Claude Skills by danielmiessler

Compose CUSTOM agents from Base Traits + Voice + Specialization for specialized perspectives. USE WHEN create custom agents, spin up agents, specialized agents, agent personalities, available traits, list traits, agent voices, compose agent, load agent context, agent profile, spawn parallel agents, launch agents. NOT for agent teams/swarms (use Delegation skill → TeamCreate).

Content-adaptive wisdom extraction — detects what domains exist in content and builds custom sections (not static IDEAS/QUOTES). Produces tailored insight reports from videos, podcasts, articles. USE WHEN extract wisdom, analyze video, analyze podcast, extract insights, what's interesting, extract from YouTube, what did I miss, key takeaways.

**Purpose:** Restructure an existing skill to match the canonical format with proper naming conventions.

Structured OSINT investigations — people lookup, company intel, investment due diligence, entity/threat intel, domain recon, organization research using public sources with ethical authorization framework. USE WHEN OSINT, due diligence, background check, research person, company intel, investigate, company lookup, domain lookup, entity lookup, organization lookup, threat intel, discover OSINT sources.

Ethical people-finding using 15 parallel research agents (45 search threads) across public records, social media, reverse lookups. Public data only, no pretexting. USE WHEN find person, locate, reconnect, people search, skip trace, reverse lookup, social media search, public records search, verify identity.

Generate illustrations, technical diagrams, mermaid flowcharts, infographics, header images, thumbnails, comics, and PAI pack icons using multiple rendering backends. USE WHEN art, header images, visualizations, mermaid, flowchart, technical diagram, infographic, PAI icon, pack icon, YouTube thumbnails, ad hoc thumbnails, annotated screenshots, aphorisms, comics, comparisons, D3 dashboards, embossed logo wallpaper, essay illustration, frameworks, maps, recipe cards, remove background, stats, ...

Programmatic video creation with React via Remotion — compositions, animations, motion graphics, rendered to MP4. USE WHEN video, animation, motion graphics, video rendering, React video, intro video, YouTube video, TikTok video, video production, render video, content to animation, animate content, video overlay.

Social media scraping, business data, e-commerce via Apify actors — with auto-update workflow for actor catalog. USE WHEN Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Google Maps, Amazon scraping, Apify, update Apify actors, social media scraping, lead generation, web scraper.

4-tier progressive URL scraping and multi-page crawling — WebFetch, then Chrome-header curl, then Playwright browser, then Bright Data proxy. Auto-escalates when lower tiers fail. USE WHEN Bright Data, scrape URL, web scraping, site blocking me, can't access, bot detection, crawl site, crawl pages, spider, CAPTCHA, four tier scrape, progressive scraping, Chrome headers.

Aggregate and analyze annual security reports from major vendors — extract trends, compare threat landscapes year-over-year, produce synthesized threat intelligence summaries. Fetch, list, and update report sources. USE WHEN annual reports, security reports, threat reports, industry reports, vendor reports, threat landscape, fetch report, list sources, update sources.

Test LLM applications for prompt injection vulnerabilities — jailbreak attempts, system prompt extraction, context manipulation, guardrail bypass techniques, direct injection, indirect injection, multi-stage attacks, and reconnaissance. USE WHEN prompt injection, jailbreak, LLM security, AI security assessment, pentest AI application, test chatbot, guardrail bypass, direct injection, indirect injection, RAG poisoning, multi-stage attack, complete assessment, reconnaissance.

Network reconnaissance — subdomain enumeration, port scanning, DNS/WHOIS/ASN lookups, endpoint discovery from JS, mass scanning, path discovery, CIDR/netblock analysis. Passive and active modes with corporate structure mapping and bounty program tracking. USE WHEN recon, reconnaissance, bug bounty, bounty programs, attack surface, subdomains, subdomain enumeration, port scan, mass scan, DNS, WHOIS, ASN, CIDR, netblock, IP recon, domain recon, passive recon, corporate structure, endpoint disco...

Security news from tldrsec, no.security, Krebs, Schneier, and other sources. USE WHEN security news, security updates, what's new in security, breaches, security research, sec updates, tldrsec, Krebs, Schneier.

Full web app security assessment — app understanding, threat modeling, OWASP testing, ffuf fuzzing, Playwright automation, AI-assisted vuln analysis. Coordinates with Recon and PromptInjection skills. USE WHEN web assessment, pentest, security testing, vulnerability scan, threat model app, understand application, create threat model, vulnerability analysis, Gemini analysis, ffuf, fuzzing, bug bounty, OSINT, browser automation, Playwright.

