eddowding
42 verified skills
write-planning-doc
Creates structured planning documents for projects and initiatives, breaking down complex work into stages with clear actions and validation points.
documentation
Interactive inbox triage and email management - get to inbox zero efficiently
testing
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/triage
Re-prioritize tasks for the week - ruthless filtering to ~10
tools
chief-of-staff
Use when user asks about their emails, tasks, calendar, project status, memory, or wants the AI Chief of Staff to handle a request
data-ai
consult
Expert consultation mode - ask meaningful questions until enough information to maximize success, then execute.
development
inversion-exercise
Flip core assumptions to reveal hidden constraints and alternative approaches - 'what if the opposite were true?'
testing
sounding-board-mode
Interactive brainstorming and advisory mode that helps think through questions, critique approaches, propose alternatives, and reach optimal decisions.
testing
devils-advocate
Facilitated challenge mode to stress-test ideas via steelman-first critique, pre-mortems, inversion, and red-teaming.
development
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/system/list-extensions
Lists all available commands, skills, subagents, hooks, and built-in keywords
tools
meeting-follow-up
Draft follow-up emails and action items after meetings.
data-ai
memory-update
Maintain two-tier memory system (Chief-of-Staff + topics) after conversations, extracting and organizing new facts based on utility thresholds.
tools
meta-pattern-recognition
Spot patterns appearing in 3+ domains to find universal principles.
testing
redteam
Harsh critique mode - list top 3 logical fallacies or weaknesses in thinking without being polite.
testing
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/personal/reflect
Summarize patterns from recent journal entries
tools
scaffold
Explain concepts at three levels: 5-year-old, real-world analogy, and university-level definition.
data-ai
simplification-cascades
Find one insight that eliminates multiple components - 'if this is true, we don't need X, Y, or Z'
tools
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/slipping
Show overdue and slipping tasks that need attention
tools
write-skill
Meta-skill for creating new skills in the proper format with [BRACKET] sections and correct structure.
development
refactor
Focused code refactoring with senior engineering judgment. Preserves behavior, improves quality.
development
secrets-audit
Scan repository for accidentally committed secrets and credentials using gitleaks.
testing
meeting-prep
Prepares briefing notes for meetings by detecting type (internal vs external) and gathering relevant context.
tools
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/do
Execute a task autonomously - Claude handles it end-to-end
tools
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/draft-email
Draft an email for review and approval before sending
data-ai
inbox-file
Process items in the Inbox folder - preview, suggest destinations, and file with minimal frontmatter
tools
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/personal/journal
Create or update today's journal entry
tools
onboard
Guided interview that populates Chief-of-Staff.md with your context — priorities, projects, clients, preferences, and personal details.
tools
print-week
Generate a printable Markdown view of TickTick tasks for the next 7 days
tools
when-stuck
Dispatch to the right problem-solving technique based on how you're stuck.
tools
debate
Simulate a debate between a pragmatic operator and radical futurist to find the best path forward.
data-ai
scale-game
Test at extremes (1000x bigger/smaller) to expose fundamental truths hidden at normal scales.
testing
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/sync
Sync state with external systems (also runs as part of /briefing)
tools
commit
Batch changes into logical commits with proper messages and safe concurrent handling.
tools
debrief
Session-end self-review. Scans for corrections, failures, and missing context, then proposes concrete rule updates.
data-ai
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/briefing
Update and open the Daily Briefing - 30 second scan of today's priorities
data-ai
collision-zone-thinking
Force unrelated concepts together to discover emergent properties - 'What if we treated X like Y?'
tools
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/hygiene
Review old tasks to archive, delegate, or clean up
tools
blindspots
Surface blind spots and areas of uncertainty in thinking.
data-ai
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/research/book-summarizer
# Book Summarizer Skill Transforms a `.md` book into a rich, referenceable knowledge artifact. ## When to Use - User provides a markdown file of a book (converted from epub/pdf) - User says "summarize this book" or "extract insights from..." - Processing books for the Knowledge/Books/ folder ## Architecture **Pass 1 (Sonnet 1M):** Structure & Theme Extraction **Pass 2 (Sonnet 1M):** Quote Mining & Evidence Collection **Pass 3 (Opus):** Synthesis, Connections & Actionable Insights ## Execut
content-media
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/status
Quick status check on any project
testing
web-researcher
Comprehensive web research that launches multiple search queries, synthesizes findings, and delivers detailed reports with attribution.
development
vault/Operations/Claude/skills/operations/weekly-review
End-of-week reflection and planning
tools
ask-questions-one-at-a-time
Guide for gathering information by asking 1-2 questions at a time with proposed answers, building progressively to avoid cognitive overload.
development