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Includes tdd, code-review, diagnosing-bugs, codebase-design, domain-modeling, implement, research, triage and wayfinder." state: published thread: software-craft domain: software-craft category: developer-tooling type: reference tags: ["mattpocock-skills", "agent-skills", "skill-md", "markdown", "claude-code", "developer-tooling", "software-craft", "collider-club", "for-humans", "readme"] ontology_terms: ["concept:developer-tooling", "org:collider-club"] relation_terms: [] license: "MIT" version: 1 snapshot_at: "2026-08-07T09:26:09.133Z" source_url: "https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/README.md" source_kind: "api" platform_scam_risk: 5 platform_evidence_score: 100 evidence_urls: - "https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/README.md" - "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mattpocock/skills/main/skills/engineering/README.md" - "https://github.com/mattpocock/skills" - "https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/LICENSE" - "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT" --- > **MDRSS snapshot** · `skills/engineering/README.md` from [mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/README.md) · audience: humans · License: MIT (Matt Pocock). > > Index of the engineering bucket: eighteen skills for daily code work, each with a one-line description linked to its SKILL. > > Relative links are pinned to commit `84fdeffd12f2`. --- # Engineering Skills I use daily for code work. ## User-invoked Reachable only when you type them (Claude Code: `disable-model-invocation: true`; Codex: `policy.allow_implicit_invocation: false` in `agents/openai.yaml`). - **[ask-matt](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/ask-matt/SKILL.md)** — Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the user-invoked skills in this repo. - **[grill-with-docs](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/grill-with-docs/SKILL.md)** — Grilling session that also builds your project's domain model, sharpening terminology and updating `CONTEXT.md` and ADRs inline. - **[triage](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/triage/SKILL.md)** — Move issues through a state machine of triage roles. - **[improve-codebase-architecture](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/improve-codebase-architecture/SKILL.md)** — Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick. - **[setup-matt-pocock-skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/setup-matt-pocock-skills/SKILL.md)** — Configure this repo for the engineering skills (issue tracker, triage labels, domain doc layout). Run once per repo. - **[to-spec](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/to-spec/SKILL.md)** — Turn the current conversation into a spec and publish it to the issue tracker. - **[to-tickets](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/to-tickets/SKILL.md)** — Break any plan, spec, or conversation into a set of tracer-bullet tickets, each declaring its blocking edges — text in a local file, or native blocking links on a real tracker. - **[implement](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/implement/SKILL.md)** — Build the work described by a spec or set of tickets, driving `/tdd` at pre-agreed seams and closing out with `/code-review` before committing. - **[wayfinder](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/wayfinder/SKILL.md)** — Plan a huge chunk of work — more than one agent session can hold — as a shared map of decision tickets on the issue tracker, resolved one at a time until the way to the destination is clear. ## Model-invoked Model- or user-reachable (rich trigger phrasing so the model can reach for them). - **[prototype](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/prototype/SKILL.md)** — Build a throwaway prototype to answer a design question: a single shareable HTML file for state/logic, or several toggleable UI variations. - **[diagnosing-bugs](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/diagnosing-bugs/SKILL.md)** — Disciplined diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions: build a feedback loop that goes red on this bug → minimise → hypothesise → instrument → fix → regression-test. - **[research](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/research/SKILL.md)** — Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a cited Markdown file in the repo, run as a background agent. - **[tdd](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/tdd/SKILL.md)** — Test-driven development with a red-green-refactor loop. Builds features or fixes bugs one vertical slice at a time. - **[domain-modeling](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/domain-modeling/SKILL.md)** — Actively build and sharpen a project's domain model — challenge terms, stress-test with scenarios, update `CONTEXT.md` and ADRs inline. - **[codebase-design](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/codebase-design/SKILL.md)** — Shared discipline and vocabulary for designing deep modules: small interfaces, clean seams, testable through the interface. - **[code-review](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/code-review/SKILL.md)** — Two-axis review of the diff since a fixed point: **Standards** (does it follow the repo's coding standards, plus a Fowler smell baseline?) and **Spec** (does it faithfully implement the originating issue/spec?), run as parallel sub-agents. - **[resolving-merge-conflicts](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/resolving-merge-conflicts/SKILL.md)** — Work through an in-progress git merge or rebase conflict hunk by hunk, resolving by intent traced to each side's primary source, then finish the operation — never `--abort`. - **[wizard](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/84fdeffd12f2ee307994d1eb6feb48173b6e0502/skills/engineering/wizard/SKILL.md)** — Generate an interactive bash wizard that walks a human through steps only they can perform: provisioning infrastructure, setting up credentials or CI secrets, walking an unfamiliar third-party dashboard, or running a one-off migration or cutover. --- *Snapshot metrics: 3883 B · 33 lines · ~1406 tokens · 3 headings · links pinned to 84fdeffd12f2.*