
Commit, push, and open a PR with an adaptive, value-first description. Use when the user says "commit and PR", "push and open a PR", "ship this", "create a PR", "open a pull request", "commit push PR", or wants to go from working changes to an open pull request in one step. Also use when the user says "update the PR description", "refresh the PR description", "freshen the PR", "rewrite the PR body", "write a PR description", "draft a PR description", or "describe this PR" — the skill will produce a description without committing or pushing if that is all the user wants. Produces PR descriptions that scale in depth with the complexity of the change, avoiding cookie-cutter templates.
Clean up local branches whose remote tracking branch is gone. Use when the user says "clean up branches", "delete gone branches", "prune local branches", "clean gone", or wants to remove stale local branches that no longer exist on the remote. Also handles removing associated worktrees for branches that have them.
Explore requirements and approaches through collaborative dialogue before writing a right-sized requirements document and planning implementation. Use for feature ideas, problem framing, when the user says 'let's brainstorm', or when they want to think through options before deciding what to build. Also use when a user describes a vague or ambitious feature request, asks 'what should we build', 'help me think through X', presents a problem with multiple valid solutions, or seems unsure about scope or direction — even if they don't explicitly ask to brainstorm.
Run comprehensive agent-native architecture review with scored principles
This skill should be used when writing Ruby and Rails code in DHH's distinctive 37signals style. It applies when writing Ruby code, Rails applications, creating models, controllers, or any Ruby file. Triggers on Ruby/Rails code generation, refactoring requests, code review, or when the user mentions DHH, 37signals, Basecamp, HEY, or Campfire style. Embodies REST purity, fat models, thin controllers, Current attributes, Hotwire patterns, and the "clarity over cleverness" philosophy.
Review requirements or plan documents using parallel persona agents that surface role-specific issues. Use when a requirements document or plan document exists and the user wants to improve it.
Refresh stale learning docs and pattern docs under docs/solutions/ by reviewing them against the current codebase, then updating, consolidating, replacing, or deleting the drifted ones. Trigger this skill when the user asks to refresh, audit, sweep, clean up, or consolidate stale docs in docs/solutions/ (phrases like "refresh my learnings", "audit docs/solutions/", "clean up stale learnings", "consolidate overlapping docs", "compound refresh", "/ce-compound-refresh"), or when ce-compound has just captured a new learning and flagged a specific older doc in docs/solutions/ as now inaccurate or superseded — invoke with the narrow scope hint ce-compound provides. Also trigger when the user points at a specific learning or pattern doc under docs/solutions/ and calls it stale, outdated, overlapping, or drifted. Do not trigger for general refactor, migration, debugging, or code-review work unless the user has explicitly directed attention to docs/solutions/ itself.
Systematically find root causes and fix bugs. Use when debugging errors, investigating test failures, reproducing bugs from issue trackers (GitHub, Linear, Jira), or when stuck on a problem after failed fix attempts. Also use when the user says 'debug this', 'why is this failing', 'fix this bug', 'trace this error', or pastes stack traces, error messages, or issue references.
Generate and critically evaluate grounded ideas about a topic. Use when asking what to improve, requesting idea generation, exploring surprising directions, or wanting the AI to proactively suggest strong options before brainstorming one in depth. Triggers on phrases like 'what should I improve', 'give me ideas', 'ideate on X', 'surprise me', 'what would you change', or any request for AI-generated suggestions rather than refining the user's own idea.
[BETA] Start the dev server, open the feature in a browser, and iterate on improvements together.
Run metric-driven iterative optimization loops. Define a measurable goal, build measurement scaffolding, then run parallel experiments that try many approaches, measure each against hard gates and/or LLM-as-judge quality scores, keep improvements, and converge toward the best solution. Use when optimizing clustering quality, search relevance, build performance, prompt quality, or any measurable outcome that benefits from systematic experimentation. Inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch, generalized for multi-file code changes and non-ML domains.
Discover session files for a repo across Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, and extract session metadata (timestamps, branch, cwd, size, platform). Invoked by session-research agents — not intended for direct user queries.
Search and ask questions about your coding agent session history. Use when asking what you worked on, what was tried before, how a problem was investigated across sessions, what happened recently, or any question about past agent sessions. Also use when the user references prior sessions, previous attempts, or past investigations — even without saying 'sessions' explicitly.
Resolve PR review feedback by evaluating validity and fixing issues in parallel. Use when addressing PR review comments, resolving review threads, or fixing code review feedback.
