Terse output mode — strips filler/articles/hedging, 75% token reduction. Activate whenever: context is filling up, user says be brief/terse/caveman/less tokens, or CAVEMANTRIGGERED appears in context. Persists every response until CAVEMANRELEASED or user says stop/normal mode.
Explore and debate solutions before writing code. Use when the user poses a design question, asks "how should I approach X", wants to think through options before committing, or says anything like "let's brainstorm", "what's the best way to...", "I'm not sure how to tackle this", or "should I use X or Y". Always runs…
Implement a feature phase by phase from a phased JSON master or Markdown plan. Before each phase, confirm whether to create/run unit tests and whether to run ck:quality, unless explicit flags supply those choices. Supports token-budgeted execution, resumable state, and TDD handoff to ck:test.
Fix a bug using Scout → Diagnose → Fix → Review → Finalize. Use when the user pastes an error message, stack trace, or test failure, or says "fix this bug", "something's broken", "tests are failing", "I'm getting an error". Also accepts --from-quality or --from-test to fix exactly the findings/failures a report lists.…
Create a machine-readable phased JSON plan bundle from a spec or feature description. Produces a compact master manifest plus per-phase step files for resumable ck:cook execution.
Plan a feature or system before implementation. Use when the user says "plan this", "I want to build X", "how do I implement Y", or when /ck:brainstorm produces a spec.md. Always run before /ck:cook. Modes (pick one): --fast (simple, single-file), --hard (research + red-team + validate). Composable flag (combine with…
Independent senior-engineering quality auditor — architecture, ownership, domain integrity, abstraction, and maintainability. Use as --gate inside the ck:cook pipeline (blocks a phase on BLOCKER/HIGH/current-change MEDIUM findings) or call directly with --audit, --diff, --changed on any repository, directory, or file.…
Always use this skill before claiming any work is done, fixed, passing, or complete — even if it seems obvious. Also use when receiving code review feedback from any source (human or automated), when finishing a task or major feature, before committing or creating a PR, or when about to express satisfaction with work.…
Create diagrams and visualizations using Mermaid.js v11 syntax. Use when generating flowcharts, sequence diagrams, class diagrams, state diagrams, ER diagrams, Gantt charts, user journeys, timelines, architecture diagrams, or any of 24+ diagram types. Supports JavaScript API integration, CLI rendering to SVG/PNG/PDF…
Complete browser automation with Playwright. Auto-detects dev servers, writes clean test scripts to /tmp. Test pages, fill forms, take screenshots, check responsive design, validate UX, test login flows, check links, automate any browser task. Use when user wants to test websites, automate browser interactions…
Creative problem-solving techniques for breaking through stuck points - includes collision-zone thinking, inversion, pattern recognition, and simplification.
Use when complex problems require systematic step-by-step reasoning with ability to revise thoughts, branch into alternative approaches, or dynamically adjust scope. Ideal for multi-stage analysis, design planning, problem decomposition, or tasks with initially unclear scope.
Create new skills, modify and improve existing skills, and measure skill performance. Use when users want to create a skill from scratch, edit, or optimize an existing skill, run evals to test a skill, benchmark skill performance with variance analysis, or optimize a skill's description for better triggering accuracy.