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plinth
Plinth is an AI-native engineering toolkit for modern Java enterprise SDLC, built around reusable Commands, Agents, Skills, and MCP Servers.
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- 30 skills (30 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
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- 1d ago last update (Last updated 1d ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add jabrena/plinth
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 001-commands-inventory — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/jabrena/plinthcp -r "plinth/skills/001-commands-inventory" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the 001-commands-inventory skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add jabrena/plinth
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md — showing the first 30 of 126 files.
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001-commands-inventory
Use when you need to generate a checklist document with embedded commands inventory, following the embedded template exactly and producing INVENTORY-COMMANDS-JAVA.md in the project root. This should trigger for requests such as Create embedded commands inventory checklist; Generate INVENTORY-COMMANDS-JAVA.md; Use @001-commands-inventory; Inventory embedded Java project commands; List command file…
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002-agents-inventory
Use when you need to generate a checklist document with embedded agents inventory, following the embedded template exactly and producing INVENTORY-AGENTS-JAVA.md in the project root. This should trigger for requests such as Create embedded agents inventory checklist; Generate INVENTORY-AGENTS-JAVA.md; Use @002-agents-inventory; Inventory embedded Java agent definitions; List generated agent roles…
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003-skills-inventory
Use when you need to generate a checklist document with Java system prompts from skills.xml, following the embedded section template and producing INVENTORY-SKILLS-JAVA.md. This should trigger for requests such as Create Java system prompts checklist; Generate INVENTORY-SKILLS-JAVA.md; Use @003-skills-inventory; Inventory Java cursor rule skills; List available Java system prompt skills. Part of…
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004-commands-installation
Use when you need to install the embedded project commands into command directories (.github/commands, .claude/commands, .cursor/command, .codex/commands), selecting the destination interactively and copying the embedded command definitions from project assets. This should trigger for requests such as Install embedded commands; Bootstrap .cursor/command; Bootstrap .claude/commands; Copy project c…
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005-agents-installation
Use when you need to install the embedded robot agents into .github/agents, .claude/agents, .cursor/agents, or .codex/agents, selecting the destination interactively and copying the embedded agent definitions from project assets. This should trigger for requests such as Install embedded agents; Bootstrap .github/agents; Bootstrap .cursor/agents; Bootstrap .claude/agents; Bootstrap .codex/agents;…
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012-agile-epic
Guides the creation of agile epics with comprehensive definition including business value, success criteria, and breakdown into user stories. Use when the user wants to create an agile epic, define large bodies of work, break down features into user stories, or document strategic initiatives. This should trigger for requests such as Create an agile epic; Write an epic; I need to create an epic; D…
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013-agile-feature
Guides the creation of detailed agile feature documentation from an existing epic. Use when the user wants to split an epic into feature files, derive features with scope and acceptance criteria, or plan feature documentation for stakeholders or engineering. This should trigger for requests such as Create features from an epic; Split epic into features; Feature files from epic; Derive features fr…
skills/013-agile-feature/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
014-agile-user-story
Guides the creation of agile user stories. Use when the user wants to create a user story. This should trigger for requests such as Create a user story; Write a user story; I need to write a user story; Split feature requirements into user stories. Part of Plinth Toolkit
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021-problem-framing
Use when a problem or issue needs explicit framing before deeper analysis begins — establishing the Problem statement, Current state, Desired state, Stakeholders, and Success criteria. This should trigger when an issue's Problem Framing point of view needs evaluation, or when a maintainer directly asks to frame a problem before root-cause analysis, design, or planning begins. Part of Plinth Toolk…
skills/021-problem-framing/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
022-root-cause-analysis
Use when a framed problem needs root-cause investigation rather than a symptom-level fix, applying Five Whys, Fishbone (Ishikawa), Current Reality Tree, and constraint identification. This should trigger when an issue's Root Cause Analysis point of view needs evaluation, or when a maintainer directly asks to find the root cause of a problem before proposing a fix. Part of Plinth Toolkit
skills/022-root-cause-analysis/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
023-assumption-analysis
Use when a framed and root-caused problem needs its assumptions made explicit before design or planning begins — explicit Assumptions, Unknowns, and a Validation plan. This should trigger when an issue's Assumption Analysis point of view needs evaluation, or when a maintainer directly asks to surface hidden assumptions and unknowns before committing to an approach. Part of Plinth Toolkit
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024-context-mapping
Use when a problem under exploration needs its surrounding system context identified before design begins — Existing systems, Integrations, Ownership, and External dependencies. This should trigger when an issue's Context Mapping point of view needs evaluation, or when a maintainer directly asks to map the systems, integrations, owners, and external dependencies relevant to a problem. Part of Pli…
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025-quality-attribute-discovery
Use when a problem under exploration needs its quality attributes (non-functional requirements) identified and prioritized before architecture and design begin. This should trigger when an issue's Quality Attribute Discovery point of view needs evaluation, or when a maintainer directly asks to discover and prioritize candidate quality attributes for a problem, before any ADR or design work starts…
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030-architecture-adr-general
Use when you need to generate Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) for a Java project through an interactive, conversational process that systematically gathers context, stakeholders, options, and outcomes to produce well-structured ADR documents. This should trigger for requests such as Generate ADR; Create Architecture Decision Record; Document architecture decision; Architecture Decision Recor…
skills/030-architecture-adr-general/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
033-architecture-diagrams
