Ikram-Alam
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- ▌ Systematic Debugging · ikram-alam bundleSystematic methodology for debugging bugs, test failures, and unexpected behavior. Use when encountering any technical issue before proposing fixes. Covers root cause investigation, pattern analysis, hypothesis testing, and fix implementation. Use ESPECIALLY when under time pressure, "just one quick fix" seems obvious, or you've already tried multiple fixes. NOT for exploratory code reading.
- ▌ Building Chat Widgets · ikram-alam bundleBuild interactive AI chat widgets with buttons, forms, and bidirectional actions. Use when creating agentic UIs with clickable widgets, entity tagging (@mentions), composer tools, or server-handled widget actions. Covers full widget lifecycle. NOT when building simple text-only chat without interactive elements.
- ▌ Building Chatgpt Apps · ikram-alam bundleGuides creation of ChatGPT Apps with interactive widgets using OpenAI Apps SDK and MCP servers. Use when building ChatGPT custom apps with visual UI components, embedded widgets, or rich interactive experiences. Covers widget architecture, MCP server setup with FastMCP, response metadata, and Developer Mode configuration. NOT when building standard MCP servers without widgets (use building-mcp-servers skill instead).
- ▌ Fetching Library Docs · ikram-alam bundleToken-efficient library API documentation fetcher using Context7 MCP with 77% token savings. Fetches code examples, API references, and usage patterns for published libraries (React, Next.js, Prisma, etc). Use when users ask "how do I use X library", need code examples, want API syntax, or are learning a framework's official API. Triggers: "Show me React hooks", "Prisma query syntax", "Next.js routing API". NOT for exploring repo internals/source code (use researching-with-deepwiki) or local files.
- ▌ Working With Documents · ikram-alam bundleCreates and edits Office documents: Word (.docx), PDF, and PowerPoint (.pptx). Use when working with document creation, PDF manipulation, presentation generation, tracked changes, or converting between formats.
- ▌ Configuring Dapr Pubsub · ikram-alam bundleConfigures Dapr pub/sub components for event-driven microservices with Kafka or Redis. Use when wiring agent-to-agent communication, setting up event subscriptions, or integrating Dapr sidecars. Covers component configuration, subscription patterns, publishing events, and Kubernetes deployment. NOT when using direct Kafka clients or non-Dapr messaging patterns.
- ▌ Streaming LLM Responses · ikram-alam bundleImplement real-time streaming UI patterns for AI chat applications. Use when adding response lifecycle handlers, progress indicators, client effects, or thread state synchronization. Covers onResponseStart/End, onEffect, ProgressUpdateEvent, and client tools. NOT when building basic chat without real-time feedback.
- ▌ Browsing With Playwright · ikram-alam bundleBrowser automation using Playwright MCP. Navigate websites, fill forms, click elements, take screenshots, and extract data. Use when tasks require web browsing, form submission, web scraping, UI testing, or any browser interaction. NOT when only fetching static content (use curl/wget instead).
- ▌ Installing Skill Tracker · ikram-alam bundleInstalls Claude Code hooks for automatic skill usage measurement. Use when setting up skill tracking infrastructure in a new project. NOT when hooks are already installed (run verify.py to check).
- ▌ Researching With Deepwiki · ikram-alam bundleResearch GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket repositories using DeepWiki MCP server. Use when exploring unfamiliar codebases, understanding project architecture, or asking questions about how a specific open-source project works. Provides AI-powered repo analysis and RAG-based Q&A about source code. NOT for fetching library API docs (use fetching-library-docs instead) or local files.
- ▌ Scaffolding Openai Agents · ikram-alam bundleBuilds AI agents using OpenAI Agents SDK with async/await patterns and multi-agent orchestration. Use when creating tutoring agents, building agent handoffs, implementing tool-calling agents, or orchestrating multiple specialists. Covers Agent class, Runner patterns, function tools, guardrails, and streaming responses. NOT when using raw OpenAI API without SDK or other agent frameworks like LangChain.
- ▌ Working With Spreadsheets · ikram-alam bundleCreates and edits Excel spreadsheets with formulas, formatting, and financial modeling standards. Use when working with .xlsx files, financial models, data analysis, or formula-heavy spreadsheets. Covers formula recalculation, color coding standards, and common pitfalls.
