zircote
@zircote
Public Skills
github-ecosystem
by zircote
Generate comprehensive GitHub ecosystem configuration including CI/CD workflows, issue templates, PR templates, CODEOWNERS, dependabot, and Copilot instructions. Language-agnostic with Python, Go, and TypeScript support. Auto-detects project language from pyproject.toml, go.mod, or package.json. Use when setting up GitHub repos, adding CI/CD pipelines, creating issue/PR templates, configuring dependabot, adding CODEOWNERS, setting up Copilot instructions, or enhancing existing projects with GitHub tooling. Works on new or existing repositories with smart merging.
python-project-skel
by zircote
Generate production-ready Python project skeletons with Astral UV package manager, Hatchling build backend with dynamic versioning, and modern tooling (ruff, mypy, pytest, bandit). Use when creating new Python projects, initializing Python packages, setting up src-layout projects, scaffolding Python libraries, or starting a new Python application. Supports Python 3.14+ by default with configurable version. Output to current directory, specified path, or tarball.
code-review
by zircote
Use when receiving code review feedback (especially if unclear or technically questionable), when completing tasks or major features requiring review before proceeding, or before making any completion/success claims. Covers three practices - receiving feedback with technical rigor over performative agreement, requesting reviews via code-reviewer subagent, and verification gates requiring evidence before any status claims. Essential for subagent-driven development, pull requests, and preventing false completion claims.
better-auth
by zircote
Implement authentication and authorization with Better Auth - a framework-agnostic TypeScript authentication framework. Features include email/password authentication with verification, OAuth providers (Google, GitHub, Discord, etc.), two-factor authentication (TOTP, SMS), passkeys/WebAuthn support, session management, role-based access control (RBAC), rate limiting, and database adapters. Use when adding authentication to applications, implementing OAuth flows, setting up 2FA/MFA, managing user sessions, configuring authorization rules, or building secure authentication systems for web applications.
anthropic-architect
by zircote
Determine the best Anthropic architecture for your project by analyzing requirements and recommending the optimal combination of Skills, Agents, Prompts, and SDK primitives.
chrome-devtools
by zircote
Browser automation, debugging, and performance analysis using Puppeteer CLI scripts. Use for automating browsers, taking screenshots, analyzing performance, monitoring network traffic, web scraping, form automation, and JavaScript debugging.
aesthetic
by zircote
Create aesthetically beautiful interfaces following proven design principles. Use when building UI/UX, analyzing designs from inspiration sites, generating design images with ai-multimodal, implementing visual hierarchy and color theory, adding micro-interactions, or creating design documentation. Includes workflows for capturing and analyzing inspiration screenshots with chrome-devtools and ai-multimodal, iterative design image generation until aesthetic standards are met, and comprehensive design system guidance covering BEAUTIFUL (aesthetic principles), RIGHT (functionality/accessibility), SATISFYING (micro-interactions), and PEAK (storytelling) stages. Integrates with chrome-devtools, ai-multimodal, media-processing, ui-styling, and web-frameworks skills.
databases
by zircote
Work with MongoDB (document database, BSON documents, aggregation pipelines, Atlas cloud) and PostgreSQL (relational database, SQL queries, psql CLI, pgAdmin). Use when designing database schemas, writing queries and aggregations, optimizing indexes for performance, performing database migrations, configuring replication and sharding, implementing backup and restore strategies, managing database users and permissions, analyzing query performance, or administering production databases.
backend-development
by zircote
Build robust backend systems with modern technologies (Node.js, Python, Go, Rust), frameworks (NestJS, FastAPI, Django), databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis), APIs (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), authentication (OAuth 2.1, JWT), testing strategies, security best practices (OWASP Top 10), performance optimization, scalability patterns (microservices, caching, sharding), DevOps practices (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD), and monitoring. Use when designing APIs, implementing authentication, optimizing database queries, setting up CI/CD pipelines, handling security vulnerabilities, building microservices, or developing production-ready backend systems.
anthropic-prompt-engineer
by zircote
Master Anthropic's prompt engineering techniques to generate new prompts or improve existing ones using best practices for Claude AI models.
engineer-skill-creator
by zircote
Transform extracted engineer expertise into an actionable skill with progressive disclosure, allowing agents to find and apply relevant patterns for specific tasks.
docs-seeker
by zircote
"Searching internet for technical documentation using llms.txt standard, GitHub repositories via Repomix, and parallel exploration. Use when user needs: (1) Latest documentation for libraries/frameworks, (2) Documentation in llms.txt format, (3) GitHub repository analysis, (4) Documentation without direct llms.txt support, (5) Multiple documentation sources in parallel"
devops
by zircote
Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure on Cloudflare (Workers, R2, D1, KV, Pages, Durable Objects, Browser Rendering), Docker containers, and Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, App Engine, Cloud Storage). Use when deploying serverless functions to the edge, configuring edge computing solutions, managing Docker containers and images, setting up CI/CD pipelines, optimizing cloud infrastructure costs, implementing global caching strategies, working with cloud databases, or building cloud-native applications.
