
Linker and Link-Time Optimisation (LTO) skill. Use when configuring GNU ld, gold, or lld linker flags, diagnosing link-order issues or undefined symbols at link time, enabling LTO safely in real projects, or understanding inter-module optimisation trade-offs. Activates on queries about linker flags, -flto, thin LTO, LTCG, --gc-sections, link order errors, weak symbols, or linker scripts.
Linux perf profiler skill for CPU performance analysis. Use when collecting sampling profiles with perf record, generating perf report, measuring hardware counters (cache misses, branch mispredicts, IPC), identifying hot functions, or feeding perf data into flamegraph tools. Activates on queries about perf, Linux performance counters, PMU events, off-CPU profiling, perf stat, perf annotate, or sampling-based profiling on Linux.
Linker script skill for embedded bare-metal targets. Use when writing or modifying GNU ld linker scripts, placing code and data in specific flash or RAM regions, understanding VMA vs LMA, configuring startup .bss/.data initialization, using MEMORY and SECTIONS commands, or debugging linker errors about regions. Activates on queries about linker scripts, MEMORY command, SECTIONS command, .bss init, VMA vs LMA, weak symbols, or placing functions in specific memory regions.
C++ and Rust memory model skill for concurrent programming. Use when understanding memory ordering, writing lock-free data structures, using std::atomic or Rust atomics, diagnosing data races, or selecting the correct memory order for atomic operations. Activates on queries about memory ordering, acquire-release, seq_cst, relaxed atomics, happens-before, memory barriers, std::atomic, or Rust atomic ordering.
SIMD intrinsics skill for x86 (SSE/AVX) and ARM (NEON) vectorization. Use when reading auto-vectorization reports, writing SSE2/AVX2/NEON intrinsics, checking CPU feature flags at runtime, choosing between compiler builtins and raw intrinsics, or diagnosing why auto-vectorization failed. Activates on queries about SIMD, SSE2, AVX2, NEON, intrinsics, -fopt-info-vec, auto-vectorization, or vectorization failures.
strace and ltrace skill for system call and library call tracing. Use when a binary behaves incorrectly without crashing, diagnosing file-not-found errors, permission failures, network issues, or unexpected library calls by tracing syscalls and library function calls. Activates on queries about strace, ltrace, syscall tracing, library interception, ENOENT, EPERM, strace -e, or diagnosing binary behaviour without a debugger.
Expo / React Native patterns with Clerk — SecureStore token cache, OAuth deep linking, useAuth in native, Expo Router protected routes, push notifications with user context. Triggers on: expo clerk, clerk react native, SecureStore token cache, expo router auth, OAuth deep link clerk, mobile auth clerk.
Ninja build system skill. Use when diagnosing Ninja build failures, understanding Ninja's role as a low-level build executor generated by CMake or other meta-build systems, tuning parallelism, interpreting Ninja output, or working with build.ninja files. Activates on queries about ninja errors, ninja parallelism, ninja verbose output, build.ninja format, or ninja as a CMake generator.
Use when reading or writing Python files (.py, pyproject.toml, requirements.txt).
React Router v7 patterns with Clerk — rootAuthLoader, getAuth in loaders, clerkMiddleware, protected routes, SSR user data, org switching. Triggers on: react-router auth, rootAuthLoader, getAuth loader, react-router protected route, loader authentication, SSR auth react-router.
Bazel build system skill for C/C++ projects. Use when writing BUILD files with cc_library and cc_binary rules, registering toolchains, configuring remote execution, debugging sandbox issues, using query and cquery for dependency graphs, or migrating from CMake to Bazel. Activates on queries about Bazel, BUILD files, cc_library, cc_binary, Bzlmod, bazel query, remote execution, or Bazel toolchain registration.
E2E testing for Clerk apps. Use with Playwright or Cypress for auth flow tests.
C++20 coroutines skill for understanding coroutine mechanics and debugging. Use when working with co_await, co_yield, co_return, implementing promise_type, understanding coroutine frame layout, debugging suspended coroutines in GDB, or inspecting frame allocation with Compiler Explorer. Activates on queries about C++20 coroutines, co_await, co_yield, promise_type, coroutine_handle, coroutine suspension, or coroutine frame.
Use when working with Tamagui projects (tamagui.config.ts, @tamagui imports).
Use when working with atlas.hcl, Atlas CLI commands, schema HCL/SQL files, or migration planning and reviews, including Atlas v1.1 security, data, and exporter capabilities.
Use when automating iOS Simulator interactions, capturing screenshots/video, or inspecting accessibility via AXe CLI.
Use when working with Canton Network participants, DAML smart contracts, Splice applications, or debugging LF version and package ID issues.
