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- ▌ Ulysses Protocol 2 · kastalien-research bundleThoughtbox-first Ulysses workflow for surprise-gated debugging. Use this when debugging gets uncertain and you need explicit plan, outcome, and reflection discipline without relying on local shell state.
- ▌ Thoughtbox Evolution 2 · kastalien-researchA-Mem thought evolution — check which prior thoughts should be updated when a significant new insight arrives. Spawns a lightweight subagent to classify prior thoughts as UPDATE or NO_UPDATE, then applies revisions. Use during long reasoning sessions when you reach a synthesis, make a decision, or discover something that changes earlier assumptions. Triggers on "this changes what I thought earlier", "update prior reasoning", "evolve thoughts", or automatically on conclusion/synthesis thoughts in sessions >10 thoughts.
- ▌ Thoughtbox Knowledge Query 2 · kastalien-researchCross-session knowledge retrieval from the Thoughtbox knowledge graph. Searches entities, traverses relations, retrieves observations, and synthesizes findings from past sessions. Use when you need to recall prior decisions, check what's already known about a topic, find related insights, or build on past work. Triggers on "what do we know about", "have we seen this before", "recall", "prior decisions about", "knowledge graph", or when starting work that might have prior context.
- ▌ Peer Notebook Delivery Guard 2 · kastalien-researchGovern ADR-022 MCP peer notebook implementation units. Use before or during durable control-plane, manifest lifecycle, web app inspection, runtime provider, or isolation/policy hardening work to prevent mock substitution, scope drift, and incomplete acceptance evidence.
- ▌ Team 2 · kastalien-researchOrchestrate an Agent Teams session with Thoughtbox as the reasoning substrate
- ▌ Distill 2 · kastalien-researchExtract reusable principles and decision frameworks from accumulated experience. Use after significant work sessions, project milestones, or when you notice recurring patterns worth codifying.
- ▌ Supabase 2 · kastalien-researchManage Supabase local and hosted infrastructure. Migrations, schema diff, status, reset, push, and inspection. Wraps the Supabase CLI with project-specific context and gotcha avoidance.
- ▌ Ulc Loop 2 · kastalien-research bundleStart a Unified Loop Controller session via Ralph Wiggum. Autonomously works through backlog, dispatches agents, and explores via QD when idle.
- ▌ MCP Code Mode 2 · kastalien-researchGuide for designing, implementing, and advising on MCP servers that use Code Mode — the pattern where an LLM writes and executes code to orchestrate API calls instead of calling individual tools one at a time. Use this skill whenever the user mentions Code Mode, MCP tool proliferation, context window bloat from MCP tools, programmatic tool calling, LLM code execution in MCP, building a Code Mode server, or wants to compress a large API into a small MCP surface. Also use when the user asks how to reduce token cost of MCP tools, how to expose an entire API over MCP efficiently, or how to implement search+execute patterns in FastMCP, Cloudflare Workers, or custom servers.
- ▌ Hub Audit 2 · kastalien-researchRun an Agent-Native Architecture Audit using Thoughtbox Hub for multi-agent coordination. Spawns 3 auditor agents and 1 synthesizer that collaborate through structured channels, cross-reference findings, and build consensus on scores.
- ▌ Knowledge 2 · kastalien-researchUnified cross-store knowledge query. Searches MEMORY.md, Thoughtbox knowledge graph, git history, and assumption registry in parallel, returning results with provenance.
- ▌ Hub Collab 2 · kastalien-researchOrchestrate a multi-agent collaboration demo on the Thoughtbox Hub. Spawns MANAGER, ARCHITECT, and DEBUGGER agents that coordinate through shared workspaces, problems, proposals, and channels.
- ▌ Synthesize 2 · kastalien-researchFuse insights from multiple knowledge sources (code, docs, memory, research, web) into coherent understanding. Use when you have scattered information that needs integration.
- ▌ Test Suite 2 · kastalien-research bundleRun behavioral smoke tests against the live Thoughtbox Code Mode MCP server. Verifies the public `/mcp` surface (`thoughtbox_search`, `thoughtbox_execute`, `thoughtbox_peer_notebook`) plus the main execution paths behind it.
