Skill rating

Write a strategy memo that commits to a bet and says what you won't do. Use when asked to write a strategy memo, articulate a strategy, make the case for a strategic direction, or align the team on wh

Prepare for a 1:1 so it drives outcomes instead of becoming a status update. Use when asked to prep for a one-on-one, build a 1:1 agenda, prepare to talk to your manager (or a report), or raise someth

Re-pitch one piece of content for four audiences — the board, the engineers, a customer, a new hire — with a delta table showing what changed between altitudes and why. Use when asked to rewrite this

Build the case to win someone over to a decision, idea, or change. Use when asked to persuade someone, build a case for an idea, get buy-in, win over a skeptic, or prepare to pitch a proposal internal

Plan a safe, incremental refactor of messy code without changing behavior. Use when code needs restructuring, is hard to change, has grown tangled, or you want to clean it up before adding a feature.

Write a long-form video script for YouTube — an explainer, tutorial, video essay, review, or talking-head — built on the packaging→cold-open→value-stack→retention structure that holds watch-time past

Write a structured escalation brief for an at-risk customer account. Use when an account has escalated, when a customer is threatening churn, when a P1 customer issue needs executive attention, or whe

Spec a dbt model — its grain, sources, transformations, tests, and materialization. Use when asked to design a dbt model, plan a data transformation, write a staging/intermediate/mart model spec, or d

Decode a residential lease into plain English and rank the clauses that can hurt you. Use when someone asks 'what am I signing', 'decode my lease', 'is this rental agreement normal', or 'can my landlo

Produce frontend UI that actually looks designed — a working spacing/type system, deliberate color use, real states, and restraint — instead of the generic AI-generated interface. Use when asked to bu

Build a technology radar for an engineering team, categorizing technologies into Adopt/Trial/Assess/Hold quadrants following the ThoughtWorks Tech Radar format. Use when asked to create a tech radar,

Route a fuzzy request to the right skill in this library. Use when the user is unsure which skill fits, asks 'which skill should I use for X', describes a task without naming a skill, or when a reques

Pitch a news or feature story to an editor — the angle, why now, and how you'll report it. Use when a reporter or freelancer needs to pitch a story, sell an editor on an angle, or write a query letter

Explain a contract clause in plain English — what it means, who it favours, the realistic risk, and what to negotiate. Use when asked what a clause means, to decode legal language, explain a term in a

Look up word definitions, pronunciation, etymology and synonyms with zero API keys — the Free Dictionary API via curl, with honest handling of words it doesn't know. Use when asked define a word, how

Execute a written plan with discipline — verify each step before advancing, surface deviations instead of improvising around them, and keep a visible execution log. Use when working through a plan (yo

Build a debt-payoff plan across multiple debts using the avalanche or snowball method. Use when asked to pay off debt, tackle credit cards/loans, or choose between avalanche and snowball. Produces an

Write a warm donor update or stewardship message that makes a supporter feel their gift mattered. Use when asked to write a donor update, a thank-you/stewardship email, a supporter newsletter, or a gi

Write or rewrite a document in evidence-locked mode: no unsourced sentences — every substantive claim carries a footnote citing the exact passage in the user's provided sources, and anything unsupport

Write a handoff summary so another agent or person (or a fresh session) can pick up the work with full context. Use when ending a work session, hitting a context limit, switching agents, or pausing a

Fuse two skills from this library into one hybrid brief for a task that sits between them — the meta-skill. Use when a task straddles two skills (a PRD that's also a pitch; a postmortem that must doub

Design an evaluation plan for an LLM or AI feature before shipping it. Use when asked how to evaluate a prompt/model/agent, set up an eval harness, define quality metrics for an AI feature, or build a

Turn a vague concern into specific, kind, actionable feedback. Use when asked to give feedback, write a feedback note, prepare to tell someone something hard about their work, or coach a report/peer.

