Technical Writing

This skill generates interactive Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) MicroSims using the vis-network JavaScript library. Use this skill when users need to create causal loop diagrams for systems thinking education, showing feedback loops, reinforcing and balancing dynamics. The skill creates a complete MicroSim package with index.md, main.html, JavaScript, JSON data, and CSS files in the /docs/sims/ directory. This skill should be used when users request creating CLDs, causal diagrams, feedback loop visualizations, or systems thinking diagrams.

Comprehensive feature artifact analysis for loading and understanding complete feature context. Use when needing to: (1) Load all feature documentation before implementation, (2) Build mental model of feature requirements and architecture, (3) Prepare context for downstream operations like checklist generation or task execution, (4) Analyze feature completeness and artifact availability. Triggers on: analyze feature, load feature context, prepare feature, check feature prerequisites, understand feature scope.

Extract text from scanned PDF documents and convert to clean markdown. Use when user asks to transcribe, extract text, OCR, or convert a PDF (especially scanned documents, historical documents, or image-based PDFs) to markdown format. Outputs markdown file saved next to the original PDF.

Comprehensive guide for creating by-example tutorials - code-first learning path with 75-90 heavily annotated examples achieving 95% language coverage. Covers five-part example structure, annotation density standards (1-2.25 comments per code line PER EXAMPLE), self-containment rules, and multiple code blocks for comparisons. Essential for creating by-example tutorials for programming languages on educational platforms

Use this skill when creating new Claude Code skills from scratch, editing existing skills to improve their descriptions or structure, or converting Claude Code sub-agents to skills. This includes designing skill workflows, writing SKILL.md files, organizing supporting files with intention-revealing names, and leveraging CLI tools and Node.js scripting.

Network utility for reading and writing data across TCP/UDP connections, port scanning, file transfers, and backdoor communication channels. Use when: (1) Testing network connectivity and port availability, (2) Creating reverse shells and bind shells for authorized penetration testing, (3) Transferring files between systems in restricted environments, (4) Banner grabbing and service enumeration, (5) Establishing covert communication channels, (6) Testing firewall rules and network segmentation.

Router for documentation tasks - routes to ADRs, APIs, runbooks, security docs, or governance docs

Use when designing system architecture, APIs, components, or data models - provides a structured design workflow with validation and documentation outputs.

Generate comprehensive, publication-quality technical manuals with thematic storytelling using multi-agent orchestration. Use when user asks for themed documentation, narrative technical guides, memorable training materials, or mentions themes like Victorian, steampunk, art deco, medieval, or nautical combined with technical topics. Triggers on phrases like "create themed manual", "documentation with storytelling", or requests to make docs "more engaging" or "memorable".

This skill generates interactive Venn diagram visualizations using the venn.js JavaScript library. Use this skill when users request creating Venn diagrams, set visualizations, overlap diagrams, or comparison charts for educational textbooks. The skill creates complete MicroSim packages with standalone HTML files featuring colorful circles, clear labels, and interactive tooltips, saved to /docs/sims/ following the MicroSim pattern.

This skill generates comprehensive metrics reports for intelligent textbooks built with MkDocs Material, analyzing chapters, concepts, glossary terms, FAQs, quiz questions, diagrams, equations, MicroSims, word counts, and links. Use this skill when working with an intelligent textbook project that needs quantitative analysis of its content, typically after significant content development or for project status reporting. The skill creates two markdown files - book-metrics.md with overall statistics and chapter-metrics.md with per-chapter breakdowns - in the docs/learning-graph/ directory.

Research-driven critique and enhancement of Amelia architecture or ideas docs. Use with GPT-5.2 when given a design/architecture doc to analyze concepts, find sources, and propose improvements plus OSS candidates.

Enforce line limits (CLAUDE.md ≤100, others ≤200) and remove low-ROI content from .md files, use when optimizing or refactoring docs (project)

Generates professional API documentation, user guides, and architectural documentation from code and specifications.

This skill generates interactive Chart.js visualizations for use in iframes using any chart type supported by the library (line, bar, pie, doughnut, radar, polar area, bubble, scatter). Use this skill when users need to create data visualizations for educational content, reports, or dashboards. The skill creates complete MicroSim packages with HTML, CSS, and documentation.

When creating a README for a Python package. When preparing a package for PyPI publication. When README renders incorrectly on PyPI. When choosing between README.md and README.rst. When running twine check and seeing rendering errors. When configuring readme field in pyproject.toml.

This skill generates interactive comparison table MicroSims for educational content. Use this skill when users need to create side-by-side comparisons of items with star ratings (1-5 scale), difficulty badges (Easy/Medium/Hard), logos, hover tooltips, and description columns. The skill creates a complete MicroSim package with HTML, CSS, logos directory, index.md documentation, and metadata.json, then updates mkdocs.yml navigation.

Professional PDF generation from markdown using Pandoc with Eisvogel template and EB Garamond fonts. Use when converting markdown to PDF, creating white papers, research documents, marketing materials, or technical documentation. Supports both English and Russian documents with professional typography and color-coded themes. Mobile-optimized layout (6x9) by default for Telegram bot context, desktop/print layout (A4) for other contexts.

Validates ASCII box-drawing diagram alignment in markdown files. Use when creating architecture diagrams, checking diagram alignment, fixing ASCII art, or before committing documentation with diagrams.

Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment - applies TDD to process documentation by testing with subagents before writing, iterating until bulletproof against rationalization