tomevault-io Core Development Skills
This skill provides essential development principles and checklists that all Orchestra agents follow to maintain high-quality standards across security, testing, documentation, performance, and code quality.
Overview
The core skills provide:
- Security principles (security.yaml) - Secure coding practices and vulnerability prevention
- QA guidelines (qa.yaml) - Testing standards and quality assurance procedures
- Release procedures (release.yaml) - Deployment and release management
- Performance standards (performance.yaml) - Optimization and efficiency guidelines
- Documentation standards (documentation.yaml) - Technical writing and documentation best practices
- Coding standards (coding-standards.yaml) - Code style and structure conventions
- Review checklist (review-checklist.yaml) - Pre-merge code review requirements
- Clarification guidelines (clarify.yaml) - Requirements clarification procedures
- Token efficiency (token-efficiency.md) - Guidelines for minimizing token usage
When to Use
Agents automatically reference these guidelines when:
- Iris - Applies security.yaml for security audits
- Finn - Uses qa.yaml and review-checklist.yaml for testing
- Eden - Follows documentation.yaml for technical writing
- Kai - References performance.yaml and coding-standards.yaml for architecture
- Blake - Uses release.yaml for deployment coordination
- Riley - Applies clarify.yaml for requirements clarification
- All agents - Follow token-efficiency.md to optimize responses
Usage
Agents can reference specific guidelines:
See `skills/core/security.yaml` for security best practices
See `skills/core/qa.yaml` for testing requirements
See `skills/core/token-efficiency.md` for response optimization
File Structure
skills/core/
├── SKILL.md (this file)
├── security.yaml # Security principles
├── qa.yaml # QA and testing standards
├── release.yaml # Release management
├── performance.yaml # Performance optimization
├── documentation.yaml # Documentation standards
├── coding-standards.yaml # Code style conventions
├── review-checklist.yaml # Pre-merge checklist
├── clarify.yaml # Requirements clarification
└── token-efficiency.md # Token usage optimization
Best Practices
- Consistency - All agents follow the same core principles
- Reference, don't duplicate - Agents link to guidelines rather than copying them
- Update centrally - Guidelines are maintained in one place
- Agent-agnostic - Principles apply across all specialized agents
- Token efficient - Guidelines are concise and focused
Integration
These core skills are automatically available to all Orchestra agents. No explicit invocation is needed - agents reference them as part of their standard operating procedures.
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