Generate and pressure-test headline options across proven formulas. Use when asked for headlines, a title, a subject line, a hook, or to improve a weak headline for a page, post, email, or ad. Produce

Convert an email (or a whole thread) into real tasks — the actual asks extracted from the prose, each with owner, deadline, and the done-test, so nothing lives in the inbox as its own reminder. Use wh

Write a sincere, effective apology to a customer, group, or the public. Use when asked to write an apology, say sorry to a customer or community, make amends after a mistake, or respond to a complaint

Stress-test a plan, strategy, PRD, or launch by simulating hostile expert personas who attack it from every angle. Use when asked to red-team, stress-test, pre-mortem, pressure-test, play devil's advo

Define a data contract between a producer and consumers of a dataset/event/API. Use when asked to write a data contract, define a schema agreement, set data SLAs, or stop a producer from silently brea

Diagnose a slow SQL query and produce a concrete optimization plan. Use when asked to optimize SQL, speed up a slow query, reduce a query's cost/scan, fix a timeout, or review a query plan. Produces a

Decode a personal, auto, or mortgage loan offer into what it really costs and where the traps are. Use when someone asks 'is this loan a good deal', 'decode my loan offer', 'what am I signing', or 'wh

Build a complete, standards-aligned lesson plan with clear objectives, a timed activity sequence, differentiation, and assessment. Use when asked to write a lesson plan, plan a class or lesson, design

Runs a pre-handoff QA checklist on a Figma design before it goes to engineering. Use when asked to QA a Figma design, do a pre-handoff check, or validate a Figma file is ready to build. Produces a str

Write a PRD for a physical hardware product — target cost (BOM and landed), industrial design constraints, regulatory certifications, reliability targets, serviceability, packaging, and forecast assum

Check recent earthquakes worldwide with zero API keys — USGS real-time GeoJSON feeds via curl, filtered by magnitude, region, and time window. Use when asked was there an earthquake just now, recent q

Audit any document against its own sources — every factual claim extracted and graded as evidenced, partially evidenced, unsupported, or contradicted, with the exact source line that supports or fails

Write a clear Request for Proposal that gets comparable, high-quality vendor bids. Use when asked to write an RFP, a request for proposal/quote/tender, or to solicit and compare vendor proposals. Prod

Write a professional bio in the three lengths you actually need. Use when asked to write a bio, an 'about me', a speaker/author bio, or a short profile blurb. Produces three ready-to-use versions — a

Produce a QA release sign-off / go-no-go readiness report. Use when asked for a release sign-off, a go/no-go QA report, release readiness, or a test summary before shipping. Produces a sign-off — what

Write reusable support macros / canned responses that sound human, not robotic. Use when asked to write a support macro, a canned response, a saved reply, or a template for a common customer ticket. P

Plan a new manager's first 90 days — first-time or new-to-team — as listen/decide/move phases: the 1:1 listening tour with real questions, the early-judgment traps, the quick-wins filter, and the 30/6

Document a dataset so others know what it is, how it was made, and when not to use it. Use when asked to write a datasheet for a dataset, document training/eval data, or assess whether a dataset is fi

Respond to a performance improvement plan strategically — decode what the PIP really is, decide fight-vs-land-softly with clear eyes, build the evidence file, and run the parallel job search the situa

Write a clear pull-request description that gets reviewed fast and merged with confidence. Use when opening a PR, summarizing a change for review, or asked to write a PR/merge-request description. Pro

Analyse a finished A/B test and write the readout — the result, whether it's statistically and practically significant, what it means, and the ship/no-ship call. Use when asked to analyse experiment r

Decode HOA covenants (CC&Rs) and the fee structure before you buy into them. Use when someone asks 'what do these HOA rules actually mean', 'decode these CC&Rs', 'is this HOA going to be a problem', o

Decode a terms of service or privacy policy into what you're actually agreeing to, ranked by real-world impact. Use when someone asks 'what am I agreeing to', 'decode this privacy policy', 'is this To

Decode a job description to find what they actually want beneath the buzzwords. Use when asked to analyse a job description, decode a JD, assess fit for a role, or figure out what a posting really mea

Look up public holidays for any country and year with zero API keys — the Nager.Date API via curl, with long-weekend detection and cross-country planning. Use when asked what are the holidays in a cou

Run a real brainstorm — divergent generation without judgment, then convergent selection with explicit criteria — instead of listing ten obvious ideas and calling it creativity. Use when asked to brai

Write an executable work plan BEFORE starting a complex task — decomposed steps with verification points, risks pre-named, and explicit stop conditions — so execution becomes checking boxes instead of