Use when running e2e tests, debugging test failures, or fixing flaky tests. Covers failure taxonomy, fix rules, and workflow. Never changes source code logic or API without spec backing.
Implement Clerk authentication for native Swift and iOS apps using ClerkKit and ClerkKitUI source-guided patterns. Use for prebuilt AuthView or custom native flows. Do not use for Expo or React Native projects.
Use when reading or writing TypeScript or JavaScript files (.ts, .tsx, .js, tsconfig.json).
Use when writing or modifying Playwright tests (.spec.ts, .test.ts with @playwright/test imports).
Use when working with OrbStack Linux VMs, Docker on macOS, orbctl commands, or orb machine lifecycle.
LLDB debugger skill for C/C++/Swift/Objective-C programs. Use when debugging with LLDB on macOS, FreeBSD, or Linux-clang environments, mapping GDB mental models to LLDB commands, using LLDB in Xcode or VS Code, or debugging Swift/Objective-C. Activates on queries about LLDB commands, GDB to LLDB migration, Apple platform debugging, LLDB Python scripting, or IDE-integrated debugging with clang-built binaries.
Use when capturing screenshots from physical iOS devices connected via USB using pymobiledevice3.
Use after completing a task, before claiming done, before handoff, or when asked "what are some improvements?" Surfaces concrete suggestions grounded in session observations.
heaptrack memory profiler skill for Linux. Use when tracking heap allocations, finding memory leaks, measuring peak heap usage, identifying allocation hotspots, or comparing allocation behaviour between runs. Activates on queries about heaptrack, heap profiling, memory allocation analysis, heaptrack_print, allocation hotspots, or memory leak detection with heaptrack.
CMake build system skill for C/C++ projects. Use when writing or refactoring CMakeLists.txt, configuring out-of-source builds, selecting generators (Ninja, Make, VS), managing targets and dependencies with target_link_libraries, integrating external packages via find_package or FetchContent, enabling sanitizers, setting up toolchain files for cross-compilation, or exporting CMake packages. Activates on queries about CMakeLists.txt, cmake configure errors, target properties, install rules, CPack, or CMake presets.
Fetch latest from origin, prune remote-tracking refs, delete stale local branches and worktrees, and fast-forward important branches. Use when tidying up a worktree-based repo layout.
Use when reading or writing Go files (.go, go.mod).
AArch64 and ARM assembly skill for reading and writing ARM assembly code. Use when reading GCC/Clang output for AArch64 or ARM Thumb targets, writing inline asm in C/C++, understanding the ARM ABI (AAPCS64/AAPCS), or debugging register and stack state on ARM hardware or QEMU. Activates on queries about AArch64 assembly, ARM Thumb, NEON/SVE SIMD, ARM calling convention, inline asm for ARM, or reading ARM disassembly.
RISC-V assembly skill for RV32/RV64 programming. Use when working with the RISC-V ISA, calling conventions (psABI), inline assembly with GCC/Clang, understanding extension naming (IMAFD), compressed instructions, or simulating RISC-V with QEMU and GDB remote debugging. Activates on queries about RISC-V assembly, RV32, RV64, RISC-V calling convention, RISC-V inline asm, RISC-V extensions, QEMU RISC-V, or RISC-V GDB.
Binary hardening skill for security-hardened C/C++ builds. Use when enabling RELRO, PIE, stack canaries, FORTIFY_SOURCE, CFI sanitizers, shadow stack, or seccomp-bpf syscall filtering. Covers checksec analysis, compiler and linker flags for hardened builds, and NSA/CISA-recommended mitigations. Activates on queries about binary hardening, checksec, RELRO, PIE, stack canaries, FORTIFY_SOURCE, CFI, shadow stack, or seccomp.
GNU binutils skill for binary manipulation and analysis. Use when using ar for static libraries, strip or objcopy for binary processing, addr2line for converting addresses to source locations, strings for text extraction, or c++filt for C++ name demangling. Activates on queries about ar, strip, objcopy, addr2line, strings, c++filt, ranlib, or binary post-processing tasks.
Write clear, developer-first copy for Zed — leading with facts, grounded in craft.
Build acceleration skill for C/C++ projects. Use when reducing compilation times with ccache, sccache, distcc, unity builds, precompiled headers, split DWARF, or IWYU. Covers caching strategies, distributed compilation, link time reduction, and diagnosing build bottlenecks. Activates on queries about slow builds, ccache, sccache, precompiled headers, unity builds, split-DWARF, or reducing C++ compile times.
Cargo workflow skill for Rust projects. Use when managing workspaces, feature flags, build scripts, cargo cache, incremental builds, dependency auditing, or CI configuration with Cargo. Activates on queries about cargo workspaces, Cargo.toml features, build.rs, cargo nextest, cargo deny, cargo check vs build, or Cargo.lock management.
