
Distributed systems design — CAP theorem, consensus (Raft/Paxos), sharding, partitioning, eventual consistency, leader election, distributed locking.
API design and specification. REST, GraphQL, gRPC, OpenAPI, design an API, create API spec, validate my API, endpoint.
Chaos engineering. failure injection, circuit breakers, game day, disaster recovery, resilience test, network failures.
API documentation. OpenAPI, Swagger, Redoc, contract-first development, spec-first, code-first, interactive docs.
Task automation. cron jobs, webhooks, GitHub Actions, Makefile, Taskfile, scripts, CI/CD, scheduled tasks.
Edge computing and serverless. Deno Deploy, distributed state, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge, AWS Lambda.
Orchestrator. Routes to skills, detects stack/phase, dispatches multi-agent worktrees. Triggers on: /godmode, /godmode:<skill>.
Cache. Redis, Memcached, Varnish, CDN, cache invalidation, TTL, write-through, cache stampede, thundering herd.
Turn on Godmode. 134 skills, 7 subagents, zero configuration. Routes to the right skill automatically.
AI agent development. ReAct/plan-and-execute/multi-agent architectures, tool design, memory systems, guardrails, orchestration (LangChain, LlamaIndex, CrewAI, AutoGen).
Authentication and authorization. JWT, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, API keys, mTLS, MFA, passwordless, social login, session management, identity providers (Auth0, Okta, Cognito).
Docs. OpenAPI/Swagger, JSDoc, docstrings, README, runbook, API docs, stale docs audit, missing coverage.
Design system architecture. design tokens, theme systems, Figma to code, component API, Storybook, light/dark, versioning.
AI/LLM evaluation. Benchmark creation, regression testing, statistical significance, LLM-as-judge, promptfoo.
Event-driven architecture. SQS, NATS, schema versioning, DLQ, retry policies, idempotency.
GraphQL API development skill. Schema design, resolver architecture, N+1 detection with DataLoader, subscriptions, federation, performance hardening. Triggers on: /godmode:graphql, "GraphQL schema", "fix N+1 queries", "set up subscriptions".
FastAPI mastery skill. Covers Pydantic models, DI, async DB access, background tasks, WebSocket, testing. Triggers on: /godmode:fastapi, "fastapi", "pydantic", "async api", "python api".
Svelte/SvelteKit mastery. Runes reactivity, stores, routing, form actions, SSR, adapter configuration.
Next.js mastery -- App Router, Server Components, data fetching, rendering strategies, optimization.
UI component architecture. Design systems, Storybook, CSS architecture, design tokens, component patterns.
Day-0 onboarding walkthrough. Gets a first-time user from a fresh install to a successful /godmode:think or /godmode:optimize session in under 5 minutes, with a concrete starter task and a reading of the results TSV.
Product analytics implementation — event tracking, funnel analysis, A/B testing, Segment/Amplitude/Mixpanel/PostHog, privacy-compliant instrumentation.
Software architecture design — system architecture, monolith/microservices/serverless/event-driven trade-offs, C4 diagrams, ADRs, CQRS, hexagonal.
Backup and disaster recovery. backup strategy, disaster recovery, RPO/RTO, data integrity, durability, runbook.
Changelog and release notes management. Keep a Changelog format, Conventional Commits auto-generation, breaking change communication, migration guides, audience-specific notes.
Data visualization. chart, graph, dashboard, visualize data, plot, analytics, D3.js, Chart.js, Recharts, Plotly.
CI/CD pipeline design. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins, stage optimization, caching strategies, artifact management, matrix builds, pipeline templating.
Compliance and governance — GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2, PCI-DSS, audit trails, privacy controls, data retention, license compliance.
Concurrency and parallelism. thread safety, race condition, deadlock, lock-free, async/await, actor model, mutex, goroutine.
Domain-Driven Design. Bounded contexts, context mapping, ubiquitous language, aggregates, entities, value objects, domain events, repositories, event storming.