- ▌ Hdd 2 · kastalien-researchHypothesis-Driven Development — treat ADRs as the source of truth, not code. Form testable hypotheses, stage ADRs, implement to test them, validate against predictions, then accept or reject based on evidence. Prevents repeated mistakes by documenting failures. Enables agent-to-agent collaboration through explicit architectural reasoning. This is the canonical HDD entry point — it replaces the thin router at .claude/commands/hdd/hdd.md.
- ▌ Session Review 2 · kastalien-researchGenerate a structured session summary for cross-session continuity. Captures key decisions, hypotheses, partial work, and knowledge references. Output is written to .claude/session-handoff.json for the next session to load automatically.
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- ▌ Thoughtbox Team 2 · kastalien-researchSpawn an Agent Team with a background Thoughtbox analyst teammate. The analyst monitors your reasoning sessions for evolution candidates, contradictions, and generates periodic digests. Use this at the start of any deep Thoughtbox reasoning session, when you're about to record many thoughts and want background analysis. Triggers on "start thoughtbox team", "I want a session analyst", "monitor my reasoning", or at the start of any session where you plan to use Thoughtbox extensively.
- ▌ Capture Learning 2 · kastalien-researchCapture significant learnings from the current work session. Structures insights for future sessions and updates agent memory.
- ▌ Theseus Protocol 2 · kastalien-research bundleThoughtbox-first Theseus workflow for behavior-preserving refactors. Use this when structure changes but behavior must stay fixed and scope drift needs hard boundaries.
- ▌ Zod4 · kastalien-research bundleComprehensive guide for Zod 4 schema validation library. This skill should be used when migrating from Zod 3, learning Zod 4 idioms, or building new validation schemas. Covers breaking changes, new features, and migration patterns.
- ▌ MCP Client Builder · kastalien-research bundleBuild production-ready MCP clients in TypeScript or Python. Handles connection lifecycle, transport abstraction, tool orchestration, security, and error handling. Use for integrating LLM applications with MCP servers.
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- ▌ Gemini CLI · kastalien-research bundleGemini CLI is a command-line interface tool that provides direct access to Google's Gemini AI models through the terminal, designed specifically for developers and technical professionals. It serves a...
- ▌ Spec Writer · kastalien-research bundleThis skill should be used when writing technical specifications, architecture documents, or design proposals that require structured analysis, clear documentation, and actionable implementation plans.
- ▌ Lindy Expert · kastalien-research bundleLindy is an AI agent creation and management platform focused on business process automation. It enables organizations to build sophisticated AI-powered assistants that can handle communication across...
- ▌ Cursor Skills · kastalien-research bundleCursor is an AI-powered code editor and development environment that combines intelligent coding assistance with enterprise-grade features and workflow automation. It extends beyond basic AI code comp...
- ▌ Codebase Researcher · kastalien-research bundleDeep research skill for analyzing codebases systematically. Use when comprehensive codebase understanding is needed, particularly for new projects or when documenting architecture. This skill should be used when users request deep analysis, architecture documentation, or systematic codebase research starting from root-level directories.
- ▌ Model Enhancement Servers · kastalien-research bundleGuide for creating MCP servers that enhance LLM reasoning through structured processes, persistence, and workflow guidance. Use when building MCP servers for structured thinking, journaling, memory systems, or other cognitive enhancement patterns.
- ▌ Hdd · kastalien-researchDEPRECATED — use workflow Stage 2 (spec + frontmatter claims). Historical HDD docs are in docs/decisions/archive/.
- ▌ Eval · kastalien-researchView and manage the evaluation harness — session metrics, baselines, trend analysis, and regression detection. The feedback loop that tells the system whether improvements actually improved things.
- ▌ Team · kastalien-researchOrchestrate an Agent Teams session with Thoughtbox as the reasoning substrate
- ▌ Taste · kastalien-researchRun a taste evaluation on a research proposal or technical direction. Determines whether to proceed, simplify, defer, or kill before committing research effort.
- ▌ Status · kastalien-researchGenerate a status report across all workstreams using git history and GitHub issues. Shows active work, recent changes, and open PRs.
- ▌ Diagram · kastalien-researchGenerate architecture diagrams for a codebase subsystem or module. Explores source files and produces Mermaid diagrams in docs/.
- ▌ Distill · kastalien-researchExtract reusable principles and decision frameworks from accumulated experience. Use after significant work sessions, project milestones, or when you notice recurring patterns worth codifying.