Clang/LLVM compiler skill for C/C++ projects. Use when working with clang or clang++ for diagnostics, sanitizer instrumentation, optimization remarks, static analysis with clang-tidy, LTO via lld, or when migrating from GCC to Clang. Activates on queries about clang flags, clang-tidy, clang-format, better error messages, Apple/FreeBSD toolchains, or LLVM-specific optimizations. Covers flag selection, diagnostic tuning, and integration with LLVM tooling.
Clerk authentication router. Use when user asks about adding authentication, setting up Clerk, custom sign-in flows, Swift or native iOS auth, native Android auth, Next.js patterns, React patterns, Vue patterns, Nuxt patterns, Astro patterns, TanStack Start patterns, Expo patterns, React Router patterns, Chrome Extension patterns, organizations, syncing users, or testing. Automatically routes to the specific skill based on their task.
Implement Clerk authentication for native Android apps using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose with clerk-android source-guided patterns. Use for prebuilt AuthView/UserButton or custom API-driven auth flows. Do not use for Expo or React Native projects.
Use when reading or writing React components (.tsx, .jsx files with React imports).
Rust async internals skill for understanding and debugging async Rust. Use when understanding the Future trait and poll model, Pin and Unpin, tokio task scheduling, debugging async stack traces with tokio-console, tracking waker leaks, using select! and join!, or avoiding blocking in async contexts. Activates on queries about Rust async internals, Future poll, Pin, Unpin, tokio-console, waker, async stack traces, select!, join!, or blocking in async.
Rust build time optimization skill for reducing slow compilation. Use when using cargo-timings to profile builds, configuring sccache for Rust, using the Cranelift backend, splitting workspaces for parallelism, choosing between thin LTO and fat LTO, or using the mold linker with Rust. Activates on queries about slow Rust compilation, cargo-timings, sccache Rust, cranelift backend, Rust workspace splitting, LTO tradeoffs, or mold linker with Rust.
Rust compiler skill for systems programming. Use when selecting RUSTFLAGS, configuring Cargo profiles, tuning release builds, reading assembly or MIR output, understanding monomorphization, or diagnosing compilation errors. Activates on queries about rustc flags, Cargo.toml profiles, opt-level, LTO, codegen-units, target-cpu, emit asm, MIR, or Rust build performance.
Rust cross-compilation skill. Use when building Rust binaries for a different target architecture or OS, using cross or cargo-zigbuild for hermetic cross-compilation, configuring .cargo/config.toml for cross targets, or targeting embedded and bare-metal systems. Activates on queries about Rust cross-compilation, rustup targets, cross tool, cargo-zigbuild, aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu, thumbv7m-none-eabi, or building for embedded.
Rust FFI skill for C interoperability. Use when calling C libraries from Rust, generating Rust bindings with bindgen, exporting Rust functions to C with cbindgen, writing safe wrappers around unsafe FFI, or linking system and vendor libraries. Activates on queries about bindgen, cbindgen, extern "C", unsafe FFI, Rust C bindings, linking C from Rust, or sys crates.
Rust no_std skill for embedded and bare-metal development. Use when writing
Rust profiling skill for performance analysis. Use when generating flamegraphs from Rust binaries, measuring monomorphization bloat with cargo-llvm-lines, analysing binary size with cargo-bloat, microbenchmarking with Criterion, or interpreting inlined frames in profiles. Activates on queries about cargo flamegraph, cargo-bloat, cargo-llvm-lines, Criterion benchmarks, Rust performance profiling, or binary size analysis.
Rust security skill for supply chain safety and memory-safe development. Use when auditing dependencies with cargo-audit, enforcing policies with cargo-deny, reviewing RUSTSEC advisories, writing memory-safe FFI patterns, or integrating fuzzing and Miri into a security review pipeline. Activates on queries about cargo-audit, cargo-deny, RUSTSEC advisories, supply chain security, Rust CVEs, safe FFI, or fuzzing for security.
Use when creating, reviewing, or updating SPEC.md files, running /specout, or entering the ADF SPEC gate.
Use when designing tests, writing test cases, or planning test strategy for a module. Covers unit, integration, and e2e layering.
Use when checking deployment health, investigating errors, reading logs, or working with Tiltfiles. Queries Tilt resource status, logs, and manages dev environments.
Use when starting tilt, debugging Tiltfile errors, or bootstrapping a dev environment. Starts Tilt in zmx, monitors bootstrap to healthy state, fixes Tiltfile bugs without hard-coding or fallbacks.
