@tgoodington/intuition 2.2.0 → 3.0.0
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- package/README.md +440 -399
- package/docs/PROJECT_CONTEXT.md +361 -0
- package/package.json +36 -37
- package/scripts/install-skills.js +153 -140
- package/scripts/uninstall-skills.js +83 -82
- package/skills/intuition-discovery/SKILL.md +151 -131
- package/skills/intuition-discovery/references/waldo_core.md +412 -338
- package/skills/intuition-execute/references/faraday_core.md +365 -323
- package/skills/intuition-handoff/SKILL.md +156 -0
- package/skills/intuition-handoff/references/handoff_core.md +539 -0
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/SKILL.md +77 -19
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/discovery_output_template.json +19 -0
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/execution_brief_template.md +153 -0
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/planning_brief_template.md +99 -0
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/state_template.json +12 -0
- package/skills/intuition-start/SKILL.md +306 -188
- package/skills/intuition-start/references/start_core.md +564 -0
- package/agents/architect.md +0 -426
- package/agents/code-reviewer.md +0 -186
- package/agents/code-writer.md +0 -140
- package/agents/communications-specialist.md +0 -339
- package/agents/documentation.md +0 -164
- package/agents/research.md +0 -179
- package/agents/security-expert.md +0 -238
- package/agents/technical-spec-writer.md +0 -200
- package/agents/test-runner.md +0 -168
- package/agents/waldo.md +0 -504
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