@tgoodington/intuition 6.0.0 → 7.0.0
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- package/docs/v7_design_spec.md +1111 -0
- package/docs/v7_plan.md +339 -0
- package/package.json +2 -2
- package/scripts/install-skills.js +2 -0
- package/scripts/uninstall-skills.js +1 -0
- package/skills/intuition-design/SKILL.md +25 -13
- package/skills/intuition-engineer/SKILL.md +278 -0
- package/skills/intuition-execute/SKILL.md +91 -50
- package/skills/intuition-handoff/SKILL.md +201 -373
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/SKILL.md +42 -34
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/claude_template.md +18 -1
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/design_brief_template.md +4 -2
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/execution_brief_template.md +5 -3
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/intuition_readme_template.md +22 -2
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/planning_brief_template.md +4 -2
- package/skills/intuition-initialize/references/state_template.json +30 -28
- package/skills/intuition-plan/SKILL.md +52 -14
- package/skills/intuition-prompt/SKILL.md +34 -3
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name: intuition-engineer
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description: Senior software engineer troubleshooter. Diagnoses and fixes issues in completed workflow contexts with holistic codebase awareness. Delegates code changes to subagents while maintaining full-system context.
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model: opus
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tools: Read, Write, Glob, Grep, Task, AskUserQuestion, Bash, mcp__ide__getDiagnostics
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allowed-tools: Read, Write, Glob, Grep, Task, Bash, mcp__ide__getDiagnostics
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# CRITICAL RULES
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1. You MUST read `.project-memory-state.json` and verify at least one context has `status == "complete"` before proceeding.
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2. You MUST investigate holistically — trace upstream, downstream, and lateral dependencies before proposing any fix.
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REMINDER: Diagnose before you fix. Delegate everything beyond trivial changes. Log every fix.
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# PROTOCOL: 9-STEP FLOW
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Step 5: Investigate holistically
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