Valgrind profiler skill for memory error detection and cache profiling. Use when running Memcheck to find heap corruption, use-after-free, memory leaks, or uninitialised reads; or Cachegrind/Callgrind for cache simulation and function-level profiling. Activates on queries about valgrind, memcheck, heap leaks, use-after-free without sanitizers, cachegrind, callgrind, KCachegrind, or massif memory profiling.
WebAssembly with Emscripten skill for C/C++ to WASM compilation. Use when compiling C/C++ to WebAssembly with emcc, configuring EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS, understanding the WASM memory model, using Asyncify for async C code, debugging .wasm with browser devtools or wasm-opt, or targeting WASI vs browser environments. Activates on queries about Emscripten, emcc, WebAssembly from C/C++, WASM memory model, Asyncify, EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS, WASI, or wasm-opt.
WebAssembly runtime skill using wasmtime. Use when running WASM modules with wasmtime CLI, working with WASI preview2, using the component model, embedding wasmtime in Rust applications, limiting execution with fuel metering, or debugging WASM with DWARF in wasmtime. Activates on queries about wasmtime, WASI, WASM component model, wasmtime embedding, WIT interfaces, fuel metering, or server-side WebAssembly.
Install and configure Vercel Workflow SDK before it exists in node_modules. Use when the user asks to "install workflow", "set up workflow", "add durable workflows", "configure workflow sdk", or "init workflow" for Next.js, Express, Hono, Fastify, NestJS, Nitro, Nuxt, Astro, SvelteKit, or Vite.
Zephyr RTOS skill for embedded development. Use when building Zephyr applications with west, configuring boards and targets, working with Kconfig and devicetree, using the Zephyr shell and logging subsystem, or running on the native_sim target. Activates on queries about Zephyr, west build, Kconfig, devicetree, Zephyr logging, west flash, board targets, or native POSIX simulation.
Use when reading or writing Zig files (.zig, build.zig, build.zig.zon).
Zig build system skill for multi-file Zig projects. Use when writing or debugging build.zig files, adding executables or libraries, integrating C source files, configuring build-time options, running tests with zig build test, or managing build.zig.zon package manifests. Activates on queries about build.zig, b.addExecutable, addCSourceFiles, b.option, zig build, build.zig.zon, or Zig package management.
Zig C interoperability skill. Use when calling C from Zig, calling Zig from C, using @cImport and @cInclude, running translate-c on C headers, defining extern structs and packed structs, matching C ABI types, or building mixed C/Zig projects. Activates on queries about @cImport, @cInclude, translate-c, extern struct, packed struct, Zig C ABI, calling C from Zig, exporting Zig to C, or bindgen equivalents.
Zig cross-compilation skill. Use when cross-compiling Zig programs to different targets, using Zig's built-in cross-compilation for embedded, WASM, Windows, ARM, or using zig cc to cross-compile C code without a system cross-toolchain. Activates on queries about Zig cross-compilation, zig target triples, zig cc cross-compile, Zig embedded targets, or Zig WASM.
Use when starting dev servers, watchers, tilt, or any process expected to outlive the conversation. Provides zmx session management patterns for long-lived processes.
TanStack React Start auth patterns with @clerk/tanstack-react-start - createServerFn, beforeLoad guards, loaders, Vinxi server. Triggers on: TanStack auth, createServerFn clerk, beforeLoad protection, TanStack Start middleware.
Answer questions about the AI SDK and help build AI-powered features. Use when developers: (1) Ask about AI SDK functions like generateText, streamText, ToolLoopAgent, embed, or tools, (2) Want to build AI agents, chatbots, RAG systems, or text generation features, (3) Have questions about AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.), streaming, tool calling, structured output, or embeddings, (4) Use React hooks like useChat or useCompletion. Triggers on: "AI SDK", "Vercel AI SDK", "generateText", "streamText", "add AI to my app", "build an agent", "tool calling", "structured output", "useChat".
Astro patterns with Clerk — middleware, SSR pages, island components, API routes, static vs SSR rendering. Triggers on: astro clerk, clerk astro middleware, astro protected page, clerk island component, astro API route auth, clerk astro SSR.
Chrome Extension auth with @clerk/chrome-extension -- popup/sidepanel setup, syncHost for OAuth/SAML via web app, createClerkClient for service workers and headless extensions, stable CRX ID. Triggers on: Chrome extension auth, Plasmo clerk, popup sign-in, syncHost, background service worker token, createClerkClient, headless extension.
Custom authentication flows and component appearance - hooks (useSignIn, useSignUp), themes, colors, fonts, CSS. Use for custom sign-in/sign-up flows, appearance styling, visual customization, branding.
Advanced Next.js patterns - middleware, Server Actions, caching with Clerk.
