Research

Generates structured implementation guidance documents for technical issues, bug fixes, and feature development. Use when creating actionable implementation plans with file references, code locations, and step-by-step approaches following Obsidian markdown formatting standards.

Read project session context from .sessions/index.md to understand ongoing work, previous decisions, blockers, and history. Use when the user asks about project context, previous sessions, what was worked on before, architectural decisions, blockers, or when they reference "last time", "previously", "the session", or "what we decided".

This skill should be used when someone wants to articulate, explore, or document their personal worldview, values, or philosophy. Triggers on "articulate my values", "figure out what I believe", "document my philosophy", "write a manifesto", "define my leadership philosophy", "explore my beliefs". Surfaces beliefs through systematic interrogation, identifies tensions, and generates narrative outputs.

Pre-PR code review for branch changes. Use when user wants to review changes before opening a PR, asks to check their branch for issues, or mentions code review. Analyzes diff against base branch for code quality, bugs, security vulnerabilities, logical fallacies, and style/convention violations. Provides detailed analysis with file:line references and improvement suggestions.

This skill should be used when providing concise summaries of research paper text. Use for quickly understanding the core content, arguments, and contributions of paper sections targeting top-tier computer science conferences.

Manage client-side state with Zustand. Use when building shopping cart, user preferences, theme toggle, UI state, or any cross-component shared state with localStorage persist.

Reference material for Athena when writing requirements. NOT a template - Athena writes requirements freely based on the domain. This skill provides guidance patterns that may be useful, not constraints to follow.

Complete Microsoft .NET Microservices Architecture guide (v7.0) - 350 pages of comprehensive reference material

Plan user research studies - method selection, participant recruitment, study design, and research questions for generative and evaluative research.

Expert guide for configuring Google Gemini CLI. Covers global vs project settings.json, Trusted Folders, Policy Engine, and environment variables. Use when configuring Gemini settings, managing trusted folders, setting up security policies, or troubleshooting configuration precedence. Delegates to gemini-cli-docs for official references.

Authoritative reference for PlantUML diagram syntax. Provides UML and non-UML diagram types, syntax patterns, examples, and setup guidance for generating accurate PlantUML diagrams.

Reference for Gemini CLI usage patterns. Consult before calling gemini via Bash.

Guide for performing secure web searches with privacy protection, source verification, and information validation. Use when the user wants to search the web securely, verify sources, fact-check information, or mentions secure search, privacy, source validation, or web research.

Extract and consolidate key learnings, insights, and actionable takeaways from the current conversation session. Use when the user wants to capture, summarize, or document what was learned during the chat, create study materials from discussions, or save important discoveries and decisions for future reference. Triggers include requests like "capture learnings," "summarize what we discussed," "create notes from this conversation," "what did I learn today," or "document our key findings."

This skill should be used when evaluating the logical flow, structure, readability, and overall quality of research paper text. Use for assessing academic writing targeting top-tier computer science conferences.

Comprehensive LaTeX documentation from Wikibooks - server-rendered HTML with full tutorial content

Research WoW addon development topics using CLI tools, Blizzard UI source, and documentation. Covers API discovery, pattern research, and Ace3 usage. Use when investigating unfamiliar APIs, finding Blizzard patterns, or learning. Triggers: research, find, search, API, Blizzard UI, documentation, Ace3.

User experience and interface design expert for wireframing, user research, and design systems

Craft effective Midjourney V7 prompts for any style — photography, illustration, anime, or artistic. Provides frameworks (7-Element, F.O.C.A.L.), parameter reference (--ar, --stylize, --sref, --cref), lighting/camera terminology, and V7-specific optimization. Auto-activates when writing Midjourney prompts, discussing MJ parameters, or creating AI image prompts. Triggers: Midjourney, MJ prompt, --ar, --stylize, --sref, style reference, character reference, image generation prompt.

Use when you need to research, analyze, and plan technical solutions that are scalable, secure, and maintainable.