, or implementing tiered rate limits.
Implement structured logging across applications with log aggregation and centralized analysis. Use when setting up application logging, implementing ELK stack, or analyzing application behavior.
Configure autoscaling for Kubernetes, VMs, and serverless workloads based on metrics, schedules, and custom indicators.
Deploy and manage relational databases using RDS with Multi-AZ, read replicas, backups, and encryption. Use for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, and Oracle.
Implement backup strategies, disaster recovery plans, and data restoration procedures for protecting critical infrastructure and data.
Debug client-side issues using browser developer tools. Identify JavaScript errors, styling issues, and performance problems in the browser.
Determine cause-and-effect relationships using propensity scoring, instrumental variables, and causal graphs for policy evaluation and treatment effects
Implement circuit breaker patterns for fault tolerance, automatic failure detection, and fallback mechanisms. Use when calling external services, handling cascading failures, or implementing resilience patterns.
Plan and execute cloud migrations with assessment, database migration, application refactoring, and cutover strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Optimize cloud storage across AWS S3, Azure Blob, and GCP Cloud Storage with compression, partitioning, lifecycle policies, and cost management.
Identify groups and patterns in data using k-means, hierarchical clustering, and DBSCAN for cluster discovery, customer segmentation, and unsupervised learning
Generate code from templates and patterns including scaffolding, boilerplate generation, AST-based code generation, and template engines. Use when generating code, scaffolding projects, creating boilerplate, or using templates.
Design color palettes that are accessible to all users including those with color blindness. Ensure sufficient contrast, meaningful use of color, and inclusive design.
Manage application configuration including environment variables, settings management, configuration hierarchies, secret management, feature flags, and 12-factor app principles. Use for config, environment setup, or settings management.
Implement Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection using tokens, SameSite cookies, and origin validation. Use when building forms and state-changing operations.
Build robust processes for data cleaning, missing value imputation, outlier handling, and data transformation for data preprocessing, data quality, and data pipeline automation
Map, track, and manage project dependencies across teams, systems, and organizations. Identify critical path items and prevent blocking issues through proactive dependency management.
Implement event sourcing and CQRS patterns using event stores, aggregates, and projections. Use when building audit trails, temporal queries, or systems requiring full history.
Implement feature flags (toggles) for controlled feature rollouts, A/B testing, canary deployments, and kill switches. Use when deploying new features gradually, testing in production, or managing feature lifecycles.
Implement secure file upload handling with validation, virus scanning, storage management, and serving files efficiently. Use when building file upload features, managing file storage, and implementing file download systems.
Implement WCAG compliance using semantic HTML, ARIA, keyboard navigation, and screen reader support. Use when building inclusive applications for all users.
Implement comprehensive frontend testing using Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library, and Cypress. Use when building robust test suites for UI and integration tests.
Implement Git hooks using Husky, pre-commit, and custom scripts. Enforce code quality, linting, and testing before commits and pushes.
Design and implement GitLab CI/CD pipelines with stages, jobs, artifacts, and caching. Configure runners, Docker integration, and deployment strategies.
Create professional Grafana dashboards with visualizations, templating, and alerts. Use when building monitoring dashboards, creating data visualizations, or setting up operational insights.
Design and build dashboards that track key performance indicators. Select relevant metrics, visualize data effectively, and communicate insights to stakeholders.
Deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications on Kubernetes clusters with best practices for production workloads, resource management, and rolling updates.
Analyze application and system logs to identify errors, patterns, and root causes. Use log aggregation tools and structured logging for effective debugging.
Implement structured logging with JSON formats, log levels (DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR), contextual logging, PII handling, and centralized logging. Use for logging, observability, log levels, structured logs, or debugging.
Design and implement microservices architecture including service boundaries, communication patterns, API gateways, service mesh, service discovery, and distributed system patterns. Use when building microservices, distributed systems, or service-oriented architectures.
Build end-to-end ML pipelines with automated data processing, training, validation, and deployment using Airflow, Kubeflow, and Jenkins
Implement offline-first mobile apps with local storage, sync strategies, and conflict resolution. Covers AsyncStorage, Realm, SQLite, and background sync patterns.
Optimize hyperparameters using grid search, random search, Bayesian optimization, and automated ML frameworks like Optuna and Hyperopt
Manage monorepo architectures using Lerna, Turborepo, and Nx. Configure workspaces, dependency versioning, and cross-package testing.
Guides deliberate management of technical debt: recognition, tracking, prioritization, and paydown. ALWAYS trigger on "technical debt", "code shortcut", "pay down debt", "debt tracking", "just for now", "temporary hack", "hardcoded value", "copy-paste code", "missing tests", "TODO cleanup", "refactor plan", "debt priority", "interest cost", "boy scout rule", "code quality backlog". Use when taking a shortcut, discovering suboptimal code, planning debt paydown, or quantifying ongoing cost of compromises.
Guides the user through test-first development and test strategy decisions. ALWAYS trigger on "write tests", "TDD", "test coverage", "mock", "test fails", "flaky test", "how to test", "unit test", "integration test", "e2e test", "test structure", "what to test", "test organization", "coverage report", "testing strategy", "arrange act assert". Use when writing new tests, choosing test types, setting up mocking, debugging flaky tests, improving coverage, or designing testable code. Different from qa-security agent which focuses on code review and security audits rather than test authoring.
