axiomantic/spellbook

Multi-platform AI assistant skills and workflows. Serious engineering. Also fun.

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axiomantic/spellbook

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when user explicitly requests test-driven development. Triggers: 'TDD', 'write tests first', 'red green refactor', 'test-first', 'start with the test'. Also invoked by develop and executing-plans for implementation tasks. NOT for: full feature work (use develop, which includes TDD internally).

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testing-strategy

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Test selection and scope guidance: tiers, marks, batching, cross-module regressions. Loaded by the testing rule module. Triggers: 'which tests should I run', 'test scope', 'test tiers'. NOT for: writing tests (use test-driven-development) or fixing broken tests (use fixing-tests).

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tooling-discovery

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when looking for available tools, MCP servers, or CLI utilities for a task. Triggers: 'what tools do I have', 'is there an MCP for this', 'what's available', 'find a tool for', 'discover tooling', 'what CLI tools exist'. NOT for: documenting existing tools (use documenting-tools).

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using-git-worktrees

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace, or setting up parallel development tracks. Triggers: 'worktree', 'separate branch', 'isolate this work', 'don't mess up current work', 'work on two things at once', 'parallel workstreams', 'new branch for this', 'keep my current work safe'.

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using-lsp-tools

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when mcp-language-server tools are available and you need semantic code intelligence. Triggers: 'find definition', 'find references', 'who calls this', 'rename symbol', 'type hierarchy', 'go to definition', 'where is this used', 'where is this defined', 'what type is this'. Provides navigation, refactoring, and…

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using-skills

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

The full skill-routing protocol: decision flow, rationalization table, skill-priority ordering. Loaded by the intent-routing rule module, which carries the kernel. Also use when: 'which skill should I use', 'wrong skill fired', 'skill didn't trigger'.

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verifying-hunches

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when about to claim discovery during debugging. Triggers: "I found", "this is the issue", "I think I see", "looks like the problem", "that's why", "the bug is", "root cause", "culprit", "smoking gun", "aha", "got it", "here's what's happening", "the reason is", "causing the", "explains why", "mystery solved"…

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writing-commands

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when creating new commands, editing existing commands, or reviewing command quality. Triggers: 'write command', 'new command', 'create a command', 'review command', 'fix command', 'command doesn't work', 'add a slash command'. NOT for: skill creation (use writing-skills).

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writing-copy

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when writing or de-slopping outward-facing prose: newsletters, blog posts, announcements, marketing copy, emails, release notes, doc intros, cover letters, job-application answers, resume bullets, bios. Fire this whenever you draft outward-facing prose on the author's behalf, even without a trigger phrase.…

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writing-plans

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Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when you have a spec, design doc, or requirements and need a detailed implementation plan before coding. Triggers: 'write a plan', 'create implementation plan', 'plan this out', 'break this down into steps', 'convert design to tasks', 'implementation order'. Also invoked by develop during planning. NOT for…

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writing-skills

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axiomantic/spellbook

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment. Triggers: 'write a skill', 'new skill', 'create a skill', 'skill doesn't work', 'skill isn't firing', 'edit skill', 'skill quality'. NOT for: general prompt improvement (use instruction-engineering) or command creation…

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