The 10 canonical tenets of Artificial Critical Thinking (ACT) with rationale for each — I Hypothesis Primacy, II Disconfirmation Over Confirmation, III Multiple Working Hypotheses, IV System-Prompt Skepticism, V Calibration Over Confidence, VI Materiality Gating, VII Frame Before Solve, VIII Adversarial Self-Probe, IX Visible Markers, X The Discipline Applies to Itself. Use when a decision cites "a tenet", when running act-pass, when authoring a critical thinking rule, or when looking up the ACT canon.
EnglishAdd a new project to the planning suite. Creates a project-specific configuration directory and walks through project settings.
EnglishInter-agent communication protocol for C-suite agent teams. Defines invocation syntax, loop prevention, isolation rules, and response formats.
EnglishCalibrated human-AI collaboration with creative latitude — trust calibrated to reliability, creativity preserved with validation.
EnglishAnalyze documentation gaps, create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and build knowledge indexes. Use after feature completion, during knowledge sharing, or when onboarding documentation needs ...
EnglishGenerate assisted PRs to correct Security Group ownership for first-party apps flagged by S360 tenant-isolation policy…
EnglishAtlassian Template and Files Creator/Modifier expert for creating, modifying, and managing Jira and Confluence templates, blueprints, custom layouts, reusable components, and standardized content structures. Use when building org-wide templates, custom blueprints, page layouts, and automated content generation.
EnglishExecute read-only KQL queries against Kusto / Azure Data Explorer clusters via the Kusto MCP server. Read-only -- does not create, alter, or drop objects.
EnglishExecute read-only DAX queries against Power BI semantic models via the Power BI MCP server -- metadata discovery with INFO.VIEW functions and data retrieval with EVALUATE.
EnglishBootstrap repository-scoped VS Code workspace files for a plugin-native Alex ACT workspace. Use when a new repository lacks Markdown Preview CSS, the current workspace needs the explicit /alex-act-manager bootstrap-workspace repair path, or a repo needs deterministic .vscode/settings.json and .gitignore setup without touching user settings.
EnglishBuild professional, themed PowerPoint decks from Markdown via LLM-generated pptxgenjs JavaScript. Uses modular per-slide architecture for all decks. Supports data-driven decks with deck.yaml — fetc...
EnglishConvert a Marp Markdown file to HTML, PDF, or PowerPoint using marp-cli. Use when asked to "build slides", "export presentation", "convert to PDF", "generate PPTX", "marp build", or "export deck". ...
EnglishDistill the one-sentence Big Idea, story arc, audience, and style stance for a chart BEFORE picking a chart type. Starts by questioning intent — whether the artifact should exist at all, and whether the stated purpose is the real one. Reads the surrounding docs / prose / ticket for an existing Big Idea first, then helps the user articulate one via a 3-question elicitation ladder if none is found. Asks whether the user wants a TRADITIONAL (safe) or INNOVATIVE (higher-impact, higher-risk) treatment. Use before invoking the flint-chart skill or the /render-chart prompt whenever the user's ask is 'chart this', 'visualize', 'make a chart', 'show the data', or when framing is unclear.
EnglishReference catalog of chart types organized by seven communication goals (comparison, change-over-time, proportion, distribution, relationship, flow, deviation), plus a CSAR evaluation loop for AI-generated chart choices, override decision table, 5-visual rule for dashboard density, living gallery pointers (FT Visual Vocabulary, Data-to-Viz, Data Viz Catalog, Vega-Lite examples, Storytelling with Data), and a 6-step selection algorithm. Use when picking a chart type, evaluating an AI-suggested chart, reviewing chart choices for story-intent alignment, sanity-checking a dashboard's density, or explaining chart taxonomy to a heir.
EnglishDetect coherence violations between AlexACTEdition (brain) and AlexSkillMall (marketplace) — broken references, tag mismatches, deprecated install…
EnglishCommunication patterns for feedback, cross-audience content, and eliciting needs. SBI feedback model (Situation → Behavior → Impact), stakes-calibrated review voice, So-What/What/Now-What audience lead for PRs and status reports, and the three-layer Need/Solution/Feature elicitation ladder. Use when giving feedback in a review, writing for a mixed audience (decision-makers + peers + newcomers + skeptics), clarifying an ambiguous ask before committing to a solution, or coaching someone else's communication.
EnglishWhen extracting hardcoded data to JSON, field values silently…
EnglishPreviews and configures repository-level defaults for optional Alex ACT plugins while keeping Manager and Core enabled. Use when greeting setup finds no workspace capability profile, when a project needs different plugins than the user default, or when auditing workspace plugin scope.
EnglishIncludes Act Tenets, Add Planning Project, Agent Protocol, and other workflows.
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Act Tenets
The 10 canonical tenets of Artificial Critical Thinking (ACT) with rationale for each — I Hypothesis Primacy, II Disconfirmation Over Confirmation, III Multiple Working Hypotheses, IV System-Prompt Skepticism, V Calibration Over Confidence, VI Materiality Gating, VII Frame Before Solve, VIII Adversarial Self-Probe, IX Visible Markers, X The Discipline Applies to Itself. Use when a decision cites "a tenet", when running act-pass, when authoring a critical thinking rule, or when looking up the ACT canon.