Claude Code Expert
by zircote
Provide accurate, actionable guidance based on the loaded references and official documentation.
ai-multimodal
by zircote
Process and generate multimedia content using Google Gemini API. Capabilities include analyze audio files (transcription with timestamps, summarization, speech understanding, music/sound analysis up to 9.5 hours), understand images (captioning, object detection, OCR, visual Q&A, segmentation), process videos (scene detection, Q&A, temporal analysis, YouTube URLs, up to 6 hours), extract from documents (PDF tables, forms, charts, diagrams, multi-page), generate images (text-to-image, editing, composition, refinement). Use when working with audio/video files, analyzing images or screenshots, processing PDF documents, extracting structured data from media, creating images from text prompts, or implementing multimodal AI features. Supports multiple models (Gemini 2.5/2.0) with context windows up to 2M tokens.
frontend-design
by zircote
Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use this skill when the user asks to build web components, pages, or applications. Generates creative, polished code that avoids generic AI aesthetics.
docx
by zircote
"Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional documents (.docx files) for: (1) Creating new documents, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with tracked changes, (4) Adding comments, or any other document tasks"
datadog-entity-generator
by zircote
Generate exhaustively complete and accurate Datadog Software Catalog entity YAML files (v3 schema) by examining project source code and interviewing engineers. Use when engineers need to create or update entity.datadog.yaml files for services, datastores, queues, APIs, or systems. Triggers include: "create entity yaml", "generate service catalog entry", "document this project in datadog", "create service definition", "add to software catalog", or any request involving Datadog entity/service documentation. Supports all v3 entity kinds: service, datastore, queue, api, system. Fetches existing Datadog data via API. Validates against official JSON schema. Merges with existing definitions. Outputs to .datadog/ directory.
media-processing
by zircote
Process multimedia files with FFmpeg (video/audio encoding, conversion, streaming, filtering, hardware acceleration) and ImageMagick (image manipulation, format conversion, batch processing, effects, composition). Use when converting media formats, encoding videos with specific codecs (H.264, H.265, VP9), resizing/cropping images, extracting audio from video, applying filters and effects, optimizing file sizes, creating streaming manifests (HLS/DASH), generating thumbnails, batch processing images, creating composite images, or implementing media processing pipelines. Supports 100+ formats, hardware acceleration (NVENC, QSV), and complex filtergraphs.
openai-prompt-engineer
by zircote
Generate and improve prompts using best practices for OpenAI GPT-5 and other LLMs. Apply advanced techniques like chain-of-thought, few-shot prompting, and progressive disclosure.
Google ADK Python Skill
by zircote
Remember: ADK treats agent development like traditional software engineering - use version control, write tests, and follow engineering best practices.
repomix
by zircote
Package entire code repositories into single AI-friendly files using Repomix. Capabilities include pack codebases with customizable include/exclude patterns, generate multiple output formats (XML, Markdown, plain text), preserve file structure and context, optimize for AI consumption with token counting, filter by file types and directories, add custom headers and summaries. Use when packaging codebases for AI analysis, creating repository snapshots for LLM context, analyzing third-party libraries, preparing for security audits, generating documentation context, or evaluating unfamiliar codebases.
frontend-dev-guidelines
by zircote
Frontend development guidelines for React/TypeScript applications. Modern patterns including Suspense, lazy loading, useSuspenseQuery, file organization with features directory, MUI v7 styling, TanStack Router, performance optimization, and TypeScript best practices. Use when creating components, pages, features, fetching data, styling, routing, or working with frontend code.
skill-creator
by zircote
Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations.
by zircote
Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. When Claude needs to fill in a PDF form or programmatically process, generate, or analyze PDF documents at scale.
python-deprecation-fixer
by zircote
Automatically detect and fix Python deprecation warnings in codebases, including datetime.utcnow(), and other common deprecated patterns. Supports extensible pattern matching for future deprecations.
sequential-thinking
by zircote
Use when complex problems require systematic step-by-step reasoning with ability to revise thoughts, branch into alternative approaches, or dynamically adjust scope. Ideal for multi-stage analysis, design planning, problem decomposition, or tasks with initially unclear scope.
shopify
by zircote
Build Shopify applications, extensions, and themes using GraphQL/REST APIs, Shopify CLI, Polaris UI components, and Liquid templating. Capabilities include app development with OAuth authentication, checkout UI extensions for customizing checkout flow, admin UI extensions for dashboard integration, POS extensions for retail, theme development with Liquid, webhook management, billing API integration, product/order/customer management. Use when building Shopify apps, implementing checkout customizations, creating admin interfaces, developing themes, integrating payment processing, managing store data via APIs, or extending Shopify functionality.
