Tibsfox
UserIntroduces a comprehensive agent-based framework for guided software development (GSD)
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Indexed Skills (156)
art-history-movements
Major art movements and their historical context for art education. Covers 12 movements from the Renaissance to contemporary art, their defining characteristics, key artists, signature works, and the intellectual/social forces that produced them. Use when analyzing artworks in historical context, understanding stylistic lineages, identifying influences across periods, or connecting studio practice to art-historical precedent.
color-theory
Color theory principles for art education. Covers the three color properties (hue, saturation, value), color mixing systems (subtractive and additive), color relationships (complementary, analogous, triadic, split-complementary), color temperature, simultaneous contrast and the relativity of color perception, and practical palette construction. Use when analyzing color in artworks, planning color schemes, understanding optical phenomena in painting, or investigating Albers's Interaction of Color experiments.
creative-process
The creative process in art from idea to exhibition. Covers five phases of creative work (inspiration, incubation, exploration, execution, reflection), sketchbook practice, artist statements, critique methodology (formal and conceptual), portfolio development, and the studio as a working environment. Use when guiding students through project development, facilitating critique sessions, developing artist statements, curating portfolios, or understanding how professional artists structure their creative practice.
digital-art
Digital art tools, techniques, and workflows for art education. Covers raster and vector workflows, digital painting, photo manipulation, generative and procedural art, 3D modeling and rendering, pixel art, the relationship between traditional skills and digital execution, and ethical considerations of AI-generated imagery. Use when working with digital tools, evaluating digital art, or bridging traditional art concepts into digital practice.
drawing-observation
Observational drawing and visual perception techniques for art education. Covers contour drawing, gesture drawing, negative space, proportion and measurement, value mapping, spatial depth cues, and the cognitive shift from symbolic to perceptual seeing. Use when teaching drawing fundamentals, analyzing observational accuracy, or developing visual literacy in any medium.
sculpture-3d
Three-dimensional art and sculptural thinking for art education. Covers additive and subtractive sculptural processes, armature construction, modeling in clay, carving principles, casting and moldmaking, assemblage and found-object sculpture, installation art as expanded sculpture, and the conceptual transition from pictorial to spatial thinking. Use when working with three-dimensional media, analyzing sculptural form, understanding spatial composition, or investigating the relationship between sculpture and site.
celestial-coordinates
Celestial coordinate systems and sky positioning. Covers horizon (altitude-azimuth), equatorial (right ascension-declination), ecliptic, and galactic systems; epoch and precession; coordinate transformations; planisphere use; and practical sky-locating from any latitude and date. Use when locating objects, planning observations, converting catalog coordinates, or teaching the geometry of the sky.
cosmological-observation
Observational cosmology from Hubble's law to the CMB. Covers redshift, Hubble expansion, the cosmological parameters, the cosmic microwave background, large-scale structure, galaxy rotation curves and dark matter, Type Ia SNe and dark energy, and the current state of Lambda-CDM. Use when reasoning about the large-scale universe, interpreting cosmological surveys, or teaching the Big Bang evidence chain.
distance-ladder
The cosmic distance ladder from radar ranging to Hubble flow. Covers parallax, spectroscopic parallax, cluster main-sequence fitting, Cepheid and RR Lyrae period-luminosity relations, Type Ia supernovae, Tully-Fisher, surface brightness fluctuation, and redshift-distance relations. Use when estimating, cross-checking, or critiquing any astronomical distance from a parsec to a gigaparsec.
naked-eye-observing
Practical naked-eye and binocular sky observing. Covers dark adaptation, limiting magnitude, constellation recognition, star hopping, the messier and Caldwell catalogs accessible without a telescope, the Moon, planets, meteor showers, aurorae, and the ethics and habits of observing under light-polluted and dark skies. Use when teaching someone to find their way around the sky, planning a naked-eye session, or choosing a first binocular tour.
orbital-mechanics
Classical orbital mechanics from Kepler to Hohmann. Covers the six orbital elements, Kepler's three laws, vis-viva, orbit types (circular, elliptical, parabolic, hyperbolic), transfer orbits, gravity assists, the two-body problem, and practical methods for computing ephemerides. Use when reasoning about planet motion, spacecraft trajectories, comet orbits, exoplanet transits, or binary star dynamics.