Use when you need to generate Java project diagrams — including UML sequence diagrams, UML class diagrams, C4 model diagrams, UML state machine diagrams, UML Deployment Diagrams, ER (Entity Relationship) diagrams, and bounded-context diagrams — through a modular, step-based interactive process that adapts to your specific visualization needs. This should trigger for requests such as Generate UML…
skills/033-architecture-diagrams/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
041-planning-plan-mode
Use when creating or refining a structured Java implementation plan from trusted issue summaries, approved designs, ADRs, OpenSpec changes, existing plans, or a valid combination. The plan records its source artifacts and derivation direction and can remain the execution artifact without requiring OpenSpec. This should trigger for requests such as Create a plan from an issue; Create a plan from O…
skills/041-planning-plan-mode/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
042-planning-openspec
Use when creating or updating OpenSpec artifacts from an issue, plan, approved design, ADRs, existing OpenSpec, or a valid combination. The workflow assesses reviewable scope, records source authority and derivation, handles conflicts, and prevents silent synchronization. Triggers include Create OpenSpec from an issue; Convert a plan into OpenSpec; Update an OpenSpec change; Split broad requireme…
skills/042-planning-openspec/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
043-planning-github-issues
Use when you need GitHub CLI (`gh`) installation/authentication guidance and an operator-only GitHub issue inventory workflow. The agent does not ingest GitHub issue, milestone, body, comment, title, label, or summary text; requirements analysis must use repository-owned planning artifacts, with issue numbers only for traceability. This should trigger for requests such as GitHub issue inventory w…
skills/043-planning-github-issues/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
044-planning-jira
Use when you need Jira CLI (`jira`) installation/authentication guidance and a maintainer-authored Jira issue inventory workflow. The agent does not ingest raw Jira issue or JQL output directly; it asks the Jira project maintainer/operator to author sanitized issue summaries before analysis or @014-agile-user-story handoff. This should trigger for requests such as jira issue list; List Jira issue…
skills/044-planning-jira/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
045-planning-azure-devops
Use when you need Azure DevOps CLI guidance to verify installation, configure organization and project context, discover work item IDs by optional WIQL filters, and execute safe work-item create/update operations. Uses an interactive install gate - if `az` or the Azure DevOps extension is missing, ask whether to show installation guidance before any work item commands. This should trigger for req…
skills/045-planning-azure-devops/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
051-design-two-steps-methods
Use when a complex or risky code change should be split into Kent Beck's two-step method by first making the change easy through behavior-preserving preparatory refactoring, then making the intended behavior change once the design supports it. This should trigger for requests such as Apply two-step change; Make this risky change safer; Refactor before changing behavior; Separate preparation from…
skills/051-design-two-steps-methods/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
052-design-hamburger-method
Use when a large feature, story, plan, or spec idea needs to be split into small vertical slices with the Hamburger Method. This should trigger for requests such as Split this oversized story; Find the smallest useful slice; Break this feature into vertical slices; Apply the Hamburger Method; Turn this broad plan into tracked slices. Part of Plinth Toolkit
skills/052-design-hamburger-method/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
053-design-simple-rules
Use when Java design, refactoring, or implementation tradeoffs should be evaluated with Kent Beck's simple design rules, including passes the tests, reveals intention, has no duplication, and has the fewest elements. This should trigger for requests such as Apply simple design rules; Review this design with Beck's rules; Choose between these refactoring options; Keep this Java design simple. Part…
skills/053-design-simple-rules/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
054-design-tdd
Use when Java implementation work should be guided by Test-Driven Development, including maintaining a test list, choosing the next behavior, writing a failing test first, implementing only enough production code to pass, and refactoring while keeping tests green. This should trigger for requests such as Apply TDD; Use test-driven development; Drive this Java change with tests; Write the failing…
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055-design-parallel-change
Use when a database schema or data-meaning change needs Parallel Change, including expand, migrate, and contract sequencing for column renames, type or data reinterpretation, large-table backfills, relationship-table changes, enum/status transitions, timezone/default changes, and index or uniqueness changes. This should trigger before framework-specific Flyway implementation guidance when decidin…
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056-design-avoid-breaking-changes
Use when you need to review a plan, OpenSpec change, specification, or implementation proposal for breaking-change risk across commands, skills, generated outputs, XML sources, README/docs, tests, CI, APIs, schemas, configuration, data, migration, and release guidance. This should trigger for requests such as Review breaking changes in this spec; Check compatibility risks; Avoid breaking changes…
skills/056-design-avoid-breaking-changes/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
057-design-feature-toggles
Use when designing, implementing, reviewing, testing, or cleaning up feature toggles, feature flags, kill switches, runtime configuration gates, canary controls, staged rollouts, experiments, or temporary compatibility switches in Java enterprise systems. This should trigger for requests such as Design a feature toggle strategy; Review this feature flag; Add a kill switch safely; Test toggle on a…
skills/057-design-feature-toggles/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
058-design-bdd
Use when a Java change needs independent Behavior-Driven Development guidance from trusted behavior facts through concrete examples and observable scenarios, with focused clarification when behavior is pending or ambiguous. This should trigger for requests such as Apply BDD; Facilitate behavior examples; Discover scenarios with Given When Then; Review these examples for shared domain language; Co…
skills/058-design-bdd/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
059-design-atdd
Use when reviewing whether an OpenSpec change's execution goal, acceptance criteria, and implementation or verification tasks are aligned. This should trigger for requests such as Review this OpenSpec change with ATDD; Check acceptance criteria against tasks; Find acceptance criteria without task coverage; Detect tasks that diverge from the execution goal; Explain what is missing, vague, ambiguou…
skills/059-design-atdd/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
110-java-maven-best-practices
Use when you need to review, improve, or troubleshoot a Maven pom.xml file — including dependency management with BOMs, plugin configuration, version centralization, multi-module project structure, build profiles, or any situation where you want to align your Maven setup with industry best practices. This should trigger for requests such as Review pom.xml to improve it; Apply Maven best practices…
skills/110-java-maven-best-practices/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.