- ▌ Escalate · kastalien-research bundleFormat a structured escalation to the human decision-maker (Chief Agentic). Use when hitting an escalation threshold.
- ▌ Supabase · kastalien-researchManage Supabase local and hosted infrastructure. Migrations, schema diff, status, reset, push, and inspection. Wraps the Supabase CLI with project-specific context and gotcha avoidance.
- ▌ Ulc Loop · kastalien-research bundleStart a Unified Loop Controller session via Ralph Wiggum. Autonomously works through backlog, dispatches agents, and explores via QD when idle.
- ▌ Workflow · kastalien-researchOrchestrate the full development lifecycle from ideation through merge. Sequences 8 stages with gates, dispatches to stage skills, and maintains workflow state.
- ▌ MCP Code Mode · kastalien-researchGuide for designing, implementing, and advising on MCP servers that use Code Mode — the pattern where an LLM writes and executes code to orchestrate API calls instead of calling individual tools one at a time. Use this skill whenever the user mentions Code Mode, MCP tool proliferation, context window bloat from MCP tools, programmatic tool calling, LLM code execution in MCP, building a Code Mode server, or wants to compress a large API into a small MCP surface. Also use when the user asks how to reduce token cost of MCP tools, how to expose an entire API over MCP efficiently, or how to implement search+execute patterns in FastMCP, Cloudflare Workers, or custom servers.
- ▌ Effect TS · kastalien-research bundleEffect-TS expert — write, debug, refactor, and explain code using the Effect ecosystem (effect, @effect/platform, @effect/rpc, @effect/cli, @effect/schema, @effect/cluster). Use this skill whenever the user works with Effect-TS code, mentions Effect services/layers/fibers/streams/schedules, asks about Effect error handling or dependency injection, wants to migrate code to Effect, or asks questions like 'how do I do X in Effect'. Also trigger when you see Effect imports in code being discussed, or when the user mentions Effect patterns like generators, pipe, Context.Tag, Layer.provide, or Schema.Class. This skill has a semantic search index over the full Effect documentation — use it to ground answers in official docs rather than guessing.
- ▌ Hub Audit · kastalien-researchRun an Agent-Native Architecture Audit using Thoughtbox Hub for multi-agent coordination. Spawns 3 auditor agents and 1 synthesizer that collaborate through structured channels, cross-reference findings, and build consensus on scores.
- ▌ Implement · kastalien-researchImplement a specification using a TDD-oriented workflow. Extracts requirements, generates tests first, then implements to pass the tests. Includes spiral detection and acceptance gates.
- ▌ Knowledge · kastalien-researchUnified cross-store knowledge query. Searches MEMORY.md, Thoughtbox knowledge graph, git history, and assumption registry in parallel, returning results with provenance.
- ▌ Experiment · kastalien-researchRun parallel experiments across git worktrees. Define competing approaches to the same problem, dispatch sub-agents to implement each in isolation, then compare results. Use when you have 2-5 alternatives and want to test all of them before committing to one.
- ▌ Hub Collab · kastalien-researchOrchestrate a multi-agent collaboration demo on the Thoughtbox Hub. Spawns MANAGER, ARCHITECT, and DEBUGGER agents that coordinate through shared workspaces, problems, proposals, and channels.
- ▌ Synthesize · kastalien-researchFuse insights from multiple knowledge sources (code, docs, memory, research, web) into coherent understanding. Use when you have scattered information that needs integration.
- ▌ Test Suite · kastalien-research bundleRun behavioral smoke tests against the live Thoughtbox Code Mode MCP server. Verifies the public `/mcp` surface (`thoughtbox_search`, `thoughtbox_execute`, `thoughtbox_peer_notebook`) plus the main execution paths behind it.
- ▌ Assumptions · kastalien-researchManage the assumption registry — track, verify, and query assumptions about external dependencies and system behavior. Prevents costly rediscovery of known failures.
- ▌ Codex Prompt · kastalien-researchWrite or improve prompts for Codex using Anthropic's official best practices. Creates system prompts, agent prompts, tool descriptions, and MCP resource templates. Pass an existing prompt to improve it, or describe what you need to create one from scratch.
- ▌ Research Task · kastalien-researchExecute a research task using compositional workflow planning. Characterizes the task, selects an approach from a library of research strategies, executes it, and self-evaluates output quality.