stellar-spectroscopy
Stellar spectral analysis from first light to chemical abundance. Covers continuum emission and absorption, the OBAFGKM classification sequence, luminosity classes, line identification, Doppler shifts, curve-of-growth abundance analysis, and the astrophysical conclusions that follow from a spectrum. Use when classifying a star, measuring radial velocity, inferring composition or temperature, or teaching why the Sun is mostly hydrogen.
business-ethics-and-governance
Business ethics, corporate governance, and stakeholder responsibility for firms operating in complex social and regulatory environments. Covers ethical frameworks applied to business, stakeholder vs shareholder theory, board structure and fiduciary duty, conflicts of interest, whistleblowing, CSR and ESG, and the distinction between legal compliance and ethical conduct. Use when evaluating a decision with ethical stakes, designing a governance structure, or diagnosing a corporate scandal.
contracts-and-business-law
Contracts, commercial law, and intellectual property essentials for founders, managers, and knowledge workers. Covers the elements of contract formation, common contract types, property rights, consumer protection, employment law basics, and the four IP regimes — patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets. Use when drafting or reviewing an agreement, protecting an invention or brand, evaluating a licensing deal, or understanding regulatory exposure.
corporate-finance-basics
Corporate finance fundamentals for evaluating business decisions under cost, time, and risk constraints. Covers time value of money, net present value, internal rate of return, payback period, break-even analysis, cost-benefit analysis, debt vs equity, working capital, and the basic financial statements. Use when evaluating an investment, sizing a funding round, structuring a capital stack, or reading a balance sheet.
entrepreneurship-and-innovation
Entrepreneurship, innovation, and disruption for starting, scaling, and defending new ventures. Covers opportunity recognition, jobs-to-be-done, the disruptive innovation framework, sustaining vs disruptive innovation, platform businesses, network effects, minimum viable product, customer development, and the startup lifecycle from idea to exit. Use when evaluating a venture idea, positioning a new product, interpreting a competitive threat, or designing a platform.
operations-and-lean
Operations management and lean production techniques for turning inputs into outputs under variability. Covers the Toyota Production System, seven wastes, just-in-time, kanban, jidoka, single-minute die exchange, 5 Whys, value stream mapping, bottleneck theory, and the distinction between mass production and flexible production. Use when diagnosing operational waste, designing production flows, setting up quality systems, or comparing batch-and-queue to one-piece flow.
organizational-strategy
Organizational strategy and management theory for business decision-making. Covers objectives-based management, the knowledge-worker firm, decentralization, the five management tasks, strategy-as-practice, managerial roles, and the distinction between efficiency and effectiveness. Use when structuring an organization, setting objectives, allocating decision rights, or critiquing a strategy document.
analytical-methods
Spectroscopy, chromatography, titration, elemental analysis, X-ray crystallography, and mass spectrometry for chemical identification and quantitation. Covers UV-Vis and IR spectroscopy, NMR fundamentals, gas and liquid chromatography, gravimetric and volumetric analysis, diffraction methods, separation techniques, and quantitative error analysis. Use when identifying unknown substances, determining purity, measuring concentrations, or interpreting analytical data.
atomic-structure
Atomic theory, periodic table organization, electron configuration, periodic trends, and isotopes/radioactivity. Covers Dalton through quantum mechanical models, electron shell filling (Aufbau, Hund, Pauli), periodic law and block structure, trend prediction (electronegativity, ionization energy, atomic radius, electron affinity), isotope notation, nuclear stability, and radioactive decay modes. Use when teaching, problem-solving, or reasoning about atomic-level chemistry.
chemical-bonding
Ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding, Lewis structures, VSEPR theory, molecular geometry, polarity, and intermolecular forces. Covers octet rule and exceptions, formal charge, resonance, sigma/pi bonds, orbital hybridization, electronegativity-driven bond classification, VSEPR electron-domain and molecular geometries, dipole moments, and the four intermolecular force types (London dispersion, dipole-dipole, hydrogen bonding, ion-dipole). Use when predicting molecular shapes, bond properties, or physical behavior from molecular structure.
