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  1. package/agents/research/best-practices-researcher.md +9 -3
  2. package/agents/research/framework-docs-researcher.md +2 -0
  3. package/agents/research/git-history-analyzer.md +9 -6
  4. package/agents/research/issue-intelligence-analyst.md +232 -0
  5. package/agents/research/repo-research-analyst.md +6 -10
  6. package/commands/.gitkeep +0 -0
  7. package/package.json +1 -1
  8. package/skills/agent-browser/SKILL.md +4 -3
  9. package/skills/ce-brainstorm/SKILL.md +242 -52
  10. package/skills/ce-compound/SKILL.md +60 -40
  11. package/skills/ce-compound-refresh/SKILL.md +528 -0
  12. package/skills/ce-ideate/SKILL.md +371 -0
  13. package/skills/ce-plan/SKILL.md +40 -39
  14. package/skills/ce-plan-beta/SKILL.md +572 -0
  15. package/skills/ce-review/SKILL.md +7 -6
  16. package/skills/ce-work/SKILL.md +85 -75
  17. package/skills/create-agent-skill/SKILL.md +1 -1
  18. package/skills/create-agent-skills/SKILL.md +6 -5
  19. package/skills/deepen-plan/SKILL.md +11 -11
  20. package/skills/deepen-plan-beta/SKILL.md +323 -0
  21. package/skills/document-review/SKILL.md +14 -8
  22. package/skills/generate_command/SKILL.md +3 -2
  23. package/skills/lfg/SKILL.md +10 -7
  24. package/skills/report-bug/SKILL.md +15 -14
  25. package/skills/resolve_parallel/SKILL.md +2 -1
  26. package/skills/resolve_todo_parallel/SKILL.md +1 -1
  27. package/skills/slfg/SKILL.md +7 -4
  28. package/skills/test-browser/SKILL.md +3 -3
  29. package/skills/test-xcode/SKILL.md +2 -2
  30. package/agents/workflow/every-style-editor.md +0 -66
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  32. package/commands/ce/brainstorm.md +0 -145
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  34. package/commands/ce/plan.md +0 -636
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  36. package/commands/ce/work.md +0 -456
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  38. package/commands/create-agent-skill.md +0 -9
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  53. package/commands/workflows/brainstorm.md +0 -145
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  55. package/commands/workflows/plan.md +0 -10
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  59. package/skills/skill-creator/SKILL.md +0 -210
  60. package/skills/skill-creator/scripts/init_skill.py +0 -303
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  62. package/skills/skill-creator/scripts/quick_validate.py +0 -65
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- name: workflows:brainstorm
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- description: Explore requirements and approaches through collaborative dialogue before planning implementation
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- argument-hint: '[feature idea or problem to explore]'
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- ---
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- # Brainstorm a Feature or Improvement
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- **Note: The current year is 2026.** Use this when dating brainstorm documents.
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- Brainstorming helps answer **WHAT** to build through collaborative dialogue. It precedes `/workflows:plan`, which answers **HOW** to build it.
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- **Process knowledge:** Load the `brainstorming` skill for detailed question techniques, approach exploration patterns, and YAGNI principles.
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- ## Feature Description
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- <feature_description> #$ARGUMENTS </feature_description>
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- **If the feature description above is empty, ask the user:** "What would you like to explore? Please describe the feature, problem, or improvement you're thinking about."
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- ## Execution Flow
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- ### Phase 0: Assess Requirements Clarity
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- Evaluate whether brainstorming is needed based on the feature description.
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- - Referenced existing patterns to follow
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- Use **question tool** to suggest: "Your requirements seem detailed enough to proceed directly to planning. Should I run `/workflows:plan` instead, or would you like to explore the idea further?"
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- ### Phase 1: Understand the Idea
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- #### 1.2 Collaborative Dialogue
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- - Prefer multiple choice when natural options exist
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- - Start broad (purpose, users) then narrow (constraints, edge cases)
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- - Validate assumptions explicitly
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- - Ask about success criteria
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- **Exit condition:** Continue until the idea is clear OR user says "proceed"
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- ### Phase 2: Explore Approaches
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- Propose **2-3 concrete approaches** based on research and conversation.
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- Lead with your recommendation and explain why. Apply YAGNI—prefer simpler solutions.
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- Write a brainstorm document to `docs/brainstorms/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>-brainstorm.md`.
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- **IMPORTANT:** Before proceeding to Phase 4, check if there are any Open Questions listed in the brainstorm document. If there are open questions, YOU MUST ask the user about each one using question before offering to proceed to planning. Move resolved questions to a "Resolved Questions" section.
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- **Question:** "Brainstorm captured. What would you like to do next?"
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- 2. **Proceed to planning** - Run `/workflows:plan` (will auto-detect this brainstorm)
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- 3. **Share to Proof** - Upload to Proof for collaborative review and sharing
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- **If user selects "Ask more questions":** YOU (Claude) return to Phase 1.2 (Collaborative Dialogue) and continue asking the USER questions one at a time to further refine the design. The user wants YOU to probe deeper - ask about edge cases, constraints, preferences, or areas not yet explored. Continue until the user is satisfied, then return to Phase 4.