Market Sizing
by zircote
This skill should be used when the user asks to "calculate market size", "TAM SAM SOM analysis", "estimate market opportunity", "market sizing", "total addressable market", "serviceable market", "market potential", or needs guidance on market size estimation methodologies, market opportunity calculations, or growth projections.
Report Writing
by zircote
This skill should be used when the user asks to "write a report", "executive summary", "research report format", "report structure", "present findings", "business writing", "analysis documentation", or needs guidance on structuring research outputs, executive communication, or professional report formatting.
Customer Research
by zircote
This skill should be used when the user asks to "understand customers", "customer research", "user personas", "customer needs analysis", "buyer journey mapping", "voice of customer", "customer segmentation", "user research", or needs guidance on customer discovery methodologies, persona development, or understanding buyer behavior.
Trend Modeling
by zircote
This skill should be used when the user asks to "model trends with limited data", "three-valued logic analysis", "scenario generation", "transitional graphs", "qualitative trend analysis", "uncertain data analysis", "minimal-information modeling", or needs guidance on trend-based modeling using INC/DEC/CONST logic, scenario planning with limited quantitative data, or generating transitional scenario graphs.
Technology Assessment
by zircote
This skill should be used when the user asks to "assess technology", "technology evaluation", "tech stack analysis", "technical feasibility", "technology trends", "build vs buy", "technology roadmap", "architecture assessment", or needs guidance on evaluating technologies, technical due diligence, or technology strategy decisions.
Financial Analysis
by zircote
This skill should be used when the user asks to "analyze financials", "revenue model", "unit economics", "pricing analysis", "cost structure", "profitability analysis", "financial projections", "business model economics", or needs guidance on financial metrics, revenue analysis, or economic viability assessment.
databases
by zircote
Work with MongoDB (document database, BSON documents, aggregation pipelines, Atlas cloud) and PostgreSQL (relational database, SQL queries, psql CLI, pgAdmin). Use when designing database schemas, writing queries and aggregations, optimizing indexes for performance, performing database migrations, configuring replication and sharding, implementing backup and restore strategies, managing database users and permissions, analyzing query performance, or administering production databases.
ui-styling
by zircote
Create beautiful, accessible user interfaces with shadcn/ui components (built on Radix UI + Tailwind), Tailwind CSS utility-first styling, and canvas-based visual designs. Use when building user interfaces, implementing design systems, creating responsive layouts, adding accessible components (dialogs, dropdowns, forms, tables), customizing themes and colors, implementing dark mode, generating visual designs and posters, or establishing consistent styling patterns across applications.
webapp-testing
by zircote
Toolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright. Supports verifying frontend functionality, debugging UI behavior, capturing browser screenshots, and viewing browser logs.
Defense-in-Depth Validation
by zircote
Validate at every layer data passes through to make bugs impossible
web-frameworks
by zircote
Build modern full-stack web applications with Next.js (App Router, Server Components, RSC, PPR, SSR, SSG, ISR), Turborepo (monorepo management, task pipelines, remote caching, parallel execution), and RemixIcon (3100+ SVG icons in outlined/filled styles). Use when creating React applications, implementing server-side rendering, setting up monorepos with multiple packages, optimizing build performance and caching strategies, adding icon libraries, managing shared dependencies, or working with TypeScript full-stack projects.
shopify
by zircote
Build Shopify applications, extensions, and themes using GraphQL/REST APIs, Shopify CLI, Polaris UI components, and Liquid templating. Capabilities include app development with OAuth authentication, checkout UI extensions for customizing checkout flow, admin UI extensions for dashboard integration, POS extensions for retail, theme development with Liquid, webhook management, billing API integration, product/order/customer management. Use when building Shopify apps, implementing checkout customizations, creating admin interfaces, developing themes, integrating payment processing, managing store data via APIs, or extending Shopify functionality.