Guides Python development with modern idioms, tooling, and project structure. ALWAYS trigger on "python project", "pyproject.toml", "ruff", "mypy", "pytest", "poetry", "python setup", "type hints", "pydantic", "dataclass", "async python", "asyncio", "python anti-pattern", "python best practices", "python tooling", "python lint". Use when setting up Python projects, configuring tooling, choosing data modeling approaches, or writing tests. Different from testing skill which covers general test strategy; this covers Python-specific pytest patterns and tooling configs.
Recognizes problem classes and transfers proven solutions across domains. ALWAYS trigger on "I've seen this before", "this is like X but in Y", "there must be a pattern", "how do I do X in Y", "equivalent of", "similar to", "same concept", "translate this approach", "port this to", "cross-language", "idiomatic way". Use when encountering familiar problems in unfamiliar contexts or applying concepts across languages/frameworks. Different from code-reading which builds mental models of existing code -- this skill maps known solutions to new domains.
Guides rapid acquisition of new programming languages, frameworks, and paradigms through a structured 5-phase protocol. ALWAYS trigger on "learn Rust", "learn Go", "new language", "pick up a language", "never used X before", "getting started with", "how does X work", "teach me Y", "unfamiliar technology", "language comparison", "evaluate language", "switch to X", "polyglot", "first time using". Use when encountering unfamiliar technology, evaluating language choices, or onboarding to a new stack. Delegates to Polyglot agent for execution.
Guides JavaScript and TypeScript development with modern tooling and patterns. ALWAYS trigger on "typescript", "javascript", "tsconfig", "eslint", "prettier", "vitest", "jest", "react", "node.js", "express", "npm", "package.json", "type error", "ts error", "js project setup", "frontend testing", "react hooks", "discriminated union", "type guard". Use when configuring TS/JS tooling, writing tests, structuring React or Node apps, or debugging type issues. Different from testing skill which covers general strategy; this covers JS/TS-specific test patterns and framework configs.
Guides the user through containerization, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, observability, and infrastructure management. ALWAYS trigger on "dockerize", "CI/CD", "kubernetes", "deploy", "monitoring", "logging", "metrics", "helm", "infrastructure", "observability", "rollback", "scaling", "pipeline", "container", "k8s", "GitOps", "Dockerfile", "health check", "troubleshoot deployment". Use when containerizing applications, building pipelines, deploying services, setting up monitoring, or debugging infrastructure issues. Different from the DevOps agent (agents/devops.md) which handles orchestration and runbook execution rather than pattern guidance.
Strategic code comprehension protocol for navigating existing codebases. ALWAYS trigger on "understand this code", "how does this work", "refactor", "before changing", "legacy code", "code review", "what does this do", "explain this codebase", "walk me through", "unfamiliar code", "read through". Use when exploring unfamiliar code, preparing to modify legacy systems, debugging complex issues, or conducting code reviews. Different from pattern-transfer which maps known solutions across domains -- this skill builds accurate mental models of existing code.
Guides the user through systematic pre-commit quality verification. ALWAYS trigger on "review my code", "check my work", "before commit", "self-review", "quality check", "am I ready to commit", "pre-commit review", "code quality", "verify my changes", "sanity check", "review before merge", "is this ready". Use before any commit, merge, or code review submission.
Guides secure development using defense-in-depth and attacker's mindset. ALWAYS trigger on "security review", "vulnerability", "authentication", "authorization", "input validation", "XSS", "SQL injection", "CSRF", "secrets management", "OWASP", "threat model", "security scan", "path traversal", "mass assignment", "privilege escalation", "security headers", "bandit", "dependency audit", "hardening". Use when implementing auth, handling user input, storing secrets, reviewing code for vulnerabilities, or preparing for production deployment. Different from devops skill which covers infrastructure; this covers application-level security patterns.
Coordinates the 10X Unicorn agent team. ALWAYS trigger on "implement", "build", "create", "design system", "deploy", "learn new language", "refactor", "fix bug", "set up CI", "code review", "how long will this take", "estimate", "architecture", "add feature", "write code", "debug", "review PR", "set up pipeline", "migrate", "optimize". Use for any multi-step task, implementation request, architecture decision, or quality enforcement. Different from individual agent skills which handle execution -- this skill handles coordination, routing, and quality gates between agents.
Guides Go development with idiomatic patterns, tooling, and project structure. ALWAYS trigger on "go project", "go module", "go mod", "goroutine", "channel", "go test", "go build", "golangci-lint", "go interface", "go error handling", "go concurrency", "go struct", "go anti-pattern", "go best practices", "go tooling", "go lint". Use when setting up Go projects, writing idiomatic Go, choosing concurrency patterns, or configuring tooling. Different from testing skill which covers general test strategy; this covers Go-specific testing patterns and tooling configs.
Guides the user through risk-based task estimation using decomposition, three-point estimates, and PERT formula. ALWAYS trigger on "estimate", "how long will this take", "time to complete", "sizing", "scope this", "effort estimate", "how many hours", "story points", "project timeline", "when will this be done", "cost estimate", "level of effort". Use when sizing any work item, feature, or project.
HVS Skill Buddy is the meta-skill for the entire HVS skill ecosystem. It keeps skills current with the latest Anthropic patterns, audits the skill library for drift and inconsistency, and creates new skills that fit the HVS system standard. ALWAYS trigger when the user mentions "skill buddy", "audit my skills", "skill drift", "create a new skill", "build a skill", "update my skills", "skill system", "are my skills consistent", "hvs skill", "skill conflicts", "skill overlap", "new skill for", or any request to inspect, improve, create, or manage skills in the HVS library. Also trigger when someone asks Claude to "make a skill like my other ones" or "keep this consistent with my existing skills."