Claude Skills by curiositech

Methodology for eliciting expert knowledge about cognitive processes, decisions, and mental models in complex tasks

Expert in ALL computational collage composition: photo mosaics, grid layouts, scrapbook/journal styles, magazine editorial, vision boards, mood boards, social media collages, memory walls, abstract/generative arrangements, and art-historical techniques (Hockney joiners, Dadaist photomontage, Surrealist assemblage, Rauschenberg combines). Masters edge-based assembly, Poisson blending, optimal transport color harmonization, and aesthetic optimization. Activate on 'collage', 'photo mosaic', 'gri...

Collage as a web design aesthetic — overlapping elements, mixed media, cut-out shapes, scrapbook layouts, and editorial magazine spreads adapted for the web. CSS techniques for layered compositions using z-index stacking, clip-path, mix-blend-mode, parallax layering, and grid-breaking layouts. Activate on 'collage web', 'editorial layout', 'magazine layout', 'overlapping elements', 'scrapbook', 'cut-out aesthetic', 'mixed media web', 'layered composition', 'grid-breaking', 'editorial web desi...

Detects and fixes color contrast violations using WCAG 2.1 guidelines and perceptual analysis. Expert in contrast ratio calculation, color blindness simulation, and providing accessible alternatives. Activate on "check contrast", "color accessibility", "WCAG audit", "readability check", "contrast ratio", "hard to read", "can't see text". NOT for general color theory (use color-theory-palette-harmony-expert), brand color selection (use web-design-expert), or non-visual accessibility (use ux-fr...

Expert in color theory, palette harmony, and perceptual color science for computational photo composition. Specializes in earth-mover distance optimization, warm/cool alternation, diversity-aware palette selection, and hue-based photo sequencing. Activate on "color palette", "color harmony", "warm cool", "earth mover distance", "Wasserstein", "LAB space", "hue sorted", "palette matching". NOT for basic RGB manipulation (use standard image processing), single-photo color grading (use native-ap...

Strategic analyst that maps competitive landscapes, identifies white space opportunities, and provides positioning recommendations. Use when users need competitive analysis, market positioning strategy, differentiation tactics, or "how do I stand out?" guidance across any domain (portfolios, products, services). NOT for market size estimation or financial forecasting.

Generates shell completion scripts for CLI tools. Parses command structure from help output, commander/yargs configs, or manual specification. Produces completions for bash, zsh, and fish that follow each shell's conventions.

Generates starter component code using design tokens. Creates React/Vue/Svelte components with proper token usage, variants, and accessibility built in.

Build production computer vision pipelines for object detection, tracking, and video analysis. Handles drone footage, wildlife monitoring, and real-time detection. Supports YOLO, Detectron2, TensorFlow, PyTorch. Use for archaeological surveys, conservation, security. Activate on "object detection", "video analysis", "YOLO", "tracking", "drone footage". NOT for simple image filters, photo editing, or face recognition APIs.

Diagnose when intuitive judgment, agent confidence, or expert routing can be trusted by classifying environment validity, feedback quality, and task-boundary fit. Use for confidence calibration, agent routing, expertise audits, and escalation design. NOT for deterministic implementation tasks, pure syntax debugging, or domains with explicit verifiable answers.

Use when designing or fixing a Content Security Policy on a real site, choosing between nonce-based and hash-based CSP, adding strict-dynamic, debugging "Refused to execute inline script" errors, deploying CSP in report-only mode first, configuring report-to / report-uri, or auditing an existing policy for unsafe-inline / unsafe-eval / wildcards. Triggers: "CSP blocks legitimate inline script", strict-dynamic, nonce-{RANDOM}, sha256-{HASH}, object-src none, base-uri none, frame-ancestors, Tru...

Apply Conway's homomorphism principle to multi-agent system design, recognizing that agent coordination structure predetermines system architecture and capability.

Cooperative vibe coding across machines — real-time collaborative development with humans and AI agents. Covers current tools (Live Share, Code With Me, Zed, Cursor multiplayer, tmux), git-based async patterns, AI agent coordination, and the aspirational future of multi-human multi-agent development. Activate on: "pair programming", "vibe coding together", "collaborative coding", "mob programming", "remote pairing", "code together", "multiplayer coding", "Live Share", "Code With Me", "ensembl...

'Choose, compare, and decompose work into the right coordination topology: dag, workflow, manager-driven team, swarm, blackboard, team-builder, or recurring loop. Use when the coordination

Track real-time API cost accrual during LLM execution. Activate on 'cost tracking', 'token usage', 'API costs', 'budget monitoring', 'usage metrics'. NOT for cost estimation, pricing tiers, or billing systems.

Tracks cumulative LLM costs across DAG execution and makes real-time decisions to stay within budget. Downgrades models, skips optional nodes, or stops early when cost exceeds thresholds. Use when managing execution budgets, analyzing cost breakdowns, or optimizing model routing for cost. Activate on "cost budget", "too expensive", "reduce cost", "cost optimization", "model downgrade", "budget exceeded". NOT for LLM model selection logic (use llm-router), pricing comparisons across providers,...

