Claude Skills by jeffreytse

Use when the user wants to fix a specific compliance finding from a check-best-practice-compliance report — e.g., "fix this finding", "resolve violation #3", "fix the SRP violation in UserService", "close this linter error".

Use when the user wants to install or uninstall grimoire skills by domain or individual skill, upgrade grimoire to the latest version, clean up broken symlinks, list what skills are available, or run a health check on the grimoire installation.

Use when the user wants to actually internalize an installed best practice — not just understand or apply it once, but build durable recall and independent competence so they can use it correctly later without an AI assistant present. Combines active-recall testing, spaced-review scheduling, and a portable memory aid. Distinct from explain-best-practice (one-time why) and teach-best-practice (explaining to others).

Use when the user wants to get oriented on grimoire itself — what it is, why it exists, its core concepts, and how to actually use it day to day. For a brand-new user who just installed grimoire, or an existing user who has been using it without understanding the system underneath. Distinct from learn-best-practice (durable retention of one specific installed practice) and explain-best-practice (why one specific practice works).

Use when the user wants to remember, save, or pin a specific best practice preference — either a new choice ("remember I prefer X for Y", "always use X", "pin X") or to promote existing session-level pins to project or global storage for future sessions ("save my session preferences", "persist my choices").

Use when a problem requires coordinating 2+ best practices in sequence — whether across one domain or many — e.g. "apply defensive programming", "launch a startup", "handle a workplace medical emergency", "going through a divorce while buying a house."

Use when two or more installed grimoire skills give contradictory guidance for the same situation, or when the user wants to scan their preferences file proactively to find and rank conflicting skills before a conflict arises.

Use when the user already has a solution, plan, approach, or design and wants to know how well it aligns with best practices — including gaps, what's missing, and what to fix.

Use when the user wants to validate a practice profile before using or sharing it — e.g., "review my profile", "validate my-team.toml", "check this profile before sharing".

Use when evaluating whether a SKILL.md meets STANDARD.md criteria — for PR review of official grimoire-core contributions, self-review before submitting, auditing existing skills, or reviewing skills in a user package that has voluntarily adopted the standard.

Use when an existing SKILL.md has review-best-practice-skill findings to address, a citation has become inaccurate, steps reference an outdated tool, or scope needs adjusting — splitting a skill that covers two concepts, or expanding one that is too shallow.

Use when the user wants to publish or share a practice profile — e.g., "share my team profile", "publish this profile", "open-source my backend-defaults profile".

Use when responding to any user request — entry point into grimoire. Routes the input to the matching grimoire workflow (as listed in README.md), or exits silently if grimoire is not installed.

Use when the user describes any situation, problem, goal, complaint, or question — including when they want to browse available best practices for a topic, don't know which domain applies, or don't know a best practice exists for their situation. Also use when the user starts any task or action without explicitly asking for guidance.

Use when the user wants to explain, share, or advocate for a best practice with others — a team, manager, client, or stakeholder. Produces structured talking points, a brief explanation, or a presentation outline tailored to the audience's priorities and likely objections.

Use when the user wants to create a new practice profile — e.g., "create a profile for my team", "write an OOP profile", "make a backend-defaults profile".

Use when authoring a new SKILL.md to contribute to the official grimoire-core package, or when writing skills for a user package that has chosen to follow STANDARD.md.

Use when composing an extended work — applying motivic development techniques (fragmentation, augmentation, inversion, sequence, retrograde, and combination) to generate musical variety and structural coherence from a short initial motif.

Use when arranging chords for multiple voices or instruments and need smooth, musical part movement

Use when composing or designing a film score, game soundtrack, or music for any visual media

Use when arranging a melodic or harmonic piece for orchestra — designing the orchestration by assigning material to instrument families, applying voice leading principles across sections, and creating a balanced score that serves the music's emotional arc.

Use when planning or evaluating the large-scale form of a song or instrumental composition

Use when composing or evaluating a chord progression for a song, section, or harmonic exercise

Use when writing lyrics for a song — structuring the verse/pre-chorus/chorus/bridge form, establishing a rhyme scheme, applying prosody (matching lyric stress to melodic rhythm), and using concrete imagery to make abstract emotional content specific and memorable.

Use when applying dynamic compression to any audio source to control dynamics or add punch and glue

Use when creating a reusable DAW mix template to streamline session setup, ensure consistent signal flow, and apply proven mix architecture

Use when placing elements in the stereo field or designing spatial depth in a mix

Use when documenting mix revision requests, feedback sessions, or communicating changes between mixer and client

Use when managing music performance anxiety before, during, or after a performance, or when developing a systematic approach to stage fright

Use when designing a structured music practice routine for skill development on any instrument or voice

Use when developing stage presence, performance communication, and audience connection skills for any musical performance context

Use when preparing a mixed track for commercial release — applying mastering principles of broadband EQ, dynamic range control, loudness targeting, stereo enhancement, and quality control to produce a release-ready master that translates across playback systems and meets streaming platform standards.

Use when applying EQ to any audio track or bus to shape tone and reduce masking

Use when setting up a DAW session template for mixing or starting a new production project

Use when planning and executing a professional recording session for any instrument or vocal, in a studio or home recording environment

Use when creating, organizing, or releasing a sample pack — designing the sound design workflow, file naming conventions, metadata tagging, format specifications, and quality control process to produce a professional sample pack that integrates seamlessly with DAW workflows.

Use when routing audio through processing plugins or hardware and need to determine the optimal processing order

Use when recording and mixing lead vocals — designing the full signal chain from microphone and preamp selection through tracking environment, EQ, compression, de-essing, reverb/delay, and automation to produce a polished, release-ready vocal performance.

Use when composing or analyzing music with multiple independent melodic voices, or when applying species counterpoint exercises

Use when composing or arranging music that needs a color or mood beyond major/minor — applying modal harmony (Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Locrian, and their characteristic chords) to enrich harmonic language and create specific emotional atmospheres.

Use when composing or analyzing chord progressions for a song, arrangement, or harmonic study

Use when composing or arranging rhythmic content — designing rhythm patterns using polyrhythm, syncopation, metric modulation, and odd meter to create rhythmic interest that is both complex and coherent.

Use when composing an original melody for a song, theme, or melodic exercise

Use when a caregiver wants to build secure attachment with an infant through consistent, attuned responses to the infant's signals and needs

Use when a parent needs to establish or improve an infant's sleep routine to promote healthy sleep habits and reduce night wakings

Use when a parent or caregiver needs to monitor an infant's developmental progress and determine when to seek professional evaluation

Use when a parent wants to cultivate resilience, effort-orientation, and learning persistence in a school-age child through everyday interactions

Use when a school-age child (6–12) repeats a problematic behavior despite correction — applying natural and logical consequences as a discipline approach that builds internal motivation and problem-solving instead of relying on punishment and external control.

Use when a parent wants to build a structured home environment that supports a school-age child's academic success without creating dependency or conflict

Use when designing an age-appropriate chore and household responsibility system for children — matching tasks to developmental capability, structuring accountability without overuse of rewards, and building the household contribution habits that support competence and self-efficacy.