
Run the Operation phase (Ship → Verify → Reflect) for the current feature
Compress large markdown artifacts into a dense inline digest that preserves every fact, verified by round-trip reconstruction. Use this whenever an agent writes a markdown file that sub-agents will re-read in later sessions.
Initialize PDLC for this project (run once)
Force-release a stuck roadmap-level feature claim (admin command)
Comprehensive health check of PDLC state, docs, tasks, and code alignment
Emergency compressed build-ship cycle for production issues
Run the Construction phase (Build → Review → Test) for the current feature
Bypass the deploy-before-Operation guardrails block with a single confirmation
Pause the current feature and save full state for later resume
# Variant Convergence **Topic slug:** `variant-convergence` **Triggers:** - **Inception path — Brainstorm Design Step 10.7:** after Step 10.6 (Design-Laws Audit) completes, before Step 11 (PRD design-doc link updates) and the Step 12 design approval gate. Variants are HTML mockups Muse generates. - **Construction path — Build Review Step 12.5:** after Party Review (Step 12) writes its review file and Muse appends the *As-Built Audit* section to `ux-review.md`, before the Step 13 Review approval
# Retrospective Protocol ## When this skill activates Activate at the start of the **Reflect sub-phase** of Operation, after the Verify sub-phase is complete and the human has signed off on smoke tests. This skill generates the full retrospective for the completed feature cycle — from Inception through Ship. Before starting, gather all required inputs: - The active episode file: `docs/pdlc/memory/episodes/[episode-id].md` - The episode index: `docs/pdlc/memory/episodes/index.md` - The PRD: `d
Resume a paused feature from its saved checkpoint
# Safety Guardrails — Reference ## When this skill activates This skill is the canonical reference for PDLC's safety model. It is consulted by: - The PreToolUse guardrails hook (`hooks/pdlc-guardrails.js`) on every Bash, Edit, and Write tool call. - The `/override` command, when a user wants to bypass the deploy-before-Operation block. - Every other PDLC skill, when surfacing intent before a potentially-dangerous action (see "Agent norms" below). When in doubt about what the guardrails hook
Revert a shipped feature and conduct a post-mortem
# Test Execution Protocol ## When this skill activates Activate at the start of the **Test sub-phase** of Construction, after the Review sub-phase is complete and the human has approved the review file. This skill governs the full test execution run for a completed Beads task. Before starting, read `docs/pdlc/memory/CONSTITUTION.md` — specifically the "Test gates" section. This defines which layers are required to pass before Operation can begin, and which layers (if any) are pre-configured a
Abandon the current feature and clean up all artifacts
# Multi-Agent Code Review ## When this skill activates Activate at the start of the **Review sub-phase** of Construction, immediately after all tests for the active Beads task have passed. Do not run review before tests pass — this is a hard ordering constraint. This skill governs one full review cycle per task. If the human requests revisions after reading the review file, re-run only the affected reviewer domains (or all, if the change is broad), regenerate the review file, and re-present f
# Repo Scan — Brownfield Initialization ## When this skill activates During `/setup` when the repository contains existing source code (brownfield project). The goal is to deeply review the existing codebase and produce pre-populated drafts of all memory bank files, so initialization reflects reality rather than starting from blank templates. --- ## Protocol Execute every step below in order. Do not skip any step. Collect all findings before writing any memory files. --- ### Step 1 — Map
Run the Inception phase for a feature (Discover → Define → Design → Plan)
Explore a hypothetical scenario with a read-only team analysis
Record an architectural or product decision in the PDLC Decision Registry
Run a feature autonomously from approved-PRD to shipped, evaluated by a per-turn Sentinel hook. Requires bypass-permissions mode and Agent Teams mode.
Syntactic compression ruleset for prose. Drops articles, filler, pleasantries, hedging, imperative softeners, and connective fluff without modifying code, paths, IDs, numbers, or proper nouns. Invoked by `distill` as its Pass 1 pre-compression step; also usable standalone when a prose block needs to shrink in place without restructuring.
Record an architectural or product decision in the PDLC Decision Registry
Override a Tier 1 safety block with double-RED confirmation
Apply Strunk's timeless writing rules to ANY prose humans will read—documentation, commit messages, error messages, explanations, reports, or UI text. Makes your writing clearer, stronger, and more professional.
# Test-Driven Development ## When this skill activates Activate during the **Build sub-phase** of Construction whenever a Beads task is claimed and implementation work is about to begin. This skill governs every line of implementation code written during the Build sub-phase. It does not apply to scaffolding (e.g. `npm init`, directory creation) or config-only tasks, but applies to all logic, handlers, routes, components, services, hooks, and utilities. If the task is infrastructure-only (e.g.
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