Audit LLM token cost estimates against actual API usage. Activate on 'cost verification', 'token estimate accuracy', 'API cost audit', 'estimation variance'. NOT for pricing lookups, budget planning, or cost optimization strategies.

CQRS pattern, event stores, projections, eventual consistency. Activate on: CQRS, event sourcing, event store, read model, projection, aggregate, domain event, command handler. NOT for: message broker setup (use event-driven-architecture-expert), database optimization (use data-warehouse-optimizer).

Detect crisis signals in user content using NLP, mental health sentiment analysis, and safe intervention protocols. Implements suicide ideation detection, automated escalation, and crisis resource integration. Use for mental health apps, recovery platforms, support communities. Activate on "crisis detection", "suicide prevention", "mental health NLP", "intervention protocol". NOT for general sentiment analysis, medical diagnosis, or replacing professional help.

Handle mental health crisis situations in AI coaching safely. Use when implementing crisis detection, safety protocols, emergency escalation, or suicide prevention features. Activates for crisis keywords, safety planning, hotline integration, and risk assessment.

Cross-platform desktop development for macOS and Windows -- platform abstractions, UI convention differences, and multi-platform CI/CD. Activate on: cross-platform app, macOS and Windows, platform differences, DMG installer, MSI installer, NSIS installer, Cmd vs Ctrl, platform abstractions, menu bar differences, native conventions. NOT for: mobile apps, web-only apps, Tauri-specific internals (use rust-tauri-development).

Analyze bonded agent systems, escrow workflows, slashing rules, oracle trust, Sybil cost, and front-running risk in protocols where agents post bonds or stake reputation. Use for collateral sizing, griefing analysis, dispute design, and bonded-agent security reviews. NOT for smart contract auditing, DeFi tokenomics, blockchain consensus design, or trading strategy.

Cognitive Systems Engineering design methodology for joint cognitive systems and human-centered automation

Review of Cognitive Systems Engineering applications and current practice in safety-critical domains

Architect scalable styling systems with Tailwind v4, CSS Modules, design tokens, dynamic theming, and container queries. Activate on: design tokens, theming system, Tailwind config, CSS architecture, container queries, dark mode. NOT for: component library creation (use design-system-creator), animation systems (use animation-system-architect).

Professional CV and resume builder transforming career narratives into ATS-optimized, multi-format resumes. Integrates with career-biographer for data and competitive-cartographer for positioning. Generates PDF, DOCX, LaTeX, JSON Resume, HTML, and Markdown. Activate on 'resume', 'CV', 'ATS optimization', 'job application'. NOT for cover letters, portfolio websites (use web-design-expert), LinkedIn optimization, or interview preparation.

Analyze hierarchical DAG-like systems by separating undirected substrate from ordering metadata, then classifying diamonds, mixers, shortcuts, and hidden cycle structure. Use for workflow architecture, citation or genealogy DAG comparison, and information-flow diagnosis. NOT for ordinary cycle detection in arbitrary graphs, one-node runtime debugging, or systems with no real ordering constraint.

Use when applying Cloudflare D1 migrations, fighting Supabase migration history vs SQL execution, choosing direct psql over CLI, designing idempotent migrations, debugging schema drift between local and remote, or recovering after a half-applied migration. Triggers: supabase migration repair instructions appearing, table missing after "applied" status, "Tenant or user not found" when running psql, --remote vs --local D1 confusion, NOT NULL on a populated column, foreign key constraint failure...

Build daemon/background processes that start on boot, run continuously, and manage their own lifecycle. Covers macOS launchd (plist files, agents vs daemons), Linux systemd (unit files), Windows services, process supervision, logging, health checks, graceful shutdown, auto-restart, and AI-powered daemons that manage LLM API connections and rate limits. Activate on: "daemon", "background process", "launchd", "systemd", "service file", "plist", "launch agent", "launch daemon", "auto-start", "al...

Ranks skill matches by fit, performance history, and contextual relevance. Applies multi-factor scoring including success rate, resource usage, and task alignment. Activate on 'rank skills', 'best skill for', 'skill ranking', 'compare skills', 'optimal skill'. NOT for semantic matching (use dag-semantic-matcher) or skill catalog (use dag-skill-registry).

Algorithms for decomposing DAGs into chains for parallel execution and resource optimization

Assigns confidence scores to agent outputs based on multiple factors including source quality, consistency, and reasoning depth. Produces calibrated confidence estimates. Activate on 'confidence score', 'how confident', 'certainty level', 'output confidence', 'reliability score'. NOT for validation (use dag-output-validator) or hallucination detection (use dag-hallucination-detector).

Manages context passing between DAG nodes and spawned agents. Handles context summarization, selective forwarding, and token budget optimization. Activate on 'bridge context', 'pass context', 'summarize context', 'context management', 'agent context'. NOT for execution (use dag-parallel-executor) or aggregation (use dag-result-aggregator).