Nuxt 3 auth patterns with @clerk/nuxt - middleware, composables, server API routes, SSR. Triggers on: Nuxt auth, useAuth composable, clerkMiddleware Nuxt, server API Clerk, Nuxt route protection.
Use when working with Nix flakes, overlays, shell.nix, or flake.nix files.
React SPA auth patterns with @clerk/react for Vite/CRA - ClerkProvider setup, useAuth/useUser/useClerk hooks, React Router protected routes, custom sign-in flows. Triggers on: Vite Clerk setup, React Router auth, useAuth hook, protected route, custom sign-in form React.
Use when syncing a feature branch onto the latest origin base branch via git rebase.
Vue 3 patterns with Clerk — composables (useAuth, useUser, useClerk, useOrganization), Vue Router guards, Pinia auth store integration. Triggers on: vue clerk, useAuth vue, clerk composables, vue router clerk guard, pinia auth clerk. For Nuxt, use clerk-nuxt-patterns instead.
This skill should be used when the user asks about libraries, frameworks, API references, or needs code examples. Activates for setup questions, code generation involving libraries, or mentions of specific frameworks like React, Vue, Next.js, Prisma, Supabase, etc.
C++20 modules skill for modern C++ projects. Use when working with named modules, module partitions, header units, CMake MODULE_SOURCES, Clang -fmodules-ts, BMI caching issues, or migrating from headers to modules. Activates on queries about C++20 modules, import statements, module interface units, header units, or BMI files.
CPU cache optimization skill for C/C++ and Rust. Use when diagnosing cache misses, improving data layout for cache efficiency, using perf stat cache counters, understanding false sharing, prefetching, or structuring AoS vs SoA data layouts. Activates on queries about cache misses, cache lines, false sharing, perf cache counters, data layout optimization, prefetch, AoS vs SoA, or L1/L2/L3 cache performance.
Cross-compilation with GCC skill for embedded and multi-architecture targets. Use when setting up cross-gcc toolchains, configuring sysroots, building for ARM/AArch64/RISC-V/MIPS from an x86-64 host, troubleshooting wrong-architecture errors, or running cross-compiled binaries under QEMU. Activates on queries about cross-compilation triplets, sysroot, pkg-config for cross builds, embedded toolchains, or Yocto/Buildroot integration.
Debugging optimized builds skill for diagnosing issues in release code. Use when debugging RelWithDebInfo builds, using -Og for debuggable optimization, working with split-DWARF, applying GDB scheduler-locking, reading inlined frames, or understanding "value optimized out" messages. Activates on queries about debugging optimized code, RelWithDebInfo, -Og, inlined functions in GDB, value optimized out, GDB with -O2, or debugging release builds.
Dynamic linking skill for Linux/ELF shared libraries. Use when debugging library loading failures, configuring RPATH vs RUNPATH, understanding soname versioning, using dlopen/dlsym for plugin systems, LD_PRELOAD interposition, or controlling symbol visibility. Activates on queries about shared libraries, dlopen, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, RPATH, soname, LD_PRELOAD, symbol visibility, or "cannot open shared object file" errors.
Answer questions about the Effect framework
Use when building or maintaining Electrobun desktop apps in TypeScript, including electrobun.config.ts, electrobun/bun or electrobun/view imports, BrowserWindow/BrowserView usage, updater flows, and distribution artifacts.
Retrieves up-to-date documentation, API references, and code examples for any developer technology. Use this skill whenever the user asks about a specific library, framework, SDK, CLI tool, or cloud service -- even for well-known ones like React, Next.js, Prisma, Express, Tailwind, Django, or Spring Boot. Your training data may not reflect recent API changes or version updates. Always use for: API syntax questions, configuration options, version migration issues, "how do I" questions mentioning a library name, debugging that involves library-specific behavior, setup instructions, and CLI tool usage. Use even when you think you know the answer -- do not rely on training data for API details, signatures, or configuration options as they are frequently outdated. Always verify against current docs. Prefer this over web search for library documentation and API details.
Flamegraph generation and interpretation skill. Use when converting perf, Valgrind Callgrind, or other profiler output into SVG flamegraphs using Brendan Gregg's FlameGraph tools, or when reading flamegraphs to identify performance bottlenecks. Activates on queries about flamegraphs, stackcollapse, flamegraph.svg, identifying hot frames, wide vs tall frames, or performance visualisation.
Hardware performance counter skill for low-level CPU analysis. Use when collecting PMU events with perf stat, using the PAPI library, measuring cache miss rates and branch misprediction ratios, computing IPC, or correlating PMU events to source lines. Activates on queries about hardware counters, PMU events, perf stat -e, PAPI, cache miss rate, branch misprediction, IPC measurement, or CPU performance events.
