Engineering

Create a well-thought-out plan covering problem statement, goals, technical approach, and verification criteria. Use while planning / before implementing any non-trivial feature.

Investigate a reported problem down to its root cause, with evidence, before proposing a fix. Use when something is broken, behaving unexpectedly, or a user reports an issue you can't immediately explain.

Set up gjalla for rich coding agent telemetry and insights as well as durable memory to improve your metrics. Use when asked to install, set up, onboard, or backfill gjalla.

Break a feature spec into intentional waves and bite-sized tasks grouped by dependency. Use after a spec is written to prepare for easy-to-track implementation.

Audit a test suite to find tests that give false confidence — tests that encode bugs, duplicate coverage, or are so heavily mocked they can't catch real regressions. Use to improve robustness, audit coverage, or harden a risky area.

Review a code change (diff or PR) for ship-readiness before merge. Use when reviewing your own or someone else's changes prior to committing/merging/etc.

Full review of a plan or spec to be sure there are no surprises, gaps, or mistakes. Use to harden a spec before implementation.

Audit a codebase for dead code, unreachable branches, duplicated logic, and vestigial abstractions, then remove them safely with proof. Use to reduce sprawl, pay down tech debt, or clean up after a feature is retired or migrated.

Make sure your code is ready to commit, then stage changes into clean, atomic commit. Use before committing.