Productivity

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Master food preservation methods including water bath canning for high-acid foods, pressure canning for low-acid foods, fermentation of sauerkraut, kimchi, and kombucha, dehydrating, freezing, and brining. Covers safety guidelines for botulism prevention, USDA-tested recipes, equipment needs, and a seasonal preservation calendar. Use when the user asks about food preservation, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of food preservation or requires a different specialized skill.

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Guides the selection and care of indoor houseplants based on available light, humidity, and maintenance commitment. Covers light requirements by plant type, watering frequency, humidity needs, and common houseplant selection by growing conditions. Use when the user asks about caring for houseplants, choosing plants for specific rooms, watering schedules, light requirements for indoor plants, or how to keep houseplants alive. Do NOT use for outdoor garden plants (use vegetable-garden-planning or seasonal-planting-calendar), plant disease diagnosis (use plant-care-troubleshooting), or commercial greenhouse management.

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Builds a complete task capture system with inbox location, capture criteria, two-minute rule, and processing cadence. Produces a deployable system specification the user can immediately adopt. Use when the user asks about capturing tasks, organizing incoming work, setting up a task inbox, or building a system to track everything they need to do. Do NOT use for prioritizing existing tasks (use task-prioritization), scheduling tasks into time blocks (use time-blocking), or enterprise project intake processes (use business project-management skills).

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Generates 10 email subject line variants with psychological trigger analysis for each option. Use when the user needs subject lines for newsletters, email campaigns, or subscriber emails. Analyzes each option for curiosity gap, benefit clarity, and open-rate optimization. Do NOT use for full newsletter writing (use `newsletter-writing`), cold email subject lines (use `cold-email-outreach`), or professional email subjects (use `professional-email`).

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Writes professional emails that address workplace conflicts, disagreements, and difficult conversations with empathy, clarity, and constructive framing to reach resolution. Use when the user needs to address a disagreement, miscommunication, or interpersonal issue via email. Do NOT use for formal complaints (use `business-letter`), performance issues (use `pip-writing`), or rejection communications (use `rejection-letter`).

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Quick-reference guide for professional email writing covering templates for common scenarios, tone and structure guidelines, follow-up cadence, inbox management strategies, and email etiquette. Use when the user asks about professional email master, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of professional email master or requires a different specialized skill.

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Structured workflow for selecting, preparing for, and passing a professional certification exam. Covers choosing the right certification for your career goals, building a study plan with spaced repetition, intensive exam preparation, test-day execution, and maintaining the certification with continuing education. Use when the user wants to get professional certification or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.

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Guide to nonprofit board governance including roles and responsibilities, meeting facilitation, fiduciary duties, committee structure, board recruitment, evaluation, and succession planning. Use when the user asks about board governance or needs help with related topics. Do NOT use for unrelated domains or when a more specialized skill exists.

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Produces a portrait session guide with lens selection rationale, distance, aperture for background separation, focus point placement, expression direction, and posing prompts for natural-looking poses. Applicable to any camera system with manual or semi-automatic controls. Use when the user asks to photograph portraits, headshots, or people, or wants guidance on posing, lens choice, or focus technique for portraits. Do NOT use for lighting setup (use lighting-setup), general composition (use composition-guide), or photo editing (use photo-editing-workflow).

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Evacuation route planning, meeting point selection, document preparation, pet evacuation, vehicle readiness, and step-by-step guidance for creating a comprehensive household evacuation plan Use when the user asks about evacuation planner, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of evacuation planner or requires a different specialized skill.

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Provides specific food storage guidelines including fridge and freezer temperature zones, storage duration by food type, safe thawing methods, FIFO rotation, and leftovers handling. Includes a comprehensive storage time reference table and danger zone rules. Use when the user asks how long food lasts in the fridge or freezer, safe food storage temperatures, how to thaw frozen food safely, or whether a specific food item is still safe to eat. Do NOT use for meal prep planning (use meal-prep-workflow), cooking techniques (use cooking-techniques), or medical food allergy advice.

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Produces a product photography setup including background recommendation, light position for specular vs. matte surfaces, camera angle options with visual effects, prop strategy, and retouching sequence. Applicable to any camera and any editing software. Use when the user asks to photograph products, merchandise, food, or objects for e-commerce, social media, or catalog purposes. Do NOT use for portrait photography (use portrait-technique), general lighting theory (use lighting-setup), or standalone photo editing workflow (use photo-editing-workflow).

