Software Development Skills

Comprehensive REST and GraphQL API design patterns with versioning, pagination, error handling, and HATEOAS principles.

API Gateway patterns for routing, authentication, rate limiting, and service composition in microservices architectures.

Expert guidance for Backlog.md CLI project management tool including task creation, editing, status management, acceptance criteria, search, and board visualization. Use this when managing project tasks, creating task lists, updating task status, or organizing project work.

A long-form article / blog post — masthead, hero image placeholder, article body with figures and pull quotes, author byline, related posts. Use when the brief asks for "blog", "article", "post", "essay", or "case study".

Explains complex code through clear narratives, visual diagrams, and step-by-step breakdowns. Use when user asks to explain code, understand algorithms, analyze design patterns, wants code walkthroughs, or mentions "explain this code", "how does this work", "code breakdown", or "understand this function".

Use when assessing or improving code quality, maintainability, performance, or security hygiene - provides workflows for analysis, code review, and systematic improvements with validation steps.

Generate complete, accessible colour palettes from a single brand hex. Produces 11-shade scale (50-950), semantic tokens, dark mode variants, and Tailwind v4 CSS output. Includes WCAG contrast checking. Use when setting up design systems, creating Tailwind themes, building brand colours from a hex value, or checking colour accessibility.

Structured disagreement protocols to strengthen proposals through systematic challenge and alternative generation.

CQRS and Event Sourcing patterns for scalable, auditable systems with separated read/write models. Use when building audit-required systems, implementing temporal queries, or designing high-scale applications with complex domain logic.

Database schema design patterns and optimization strategies for relational and NoSQL databases. Use when designing database schemas, optimizing query performance, or implementing data persistence layers at scale.

Build scalable design systems with design tokens, component APIs, and documentation. Use when creating or evolving component libraries.

Use when running builds, executing tests, or improving developer experience workflows - provides structured guidance for build/test execution and DX improvement.

Use when estimating time, effort, or complexity for features or projects - provides structured estimation workflows with breakdowns, risks, and confidence intervals.

Use when generating, updating, or organizing documentation (component/API docs, project indexes, diagrams, tutorials, learning paths) - provides structured workflows and references for docs generation, indexing, diagrams, and teaching.

Comprehensive checklist for implementing new features in Ishkul. Ensures all aspects are covered including frontend, backend, tests, E2E tests, infrastructure, and documentation. Use when starting work on a new feature or enhancement.

Use when performing git operations or generating smart commit messages - provides safe git workflow guidance, validation checks, and conventional commit formatting.

Use when turning PRDs or feature specs into actionable implementation workflows - provides structured task decomposition, dependency mapping, and validation gates.

Kubernetes deployment strategies and workload patterns for production-grade applications. Use when deploying to Kubernetes, implementing rollout strategies, or designing cloud-native application architectures.

Kubernetes security policies, RBAC, and Pod Security Standards for hardened cluster deployments. Use when implementing cluster security, defining network policies, or enforcing security compliance in Kubernetes environments.

Modernize legacy applications and codebases. Use for COBOL conversion, framework upgrades, and technical debt reduction.

Comprehensive code quality analysis and technical debt assessment for Drupal and WordPress projects. Spawns code-quality-specialist for full analysis. Invoke when user runs /quality-analyze, requests a full code quality audit, needs technical debt assessment, or asks for comprehensive code quality analysis. Supports --quick, --standard, --comprehensive depth modes and scope/format/threshold flags.

Use when preparing a release of this plugin — verifies skills, versions, changelog, and CI before tagging.

Stakeholder interviews, PRD structure, and scope definition for software requirements elicitation. Use when gathering requirements, defining project scope, or structuring product requirement documents.

Maximum visual excellence for any UI platform. Use when building user interfaces, styling components, or polishing visual elements.