Divergent ideation via Verbalized Sampling + extended thinking (1.6-2.1x diversity). USE WHEN be creative, deep thinking, brainstorm, divergent ideas, creative solutions, maximum creativity, tree of thoughts, idea generation, domain specific creativity, technical creativity, standard creativity.

Multi-agent debate with visible transcripts where agents respond to each other. USE WHEN council, debate, perspectives, weigh options, deliberate, multiple viewpoints. Unlike RedTeam (adversarial), Council is collaborative-adversarial.

Decompose to axioms, challenge inherited assumptions, reconstruct from verified truths. USE WHEN first principles, fundamental, root cause, decompose, challenge assumptions, rebuild from scratch.

2-8 scientific lens passes to surface hidden requirements single-pass analysis misses. USE WHEN iterative depth, deep exploration, multi-angle analysis, multiple perspectives, examine from angles, surface hidden requirements.

32 adversarial agents to destroy weak arguments and find fatal flaws — parallel analysis and adversarial validation. USE WHEN red team, attack idea, counterarguments, critique, stress test, poke holes, devil's advocate, find weaknesses, break this, parallel analysis, adversarial validation.

Hypothesis-test-analyze cycles for systematic problem-solving — the meta-skill governing all others. Includes define goal, generate hypotheses, design experiment, measure results, analyze results, iterate, full cycle, quick diagnosis, and structured investigation. USE WHEN think about, figure out, try approaches, experiment with, iterate on, improve, optimize, define goal, generate hypotheses, design experiment, measure results, analyze results, full cycle, quick diagnosis, structured investi...

Stress-test ideas, strategies, and investments across 11 time horizons (6mo-50yr). Update and view world models. USE WHEN threat model, world model, test idea, test strategy, future analysis, test investment, test against future, stress test idea, time horizon analysis, update models, view models, refresh models, model status.

CRUD on {PRINCIPAL.NAME}'s curated aphorism collection — search by theme, add with metadata, research thinkers, match quotes to newsletter content. USE WHEN aphorism, quote, saying, find quote for newsletter, research thinker quotes, add aphorism, search aphorisms, find aphorism.

AI-powered audio/video editing — transcription, intelligent cut detection, automated editing with crossfades, and optional cloud polish. USE WHEN clean audio, edit audio, remove filler words, clean podcast, remove ums, fix audio, cut dead air, polish audio, clean recording, transcribe and edit.

Visual verification and browser automation via Playwright. Headless or headed Chrome. USE WHEN browser, screenshot, debug web, verify UI, troubleshoot frontend, automate browser, browse website, review stories, run stories, recipe, web automation.

Deploy and manage Cloudflare Workers, Pages, and services via Code Mode MCP (API queries) + wrangler (deploys). OAuth auth for wrangler (tokens lack Pages perms). USE WHEN Cloudflare, worker, deploy, Pages, MCP server, wrangler, DNS, KV, R2, D1, Vectorize.

Generate production-ready TypeScript CLIs with 3-tier template system (simple argv, yargs, oclif), type safety, error handling, and documentation. USE WHEN create CLI, build CLI, command-line tool, wrap API, add command, upgrade tier, TypeScript CLI.

Scaffold new PAI skills with proper YAML front matter, TitleCase naming, flat folder structure (SKILL.md + Workflows/ + Tools/), and validation against SkillSystem.md. USE WHEN create skill, new skill, skill structure, canonicalize, validate skill, update skill, fix skill structure, scaffold skill.

Parallelize work via background/foreground agents, built-in types, custom agents, or agent teams/swarms. USE WHEN 3+ independent workstreams, parallel execution, agent specialization, Extended+ effort, agent team, swarm, create an agent team.

Create, edit, and analyze Word documents — tracked changes, tables, images, complex formatting, and format conversion. USE WHEN docx, Word document, create document, tracked changes, redlining.

Create, merge, split, extract text/tables from PDFs, fill forms, add watermarks, and convert to/from other formats. USE WHEN pdf, PDF file, merge PDF, extract tables, fill form, split PDF.

Create, edit, and analyze PowerPoint presentations — slide layouts, speaker notes, design elements, and format conversion. USE WHEN pptx, PowerPoint, slides, presentation, create slides, speaker notes.

Read, write, convert, and analyze documents — routes to PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX sub-skills for creation, editing, extraction, and format conversion. USE WHEN document, process file, create document, convert format, extract text, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, Word, Excel, spreadsheet, PowerPoint, presentation, slides, consulting report, large PDF, merge PDF, fill form, tracked changes, redlining.

Create, read, analyze Excel workbooks — formulas, financial models, data analysis, recalculation, and CSV/TSV conversion. USE WHEN xlsx, Excel, spreadsheet, formulas, financial model, data analysis.