Remove signs of AI-generated writing from text. Use after drafting to make copy sound more natural and human-written. Based on Wikipedia's "Signs of AI writing" guide.
GNU Make skill for C/C++ build systems. Use when writing or debugging Makefiles, understanding pattern rules and automatic dependency generation, managing CFLAGS/LDFLAGS, converting ad-hoc compile commands into maintainable Makefiles, or diagnosing incremental build issues. Activates on queries about Makefiles, make targets, pattern rules, phony targets, dependency tracking, recursive make, or make errors.
Use when reading from 1Password, discovering vaults/items, rotating secrets, or piping credentials to other tools via op CLI.
Use when generating images, graphics, icons, or visual assets via OpenAI DALL-E 3 API. Requires OPENAI_API_KEY.
Profile-guided optimisation skill for C/C++ with GCC and Clang. Use when squeezing maximum runtime performance after standard optimisation plateaus, implementing two-stage PGO builds, collecting profile data, or applying BOLT for post-link optimisation. Activates on queries about PGO, profile-guided optimization, fprofile-generate, fprofile-use, instrumented builds, or BOLT.
Clerk Organizations for B2B SaaS - create multi-tenant apps with org switching, role-based access, verified domains, and enterprise SSO. Use for team workspaces, RBAC, org-based routing, member management.
Add Clerk authentication to any project by following the official quickstart guides.
Clerk webhooks for real-time events and data syncing. Always output complete, copy-paste-ready webhook handlers with verifyWebhook(req) verification. Listen for user creation, updates, deletion, and organization events. Build event-driven features like database sync, notifications, integrations.
ELF binary inspection skill for Linux. Use when examining ELF executables or shared libraries with readelf, objdump, nm, or ldd to understand symbol visibility, section layout, dynamic dependencies, build IDs, or relocation entries. Activates on queries about ELF format, shared library dependencies, symbol tables, section sizes, DWARF debug info in binaries, binary bloat analysis, or undefined symbol errors.
C/C++ package manager skill covering Conan and vcpkg. Use when adding third-party library dependencies to C/C++ projects, managing binary compatibility, integrating with CMake, or choosing between Conan and vcpkg. Activates on queries about Conan, vcpkg, C++ dependency management, conanfile.txt, vcpkg.json, CMake package integration, or C++ package managers.
Include What You Use (IWYU) skill for optimizing C/C++ header includes. Use when reducing compilation cascades, interpreting IWYU reports, applying mapping files, deciding between forward declarations and full includes, or integrating IWYU with CMake. Activates on queries about IWYU, include-what-you-use, header bloat, reducing includes, forward declarations, compilation cascade, or slow C++ compilation from headers.
Meson build system skill for C/C++ projects. Use when setting up a Meson project, configuring build options, managing dependencies with the wrap system, cross-compiling, or integrating Meson with CI. Activates on queries about meson setup, meson compile, meson wrap, meson test, cross-file, meson.build, or migrating from CMake/Autotools to Meson.
Static analysis skill for C/C++ codebases. Use when hardening code quality, triaging noisy builds, running clang-tidy, cppcheck, or scan-build, interpreting check categories, suppressing false positives, or integrating static analysis into CI. Activates on queries about clang-tidy checks, cppcheck, scan-build, compile_commands.json, code hardening, or static analysis warnings.
C++ template skill for reading template errors and optimizing compile times. Use when deciphering template error stacks, setting -ftemplate-backtrace-limit, writing concepts and requires-clauses, understanding SFINAE vs concepts, or profiling template instantiation bottlenecks with Templight. Activates on queries about C++ templates, template error messages, concepts, requires expressions, SFINAE, template metaprogramming, or slow template compilation.
LLVM IR and pass pipeline skill. Use when working directly with LLVM Intermediate Representation (IR), running opt passes, generating IR with llc, inspecting or writing LLVM IR for custom passes, or understanding how the LLVM backend lowers IR to assembly. Activates on queries about LLVM IR, opt, llc, llvm-dis, LLVM passes, IR transformations, or building LLVM-based tools.
GCC compiler skill for C/C++ projects. Use when selecting optimization levels, warning flags, debug builds, LTO, sanitizer instrumentation, or diagnosing compilation errors with GCC. Covers flag selection for debug vs release, ABI concerns, preprocessor macros, profile-guided optimization, and integration with build systems. Activates on queries about gcc flags, compilation errors, performance tuning, warning suppression, or cross-standard compilation.