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Creates complete one-pot or one-pan meals using a formula-based approach: protein plus aromatics plus liquid plus starch plus vegetables. Provides structured recipes with timing sequences, ingredient ratios, and variations for different cuisines. Use when the user asks about simple weeknight dinners, one-pot meals, sheet pan dinners, or wants to minimize cleanup while cooking a complete meal. Do NOT use for batch meal prep (use meal-prep-workflow), baking (use baking-fundamentals), or learning cooking techniques in isolation (use cooking-techniques).

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Book summary and key takeaways guide covering summary structure, speed reading techniques, connecting ideas across books, reading list curation, book club discussion guides, and the Zettelkasten note-taking method for extracting lasting value from reading. Use when the user asks about book summarizer, or needs help with book summary and key takeaways guide covering summary structure, speed reading techniques, connecting ideas across books, reading list curation, book club discussion guides, and the zettelkasten note-taking method for extracting lasting value from reading. Do NOT use when the request requires professional specialized advice or falls outside the scope of book summarizer.

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Designs a personal Kanban system with column definitions, WIP limits, card anatomy, flow rules, and a weekly maintenance protocol. Produces a complete, ready-to-use Kanban board specification for individual project tracking. Use when the user asks about setting up a personal Kanban board, visualizing their workflow, managing work-in-progress limits, or building a visual task management system. Do NOT use for team Kanban or Scrum boards (use business project-management skills), general task prioritization (use task-prioritization), or project milestone tracking (use milestone-planning).

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Guides expert-level tdd workflow implementation: tdd and clean-code decision frameworks, production-ready patterns, and concrete templates for tdd workflow workflows. Use when the user asks about tdd workflow, tdd workflow configuration, or tdd best practices for tdd projects. Do NOT use when the user needs a different testing quality capability -- check sibling skills in the testing quality subcategory.

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Structured musical instrument learning workflow from initial assessment and instrument selection through method design, practice system development, and performance preparation for measurable musical progress. Use when the user wants to master musical instrument or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.

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Comprehensive retirement lifestyle planning workflow covering vision creation, location selection, financial sustainability, health optimization, and social engagement for a fulfilling and well-prepared transition into retirement. Use when the user wants to plan retirement lifestyle or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.

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Becomes a senior operations manager who maps existing processes, identifies bottlenecks, designs improved workflows, creates standard operating procedures, and defines efficiency metrics. Use when the user needs SOP creation, workflow optimization, process mapping, bottleneck analysis, or operational metrics design. Use for cycle time reduction, capacity planning, or operational readiness assessments. Do NOT use when the user needs software architecture design, financial auditing, or HR policy creation.

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Creates an efficient laundry routine covering sorting, washing settings by fabric type, stain treatment, drying methods, and scheduling for different household sizes. Includes water temperature guides, care label decoding, and time-saving batch strategies. Use when the user asks about laundry routines, fabric care, stain removal, washing machine settings, or organizing their laundry workflow. Do NOT use for dry cleaning guidance, commercial laundry operations, or cleaning products chemistry.

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Scales any recipe up or down with exact multiplier math, leavening adjustment rules for baking, pan size conversions, and cooking time modifications. Handles the non-linear adjustments that trip up straightforward multiplication. Use when the user wants to double, halve, or scale a recipe to a specific number of servings, needs pan size equivalents, or asks about adjusting baking recipes. Do NOT use for ingredient substitutions (use ingredient-substitution), meal planning for the week (use meal-prep-workflow), or creating new recipes.

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Design and build Notion workspaces with relational databases, formulas, templates, automations, and scalable information architecture for teams and individuals. Use when the user asks about notion architect, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of notion architect or requires a different specialized skill.

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Guided workflow for building passive and semi-passive income streams from initial assessment and skill matching through building, automating, diversifying, and optimizing income-generating assets. Covers digital products, investments, and automated business models. Use when the user wants to create passive income streams or needs a structured multi-step process for this goal. Do NOT use when the request is a single-step task or requires professional advice beyond educational guidance.

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Applies photographic composition principles to a described subject including rule of thirds grid placement, leading lines direction, foreground/background layering, frame-within-frame opportunities, and negative space allocation. Produces specific framing instructions applicable to any camera. Use when the user asks about photo composition, framing a shot, or arranging visual elements in a photograph. Do NOT use for exposure or camera settings (use exposure-triangle), lighting setup (use lighting-setup), or post-processing workflow (use photo-editing-workflow).