materials-chemistry
States of matter, phase transitions, kinetic molecular theory, atmospheric chemistry, green chemistry, and sustainable synthesis. Covers solid/liquid/gas/plasma properties, phase diagrams, vapor pressure, gas laws, ozone chemistry, greenhouse effect, the 12 principles of green chemistry, atom economy, solvent selection, and catalysis for sustainability. Use when reasoning about material properties, environmental chemistry, or designing greener chemical processes.
organic-chemistry
Carbon chemistry, functional groups, IUPAC nomenclature, isomerism, reaction mechanisms (substitution, elimination, addition), polymers, and biochemistry basics. Covers hydrocarbon classes (alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics), common functional groups (alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, amines, amides), stereochemistry, condensation and addition polymerization, and the four biomolecule classes (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids). Use when analyzing organic structures, predicting reaction products, or connecting chemistry to biology.
reactions-stoichiometry
Balancing chemical equations, reaction classification, stoichiometric calculations, acid-base chemistry, oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions, and thermochemistry. Covers conservation of mass, mole ratios, limiting reagents, percent yield, Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis acid-base theory, pH calculations, oxidation states, half-reaction balancing, enthalpy, Hess's law, and calorimetry. Use when solving quantitative chemistry problems involving reactions, energy changes, or solution chemistry.
cloud-identity-and-auth
Identity, authentication, authorization, and token management for cloud platforms. Covers Keystone-style scoped tokens, OAuth 2.0 flows, OpenID Connect, JWT structure and pitfalls, federation with SAML/OIDC, service-to-service auth with mTLS and SPIFFE, principle of least privilege, IAM role design, and the service catalog pattern (public/internal/admin endpoints). Use when designing authn/authz for a multi-tenant cloud service, integrating with an identity provider, or reviewing IAM policies for over-privilege.
distributed-consensus
Distributed consensus algorithms and logical time for cloud and multi-node systems. Covers Lamport clocks, vector clocks, FLP impossibility, Paxos (basic, multi, fast), Raft, Viewstamped Replication, Byzantine fault tolerance basics, quorum reads/writes (N/R/W), leader election, and TLA+ specification style. Use when designing replicated state machines, picking a consensus protocol, reasoning about split-brain and quorum loss, or writing formal specs for distributed coordination.
distributed-storage
Distributed storage systems design and operation for cloud platforms. Covers the GFS/HDFS block-and-master pattern, object storage (Swift/S3) with consistent hashing and eventual consistency, block storage semantics, replication vs erasure coding, the CAP theorem in practice, read-repair and anti-entropy, snapshot chains, and the GFS/BigTable/Spanner evolution. Use when designing a storage subsystem, choosing between object/block/file, or reviewing a replication and consistency strategy.
network-fundamentals-cloud
Networking fundamentals as they apply to cloud infrastructure — virtual networks, subnets, routers, NAT, floating IPs, security groups, VLAN/VXLAN segmentation, load balancing, SDN concepts, and how Neutron-style cloud networks sit on top of physical topology. Covers TCP behavior at scale, congestion control, tail latency, overlay networks, and the operational gotchas that come from network layering. Use when designing cloud network topology, debugging cross-AZ latency, or reviewing a proposed VPC/SG design.
reliability-engineering-cloud
Reliability engineering for cloud systems — SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, SRE practices, runbooks, incident response, on-call rotation, blameless postmortems, chaos engineering, and the NASA Systems Engineering methodology (MCR/SRR/PDR/CDR/ORR phase gates, TAID verification, requirements tracing) adapted to cloud operations. Use when establishing SLOs for a new service, running an incident, writing a runbook, preparing a launch readiness review, or bringing NASA SE discipline to cloud deployments.
service-architecture
Service-oriented and microservices architecture patterns for cloud-scale systems. Covers service boundaries, API versioning and backward compatibility, eventual consistency at the API layer, idempotency keys, saga and choreography patterns, bulkheads, circuit breakers, service meshes, and the Vogels "you build it, you run it" operating principle. Use when designing service decomposition, API contracts, inter-service communication, or reviewing a proposed microservices architecture for coupling and resilience.