Run the full autonomous engineering pipeline end-to-end (plan, work, code review, test, commit, push, open PR, watch CI, fix CI failures until green). Use only when the user explicitly requests hands-off execution of a software task and provides a feature description; do not auto-route casual conversation here.
Create an isolated git worktree for parallel feature work or PR review. Use when starting work that should not disturb the current checkout, or when `ce-work` or `ce-code-review` offers a worktree option.
[BETA] Execute work with external delegate support. Same as ce-work but includes experimental Codex delegation mode for token-conserving code implementation.
Create or maintain STRATEGY.md - the product's target problem, approach, users, key metrics, and tracks of work. Use when starting a new product, updating direction, or when prompts like 'write our strategy', 'update the roadmap', 'what are we working on', or 'set up the strategy doc' come up. Also triggers when ce-ideate, ce-brainstorm, or ce-plan need upstream grounding and no strategy doc exists yet.
Create and edit Obsidian Bases (.base files) with views, filters, formulas, and summaries. Use when working with .base files, creating database-like views of notes, or when the user mentions Bases, table views, card views, filters, or formulas in Obsidian.
Create and edit JSON Canvas files (.canvas) with nodes, edges, groups, and connections. Use when working with .canvas files, creating visual canvases, mind maps, flowcharts, or when the user mentions Canvas files in Obsidian.
Create and edit Obsidian Flavored Markdown with wikilinks, embeds, callouts, properties, and other Obsidian-specific syntax. Use when working with .md files in Obsidian, or when the user mentions wikilinks, callouts, frontmatter, tags, embeds, or Obsidian notes.
Extract clean markdown content from web pages using Defuddle CLI, removing clutter and navigation to save tokens. Use instead of WebFetch when the user provides a URL to read or analyze, for online documentation, articles, blog posts, or any standard web page.
Summarize a customer interview transcript into a structured template with JTBD, satisfaction signals, and action items. Use when processing interview recordings or transcripts, synthesizing discovery interviews, or creating interview summaries.
Analyze and prioritize a list of feature requests by theme, strategic alignment, impact, effort, and risk. Use when reviewing customer feature requests, triaging a backlog, or making prioritization decisions.
Brainstorm 5 unique, memorable product names with rationale aligned to brand values and target audience. Use when naming a new product, rebranding, or exploring product name ideas.
Create a comprehensive product strategy using the 9-section Product Strategy Canvas — vision, segments, costs, value propositions, trade-offs, metrics, growth, capabilities, and defensibility. Use when building a product strategy, creating a strategic plan, or defining product direction.
Capture a visual demo reel (GIF, terminal recording, screenshots) for PR descriptions. Use when shipping UI changes, CLI features, or any work with observable behavior that benefits from visual proof. Also use when asked to add a demo, record a GIF, screenshot a feature, show what changed visually, create a demo reel, capture evidence, add proof to a PR, or create a before/after comparison.
Report a bug in the compound-engineering plugin
Extract conversation skeleton or error signals from a single session file at a given path. Invoked by session-research agents after they have selected which sessions to deep-dive — not intended for direct user queries.
Draft a detailed Non-Disclosure Agreement between two parties covering information types, jurisdiction, and clauses needing legal review. Use when creating confidentiality agreements or preparing an NDA for a partnership.
Estimate market size using TAM, SAM, and SOM with top-down and bottom-up approaches. Use when sizing a market opportunity, estimating addressable market, preparing for investor pitches, or evaluating market entry.
Comprehensive PM resume review and tailoring against 10 best practices including XYZ+S formula, keyword optimization, job-specific tailoring, and structure. Use when reviewing a PM resume, preparing for job applications, or improving resume impact.
Brainstorm an inspiring, achievable, and emotional product vision that motivates teams and aligns stakeholders. Use when defining or refining a product vision, creating a vision statement, or aligning the team around a shared direction.
Generate SQL queries from natural language descriptions. Supports BigQuery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and other dialects. Reads database schemas from uploaded diagrams or documentation. Use when writing SQL, building data reports, exploring databases, or translating business questions into queries.
Perform a detailed SWOT analysis — strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats with actionable recommendations. Use when doing strategic assessment, competitive analysis, or evaluating a product or business position.
Create comprehensive test scenarios from user stories with test objectives, starting conditions, user roles, step-by-step actions, and expected outcomes. Use when writing QA test cases, creating test plans, defining acceptance tests, or preparing for feature validation.