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Recommends aperture, shutter speed, and ISO settings for a specific shooting scenario with depth-of-field, motion blur, and noise trade-off explanations. Produces camera-agnostic exposure settings applicable to any camera with manual or semi-automatic controls. Use when the user asks about camera settings, exposure, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, or how to achieve a specific look with their camera. Do NOT use for composition and framing (use composition-guide), lighting equipment setup (use lighting-setup), or post-processing (use photo-editing-workflow).

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Maps complete user flows with entry points, decision nodes, happy paths, error paths, and exit points as numbered step sequences with branch conditions. Use when the user asks to map a user journey, document a workflow, plan navigation between screens, or diagram how users move through a product. Do NOT use for wireframing individual screens (use wireframe-specification), defining interaction animations (use prototype-spec), or business process mapping (use a business skill).

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Teaches fundamental cooking techniques with specific temperature ranges, timing guidelines, and visual/auditory cues for doneness. Covers saute, roast, braise, poach, steam, grill, and pan-sear with step-by-step instructions and the science behind each method. Use when the user asks about cooking methods, temperature guidelines, when to use each technique, or how to improve their cooking fundamentals. Do NOT use for specific recipes (use one-pot-meals or meal-prep-workflow), baking (use baking-fundamentals), or knife technique (use knife-skills).

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Creates a seasonal lawn care schedule covering fertilization timing, aeration, overseeding, mowing height, and watering by grass type and climate region. Produces a month-by-month maintenance calendar with specific tasks and timing. Use when the user asks about lawn care timing, fertilizer schedules, when to aerate or overseed, mowing height for their grass type, or seasonal lawn maintenance tasks. Do NOT use for garden planning (use vegetable-garden-planning), landscape design, weed identification, or commercial turf management.

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Creates a batch meal prep plan with a Sunday (or chosen day) prep sequence covering what to batch-cook, the optimal order of operations, storage containers and durations, and a reheating guide. Produces a structured workflow that turns 3-4 hours of cooking into 5 days of ready meals. Use when the user asks about meal prepping, batch cooking, Sunday meal prep, or saving time on weeknight dinners. Do NOT use for single recipes (use one-pot-meals), pantry stocking (use pantry-staples-system), or food safety storage rules (use food-storage-safety).

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Practical workplace mindfulness covering meeting presence, email mindfulness, transition rituals, stress response techniques, micro-practices for busy schedules, and building a sustainable mindful work culture. Use when the user asks about mindfulness at work, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of mindfulness at work or requires a different specialized skill.

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Designs a zone-based kitchen layout optimized for cooking efficiency. Covers work triangle design, pantry organization by category, tool hierarchy by frequency of use, and counter management strategies. Use when the user wants to organize their kitchen, optimize workflow for cooking, set up a new kitchen, or reduce time spent looking for tools and ingredients. Do NOT use for general room organization (use room-organization-system), meal planning (use meal-prep-workflow), or decluttering an entire home (use decluttering-method).

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Design and build Obsidian vaults with effective linking strategies, plugins, templates, graph organization, and workflows for personal knowledge management and note-taking. Use when the user asks about obsidian vault builder, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of obsidian vault builder or requires a different specialized skill.

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Builds a delegation protocol with decision criteria for what to delegate, a handoff template, follow-up schedule, and quality check process. Produces a complete delegation system document the user can use immediately. Use when the user asks about delegating tasks, deciding what to hand off, creating handoff procedures, or building a follow-up system for delegated work. Do NOT use for team project management (use business project-management skills), hiring or staffing decisions (use business HR skills), or personal task prioritization (use task-prioritization).

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Design personal and team task management systems using GTD, Eisenhower Matrix, Kanban, and other proven methodologies, with guidance on tool selection and workflow optimization. Use when the user asks about task management master, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of task management master or requires a different specialized skill.

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Navigate cross-cultural communication effectively using Hofstede's cultural dimensions, high vs low context frameworks, region-specific business etiquette, meeting and negotiation styles, gift-giving and dining protocols, trust-building strategies, and practical guidance for working across diverse cultural contexts. Use when the user asks about cross cultural communicator or needs help with related topics. Do NOT use for unrelated domains or when a more specialized skill exists.

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Expert photo editing guidance covering Lightroom, Photoshop, workflow optimization, preset creation, and batch editing techniques for efficient professional-quality results Use when the user asks about photo editing master, related techniques, best practices, or needs guidance in this domain. Do NOT use when the request is outside the scope of photo editing master or requires a different specialized skill.