Use only when the user explicitly names Cladding and asks to initialize, adopt, or refresh it; never use for an ordinary project creation or implementation request. Scaffold from an idea, planning document, or existing project through the MCP prepare/apply flow.
Audit DESIGN.md against the actual code. Writes DESIGN.md.critique.md adjacent to DESIGN.md with five audit passes structural / drift / accessibility / completeness / consistency. Each finding has a stable id and a /mddesign:fix suggestion.
Scan the current codebase, cluster de-facto design tokens, write a structurally valid DESIGN.md at project root. Uses the design-archeologist subagent for the scan. Validates with npx @google/design.md lint and iterates until valid.
Search prior work to add context to a request, or browse previous sessions on a topic. Use before/after a request to ground it in past work, or standalone to recall and familiarize before asking.
Extract system improvements from content, monitor external sources, and scan bookmarks for upgrade opportunities. Shortcut for Upgrade skill (formerly PAIUpgrade).
Direct-entry slash command for the one-time migration from NGINX Ingress (master/minion or standalone) to Gateway API. Dual-target since v1.2.0: the default GatewayClass is traefik (Traefik v3.1+); pass --gateway-class gke-l7-global-external-managed (or any other class prefix) to opt into GKE Gateway or other…