Research competitor YouTube channels, niches, and trending topics for Ben AI's content strategy. Use this skill whenever the user says "research channels", "analyze competitors", "find trending topics", "niche analysis", "competitive research", "what are other creators doing", "scrape YouTube channels", or wants to understand the competitive landscape for a specific tool or topic area. This skill uses Apify for YouTube data scraping and web research for supplementary intelligence.
Build an Opportunity Solution Tree (OST) to structure product discovery — map a desired outcome to opportunities, solutions, and experiments. Based on Teresa Torres' Continuous Discovery Habits. Use when structuring discovery work, mapping opportunities to solutions, or deciding what to build next.
Brainstorm 3-5 monetization strategies with audience fit, risks, and validation experiments. Use when exploring revenue models, evaluating pricing strategies, or deciding how to monetize a product.
Identify the first beachhead market segment for a product launch. Evaluates segments against burning pain, willingness to pay, winnable market share, and referral potential. Use when choosing a first market, targeting an initial customer segment, or planning market entry strategy.
Brainstorm product ideas for an existing product using multi-perspective ideation from PM, Designer, and Engineer viewpoints. Use when generating new feature ideas, brainstorming solutions for an identified opportunity, or ideating with a product trio.
Create refined user personas from research data — 3 personas with JTBD, pains, gains, and unexpected insights. Use when building personas from survey data, creating user profiles from research, or segmenting users for product decisions.
Build applications where agents are first-class citizens. Use this skill when designing autonomous agents, creating MCP tools, implementing self-modifying systems, or building apps where features are outcomes achieved by agents operating in a loop.
Create a git commit with a clear, value-communicating message. Use when the user says "commit", "commit this", "save my changes", "create a commit", or wants to commit staged or unstaged work. Produces well-structured commit messages that follow repo conventions when they exist, and defaults to conventional commit format otherwise.
Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like "how do I do X", "find a skill for X", "is there a skill that can...", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill.
Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me".
Transform an output-focused roadmap into an outcome-focused one that communicates strategic intent. Rewrites initiatives as outcome statements reflecting user and business impacts. Use when shifting to outcome roadmaps, making a roadmap more strategic, or rewriting feature lists as outcomes.
Perform a PESTLE analysis covering Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental factors. Use when assessing the macro environment, doing strategic planning, or evaluating external factors affecting your business.
Perform Porter's Five Forces analysis — competitive rivalry, supplier power, buyer power, threat of substitutes, and threat of new entrants. Use when analyzing industry dynamics, assessing competitive forces, or evaluating market attractiveness.
Generate a Lean Canvas with problem, solution, metrics, cost structure, UVP, unfair advantage, channels, segments, and revenue. Use when exploring a lean startup canvas, testing a business hypothesis, or modeling a new venture.
Generate 5 creative, cost-effective marketing ideas with channels, messaging, and engagement rationale. Use when brainstorming marketing campaigns, planning product promotion, or looking for creative marketing tactics.
Analyze A/B test results with statistical significance, sample size validation, confidence intervals, and ship/extend/stop recommendations. Use when evaluating experiment results, checking if a test reached significance, interpreting split test data, or deciding whether to ship a variant.
Generate an Ansoff Matrix analysis mapping growth strategies across market penetration, market development, product development, and diversification. Use when considering growth options, planning market expansion, or evaluating strategic growth paths.
Design experiments to test assumptions for an existing product — prototypes, A/B tests, spikes, and other low-effort validation methods. Use when validating assumptions, testing feature ideas cheaply, or planning product experiments.
Design lean startup experiments (pretotypes) for a new product. Creates XYZ hypotheses and suggests low-effort validation methods like landing pages, explainer videos, and pre-orders. Use when validating a new product idea, creating pretotypes, or testing market demand.
Brainstorm feature ideas for a new product in initial discovery from PM, Designer, and Engineer perspectives. Use when starting product discovery for a new product, exploring features for a startup idea, or doing initial ideation.
Brainstorm team-level OKRs aligned with company objectives — qualitative objectives with measurable key results. Use when setting quarterly OKRs, aligning team goals with company strategy, drafting objectives, or learning how to write effective OKRs.
Generate a Business Model Canvas with all 9 building blocks. Use when creating a business model, documenting how a business creates value, or analyzing an existing business model.
Async via cask, end turn immediately; use only when user explicitly delegates to Codex (ask/@codex/let codex/review); NOT for questions about Codex itself.