- ▌ Operating Production Services · ikram-alam bundleSRE patterns for production service reliability: SLOs, error budgets, postmortems, and incident response. Use when defining reliability targets, writing postmortems, implementing SLO alerting, or establishing on-call practices. NOT for initial service development (use scaffolding skills instead).
- ▌ Evaluation · ikram-alam bundleBuild evaluation frameworks for agent systems. Use when testing agent performance, validating context engineering choices, or measuring improvements over time.
- ▌ Nx Monorepo · ikram-alam bundleNx monorepo management skill for AI-native development. This skill should be used when working with Nx workspaces, project graphs, affected detection, code generation, and caching. Use when: analyzing dependencies, running affected commands, generating code, configuring Nx Cloud, or optimizing build performance. Invoke nx-mcp tools for documentation queries.
- ▌ Tool Design · ikram-alam bundleDesign tools that agents can use effectively. Use when creating new tools for agents, debugging tool-related failures, or optimizing existing tool sets.
- ▌ Neon Postgres · ikram-alam bundleNeon PostgreSQL serverless database - connection pooling, branching, serverless driver, and optimization. Use when deploying to Neon or building serverless applications.
- ▌ Memory Systems · ikram-alam bundleDesign and implement memory architectures for agent systems. Use when building agents that need to persist state across sessions, maintain entity consistency, or reason over structured knowledge.
- ▌ Creating Skills · ikram-alam bundleGuides creation of effective Agent Skills with proper structure and validation. Use when users want to create a new skill, update an existing skill, or need guidance on skill design patterns, SKILL.md format, or verify.py implementation. NOT when just using existing skills (use those skills directly).
- ▌ Nextjs Devtools · ikram-alam bundleNext.js development tooling via MCP. Inspect routes, components, build info, and debug Next.js apps. Use when working on Next.js applications, debugging routing, or inspecting app structure. NOT for general React or non-Next.js projects.
- ▌ Context Degradation · ikram-alam bundleRecognize, diagnose, and mitigate patterns of context degradation in agent systems. Use when context grows large, agent performance degrades unexpectedly, or debugging agent failures.
- ▌ Deploying Cloud K8S · ikram-alam bundleDeploys applications to cloud Kubernetes (AKS/GKE/DOKS) with CI/CD pipelines. Use when deploying to production, setting up GitHub Actions, troubleshooting deployments. Covers build-time vs runtime vars, architecture matching, and battle-tested debugging.
- ▌ Deploying Kafka K8S · ikram-alam bundleDeploys Apache Kafka on Kubernetes using the Strimzi operator with KRaft mode. Use when setting up Kafka for event-driven microservices, message queuing, or pub/sub patterns. Covers operator installation, cluster creation, topic management, and producer/consumer testing. NOT when using managed Kafka (Confluent Cloud, MSK) or local development without K8s.
- ▌ Operating K8S Local · ikram-alam bundleOperates local Kubernetes clusters with Minikube for development and testing. Use when setting up local K8s, deploying applications locally, or debugging K8s issues. Covers Minikube, kubectl essentials, local image loading, and networking.
- ▌ Styling With Shadcn · ikram-alam bundleBuild beautiful, accessible UIs with shadcn/ui components in Next.js. Use when creating forms, dialogs, tables, sidebars, or any UI components. Covers installation, component patterns, react-hook-form + Zod validation, and dark mode setup. NOT when building non-React applications or using different component libraries.
- ▌ Building Nextjs Apps · ikram-alam bundleBuild Next.js 16 applications with correct patterns and distinctive design. Use when creating pages, layouts, dynamic routes, upgrading from Next.js 15, or implementing proxy.ts. Covers breaking changes (async params/searchParams, Turbopack, cacheComponents) and frontend aesthetics. NOT when building non-React or backend-only applications.
- ▌ Building RAG Systems · ikram-alam bundleBuild production RAG systems with semantic chunking, incremental indexing, and filtered retrieval. Use when implementing document ingestion pipelines, vector search with Qdrant, or context-aware retrieval. Covers chunking strategies, change detection, payload indexing, and context expansion. NOT when doing simple similarity search without production requirements.
- ▌ Context Optimization · ikram-alam bundleApply optimization techniques to extend effective context capacity. Use when context limits constrain agent performance, when optimizing for cost or latency, or when implementing long-running agent systems.
- ▌ Multi Agent Patterns · ikram-alam bundleDesign multi-agent architectures for complex tasks. Use when single-agent context limits are exceeded, when tasks decompose naturally into subtasks, or when specializing agents improves quality.