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  1. package/.agents/instructions/learned-knowledge.instructions.md +46 -0
  2. package/{.github → .agents}/skills/architecture-blueprint-generator/SKILL.md +57 -1
  3. package/.agents/skills/cavecrew/SKILL.md +82 -0
  4. package/.agents/skills/caveman/SKILL.md +74 -0
  5. package/.agents/skills/caveman-commit/SKILL.md +65 -0
  6. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/README.md +163 -0
  7. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/SECURITY.md +31 -0
  8. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/SKILL.md +111 -0
  9. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/scripts/__init__.py +9 -0
  10. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/scripts/__main__.py +3 -0
  11. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/scripts/benchmark.py +78 -0
  12. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/scripts/cli.py +85 -0
  13. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/scripts/compress.py +254 -0
  14. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/scripts/detect.py +121 -0
  15. package/.agents/skills/caveman-compress/scripts/validate.py +213 -0
  16. package/.agents/skills/caveman-help/SKILL.md +59 -0
  17. package/.agents/skills/caveman-review/SKILL.md +55 -0
  18. package/.agents/skills/caveman-stats/SKILL.md +10 -0
  19. package/.agents/skills/compress/SKILL.md +111 -0
  20. package/.agents/skills/compress/scripts/__init__.py +9 -0
  21. package/.agents/skills/compress/scripts/__main__.py +3 -0
  22. package/.agents/skills/compress/scripts/benchmark.py +78 -0
  23. package/.agents/skills/compress/scripts/cli.py +85 -0
  24. package/.agents/skills/compress/scripts/compress.py +254 -0
  25. package/.agents/skills/compress/scripts/detect.py +121 -0
  26. package/.agents/skills/compress/scripts/validate.py +213 -0
  27. package/AGENTS.md +149 -0
  28. package/README.md +197 -60
  29. package/opencode.mcp.example.json +54 -0
  30. package/package.json +13 -5
  31. package/scripts/mcp/playwright-mcp-launcher.js +46 -0
  32. package/scripts/sync.js +50 -12
  33. package/.github/agents/implementation-plan.agent.md +0 -192
  34. package/.github/agents/plan.agent.md +0 -135
  35. package/.github/agents/research-spike.agent.md +0 -204
  36. package/.github/prompts/copilot-instructions-blueprint-generator.prompt.md +0 -317
  37. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/agent-safety.instructions.md +0 -0
  38. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/agent-skill.instructions.md +0 -0
  39. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/agent.instructions.md +0 -0
  40. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/ai-prompt-engineering-safety.instructions.md +0 -0
  41. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/angular.instructions.md +0 -0
  42. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/context7.instructions.md +0 -0
  43. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/go.instructions.md +0 -0
  44. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/html-to-css-guide.instructions.md +0 -0
  45. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/instructions.instructions.md +0 -0
  46. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/markdown.instructions.md +0 -0
  47. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/memory-bank.instructions.md +0 -0
  48. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/nodejs-vitest.instructions.md +0 -0
  49. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/playwright-typescript.instructions.md +0 -0
  50. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/prompt.instructions.md +0 -0
  51. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/security-owasp.instructions.md +0 -0
  52. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/shell.instructions.md +0 -0
  53. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/task-implementation.instructions.md +0 -0
  54. /package/{.github → .agents}/instructions/typescript.instructions.md +0 -0
  55. /package/{.github → .agents}/prompts/documentation-writer.prompt.md +0 -0
  56. /package/{.github → .agents}/prompts/editconfig.prompt.md +0 -0
  57. /package/{.github → .agents}/prompts/playwright-explore.prompt.md +0 -0
  58. /package/{.github → .agents}/prompts/playwright-generate-test.prompt.md +0 -0
  59. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/agent-governance/SKILL.md +0 -0
  60. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/boost-prompt/SKILL.md +0 -0
  61. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/chrome-devtools/SKILL.md +0 -0
  62. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/context-map/SKILL.md +0 -0
  63. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/conventional-commit/SKILL.md +0 -0
  64. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/create-implementation-plan/SKILL.md +0 -0
  65. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/create-readme/SKILL.md +0 -0
  66. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/create-specification/SKILL.md +0 -0
  67. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/editorconfig/SKILL.md +0 -0
  68. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/gh-cli/SKILL.md +0 -0
  69. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/git-commit/SKILL.md +0 -0
  70. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/github-issues/SKILL.md +0 -0
  71. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/github-issues/references/templates.md +0 -0
  72. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/microsoft-docs/SKILL.md +0 -0
  73. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/playwright-explore-website/SKILL.md +0 -0
  74. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/playwright-generate-test/SKILL.md +0 -0
  75. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/polygot-test-agent/SKILL.md +0 -0
  76. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/polygot-test-agent/unit-test-genearation.prompt.md +0 -0
  77. /package/{.github → .agents}/skills/prompt-builder/SKILL.md +0 -0
package/scripts/sync.js CHANGED
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- ---
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- description: "Generate an implementation plan for new features or refactoring existing code."
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- name: "Implementation Plan Generation Mode"
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- tools:
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- [
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- "search/codebase",
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- "search/usages",
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- "vscode/vscodeAPI",
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- "think",
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- ---
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- # Implementation Plan Generation Mode
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- ## Primary Directive
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- ## Execution Context
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- ## Core Requirements
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- ## Plan Structure Requirements
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