Objective eval metrics via code/model/human graders with pass@k/pass^k scoring. USE WHEN eval, evaluate, test agent, benchmark, verify behavior, regression test, capability test, run eval, compare models, compare prompts, create judge, create use case, view results, failure to task, suite manager, transcript capture, trial runner.

240+ specialized prompt patterns for content analysis, extraction, and transformation — run patterns, sync from repo, create threat models, summarize. USE WHEN fabric, fabric pattern, run fabric, update patterns, sync fabric, summarize with fabric, create threat model, analyze with fabric.

Extract system improvements from content AND monitor external sources (Anthropic ecosystem, YouTube). USE WHEN upgrade, improve system, system upgrade, analyze for improvements, check Anthropic, Anthropic changes, new Claude features, check YouTube, new videos, algorithm upgrade, mine reflections, find sources, research upgrade, PAI upgrade.

Extract structured JSON from URLs, files, videos, PDFs with entity extraction and batch support. USE WHEN parse, extract, URL, transcript, entities, JSON, batch, content, YouTube, PDF, article, newsletter, Twitter, browser extension, collision detection, detect content type, extract article, extract newsletter, extract YouTube, extract PDF, parse content.

Meta-prompting system that generates optimized prompts using templates, standards, and patterns. Produces structured prompts with role, context, and output format. USE WHEN meta-prompting, template generation, prompt optimization, programmatic prompt composition, render template, validate template, prompt engineering.

Compose custom agents from base traits, voices, and specializations for specialized perspectives. Create agent teams for parallel work. USE WHEN create custom agents, spin up agents, specialized agents, agent personalities, available traits, compose agent, agent profile, spawn parallel agents, launch agents, agent teams, swarm.

Content extraction and analysis for video, podcast, article, and YouTube content. Extracts structured insights, key takeaways, and wisdom. USE WHEN extract wisdom, content analysis, analyze content, insight report, analyze video, analyze podcast, extract insights, key takeaways, what did I miss, extract from YouTube.

OSINT and investigation including people search, company intel, domain lookup, social media discovery, and threat intel. USE WHEN OSINT, due diligence, company intel, background check, find person, people search, domain lookup, entity lookup, threat intel, who is.

Visual and video content creation. AI images, technical diagrams, mermaid flowcharts, infographics, comics, and special effects. USE WHEN art, diagrams, mermaid, flowcharts, infographics, video, animation, thumbnails, visualizations, generate image, technical diagrams.

Comprehensive research and content extraction. Quick, standard, extensive, and deep modes with multi-source parallel investigation, content retrieval, and analysis. USE WHEN research, investigate, find information, analyze content, retrieve content, extract knowledge, web scraping, standard research, map landscape, competitive analysis, deep investigation.

Web scraping via progressive escalation and social media platform scrapers. USE WHEN scraping, crawl, scrape URL, bot detection, CAPTCHA, spider.

Security assessment including reconnaissance, web assessment (OWASP), vulnerability analysis, threat modeling, and security news analysis. USE WHEN recon, reconnaissance, port scan, subdomain, DNS, WHOIS, web assessment, OWASP, pentest, vulnerability analysis, threat modeling, security trends, security research.

Life OS and project analysis. Goals, dependencies, beliefs, wisdom, books, movies, narrative points, project dashboards, and life direction analysis. USE WHEN Telos, life goals, projects, dependencies, beliefs, wisdom, books, movies, project analysis, dashboard.

Analytical and creative thinking frameworks. First principles decomposition, iterative depth analysis, council debate with multiple perspectives, red team stress testing, brainstorming, world and threat models, and scientific method. USE WHEN first principles, decompose, challenge assumptions, iterative depth, be creative, brainstorm, council, debate, red team, stress test, devil's advocate, threat model, world model, think about, experiment, hypothesis, deep exploration, figure out, optimize...

Personal AI Infrastructure core. AUTO-LOADS at session start. The authoritative reference for how the PAI system works, how to use it, and all system-level configuration. USE WHEN any session begins, user asks about the system, identity, configuration, workflows, security, or any other question about how the PAI system operates.

System maintenance with three core operations - integrity check (find/fix broken references), document session (current transcript), document recent (catch-up since last update). Plus security workflows. USE WHEN integrity check, audit system, document session, document this session, document today, document recent, catch up docs, what's undocumented, check for secrets, security scan, privacy check, OR asking about past work ("we just worked on", "remember when we").

Universal execution engine using scientific method to achieve ideal state. USE WHEN complex tasks, multi-step work, "run the algorithm", "use the algorithm", OR any non-trivial request that benefits from structured execution with ISC (Ideal State Criteria) tracking.