Skills Reference
Skills are Markdown files that Claude reads and follows at runtime. Each skill is a
sequence of steps — tool calls, sub-agent prompts, output formats, and fallback logic.
All Skills
Lifecycle
| Skill |
Trigger |
Purpose |
/implement |
"add [X]", "implement [X]", "build [X]" |
Full 5-phase feature workflow |
/new-project |
"new project", "scaffold this" |
Scaffold a project from scratch |
/retrospective |
"retrospective", after /implement |
Capture learnings, propose toolbox improvements |
/standards-check |
"review", "before PR", "check this" |
Verify code meets all standards |
/git-push |
"push this", "open a PR", "commit and push" |
Commit, push, open PR |
/update-docs |
auto (end of /implement Phase 5), "update docs" |
Update /docs after skill/standard changes |
Memory
| Skill |
Trigger |
Purpose |
/memory-sync |
auto (before any memory write) |
Write only the delta — prevent duplicates |
/project |
"switch project" |
Load a different project's context |
/auto-switch |
auto (project name detected in message) |
Switch project without user prompt |
/set-vault |
"set vault", "change vault path" |
Update vault path and re-render config |
| Skill |
Trigger |
Purpose |
/load-standards |
auto (before first code edit in session) |
Load universal + stack standards into context |
/read-section |
auto (one symbol from file > 100 lines) |
Extract one function/class/section |
/grep |
auto (before any code search) |
Two-phase search: paths first, then content |
/diff-summary |
auto (before reading git diff) |
Structured diff summary for commits/PRs |
/git-ctx |
auto (multiple git commands) |
Batch git state into one context pass |
/env-check |
auto (runtime/env questions) |
Check versions, ports, Docker, .env |
/pkg-info |
auto (npm/PyPI package questions) |
Version, types, license, popularity |
/index-repo |
"/index-repo" |
Build structural code index for the project |
/web-fetch |
auto (before any WebFetch call) |
Route fetch through Crawl4AI with caching |
Upgrade
| Skill |
Trigger |
Purpose |
/upgrade |
"upgrade toolbox" |
Apply pending migrations to existing install |
/upgrade-dev |
"/upgrade-dev" |
Sync live install from template (dev use) |
/add-stack-standards |
"add standards for [stack]" |
Add standards for a new tech stack |
---
name: skill-name
description: When this applies and what it does — used for automatic routing
---
# /skill-name
Step-by-step instructions...
The description field is what the routing system matches. The body contains the
steps Claude follows — tool calls, sub-agent prompts, output formats, fallback logic.
All first-party skills live in toolbox/skills/. See
Contributing / Adding a Skill to add your own.