Agent Skills

A collection of agent skills that extend capabilities across planning, development, and tooling.

Planning & Design

These skills help you think through problems before writing code.

• to-prd — Turn the current conversation context into a PRD and submit it as a GitHub issue. No interview — just synthesizes what you've already discussed.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/to-prd
  

• to-issues — Break any plan, spec, or PRD into independently-grabbable GitHub issues using vertical slices.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/to-issues
  

• grill-me — Get relentlessly interviewed about a plan or design until every branch of the decision tree is resolved.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/grill-me
  

• design-an-interface — Generate multiple radically different interface designs for a module using parallel sub-agents.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/design-an-interface
  

• request-refactor-plan — Create a detailed refactor plan with tiny commits via user interview, then file it as a GitHub issue.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/request-refactor-plan
  

Development

These skills help you write, refactor, and fix code.

• tdd — Test-driven development with a red-green-refactor loop. Builds features or fixes bugs one vertical slice at a time.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/tdd
  

• triage-issue — Investigate a bug by exploring the codebase, identify the root cause, and file a GitHub issue with a TDD-based fix plan.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/triage-issue
  

• improve-codebase-architecture — Explore a codebase for architectural improvement opportunities, focusing on deepening shallow modules and improving testability.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/improve-codebase-architecture
  

• migrate-to-shoehorn — Migrate test files from as type assertions to @total-typescript/shoehorn.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/migrate-to-shoehorn
  

• scaffold-exercises — Create exercise directory structures with sections, problems, solutions, and explainers.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/scaffold-exercises
  

Tooling & Setup

• setup-pre-commit — Set up Husky pre-commit hooks with lint-staged, Prettier, type checking, and tests.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/setup-pre-commit
  

• git-guardrails-claude-code — Set up Claude Code hooks to block dangerous git commands (push, reset --hard, clean, etc.) before they execute.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/git-guardrails-claude-code
  

Writing & Knowledge

• write-a-skill — Create new skills with proper structure, progressive disclosure, and bundled resources.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/write-a-skill
  

• edit-article — Edit and improve articles by restructuring sections, improving clarity, and tightening prose.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/edit-article
  

• ubiquitous-language — Extract a DDD-style ubiquitous language glossary from the current conversation.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/ubiquitous-language
  

• obsidian-vault — Search, create, and manage notes in an Obsidian vault with wikilinks and index notes.

  npx skills@latest add mattpocock/skills/obsidian-vault