Add Planning Project
Add a new project to the planning suite. Creates a project-specific configuration directory and walks through project settings.
Agent Protocol
Inter-agent communication protocol for C-suite agent teams. Defines invocation syntax, loop prevention, isolation rules, and response formats. Use when C-suite agents nee
Anti Hallucination
Recognize and prevent confabulation — when you don't know, say so.
Appropriate Reliance
Calibrated human-AI collaboration with creative latitude — trust calibrated to reliability, creativity preserved with validation.
Artifact Curation
Analyze documentation gaps, create Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), and build knowledge indexes. Use after feature completion, during knowledge sharing, or when onboarding documentation needs ...
Assist Sg Update
Generate assisted PRs to correct Security Group ownership for first-party apps flagged by S360 tenant-isolation policy (SFI-TI3.2.2)
Atlassian Templates
Atlassian Template and Files Creator/Modifier expert for creating, modifying, and managing Jira and Confluence templates, blueprints, custom layouts, reusable components, and standardized content structures. Use when building org-wide templates, custom blueprints, page layouts, and automated content generation.
Azure Architecture Patterns
Well-Architected Framework principles and Azure best practices
Azure Identity Msi
Time Saved: 1-2 hours debugging identity and RBAC
Azure Subscription Context
Time Saved: 30 minutes - 1 hour debugging
Biome Kusto Query
Execute read-only KQL queries against Kusto / Azure Data Explorer clusters via the Kusto MCP server. Read-only -- does not create, alter, or drop objects.
Biome Powerbi Query
Execute read-only DAX queries against Power BI semantic models via the Power BI MCP server -- metadata discovery with INFO.VIEW functions and data retrieval with EVALUATE.
Bootstrap Workspace
Bootstrap repository-scoped VS Code workspace files for a plugin-native Alex ACT workspace. Use when a new repository lacks Markdown Preview CSS, the current workspace needs the explicit /alex-act-manager bootstrap-workspace repair path, or a repo needs deterministic .vscode/settings.json and .gitignore setup without touching user settings.
Build Deck
Build professional, themed PowerPoint decks from Markdown via LLM-generated pptxgenjs JavaScript. Uses modular per-slide architecture for all decks. Supports data-driven decks with deck.yaml — fetc...
Build Deck
Convert a Marp Markdown file to HTML, PDF, or PowerPoint using marp-cli. Use when asked to "build slides", "export presentation", "convert to PDF", "generate PPTX", "marp build", or "export deck". ...
Build Script Path Rot
Hardcoded paths in build scripts break when directory structure changes:
Chart Big Idea
Distill the one-sentence Big Idea, story arc, audience, and style stance for a chart BEFORE picking a chart type. Starts by questioning intent — whether the artifact should exist at all, and whether the stated purpose is the real one. Reads the surrounding docs / prose / ticket for an existing Big Idea first, then helps the user articulate one via a 3-question elicitation ladder if none is found. Asks whether the user wants a TRADITIONAL (safe) or INNOVATIVE (higher-impact, higher-risk) treatment. Use before invoking the flint-chart skill or the /render-chart prompt whenever the user's ask is 'chart this', 'visualize', 'make a chart', 'show the data', or when framing is unclear.
Chart Vocabulary
Reference catalog of chart types organized by seven communication goals (comparison, change-over-time, proportion, distribution, relationship, flow, deviation), plus a CSAR evaluation loop for AI-generated chart choices, override decision table, 5-visual rule for dashboard density, living gallery pointers (FT Visual Vocabulary, Data-to-Viz, Data Viz Catalog, Vega-Lite examples, Storytelling with Data), and a 6-step selection algorithm. Use when picking a chart type, evaluating an AI-suggested chart, reviewing chart choices for story-intent alignment, sanity-checking a dashboard's density, or explaining chart taxonomy to a heir.
Coherence Audit
Detect coherence violations between AlexACTEdition (brain) and AlexSkillMall (marketplace) — broken references, tag mismatches, deprecated install snippets
Communication Craft
Communication patterns for feedback, cross-audience content, and eliciting needs. SBI feedback model (Situation → Behavior → Impact), stakes-calibrated review voice, So-What/What/Now-What audience lead for PRs and status reports, and the three-layer Need/Solution/Feature elicitation ladder. Use when giving feedback in a review, writing for a mixed audience (decision-makers + peers + newcomers + skeptics), clarifying an ambiguous ask before committing to a solution, or coaching someone else's communication.
Config Content Separation
Mixing structure and content makes both hard to maintain:
Config Transcription Verification
When extracting hardcoded data to JSON, field values silently drift:
Configure Workspace Capabilities
Previews and configures repository-level defaults for optional Alex ACT plugins while keeping Manager and Core enabled. Use when greeting setup finds no workspace capability profile, when a project needs different plugins than the user default, or when auditing workspace plugin scope.
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