Use when writing Ecto code. Contains insights about Contexts, DDD patterns, schemas, changesets, and database gotchas from José Valim.
EnglishUse when the user asks to "implement a feature in Elixir", "refactor this module", "should I use a GenServer here?", "how should I structure this?", "use the pipe operator", "add error handling", "make this concurrent", or mentions protocols, behaviours, pattern matching, with statements, comprehensions, structs, or coming from an OOP background. Contains paradigm-shifting insights.
EnglishUse when the user asks to "add a background job", "process async", "schedule a task", "retry failed jobs", "add email sending", "run this later", "add a cron job", "unique jobs", "batch process", or mentions Oban, Oban Pro, workflows, job queues, cascades, grafting, recorded values, job args, or troubleshooting job failures.
EnglishUse when the user asks to "add background processing", "cache this data", "run this async", "handle concurrent requests", "manage state across requests", "process jobs from a queue", "this GenServer is slow", or mentions GenServer, Supervisor, Agent, Task, Registry, DynamicSupervisor, handlecall, handlecast, supervision trees, fault tolerance, "let it crash", or choosing between Broadway and Oban.
EnglishUse when the user asks to "add a LiveView page", "create a form", "handle real-time updates", "broadcast changes to users", "add a new route", "create an API endpoint", "fix this LiveView bug", "why is mount called twice?", or mentions handleevent, handleinfo, handleparams, mount, channels, controllers, components, assigns, sockets, or PubSub. Essential for avoiding duplicate queries in mount.
EnglishUse when the user works on any .ex or .exs file, mentions Elixir/Phoenix/Ecto/OTP, the project has a mix.exs, or asks "which skill should I use", "new to Elixir", "help with Elixir". Routes to the correct thinking skill BEFORE exploring code. Triggers on "implement", "add", "fix", "refactor" in Elixir projects.
EnglishIncludes Ecto Thinking, Elixir Thinking, Oban Thinking, and other workflows.
Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.
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Ecto Thinking
Use when writing Ecto code. Contains insights about Contexts, DDD patterns, schemas, changesets, and database gotchas from José Valim.
Elixir Thinking
Use when the user asks to "implement a feature in Elixir", "refactor this module", "should I use a GenServer here?", "how should I structure this?", "use the pipe operator", "add error handling", "make this concurrent", or mentions protocols, behaviours, pattern matching, with statements, comprehensions, structs, or coming from an OOP background. Contains paradigm-shifting insights.
Oban Thinking
Use when the user asks to "add a background job", "process async", "schedule a task", "retry failed jobs", "add email sending", "run this later", "add a cron job", "unique jobs", "batch process", or mentions Oban, Oban Pro, workflows, job queues, cascades, grafting, recorded values, job args, or troubleshooting job failures.
Otp Thinking
Use when the user asks to "add background processing", "cache this data", "run this async", "handle concurrent requests", "manage state across requests", "process jobs from a queue", "this GenServer is slow", or mentions GenServer, Supervisor, Agent, Task, Registry, DynamicSupervisor, handlecall, handlecast, supervision trees, fault tolerance, "let it crash", or choosing between Broadway and Oban.
Phoenix Thinking
Use when the user asks to "add a LiveView page", "create a form", "handle real-time updates", "broadcast changes to users", "add a new route", "create an API endpoint", "fix this LiveView bug", "why is mount called twice?", or mentions handleevent, handleinfo, handleparams, mount, channels, controllers, components, assigns, sockets, or PubSub. Essential for avoiding duplicate queries in mount.
Using Elixir Skills
Use when the user works on any .ex or .exs file, mentions Elixir/Phoenix/Ecto/OTP, the project has a mix.exs, or asks "which skill should I use", "new to Elixir", "help with Elixir". Routes to the correct thinking skill BEFORE exploring code. Triggers on "implement", "add", "fix", "refactor" in Elixir projects.
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