the-startup

In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md — showing the first 30 of 36 files.

• analyze

  Deep-dive codebase analysis that explains how things actually work — business rules, architecture patterns, auth flows, data models, integrations, and performance hotspots. Use whenever the user asks "how does X work", "map the Y flow", "what are the business rules for Z", "trace the auth path", "explore the codebase for patterns", "find all [domain concept]", or needs mechanism-level understandi…

  plugins/start/skills/analyze/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• brainstorm

  You MUST use this before any creative work — creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements, and design before implementation.

  plugins/start/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• constitution

  Create or update a project constitution with governance rules. Uses discovery-based approach to generate project-specific rules.

  plugins/start/skills/constitution/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• debug

  Systematically diagnose and resolve bugs through conversational investigation and root cause analysis

  plugins/start/skills/debug/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• document

  Generate and maintain documentation for code, APIs, and project components

  plugins/start/skills/document/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• implement-direct

  Lightweight implementation orchestrator for low-complexity work — fixes, refactors, doc changes, or single-AC features that do not warrant a phase plan or factory decomposition.

  plugins/start/skills/implement-direct/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• implement-factory

  Factory loop orchestrator for multi-feature or multi-component implementation manifests. Use for high-complexity work with parallel-eligible workstreams and holdout-scenario evaluation.

  plugins/start/skills/implement-factory/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• implement-incremental

  Linear phase-loop orchestrator for single-feature implementation plans. Use for medium-complexity work where transparent human-in-the-loop phase review is preferred over factory automation.

  plugins/start/skills/implement-incremental/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• implement

  Implementation entry point. Use to execute a completed specification. Auto-detects the decomposition tier (Direct, Incremental, or Factory) from spec artifacts and dispatches to the matching execution sub-skill.

  plugins/start/skills/implement/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• refactor

  Refactor, simplify, or clean up code for improved maintainability without changing business logic

  plugins/start/skills/refactor/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• review

  Multi-agent code review with specialized perspectives (security, performance, patterns, simplification, tests)

  plugins/start/skills/review/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• specify-factory

  Decompose a multi-feature or multi-component specification into factory-consumable artifacts. Use this for high-complexity work — multiple features, three or more components, or parallel-eligible workstreams.

  plugins/start/skills/specify-factory/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• specify-incremental

  Decompose a single-feature specification into a linear, phase-by-phase implementation plan. Use this for medium-complexity work — single feature, one or two components — where transparent human-in-the-loop phase review is preferred over factory automation.

  plugins/start/skills/specify-incremental/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• specify-meta

  Scaffold, status-check, and manage specification directories. Use when creating a new spec, reading spec status, transitioning between phases, or logging decisions on a spec in .start/specs/.

  plugins/start/skills/specify-meta/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• specify-requirements

  Create and validate product requirements documents (PRD). Use when writing requirements, defining user stories, specifying acceptance criteria, analyzing user needs, or working on requirements.md files in .start/specs/.

  plugins/start/skills/specify-requirements/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• specify-solution

  Create and validate solution design documents (SDD). Use when designing architecture, defining interfaces, documenting technical decisions, analyzing system components, or working on solution.md files in .start/specs/.

  plugins/start/skills/specify-solution/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• specify

  Create a comprehensive specification from a brief description. Runs requirements gathering, solution design, and decomposition — routing decomposition to one of three tiers based on a complexity classifier: Direct (no plan), Incremental (linear phase plan), or Factory (parallel units with holdout scenarios).

  plugins/start/skills/specify/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• test

  Use when completing implementation, fixing bugs, refactoring code, or any time you need to verify the test suite passes. Also use when tests fail and you hear "pre-existing" or "not my changes" — enforces strict code ownership. Ensures MECE coverage (no overlap, no gaps) and that ALL test categories including E2E are executed.

  plugins/start/skills/test/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• validate

  Validate in any of six modes — spec quality, single-file review, spec-to-implementation drift, constitution rule enforcement, comparison between two artifacts, or sanity-checking your understanding. Use when checking a spec by ID, validating a file by path, detecting drift, enforcing constitution rules, comparing two sources ("$X against $Y"), or asking a freeform validation question.

  plugins/start/skills/validate/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• writing-skills

  Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, auditing skill quality, converting skills to markdown conventions, or verifying skills before deployment. Triggers include skill authoring requests, skill review needs, or "the skill doesn't work" complaints.

  plugins/start/skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• feature-prioritization

  RICE, MoSCoW, Kano, and value-effort prioritization frameworks with scoring methodologies and decision documentation. Use when prioritizing features, evaluating competing initiatives, creating roadmaps, or making build vs defer decisions.

  plugins/team/skills/cross-cutting/feature-prioritization/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• pattern-detection

  Identify existing codebase patterns (naming conventions, architectural patterns, testing patterns) to maintain consistency. Use when generating code, reviewing changes, or understanding established practices.

  plugins/team/skills/cross-cutting/pattern-detection/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• project-discovery

  Unified codebase discovery across structure navigation, tech-stack detection, and documentation extraction. Use when onboarding to a project, locating implementation paths, identifying frameworks/tooling, or validating docs against code reality.

  plugins/team/skills/cross-cutting/project-discovery/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• requirements-elicitation

  Requirement gathering techniques, stakeholder analysis, user story patterns, and specification validation. Use when clarifying vague requirements, resolving conflicting needs, documenting specifications, or validating requirements with stakeholders.

  plugins/team/skills/cross-cutting/requirements-elicitation/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• user-research

  User research and insight synthesis for interviews, usability testing, personas, journey mapping, and actionable product/design recommendations. Use when planning studies, collecting evidence, synthesizing patterns, or converting findings into prioritized decisions.

  plugins/team/skills/design/user-research/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• agentic-patterns

  Context enrichment for agentic AI application development using LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, and assistant-ui. Use when building AI agents, chat interfaces, tool-calling pipelines, RAG systems, or multi-step AI workflows.

  plugins/team/skills/development/agentic-patterns/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• api-contract-design

  REST and GraphQL API design patterns, OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, versioning strategies, and authentication patterns. Use when designing APIs, reviewing API contracts, evaluating API technologies, or implementing API endpoints.

  plugins/team/skills/development/api-contract-design/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• architecture-selection

  System architecture patterns including monolith, microservices, event-driven, and serverless, with C4 modeling, scalability strategies, and technology selection criteria. Use when designing system architectures, evaluating patterns, or planning scalability.

  plugins/team/skills/development/architecture-selection/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• domain-modeling

  Unified domain and data modeling for business entities, invariants, schema design, aggregate boundaries, and evolution strategy. Use when designing business models, schema changes, bounded contexts, or consistency rules.

  plugins/team/skills/development/domain-modeling/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

• frontend-patterns

  Context enrichment for frontend UI development using shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS. Use when building component libraries, implementing UI designs, theming, or working with accessible React components.

  plugins/team/skills/development/frontend-patterns/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)

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