MSVC cl.exe and clang-cl skill for Windows C/C++ projects. Use when configuring Visual Studio builds, MSBuild, or clang-cl as a drop-in MSVC replacement. Covers translating GCC/Clang flags to MSVC equivalents, runtime library selection, Windows SDK setup, and diagnosing MSVC-specific errors. Activates on queries about cl.exe, clang-cl, /O flags, /MT vs /MD, PDB files, Windows ABI, or MSVC project settings.
Core dump analysis skill for production crash triage. Use when loading core files in GDB or LLDB, enabling core dump generation on Linux/macOS, mapping symbols with debuginfo or debuginfod, or extracting backtraces from crashes without re-running the program. Activates on queries about core files, ulimit, coredumpctl, debuginfod, crash triage, or analyzing segfaults from production binaries.
DWARF debug format skill for understanding debug information. Use when inspecting DWARF sections with dwarfdump, working with split DWARF (.dwo files), setting up debuginfod for remote symbol resolution, or understanding how DWARF interacts with LTO and symbol stripping. Activates on queries about DWARF, .debug_info, .debug_line, dwarfdump, split DWARF, .dwo files, debuginfod, or debug info stripping.
GDB debugger skill for C/C++ programs. Use when starting a GDB session, setting breakpoints, stepping through code, inspecting variables, debugging crashes, using reverse debugging (record/replay), remote debugging with gdbserver, or loading core dumps. Activates on queries about GDB commands, segfaults, hangs, watchpoints, conditional breakpoints, pretty-printers, Python GDB scripting, or multi-threaded debugging.
FreeRTOS skill for embedded RTOS development. Use when creating tasks, managing priorities, using queues and mutexes, detecting stack overflows, configuring FreeRTOS via FreeRTOSConfig.h, or debugging FreeRTOS applications with OpenOCD and GDB. Activates on queries about FreeRTOS tasks, queues, semaphores, mutexes, configASSERT, stack overflow, vTaskDelay, or FreeRTOS-aware debugging.
OpenOCD skill for embedded hardware debugging. Use when configuring OpenOCD for JTAG or SWD targets, flashing firmware, connecting GDB to bare-metal targets, setting hardware watchpoints, or using J-Link with OpenOCD. Activates on queries about OpenOCD, JTAG, SWD, GDB remote target, flash programming, hardware breakpoints, J-Link, or connecting GDB to an MCU.
x86-64 assembly skill for reading, writing, and debugging assembly code. Use when reading GCC/Clang assembly output, writing inline asm in C/C++, understanding the System V AMD64 ABI calling convention, or debugging register and stack state. Activates on queries about x86-64 assembly, AT&T vs Intel syntax, inline asm, calling conventions, SIMD intrinsics, or reading disassembly output from objdump or GDB.
Bytecode interpreter and JIT compiler skill for implementing language runtimes in C/C++. Use when designing bytecode dispatch loops (switch, computed goto, threaded code), implementing stack-based or register-based VMs, adding a simple JIT using mmap/mprotect, or understanding performance trade-offs in interpreter design. Activates on queries about bytecode VMs, dispatch loops, computed goto, JIT compilation basics, tracing JITs, or implementing a scripting language runtime.
Linux kernel module skill for writing and debugging loadable kernel modules. Use when writing LKMs with Kbuild, adding module parameters, creating /proc and sysfs entries, implementing character devices, debugging with KGDB or ftrace, or handling module signing for Secure Boot. Activates on queries about Linux kernel modules, loadable modules, Kbuild, module parameters, /proc filesystem, sysfs, character devices, KGDB, or module signing.
Rust eBPF skill using the Aya framework. Use when writing eBPF programs in Rust with aya-bpf and aya-log, defining BPF map types, integrating with tokio userspace, sharing maps between kernel and userspace, or debugging Aya compilation and loading errors. Activates on queries about Aya, aya-bpf, Rust eBPF, aya-log, eBPF in Rust, or BPF programs with tokio.
Intel VTune and AMD uProf profiling skill for microarchitecture analysis. Use when analyzing hotspots, microarchitecture bottlenecks, memory access patterns, pipeline stalls, or using the roofline model. Covers VTune Community Edition (free) and AMD uProf as a free alternative. Activates on queries about VTune, uProf, microarchitecture analysis, pipeline stalls, memory bandwidth, roofline model, or hardware performance analysis.
Fuzzing skill for automated input-driven bug finding in C/C++. Use when setting up libFuzzer or AFL++ fuzz targets, defining fuzz entry points around parsing or I/O boundaries, integrating fuzzing into CI, managing corpora, or combining fuzzing with sanitizers. Activates on queries about libFuzzer, AFL, afl-fuzz, fuzz targets, corpus management, coverage-guided fuzzing, or OSS-Fuzz integration.