Tracks iteration progress toward task completion goals. Monitors quality trends, detects plateauing, and recommends when to stop iterating. Activate on 'convergence tracking', 'iteration progress', 'quality trend', 'stop iterating', 'progress monitoring'. NOT for iteration detection (use dag-iteration-detector) or feedback synthesis (use dag-feedback-synthesizer).

Graph algorithms for detecting and resolving cycles in directed graphs and workflow definitions

Validates DAG structures, performs topological sorting, detects cycles, and resolves dependency conflicts. Uses Kahn's algorithm for optimal execution ordering. Activate on 'resolve dependencies', 'topological sort', 'cycle detection', 'dependency order', 'validate dag'. NOT for building DAGs (use dag-graph-builder) or scheduling execution (use dag-task-scheduler).

Modifies DAG structure during execution in response to failures, new requirements, or runtime discoveries. Supports node insertion, removal, and dependency rewiring. Activate on 'replan dag', 'modify workflow', 'add node', 'remove node', 'dynamic modification'. NOT for initial DAG building (use dag-graph-builder) or scheduling (use dag-task-scheduler).

Traces complete execution paths through DAG workflows. Records timing, inputs, outputs, and state transitions for all nodes. Activate on 'execution trace', 'trace execution', 'execution path', 'debug execution', 'execution log'. NOT for performance analysis (use dag-performance-profiler) or failure investigation (use dag-failure-analyzer).

ALIAS for dag-orchestrator. The original DAG execution skill, now unified with orchestrator into dag-orchestrator. Use dag-orchestrator for the full HTDAG experience.

Performs root cause analysis on DAG execution failures. Traces failure propagation, identifies systemic issues, and generates actionable remediation guidance. Activate on 'failure analysis', 'root cause', 'why did it fail', 'debug failure', 'error investigation'. NOT for execution tracing (use dag-execution-tracer) or performance issues (use dag-performance-profiler).

Apply hierarchical decomposition and structural exploitation strategies from DAG theory to complex system design, problem-solving, and abstraction challenges

Synthesizes actionable feedback from validation results, confidence scores, and iteration triggers. Creates structured improvement guidance for re-execution. Activate on 'synthesize feedback', 'improvement suggestions', 'actionable feedback', 'iteration guidance', 'feedback generation'. NOT for iteration detection (use dag-iteration-detector) or convergence tracking (use dag-convergence-monitor).

Parses complex problems into DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) execution structures. Decomposes tasks into nodes with dependencies, identifies parallelization opportunities, and creates optimal execution plans. Activate on 'build dag', 'create workflow graph', 'decompose task', 'execution graph', 'task graph'. NOT for simple linear tasks or when an existing DAG structure is provided.

Detects fabricated content, false citations, and unverifiable claims in agent outputs. Uses source verification and consistency checking. Activate on 'detect hallucination', 'fact check', 'verify claims', 'check accuracy', 'find fabrications'. NOT for validation (use dag-output-validator) or confidence scoring (use dag-confidence-scorer).

Manages agent isolation levels and resource boundaries. Configures strict, moderate, and permissive isolation profiles. Activate on 'isolation level', 'agent isolation', 'resource boundaries', 'sandboxing', 'agent containment'. NOT for permission validation (use dag-permission-validator) or runtime enforcement (use dag-scope-enforcer).

Identifies when task outputs require iteration based on quality signals, unmet requirements, or explicit feedback. Triggers appropriate re-execution strategies. Activate on 'needs iteration', 'retry needed', 'not good enough', 'try again', 'refine output'. NOT for feedback generation (use dag-feedback-synthesizer) or convergence tracking (use dag-convergence-monitor).

Decides HOW to mutate a DAG when a node fails, quality is below threshold, or new information changes the plan. Selects from mutation strategies (add node, replace agent, fork paths, loop back, downgrade model) based on failure type, cost budget, and execution history. Activate on "DAG failed how to fix", "mutation strategy", "replan on failure", "adaptive DAG", "recovery strategy", "what to do when node fails". NOT for detecting failures (use dag-quality), executing mutations (use dag-planne...

Operations, debugging, and optimization for DAG workflows. Performs root cause analysis on failures, profiles execution performance, aggregates results from parallel branches, bridges context between nodes, and learns patterns from execution history. Activate on "DAG failed", "why did it fail", "root cause", "performance profile", "aggregate results", "merge branches", "execution patterns", "optimize DAG". NOT for planning DAGs (use dag-planner), executing DAGs (use dag-runtime), or validatin...

The intelligence layer of WinDAGs. Decomposes natural language tasks into Hierarchical Task DAGs (HTDAGs), matches subtasks to skills, executes waves in parallel, and dynamically expands nodes when complexity exceeds executor capability. Use for 'orchestrate', 'execute DAG', 'parallel agents', 'decompose task', 'coordinate skills'. NOT for single-skill tasks or simple linear workflows.

Validates agent outputs against expected schemas and quality criteria. Ensures outputs meet structural requirements and content standards. Activate on 'validate output', 'output validation', 'schema validation', 'check output', 'output quality'. NOT for confidence scoring (use dag-confidence-scorer) or hallucination detection (use dag-hallucination-detector).