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You MUST use this before any creative work — creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements, and design through Socratic dialogue before implementation. Also use when the user says "I want to add", "let's design", "what if we", "I have an idea", or when a design discussion is happening. Invoked by /shipyard:brainstorm for req

Use when creating, editing, or improving skills, or when a skill isn't triggering correctly. Also use when editing any SKILL.md file, writing skill descriptions, or debugging why a skill doesn't activate. Triggers on "create a skill", "write a skill", "new skill", "improve this skill", "skill isn't triggering", or when reviewing skill quality and effectiveness.

Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies. Also use when multiple test files fail with different root causes, multiple subsystems are broken independently, or you want agents to work concurrently on separate problem domains. If tasks touch different files and don't share state, this skill applies.

Use when starting feature work that needs a branch, creating worktrees for isolation, making atomic commits during development, or completing a development branch via merge, PR, preserve, or discard. Also use when the user says "set up worktree", "create PR", "finish this branch", "start feature", or when you need an isolated workspace for implementation.

Use when working with any code that handles user input, authentication, authorization, or secrets. Also use when adding or updating dependencies, reviewing infrastructure-as-code, or before claiming security posture is adequate. Covers OWASP Top 10, secrets detection (API keys, passwords, tokens in code), dependency vulnerabilities, IaC security, Docker hardening, and supply chain risks. If code t

Use when working with Terraform (.tf, .tfvars), Ansible (playbooks, roles, inventory), Docker (Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml), Kubernetes (manifests, Helm charts), CloudFormation, or any infrastructure-as-code files. Also use when running terraform plan/apply, building Docker images, writing Helm templates, or when IaC changes touch security groups, IAM policies, or secrets. Provides validation w

Use after implementing features, before claiming a phase is complete, when reviewing AI-generated code, or when code feels overly complex. Also use when you notice repeated patterns across files, a function exceeds 40 lines, nesting exceeds 3 levels, or an abstraction has only one implementation. Covers duplication, dead code, over-engineering, and AI-specific bloat patterns like verbose error han