skills-overview.md

Skills Overview

This page lists skills built into the installed vstack package and explains what each skill is used for.

What Skills Are

Skills provide domain-specific execution playbooks. Agents use them to perform focused technical work.

In vstack, skills are generated into .github/skills/<name>/SKILL.md.

Built-in Skills

Skill	What It Helps With
adr	Architecture Decision Record writing for significant technical decisions.
analyse	Cross-cutting impact, tradeoff, and feasibility analysis.
architecture	Engineering-lead architecture and execution-plan review.
ask	Read-only technical Q&A with code-backed evidence and clear guidance.
aws-cli	AWS CLI operations across core AWS services.
cicd	GitHub Actions CI/CD workflow authoring and hardening.
changedoc	Per-change planning docs for existing repositories; product starts it, other roles enrich it, planner orchestrates.
cloudformation	CloudFormation template authoring and review.
code-review	Pre-merge review for bugs, regressions, and risk gaps.
codeql	CodeQL scanning setup and workflow configuration.
concise	Runtime response-density control (normal/compact/ultra).
consult	DX-focused review with prioritized usability improvements.
container	Dockerfile and container runtime setup and hardening.
conventional-commit	Conventional Commit message preparation and validation.
copilot-ops	Copilot policy/configuration operations and governance.
debug	Root-cause-first debugging using scientific investigation flow.
dependabot	Dependabot configuration strategy for update hygiene.
dependency	Dependency health audit, upgrade strategy, and supply-chain checks.
design	API and service interface design standards and contracts.
docs	Post-release documentation alignment with shipped behavior.
explore	Fast codebase exploration, reuse discovery, and architecture mapping.
gdpr	GDPR-compliant engineering review for data handling and flows.
gh-issues	GitHub issue lifecycle management via gh.
gh-release	GitHub Release drafting and publication flow via gh.
guardrails	Session safety controls for destructive-command confirmation.
helm	Helm chart authoring, upgrade, and release troubleshooting.
incident	Incident coordination, sequencing, and action definition.
inspect	Read-only verification audit with severity-ranked findings.
k8s	Kubernetes manifest authoring and operational troubleshooting.
lazy	Engineer-first minimal-change implementation with safety guardrails.
migrate	Safe database migration planning and review.
onboard	Contributor onboarding guide creation.
openapi	OpenAPI 3.1 specification writing and review.
performance	Benchmarking, profiling, and performance regression analysis.
postmortem	Blameless stakeholder-facing incident postmortem writing.
pr	Commit/push and pull-request creation workflow support.
rancher	Rancher and Fleet workload/governance operations.
rca	Technical root cause analysis for incidents and defects.
refactor	Behavior-preserving structural refactoring.
release-notes	Release note artifact and changelog preparation.
requirements	Structured requirements gathering and documentation.
secret-scan	Secret scanning and push-protection setup and triage.
security	OWASP/STRIDE security audit across code and config.
simplify	Generic simplification of plans and proposals while preserving outcomes.
space-setup	Copilot Space setup and context quality management.
terraform	Terraform IaC authoring and review.
terragrunt	Terragrunt DRY multi-environment configuration design.
threat-model	Threat modeling with STRIDE-first prioritization.
verify	Verification fix-loop with targeted re-checking.
vision	Scope and strategy review from first principles.

Related Docs

• Prompts overview
• Instructions overview
• Work items