- ▌ Claude Prompt · kastalien-researchWrite or improve prompts for Claude using Anthropic's official best practices. Creates system prompts, agent prompts, tool descriptions, and MCP resource templates. Pass an existing prompt to improve it, or describe what you need to create one from scratch.
- ▌ Session Review · kastalien-researchGenerate a structured session summary for cross-session continuity. Captures key decisions, hypotheses, partial work, and knowledge references. Output is written to .Codex/session-handoff.json for the next session to load automatically.
- ▌ Workflows Plan · kastalien-researchTransform spec (with frontmatter claims) into an implementation plan with task decomposition and sub-agent assignment. Stage 3 of the development workflow.
- ▌ Workflows Work · kastalien-researchExecute the implementation plan by dispatching sub-agents for each task. Stage 4 of the development workflow.
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- ▌ Thoughtbox Team · kastalien-researchSpawn an Agent Team with a background Thoughtbox analyst teammate. The analyst monitors your reasoning sessions for evolution candidates, contradictions, and generates periodic digests. Use this at the start of any deep Thoughtbox reasoning session, when you're about to record many thoughts and want background analysis. Triggers on "start thoughtbox team", "I want a session analyst", "monitor my reasoning", or at the start of any session where you plan to use Thoughtbox extensively.
- ▌ Capture Learning · kastalien-researchCapture significant learnings from the current work session. Structures insights for future sessions and updates agent memory.
- ▌ Theseus Protocol · kastalien-research bundleThoughtbox-first Theseus workflow for behavior-preserving refactors. Use this when structure changes but behavior must stay fixed and scope drift needs hard boundaries.
- ▌ Thoughtbox Debug · kastalien-researchTrigger when debugging something unexpected — a test failure, surprising behavior, production incident, or any situation where initial attempts aren't working. Prevents the common agent failure mode of trying random things when stuck. Use when "the first fix didn't work", "this is behaving unexpectedly", "I'm stuck", "why is this happening", or after 2+ failed attempts to fix something.
- ▌ Ulysses Protocol · kastalien-research bundleThoughtbox-first Ulysses workflow for surprise-gated debugging. Use this when debugging gets uncertain and you need explicit plan, outcome, and reflection discipline without relying on local shell state.
- ▌ Workflows Review · kastalien-researchVerify implementation claims by dispatching review agents. Stage 5 of the development workflow.
- ▌ Workflow Ideation · kastalien-researchEvaluate whether an idea is worth implementing by asking structured questions about outcomes, alignment, and opportunity cost. Stage 1 of the development workflow.
- ▌ Workflow Revision · kastalien-researchIterate on implementation fixes surfaced by review until all claims are verified. Stage 6 of the development workflow.
- ▌ Thoughtbox Onboard · kastalien-researchGateway orientation for agents using Thoughtbox MCP for the first time. Use this skill when you connect to a Thoughtbox MCP server and need to understand what's available, how to structure reasoning sessions, or how to use the tb SDK. Also use when you're unsure which Thoughtbox operation to use for a task, or when you want to check what modules and patterns are available. Triggers on first Thoughtbox interaction, "how do I use Thoughtbox", "what can Thoughtbox do", or any confusion about Thoughtbox operations.
- ▌ Workflows Compound · kastalien-researchCapture learnings from the workflow into reusable documentation. Stage 7 of the development workflow.
- ▌ Thoughtbox Decision · kastalien-researchStructure decisions with parallel hypothesis exploration and knowledge graph persistence. Triggers on: "decide", "choose between", "which approach", "compare options", "evaluate alternatives", "tradeoff analysis".
- ▌ Thoughtbox Refactor · kastalien-researchFriction-gated refactoring using the Theseus protocol. Prevents scope creep and refactoring fugue state by enforcing file scope boundaries, visa-based expansion, checkpoint audits, and a brittleness counter. Use when refactoring code, restructuring modules, renaming across files, or any task where "structure changes but behavior must stay the same". Triggers on "refactor", "restructure", "rename across", "extract module", "move code", or when a change touches 3+ files without adding features.
- ▌ Thoughtbox Research · kastalien-researchStructured research using Thoughtbox IRCoT (Interleaved Retrieval and Chain-of-Thought). Triggers on: "research", "investigate", "explore", "literature review", "what do we know about".