Perform cohort analysis on user engagement data — retention curves, feature adoption trends, and segment-level insights. Use when analyzing user retention by cohort, studying feature adoption over time, investigating churn patterns, or identifying engagement trends.
Create sales-ready competitive battlecards comparing your product against a specific competitor — positioning, feature comparison, objection handling, and win/loss patterns. Use when preparing sales teams, creating competitive materials, or responding to 'why not competitor X?'
Analyze competitors with strengths, weaknesses, and differentiation opportunities. Identifies direct competitors and maps the competitive landscape. Use when doing competitive research, preparing a competitive brief, or finding differentiation opportunities.
Create a Product Requirements Document using a comprehensive 8-section template covering problem, objectives, segments, value propositions, solution, and release planning. Use when writing a PRD, documenting product requirements, preparing a feature spec, or reviewing an existing PRD.
Create an end-to-end customer journey map with stages, touchpoints, emotions, pain points, and opportunities. Use when mapping the customer experience, identifying friction points, improving onboarding, or visualizing the user journey.
Generate realistic dummy datasets for testing with customizable columns, constraints, and output formats (CSV, JSON, SQL, Python script). Use when creating test data, building mock datasets, or generating sample data for development and demos.
Async via gask, end turn immediately; use only when user explicitly delegates to Gemini (ask/@gemini/let gemini/review); NOT for questions about Gemini itself.
Identify grammar, logical, and flow errors in text and suggest targeted fixes without rewriting the entire text. Use when proofreading content, checking writing quality, or reviewing a draft.
Identify growth loops (flywheels) for sustainable traction. Evaluates 5 loop types: Viral, Usage, Collaboration, User-Generated, and Referral. Use when designing growth mechanisms, building product-led traction, or understanding how growth loops work.
Identify the best GTM motions and tools across 7 motion types: Inbound, Outbound, Paid Digital, Community, Partners, ABM, and PLG. Use when selecting marketing channels, choosing between inbound and outbound strategy, or planning cross-channel campaigns.
Create a go-to-market strategy covering marketing channels, messaging, success metrics, and launch timeline. Use when planning a product launch, creating a GTM plan from scratch, or defining a launch strategy for a new market.
Identify the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) from research data with demographics, behaviors, JTBD, and needs. Use when defining your ICP, analyzing PMF survey data, or understanding who your best customers are.
Identify risky assumptions for a feature idea in an existing product across Value, Usability, Viability, and Feasibility. Uses multi-perspective devil's advocate thinking. Use when stress-testing a feature idea, doing risk assessment, or preparing for assumption mapping.
Identify risky assumptions for a new product idea across 8 risk categories including Go-to-Market, Strategy, and Team. Use when evaluating startup risks, assessing a new product concept, or mapping assumptions for a new venture.
Create a structured customer interview script with JTBD probing questions, warm-up, core exploration, and wrap-up sections. Follows The Mom Test principles — no leading questions, no pitching, focus on past behavior. Use when preparing for user interviews, creating interview guides, or planning discovery research.
Create job stories using the 'When [situation], I want to [motivation], so I can [outcome]' format with detailed acceptance criteria. Use when writing job stories, creating JTBD-style backlog items, or expressing user situations and motivations.
Create product backlog items in Why-What-Acceptance format — independent, valuable, testable items with strategic context. Use when writing structured backlog items, breaking features into work items, or using the WWA format.
Identify 3-5 potential customer segments with demographics, JTBD, and product fit analysis. Use when exploring market segments, identifying target audiences, evaluating new markets, or learning how to segment a market.
Define and design a product metrics dashboard with key metrics, data sources, visualization types, and alert thresholds. Use when creating a metrics dashboard, defining KPIs, setting up product analytics, or building a data monitoring plan.
Define a North Star Metric and 3-5 supporting input metrics that form a metrics constellation. Classify the business game (Attention, Transaction, Productivity) and validate against 7 criteria for an effective North Star. Use when choosing a North Star Metric, setting up a metrics framework, learning about the North Star Framework, or deciding what to measure.
Complete API for Google NotebookLM - full programmatic access including features not in the web UI. Create notebooks, add sources, generate all artifact types, download in multiple formats. Activates on explicit /notebooklm or intent like "create a podcast about X"
Async via oask, end turn immediately; use only when user explicitly delegates to OpenCode (ask/@opencode/let opencode/review); NOT for questions about OpenCode itself.