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- name: brainstorming
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- description: This skill should be used before implementing features, building components, or making changes. It guides exploring user intent, approaches, and design decisions before planning. Triggers on "let's brainstorm", "help me think through", "what should we build", "explore approaches", ambiguous feature requests, or when the user's request has multiple valid interpretations that need clarification.
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- # Brainstorming
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- Skills use a three-level loading system to manage context efficiently:
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- 1. **Metadata (name + description)** - Always in context (~100 words)
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- 2. **SKILL.md body** - When skill triggers (<5k words)
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- 3. **Bundled resources** - As needed by Claude (Unlimited*)
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- *Unlimited because scripts can be executed without reading into context window.
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- ## Skill Creation Process
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- To create a skill, follow the "Skill Creation Process" in order, skipping steps only if there is a clear reason why they are not applicable.
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- ### Step 1: Understanding the Skill with Concrete Examples
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- Skip this step only when the skill's usage patterns are already clearly understood. It remains valuable even when working with an existing skill.
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- To create an effective skill, clearly understand concrete examples of how the skill will be used. This understanding can come from either direct user examples or generated examples that are validated with user feedback.
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- For example, when building an image-editor skill, relevant questions include:
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- - "What functionality should the image-editor skill support? Editing, rotating, anything else?"
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- - "Can you give some examples of how this skill would be used?"
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- - "I can imagine users asking for things like 'Remove the red-eye from this image' or 'Rotate this image'. Are there other ways you imagine this skill being used?"
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- - "What would a user say that should trigger this skill?"
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- To avoid overwhelming users, avoid asking too many questions in a single message. Start with the most important questions and follow up as needed for better effectiveness.
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- Conclude this step when there is a clear sense of the functionality the skill should support.
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- ### Step 2: Planning the Reusable Skill Contents
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- To turn concrete examples into an effective skill, analyze each example by:
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- 1. Considering how to execute on the example from scratch
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- 2. Identifying what scripts, references, and assets would be helpful when executing these workflows repeatedly
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- Example: When building a `pdf-editor` skill to handle queries like "Help me rotate this PDF," the analysis shows:
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- 1. Rotating a PDF requires re-writing the same code each time
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- 2. A `scripts/rotate_pdf.py` script would be helpful to store in the skill
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- Example: When designing a `frontend-webapp-builder` skill for queries like "Build me a todo app" or "Build me a dashboard to track my steps," the analysis shows:
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- 1. Writing a frontend webapp requires the same boilerplate HTML/React each time
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- 2. An `assets/hello-world/` template containing the boilerplate HTML/React project files would be helpful to store in the skill
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- Example: When building a `big-query` skill to handle queries like "How many users have logged in today?" the analysis shows:
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- 1. Querying BigQuery requires re-discovering the table schemas and relationships each time
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- 2. A `references/schema.md` file documenting the table schemas would be helpful to store in the skill
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- To establish the skill's contents, analyze each concrete example to create a list of the reusable resources to include: scripts, references, and assets.
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- ### Step 3: Initializing the Skill
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- At this point, it is time to actually create the skill.
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- Skip this step only if the skill being developed already exists, and iteration or packaging is needed. In this case, continue to the next step.
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- When creating a new skill from scratch, always run the `init_skill.py` script. The script conveniently generates a new template skill directory that automatically includes everything a skill requires, making the skill creation process much more efficient and reliable.
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- Usage:
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- The script:
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- - Creates the skill directory at the specified path
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- - Creates example resource directories: `scripts/`, `references/`, and `assets/`
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- After initialization, customize or remove the generated SKILL.md and example files as needed.
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- ### Step 4: Edit the Skill
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- When editing the (newly-generated or existing) skill, remember that the skill is being created for another instance of Claude to use. Focus on including information that would be beneficial and non-obvious to Claude. Consider what procedural knowledge, domain-specific details, or reusable assets would help another Claude instance execute these tasks more effectively.
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- #### Start with Reusable Skill Contents
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- To begin implementation, start with the reusable resources identified above: `scripts/`, `references/`, and `assets/` files. Note that this step may require user input. For example, when implementing a `brand-guidelines` skill, the user may need to provide brand assets or templates to store in `assets/`, or documentation to store in `references/`.
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- Also, delete any example files and directories not needed for the skill. The initialization script creates example files in `scripts/`, `references/`, and `assets/` to demonstrate structure, but most skills won't need all of them.
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- #### Update SKILL.md
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- **Writing Style:** Write the entire skill using **imperative/infinitive form** (verb-first instructions), not second person. Use objective, instructional language (e.g., "To accomplish X, do Y" rather than "You should do X" or "If you need to do X"). This maintains consistency and clarity for AI consumption.
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- To complete SKILL.md, answer the following questions:
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- 1. What is the purpose of the skill, in a few sentences?
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- ### Step 5: Packaging a Skill
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- Once the skill is ready, it should be packaged into a distributable zip file that gets shared with the user. The packaging process automatically validates the skill first to ensure it meets all requirements:
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- 2. **Package** the skill if validation passes, creating a zip file named after the skill (e.g., `my-skill.zip`) that includes all files and maintains the proper directory structure for distribution.
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- ### Step 6: Iterate
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- After testing the skill, users may request improvements. Often this happens right after using the skill, with fresh context of how the skill performed.
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