DevSecOps pipeline security. SAST/DAST/SCA scanning, secret scanning, container scanning (Trivy, Snyk, Semgrep, CodeQL), security gates, shift-left CI/CD integration.
Redis architecture and system design.
Cloud cost optimization. AWS/GCP/Azure, right-sizing, waste detection, cost allocation, budget alerting, reserved instances.
CLI tool development. Argument parsing (Commander, Clap, Cobra, Click), TUI frameworks (Ink, Ratatui, Bubbletea, Rich), shell completions, config management, cross-platform distribution.
Accessibility. WCAG 2.1 AA/AAA, a11y audit, color contrast, keyboard navigation, screen reader, Axe, Pa11y, Lighthouse.
Config. dev/staging/prod, feature flags, A/B test rollout, config validation, env parity, secret safety, drift detection.
Django + FastAPI development. Project structure, DRF serializers/viewsets, Pydantic, async Django with ASGI, admin, ORM optimization, deployment.
Email and notifications. SendGrid, SES, Postmark, Resend, MJML, React Email, delivery tracking, DNS auth.
Integration testing skill. Tests across real boundaries — databases, APIs, message queues. Covers Testcontainers, DB seeding/cleanup, API integration. Triggers on: /godmode:integration, "test with real database", "testcontainers".
Monitoring and observability (metrics/logs/traces).
Node.js backend development.
PostgreSQL mastery -- advanced features, replication, partitioning, tuning, connection pooling.
Rate limiting algorithms, quota management, throttling, API protection.
Prior art and context gathering. Explorer subagent, docs/ecosystem scan, existing patterns, relevant dependencies, writes research.md for the think skill.
Security audit. STRIDE + OWASP Top 10 + 4 red-team personas. Code evidence required.
Team bundles. Invoke named skill bundles, YAML coordination pattern, dispatch pipeline/parallel/swarm, /godmode:team.
Design session. Explore problem, scan codebase, generate 2-3 approaches, recommend one, produce .godmode/spec.md.
Type system and schema validation. Strict TypeScript, runtime validation (Zod), type narrowing, schema-first development.
File upload handling, image optimization, media processing, signed URLs, multipart, virus scanning.
Evidence gate. Run command, read full output, confirm or deny claim. No trust, only proof.
Webhook design, delivery, retry, HMAC verification, event subscriptions, dead letter queues.
Web performance optimization. Lighthouse, bundle analysis, code splitting, image optimization, critical CSS, fonts, service workers, CDN.
Angular architecture. NgRx, Signals, RxJS, standalone components, lazy loading, dependency injection, Jasmine, Jest.
Scheduled tasks and cron jobs. cron, recurring task, background jobs, BullMQ, Celery, Sidekiq, node-cron, APScheduler.
Crypto. encryption, hashing, Argon2, bcrypt, key management, JWT signing, TLS hardening, digital signatures, sensitive data.
Advanced deployment strategies. Blue-green, canary releases, progressive rollouts, automated rollback, feature flag coordination, zero-downtime migrations, risk mitigation.
Docker containerization — Dockerfile, multi-stage builds, Docker Compose, image size optimization, security scanning, networking, volumes.
End-to-end testing skill. Activates for browser-based E2E tests, cross-browser testing, flaky test fixes, or page object models. Supports Playwright, Cypress, Selenium. Triggers on: /godmode:e2e, "E2E test", "browser test", "Playwright test", "Cypress test".
React architecture -- components, state, performance, Server Components, testing.
Load testing and performance testing skill. k6, Artillery, Locust, JMeter. Stress, spike, soak testing. Statistical significance checking. Triggers on: /godmode:loadtest, "load test", "stress test", "performance test", "benchmark".
Stdio. Canonical terse command patterns, 13 terse equivalents, context-efficient bash, pairs with terse and rtk.
Token-budget observability for godmode loops. Per-round cost tracking, token-log.tsv append, session-end summary, per-skill breakdown, delta vs prior sessions.