release
by zircote
This skill should be used when the user asks to "release a project", "create a release", "bump version", "publish to GitHub", "prepare a release", "run release validation", or needs to perform SDLC-compliant releases for Claude Code plugins, Python, Node.js, Go, or Rust projects. Provides comprehensive pre-release validation including tests, lint, coverage, and security checks.
svg-graphics
by zircote
Generate branded SVG graphics for blog content including social preview images, flowcharts, architecture diagrams, data visualizations, and styled tables. USE THIS SKILL when user says "create social preview", "generate diagram", "add flowchart", "create hero image", "visualize this", "svg graphic", "mermaid to svg", or when content would benefit from visual enhancement. Auto-triggers during blog content creation.
backend-development
by zircote
Build robust backend systems with modern technologies (Node.js, Python, Go, Rust), frameworks (NestJS, FastAPI, Django), databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis), APIs (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), authentication (OAuth 2.1, JWT), testing strategies, security best practices (OWASP Top 10), performance optimization, scalability patterns (microservices, caching, sharding), DevOps practices (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD), and monitoring. Use when designing APIs, implementing authentication, optimizing database queries, setting up CI/CD pipelines, handling security vulnerabilities, building microservices, or developing production-ready backend systems.
aesthetic
by zircote
Create aesthetically beautiful interfaces following proven design principles. Use when building UI/UX, analyzing designs from inspiration sites, generating design images with ai-multimodal, implementing visual hierarchy and color theory, adding micro-interactions, or creating design documentation. Includes workflows for capturing and analyzing inspiration screenshots with chrome-devtools and ai-multimodal, iterative design image generation until aesthetic standards are met, and comprehensive design system guidance covering BEAUTIFUL (aesthetic principles), RIGHT (functionality/accessibility), SATISFYING (micro-interactions), and PEAK (storytelling) stages. Integrates with chrome-devtools, ai-multimodal, media-processing, ui-styling, and web-frameworks skills.
code-review
by zircote
Use when receiving code review feedback (especially if unclear or technically questionable), when completing tasks or major features requiring review before proceeding, or before making any completion/success claims. Covers three practices - receiving feedback with technical rigor over performative agreement, requesting reviews via code-reviewer subagent, and verification gates requiring evidence before any status claims. Essential for subagent-driven development, pull requests, and preventing false completion claims.
anthropic-prompt-engineer
by zircote
Master Anthropic's prompt engineering techniques to generate new prompts or improve existing ones using best practices for Claude AI models.
better-auth
by zircote
Implement authentication and authorization with Better Auth - a framework-agnostic TypeScript authentication framework. Features include email/password authentication with verification, OAuth providers (Google, GitHub, Discord, etc.), two-factor authentication (TOTP, SMS), passkeys/WebAuthn support, session management, role-based access control (RBAC), rate limiting, and database adapters. Use when adding authentication to applications, implementing OAuth flows, setting up 2FA/MFA, managing user sessions, configuring authorization rules, or building secure authentication systems for web applications.
sequential-thinking
by zircote
Use when complex problems require systematic step-by-step reasoning with ability to revise thoughts, branch into alternative approaches, or dynamically adjust scope. Ideal for multi-stage analysis, design planning, problem decomposition, or tasks with initially unclear scope.
ai-multimodal
by zircote
Process and generate multimedia content using Google Gemini API. Capabilities include analyze audio files (transcription with timestamps, summarization, speech understanding, music/sound analysis up to 9.5 hours), understand images (captioning, object detection, OCR, visual Q&A, segmentation), process videos (scene detection, Q&A, temporal analysis, YouTube URLs, up to 6 hours), extract from documents (PDF tables, forms, charts, diagrams, multi-page), generate images (text-to-image, editing, composition, refinement). Use when working with audio/video files, analyzing images or screenshots, processing PDF documents, extracting structured data from media, creating images from text prompts, or implementing multimodal AI features. Supports multiple models (Gemini 2.5/2.0) with context windows up to 2M tokens.
repomix
by zircote
Package entire code repositories into single AI-friendly files using Repomix. Capabilities include pack codebases with customizable include/exclude patterns, generate multiple output formats (XML, Markdown, plain text), preserve file structure and context, optimize for AI consumption with token counting, filter by file types and directories, add custom headers and summaries. Use when packaging codebases for AI analysis, creating repository snapshots for LLM context, analyzing third-party libraries, preparing for security audits, generating documentation context, or evaluating unfamiliar codebases.
video-downloader
by zircote
Downloads videos from YouTube and other platforms for offline viewing, editing, or archival. Handles various formats and quality options.