How do I install the Discover Engineering skill?

Run npx skillmds add rand/discover-engineering in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Discover Engineering safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Discover Engineering?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Discover Engineering free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free. This skill is licensed under MIT.

Who published Discover Engineering?

rand (@rand) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Discover Engineering by rand — Agent Skill

Name: Discover Engineering
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: rand

Discover Engineering

Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or software engineering practices. Activates for engineering development tasks.

rand 52dbf6d 2.8 KB Updated Sep 9, 2026

File contents

Engineering Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive engineering skills.

When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:

engineering practices
code review
documentation
team collaboration
technical leadership
Process flows and flowcharts
Sequence and interaction diagrams
System architecture and C4 diagrams
Database schemas and ER diagrams
Class diagrams and state machines
Data visualization charts
Project timelines and Gantt charts
Git workflows and branching
Mindmaps and concept hierarchies
Any Mermaid.js diagram creation

Available Skills

Quick Reference

The Engineering category contains 24 skills across 2 subcategories:

Engineering (16 skills):

Software Development Practices:

code-review - PR reviews, feedback, automation
code-quality - SOLID principles, metrics, code smells
refactoring-patterns - Safe refactoring techniques
test-driven-development - TDD, red-green-refactor
domain-driven-design - DDD patterns, bounded contexts
functional-programming - FP principles, immutability
design-patterns - GoF patterns, when to use
technical-debt - Identifying and managing debt
pair-programming - Pairing techniques, mob programming
continuous-integration - CI/CD pipelines, deployment

RFC & Documentation: 11. rfc-consensus-building - Stakeholder collaboration 12. rfc-decision-documentation - ADRs, decision tracking 13. rfc-structure-format - RFC templates, formatting 14. rfc-technical-design - Architecture proposals

Plus 2 more in ../engineering/INDEX.md

Diagrams (8 skills): See ../diagrams/INDEX.md

Load Full Category Details

Read ../engineering/INDEX.md Read ../diagrams/INDEX.md

Progressive Loading

This gateway skill enables progressive loading:

Level 1: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
Level 2: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
Level 3: Load specific skills as needed

Usage Instructions

Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects engineering work
Browse skills: Run Read ../engineering/INDEX.md for full category overview
Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

Next Steps: Run Read ../engineering/INDEX.md to see full category details.

---name: discover-engineeringdescription: Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or software engineering practices. Activates for engineering development tasks.license: MIT--- # Engineering Skills Discovery Provides automatic access to comprehensive engineering skills. ## When This Skill Activates This skill auto-activates when you're working with: - engineering practices - code review - documentation - team collaboration - technical leadership - Process flows and flowcharts - Sequence and interaction diagrams - System architecture and C4 diagrams - Database schemas and ER diagrams - Class diagrams and state machines - Data visualization charts - Project timelines and Gantt charts - Git workflows and branching - Mindmaps and concept hierarchies - Any Mermaid.js diagram creation ## Available Skills ### Quick Reference The Engineering category contains 24 skills across 2 subcategories: **Engineering (16 skills):** *Software Development Practices:* 1. **code-review** - PR reviews, feedback, automation 2. **code-quality** - SOLID principles, metrics, code smells 3. **refactoring-patterns** - Safe refactoring techniques 4. **test-driven-development** - TDD, red-green-refactor 5. **domain-driven-design** - DDD patterns, bounded contexts 6. **functional-programming** - FP principles, immutability 7. **design-patterns** - GoF patterns, when to use 8. **technical-debt** - Identifying and managing debt 9. **pair-programming** - Pairing techniques, mob programming 10. **continuous-integration** - CI/CD pipelines, deployment *RFC & Documentation:* 11. **rfc-consensus-building** - Stakeholder collaboration 12. **rfc-decision-documentation** - ADRs, decision tracking 13. **rfc-structure-format** - RFC templates, formatting 14. **rfc-technical-design** - Architecture proposals Plus 2 more in `../engineering/INDEX.md` **Diagrams (8 skills):** See `../diagrams/INDEX.md` ### Load Full Category Details Read ../engineering/INDEX.md Read ../diagrams/INDEX.md ## Progressive Loading This gateway skill enables progressive loading: - **Level 1**: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now) - **Level 2**: Load category INDEX.md for full overview - **Level 3**: Load specific skills as needed ## Usage Instructions 1. **Auto-activation**: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects engineering work 2. **Browse skills**: Run `Read ../engineering/INDEX.md` for full category overview 3. **Load specific skills**: Use bash commands above to load individual skills **Next Steps**: Run `Read ../engineering/INDEX.md` to see full category details.

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