Vue.js mastery. Composition API, Pinia, Vue Router, Nuxt SSR/SSG, Vite optimization, testing.
Real-time communication -- WebSocket, SSE, pub/sub, collaboration, presence systems.
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems.
Advanced Git workflows skill. Branching models, merge vs rebase, interactive rebase, git bisect, cherry-pick, worktrees, commit conventions. Triggers on: /godmode:git, "branching strategy", "rebase vs merge", "git bisect", "cherry-pick".
Authoring discipline prelude. Think -> Simplicity -> Surgical -> Goal-driven. Read before any Edit. Based on Karpathy's LLM-coding-mistakes observations. Complements the Universal Protocol with an authoring layer.
3-persona + meta-expert evaluation. Independent assessment then synthesis. Gate before build.
Pull request excellence and review optimization.
ORM and data access optimization.
Task decomposition and dependency planning. Reads spec and outputs ordered implementation tasks.
Performance profiling -- CPU, memory, concurrency, benchmarking with statistical rigor.
Penetration testing (OWASP methodology).
Codebase onboarding and architecture walkthrough.
Package management (npm/yarn/pnpm/bun).
NoSQL database design (Mongo, DynamoDB, etc).
Network, DNS, SSL/TLS, CDN, load balancers.
Monorepo architecture and management -- Turborepo, Nx, Lerna, Bazel, boundaries, caching.
System migration and technology transition.
Microservices design and management.
Structured logging skill. JSON logs, log levels, correlation IDs, PII redaction, log aggregation, retention policies. ELK/Loki/CloudWatch pipelines. Triggers on: /godmode:logging, "structured logging", "log levels", "correlation ID", "PII redaction".
Linting and code standards skill. ESLint, Prettier, Biome, Ruff, golangci-lint. Custom rules, auto-fix, pre-commit hooks, style enforcement. Triggers on: /godmode:lint, "linting", "code style", "prettier", "eslint", "formatter", "pre-commit hooks".
Laravel mastery skill. Eloquent ORM, service container, queues, events, Sanctum/Passport auth, Pest testing. Triggers on: /godmode:laravel, "laravel app", "eloquent", "artisan", "blade".
Kubernetes and container orchestration skill. Helm charts, deployment strategies (rolling, canary, blue-green), pod health, resource limits, scaling. Triggers on: /godmode:k8s, "deploy to kubernetes", "helm chart", "pod crashing", "OOMKilled".
Incident response and post-mortem skill. Severity classification (SEV1-4), timeline construction, blameless post-mortems, action item tracking. Triggers on: /godmode:incident, "production is down", "post-mortem", "incident report".
Internationalization & localization skill. String extraction, translation workflows, pluralization, date/number/currency formatting, RTL support, character set validation. Triggers on: /godmode:i18n, "internationalize", "translate", "RTL support".
Form architecture skill. Multi-step wizards, validation (client + server, async), file uploads, accessible form design. Triggers on: /godmode:forms, "form validation", "multi-step form", "wizard", "file upload", "form accessibility".
Fix loop. One fix per commit, auto-revert on regression, until zero errors. Max 3 attempts per error. Triggers on: /godmode:fix, "fix this", "tests failing", "broken build", "lint errors".
Branch finalization. Validate, squash-merge, PR, keep, or discard. Clean state enforced. Triggers on: /godmode:finish, "done with branch", "merge this", "finalize", "wrap up".
A/B testing, experimentation, statistical analysis. Triggers on: /godmode:experiment, "A/B test", "split test", "statistical significance", "Optimizely", "Statsig", "GrowthBook".
Scientific debugging. Reproduce → investigate → prove root cause. Finds all bugs.
Formal benchmark harness. Runs a metric command N times across 2-3 variants (git refs or state-prep shell commands), checks variance, computes delta vs. declared baseline, and emits a reproducible TSV plus a one-paragraph summary. Read-only to source. Inspired by caveman's 3-arm eval.
TDD loop. RED-GREEN-REFACTOR until coverage target met.