Manages and syncs AI CLI skills across 50+ tools from a single source. Use this skill whenever the user mentions "skillshare", runs skillshare commands, manages skills (install, update, uninstall, sync, audit, check, diff, search), or troubleshoots skill configuration (orphaned symlinks, broken targets, sync issues). Covers both global (~/.config/skillshare/) and project (.skillshare/) modes. Also use when: adding new AI tool targets (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, etc.), setting target include/exclude filters or copy vs symlink mode, using backup/restore or trash recovery, piping skillshare output to scripts (--json), setting up CI/CD audit pipelines, or building/sharing skill hubs (hub index, hub add).
Interact with Obsidian vaults using the Obsidian CLI to read, create, search, and manage notes, tasks, properties, and more. Also supports plugin and theme development with commands to reload plugins, run JavaScript, capture errors, take screenshots, and inspect the DOM. Use when the user asks to interact with their Obsidian vault, manage notes, search vault content, perform vault operations from the command line, or develop and debug Obsidian plugins and themes.
Brainstorm product positioning ideas differentiated from competitors. Identifies top competitors and generates positioning statements with rationale. Use when developing product positioning, differentiating from competitors, or crafting brand positioning strategy.
Run a pre-mortem risk analysis on a PRD or launch plan. Categorizes risks as Tigers (real problems), Paper Tigers (overblown concerns), and Elephants (unspoken worries), then classifies as launch-blocking, fast-follow, or track. Use when preparing for launch, stress-testing a product plan, or identifying what could go wrong.
Analyze and design pricing strategies including pricing models, competitive pricing analysis, willingness-to-pay estimation, and price elasticity. Use when setting prices, evaluating pricing models, preparing for a pricing change, or comparing freemium vs paid approaches.
Reference guide to 9 prioritization frameworks with formulas, when-to-use guidance, and templates — RICE, ICE, Kano, MoSCoW, Opportunity Score, and more. Use when selecting a prioritization method, comparing frameworks like RICE vs ICE, or learning how different prioritization approaches work.
Prioritize assumptions using an Impact × Risk matrix and suggest experiments for each. Use when triaging a list of assumptions, deciding what to test first, or applying the assumption prioritization canvas.
Prioritize a backlog of feature ideas based on impact, effort, risk, and strategic alignment with top 5 recommendations. Use when prioritizing a feature backlog, making scope decisions, or ranking product ideas.
Draft a detailed privacy policy covering data types, jurisdiction, GDPR and compliance considerations, and clauses needing legal review. Use when creating a privacy policy, updating data protection documentation, or preparing for compliance.
Generate user-facing release notes from tickets, PRDs, or changelogs. Creates clear, engaging summaries organized by category (new features, improvements, fixes). Use when writing release notes, creating changelogs, announcing product updates, or summarizing what shipped.
Facilitate a structured sprint retrospective — what went well, what didn't, and prioritized action items with owners and deadlines. Use when running a retrospective, reflecting on a sprint, creating action items from team feedback, or learning how to run effective retros.
Analyze user feedback data to identify segments with sentiment scores, JTBD, and product satisfaction insights. Use when analyzing user feedback at scale, running sentiment analysis on reviews or surveys, or identifying satisfaction patterns.
Design a detailed value proposition using a 6-part JTBD template — Who, Why, What before, How, What after, Alternatives. Use when creating a value proposition, analyzing customer value delivery, or articulating why customers should choose your product.
Generate value proposition statements for marketing, sales, and onboarding from existing value propositions. Use when writing marketing copy, creating sales messaging, or crafting onboarding messages.
Plan a sprint with capacity estimation, story selection, dependency mapping, and risk identification. Use when preparing for sprint planning, estimating team capacity, selecting stories, or balancing sprint scope against velocity.
Build a stakeholder map using a power/interest grid, identify communication strategies per quadrant, and generate a communication plan. Use when managing stakeholders, preparing for a launch, aligning cross-functional teams, or planning stakeholder engagement.
Generate a Startup Canvas combining Product Strategy (9 sections) and Business Model (costs + revenue) for a new product. An alternative to BMC and Lean Canvas that separates strategy from business model. Use when launching a new product or evaluating a startup concept.
Summarize a meeting transcript into structured notes with date, participants, topic, key decisions, summary points, and action items. Use when processing meeting recordings, creating meeting notes, writing meeting minutes, or recapping discussions.
Segment users from feedback data based on behavior, JTBD, and needs. Identifies at least 3 distinct user segments. Use when segmenting a user base, analyzing diverse user feedback, or building a segmentation model.