Rust debugging skill for systems programming. Use when debugging Rust binaries with GDB or LLDB, enabling Rust pretty-printers, interpreting panics and backtraces, debugging async/await with tokio-console, stepping through no_std code, or using dbg! and tracing macros effectively. Activates on queries about rust-gdb, rust-lldb, RUST_BACKTRACE, Rust panics, debugging async Rust, tokio-console, or pretty-printers.
Rust sanitizers and Miri skill for memory safety validation. Use when running AddressSanitizer or ThreadSanitizer on Rust code, interpreting sanitizer reports, using Miri to detect undefined behaviour in unsafe Rust, or validating unsafe code correctness. Activates on queries about Rust ASan, Rust TSan, Miri, RUSTFLAGS sanitize, cargo miri, unsafe Rust UB, or interpreting Rust sanitizer output.
Rust unsafe code skill for systems programming. Use when writing or reviewing unsafe Rust, understanding what operations require unsafe, implementing safe abstractions over unsafe code, auditing unsafe blocks, or understanding raw pointers, transmute, and extern. Activates on queries about unsafe Rust, raw pointers, transmute, unsafe blocks, writing safe wrappers, UnsafeCell, unsafe trait impl, or auditing unsafe code.
Zig compiler skill for systems programming. Use when compiling Zig programs, selecting optimization modes, using zig cc as a C compiler, reading Zig error messages, or understanding Zig's compilation model. Activates on queries about zig build-exe, zig build-lib, optimize modes, ReleaseSafe, ReleaseFast, ReleaseSmall, zig cc, zig ast-check, or Zig compilation errors.
Zig comptime skill for compile-time evaluation and metaprogramming. Use when using comptime parameters, comptime types, generics via anytype, comptime reflection with @typeInfo, or metaprogramming patterns that replace C++ templates. Activates on queries about Zig comptime, compile-time evaluation, Zig generics, anytype, @typeInfo, comptime types, or Zig metaprogramming.
Zig debugging skill. Use when debugging Zig programs with GDB or LLDB, interpreting Zig runtime panics, using std.debug.print for tracing, configuring debug builds, or debugging Zig programs in VS Code. Activates on queries about debugging Zig, Zig panics, zig gdb, zig lldb, std.debug.print, Zig stack traces, or Zig error return traces.
Zig testing skill for writing and running tests. Use when using zig build test, writing comptime tests, using test filters, working with test allocators to detect leaks, or using Zig's built-in fuzz testing (0.14+). Activates on queries about Zig tests, zig test, zig build test, comptime testing, test allocators, Zig fuzz testing, or detecting memory leaks in Zig tests.
Compiler sanitizer skill for runtime bug detection in C/C++. Use when enabling and interpreting AddressSanitizer (ASan), UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer (UBSan), ThreadSanitizer (TSan), MemorySanitizer (MSan), or LeakSanitizer (LSan) with GCC or Clang. Activates on queries about sanitizer flags, sanitizer reports, ASAN_OPTIONS, memory errors, data races, undefined behaviour, uninitialised reads, or choosing which sanitizer to use for a given bug class.
Embedded Rust skill for bare-metal microcontroller development. Use when using probe-rs or cargo-embed for flashing and debugging, setting up defmt logging, using the RTIC framework, configuring cortex-m-rt startup, writing no_std + no_main firmware, or choosing between panic-halt and panic-semihosting. Activates on queries about embedded Rust, probe-rs, cargo-embed, defmt, RTIC, cortex-m-rt, no_std embedded, or panic handling in embedded Rust.
Concurrency debugging skill for diagnosing data races and deadlocks. Use when reading TSan race reports, debugging deadlocks with GDB thread inspection, analyzing lock-order graphs with Helgrind, identifying std::atomic misuse patterns, or reasoning about happens-before in C++ and Rust. Activates on queries about data races, TSan reports, deadlocks, Helgrind, lock ordering, thread sanitizer output, or atomic ordering issues.
Fetches web content as clean markdown by preferring markdown-native responses and falling back to selector-based HTML extraction. Use for documentation, articles, and reference pages at http/https URLs.
eBPF skill for Linux observability and networking. Use when writing eBPF programs with libbpf or bpftrace, attaching kprobes/tracepoints/XDP hooks, debugging verifier errors, working with eBPF maps, or achieving CO-RE portability across kernel versions. Activates on queries about eBPF, bpftool, bpftrace, XDP programs, libbpf, verifier errors, eBPF maps, or kernel tracing with BPF.
Use when creating commits, managing branches, opening PRs, or rewriting history. Not for non-git implementation tasks or repo-specific release policy decisions.
Clerk Backend REST API explorer and executor. Browse tags, inspect endpoint schemas, and execute authenticated requests. Use when listing users, managing organizations, or calling any Clerk API endpoint.