- ▌ Workflow Reflection · kastalien-researchFinalize the workflow by reflecting on the process, moving ADRs, closing issues, and preparing for merge. Stage 8 of the development workflow.
- ▌ Workflow Tournament · kastalien-researchExecute an implementation by dispatching multiple sub-agents to parallel Git worktrees. Each builds the entire feature independently, and the best implementation is selected and merged.
- ▌ Thoughtbox Evolution · kastalien-researchA-Mem thought evolution — check which prior thoughts should be updated when a significant new insight arrives. Spawns a lightweight subagent to classify prior thoughts as UPDATE or NO_UPDATE, then applies revisions. Use during long reasoning sessions when you reach a synthesis, make a decision, or discover something that changes earlier assumptions. Triggers on "this changes what I thought earlier", "update prior reasoning", "evolve thoughts", or automatically on conclusion/synthesis thoughts in sessions >10 thoughts.
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- ▌ Workflow Brainstorming · kastalien-researchThis skill should be used before implementing features, building components, or making changes. It guides exploring user intent, approaches, and design decisions before planning. Triggers on "let's brainstorm", "help me think through", "what should we build", "explore approaches", ambiguous feature requests, or when the user's request has multiple valid interpretations that need clarification.
- ▌ Source Of Truth Preflight · kastalien-researchUse this skill before implementing features, lifecycle changes, runtime boundaries, persistence contracts, or architectural work where the codebase may already contain canonical domain models. It prevents duplicate abstractions, illegal representable states, and plans built on the wrong source of truth.
- ▌ Writing CLI Skills · kastalien-research bundleGuide for writing skills that wrap CLI tools. Use when creating a new CLI skill. For review, run through the Checklist section.
- ▌ Codex Opus 4 6 Prompting · kastalien-researchComprehensive prompt engineering reference for Codex Opus 4.6. Use this skill whenever you are writing, reviewing, or optimizing prompts for Codex Opus 4.6 (or Sonnet 4.6 / Haiku 4.5). Covers foundational clarity principles, output formatting control, tool use, adaptive thinking, agentic system design, multi-context-window workflows, and migration guidance from earlier models. Trigger this skill for any task involving system prompt authorship, agent harness design, multi-step pipeline construction, or prompt debugging on the Codex 4.6 model family.
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- ▌ Thoughtbox Session Review · kastalien-researchAnalyze completed Thoughtbox sessions to extract patterns, anti-patterns, and learnings for the knowledge graph. This is the learning loop that makes Thoughtbox improve over time. Use after completing a reasoning session, when reviewing past sessions for insights, or when you want to assess reasoning quality. Triggers on "review session", "what did I learn", "extract insights", "analyze reasoning", "session retrospective", or proactively after any significant session completes.
- ▌ Claude Opus 4 6 Prompting · kastalien-researchComprehensive prompt engineering reference for Claude Opus 4.6. Use this skill whenever you are writing, reviewing, or optimizing prompts for Claude Opus 4.6 (or Sonnet 4.6 / Haiku 4.5). Covers foundational clarity principles, output formatting control, tool use, adaptive thinking, agentic system design, multi-context-window workflows, and migration guidance from earlier models. Trigger this skill for any task involving system prompt authorship, agent harness design, multi-step pipeline construction, or prompt debugging on the Claude 4.6 model family.
- ▌ Thoughtbox Knowledge Query · kastalien-researchCross-session knowledge retrieval from the Thoughtbox knowledge graph. Searches entities, traverses relations, retrieves observations, and synthesizes findings from past sessions. Use when you need to recall prior decisions, check what's already known about a topic, find related insights, or build on past work. Triggers on "what do we know about", "have we seen this before", "recall", "prior decisions about", "knowledge graph", or when starting work that might have prior context.
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- ▌ Peer Notebook Delivery Guard · kastalien-researchGovern ADR-022 MCP peer notebook implementation units. Use before or during durable control-plane, manifest lifecycle, web app inspection, runtime provider, or isolation/policy hardening work to prevent mock substitution, scope drift, and incomplete acceptance evidence.
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- ▌ Frontend Design Principles · kastalien-research bundleCreate polished, intentional frontend interfaces. Use this skill when building any UI — dashboards, admin panels, landing pages, marketing sites, or web applications. Routes to specialized guidance based on context.