Tailwind CSS mastery. Configuration, custom plugins, responsive design, dark mode, performance, CVA.
File storage and CDN. Object storage, presigned URLs, image/video processing, lifecycle policies.
Implementation engine. Parallel agents in worktrees from plan.
Spring Boot mastery. Auto-configuration, security, Data JPA, Actuator, testing with TestContainers.
SLOs, SLIs, error budgets, burn rate alerts, reliability targets, service level management.
Ship workflow. Checklist, dry-run, ship, verify. PR, deploy, or release.
Configuration wizard. Auto-detects project stack, validates commands, saves .godmode/config.yaml.
SEO optimization. Meta tags, structured data, Core Web Vitals, sitemap, robots.txt, Open Graph.
Database seeding, test fixtures, factory patterns, fake data generation. Idempotent seed scripts.
Secrets management. Leak detection, rotation, vault setup, .env management, access auditing.
Search implementation. Full-text search, relevance tuning, facets, autocomplete, fuzzy matching.
Feature flag design, gradual rollouts, A/B testing, kill switches. LaunchDarkly, Unleash, Flagsmith. Triggers on: /godmode:feature, "feature flag", "gradual rollout", "kill switch", "A/B test".
GitHub Actions workflows, custom actions, CI/CD. Matrix builds, reusable workflows, composite actions, caching, security hardening. Triggers on: /godmode:ghactions, "GitHub Actions", "workflow", ".github/workflows", "matrix build".
gRPC and Protocol Buffers skill. Proto design, code generation, streaming patterns, gRPC-web, load balancing, service mesh integration. Triggers on: /godmode:grpc, "gRPC service", "proto file", "streaming RPC", "gRPC-web".
Infrastructure as Code skill. Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, CDK. IaC testing, cost estimation, drift detection, policy enforcement. Triggers on: /godmode:infra, "terraform plan", "provision infrastructure", "infrastructure review".
Legacy code modernization skill. Characterization tests, golden master, incremental modernization, dependency upgrades, dead code removal. Triggers on: /godmode:legacy, "legacy code", "modernize", "tech debt", "dead code".
Database migration and schema management.
ML development and experimentation.
MLOps and model deployment.
Mobile app development (iOS/Android/cross-platform).
Push notifications, SMS, in-app notifications, notification preferences, multi-channel delivery.
Open source project management.
Autonomous optimization loop. 3 parallel agents per round, mechanical metrics only.
Design pattern recommendation and anti-pattern detection.
Payment and billing integration -- Stripe, subscriptions, invoicing, tax, PCI compliance.
Data pipeline and ETL -- extraction, transformation, loading, data quality, orchestration.
Prompt engineering -- design, test, version, and optimize prompts for LLMs.
Query optimization and EXPLAIN analysis.
Message queue and job processing -- Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, BullMQ, Celery, Sidekiq.
Ruby on Rails mastery.
Permission and access control (RBAC/ABAC/ReBAC).
Site reliability engineering -- SLO/SLI/SLA, error budgets, toil, on-call, runbooks, incidents.
RFC and technical proposal writing.
Scalability engineering. Horizontal/vertical decisions, auto-scaling, read replicas, connection pooling, rate limiting, capacity planning.
Edge case exploration. 12 dimensions, scored by likelihood x impact. Runnable tests for HIGH+.
State management design. Frontend state, server state, state machines, optimistic updates, caching.
Output-compression mode for long autonomous loops. Activates via GODMODE_TERSE=1 env var or /godmode:terse. Compresses round summaries, status lines, and agent reports 40-60% while preserving TSVs, code, errors, commit messages, and the final user-facing summary.
Data modeling and schema design. Relational, NoSQL, migrations, ER modeling, validation schemas.
4-agent code review. Correctness, security, performance, style. Auto-fixes NITs.
Responsive and adaptive design with CSS Grid, Flexbox, container queries, and fluid typography.
System resilience -- circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, graceful degradation, health checks.
Large-scale code refactoring and transformation.