Create user stories following the 3 C's (Card, Conversation, Confirmation) and INVEST criteria with descriptions, design links, and acceptance criteria. Use when writing user stories, breaking down features into backlog items, or defining acceptance criteria.
Create, share, view, comment on, edit, and run human-in-the-loop review loops over markdown documents via Proof, the collaborative markdown editor at proofeditor.ai ("Proof editor"). Use when the user wants to render or view a local markdown file in Proof, share markdown to get a URL, iterate collaboratively on a Proof doc, comment on or suggest edits in Proof, HITL a spec/plan/draft for human review, sync a Proof doc back to local, or work from a proofeditor.ai URL. Trigger on phrases like "view this in proof", "share to proof", "iterate with proof", or "HITL this doc", and on ce-brainstorm / ce-ideate / ce-plan handoffs for human review. Also match clear requests for a rendered/shared markdown review surface even if the user does not name Proof. Do not trigger on "proof" meaning evidence, math/logic proof, burden of proof, proof-of-concept, or bare "proofread this" requests where inline text review is expected.
Diagnose and configure compound-engineering environment. Checks CLI dependencies, plugin version, and repo-local config. Offers guided installation for missing tools. Use when troubleshooting missing tools, verifying setup, or before onboarding.
Simplify and refine recently changed code for clarity, reuse, quality, and efficiency while preserving behavior.
Run browser tests on pages affected by current PR or branch
Structured code review using tiered persona agents, confidence-gated findings, and a merge/dedup pipeline. Use when reviewing code changes before creating a PR.
Document a recently solved problem to compound your team's knowledge
Riffrec product-feedback workflow. ALWAYS load when the user posts a `riffrec-*.zip`, a bundle with `session.json` + `events.json` + `recording.webm` + `voice.webm`, a video/audio recording for product feedback, or asks how to capture and share Riffrec sessions. Routes between setup, quick bug report, and extensive analysis.
Summarize recent compound-engineering plugin releases, or answer a specific question about a past release with a version citation. Use when the user types `/ce-release-notes` or asks "what changed in compound-engineering recently?" or "what happened to `<skill-name>`?".
Build web interfaces with genuine design quality, not AI slop. Use for any frontend work - landing pages, web apps, dashboards, admin panels, components, interactive experiences. Activates for both greenfield builds and modifications to existing applications. Detects existing design systems and respects them. Covers composition, typography, color, motion, and copy. Verifies results via screenshots before declaring done.
Search Slack for interpreted organizational context -- decisions, constraints, and discussion arcs that shape the current task. Produces a research digest with cross-cutting analysis and research-value assessment, not raw message lists. Use when searching Slack for context during planning, brainstorming, or any task where organizational knowledge matters. Trigger phrases: 'search slack for', 'what did we discuss about', 'slack context for', 'organizational context about', 'what does the team think about', 'any slack discussions on'. Differs from slack:find-discussions which returns individual message results without synthesis.
Execute work efficiently while maintaining quality and finishing features
This skill should be used when generating and editing images using the Gemini API (Nano Banana Pro). It applies when creating images from text prompts, editing existing images, applying style transfers, generating logos with text, creating stickers, product mockups, or any image generation/manipulation task. Supports text-to-image, image editing, multi-turn refinement, and composition from multiple reference images.
Create structured plans for any multi-step task -- software features, research workflows, events, study plans, or any goal that benefits from structured breakdown. Also deepen existing plans with interactive review of sub-agent findings. Use for plan creation when the user says 'plan this', 'create a plan', 'write a tech plan', 'plan the implementation', 'how should we build', 'what's the approach for', 'break this down', 'plan a trip', 'create a study plan', or when a brainstorm/requirements document is ready for planning. Use for plan deepening when the user says 'deepen the plan', 'deepen my plan', 'deepening pass', or uses 'deepen' in reference to a plan. For exploratory or ambiguous requests where the user is unsure what to do, prefer ce-brainstorm first.
Generate a time-windowed pulse report on what users experienced and how the product performed - usage, quality, errors, signals worth investigating. Use when the user says 'run a pulse', 'show me the pulse', 'how are we doing', 'weekly recap', 'launch-day check', or passes a time window like '24h' or '7d'. Configures via .compound-engineering/config.local.yaml and saves reports to docs/pulse-reports/.
Build and test iOS apps on simulator using XcodeBuildMCP. Use after making iOS code changes, before creating a PR, or when verifying app behavior and checking for crashes on simulator.