algorithms-data-structures
Algorithms and data structures from first principles through advanced analysis. Covers sorting (bubble, insertion, selection, merge, quick, heap, radix), searching (linear, binary, BFS, DFS, Dijkstra, A*), fundamental data structures (arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, hash tables, trees, heaps, graphs, tries), complexity analysis (Big-O, Big-Omega, Big-Theta, amortized), recurrence relations, and algorithm design paradigms (divide-and-conquer, greedy, dynamic programming, backtracking). Use when analyzing, selecting, implementing, or comparing algorithms and data structures.
computational-thinking
Computational thinking as a problem-solving discipline independent of programming languages. Covers the four pillars (decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, algorithm design), computational problem-solving methodology (understand, decompose, generalize, formalize, verify), abstraction levels (from hardware through user interface), modeling and simulation, automata and formal languages (DFA, NFA, regular expressions, context-free grammars, Turing machines), computational complexity classes (P, NP, NP-complete, undecidable), and constructionist pedagogy (learning by building, Logo, Scratch, physical computing). Use when approaching unfamiliar problems, teaching problem-solving strategies, analyzing problem complexity, or bridging between domain knowledge and computational solutions.
debugging-testing
Use when the user reports a bug they can't reproduce, asks where to start debugging, or mentions a Heisenbug / production-only failure. Drives the observe→hypothesize→predict→test→iterate scientific method.
programming-fundamentals
Core programming concepts from variables through recursion. Covers data types (integers, floats, strings, booleans, arrays, objects), variables and scope (lexical, dynamic, block, function, global), control flow (conditionals, loops, pattern matching), functions (parameters, return values, closures, higher-order functions), recursion (base cases, call stack, tail recursion, mutual recursion), type systems (static vs dynamic, strong vs weak, type inference, generics), and error handling (exceptions, Result types, defensive programming). Use when teaching, reviewing, or diagnosing issues with fundamental programming constructs.
software-design
Software design principles, patterns, and architecture from SOLID through distributed systems. Covers the five SOLID principles with violations and fixes, DRY/KISS/YAGNI heuristics, separation of concerns, 12 GoF design patterns organized by intent (creational, structural, behavioral), architectural patterns (MVC, MVP, MVVM, layered, hexagonal, microservices, event-driven), coupling and cohesion metrics, dependency injection, and the design decision framework for choosing between competing approaches. Use when making design decisions, reviewing architecture, refactoring code, or teaching software engineering principles.
systems-programming
Systems programming from memory management through networking. Covers memory models (stack vs heap, manual allocation, garbage collection, ownership/borrowing), concurrency (threads, mutexes, channels, async/await, actor model, data races vs race conditions), operating system concepts (processes, virtual memory, page tables, system calls, file descriptors, signals), compilation (lexing, parsing, code generation, linking, static vs dynamic libraries), networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, sockets, HTTP, DNS, TLS), and the hardware-software boundary (caches, cache lines, false sharing, memory-mapped I/O). Use when working with low-level code, diagnosing system-level bugs, understanding performance characteristics, or bridging between high-level languages and machine behavior.
active-listening
Active listening techniques for effective communication. Covers attending behaviors, paraphrasing, reflective listening, clarifying questions, empathic response, barriers to listening, listening in conflict, and cross-cultural listening. Use when building listening skills, improving understanding in conversation, mediating disputes, or analyzing communication breakdowns.
conflict-resolution
Conflict resolution strategies and mediation techniques for interpersonal and group communication. Covers conflict styles (Thomas-Kilmann model), interest-based negotiation (Fisher and Ury), de-escalation techniques, mediation process, restorative practices, workplace conflict, and cross-cultural conflict norms. Use when mediating disputes, analyzing conflict dynamics, preparing for difficult conversations, or building conflict-competent communication cultures.
interpersonal-communication
Interpersonal communication theory and practice for one-on-one and small group interaction. Covers communication models (linear, transactional, constructivist), self-disclosure and Johari Window, relational dialectics, communication climate, supportive versus defensive communication, feedback models, and adapting style across relationships and contexts. Use when analyzing communication dynamics, improving relationships, giving feedback, or understanding communication breakdowns between individuals.
media-literacy
Media literacy and critical analysis of media messages across platforms and formats. Covers media ecology (McLuhan), encoding/decoding (Hall), news literacy, digital media analysis, propaganda techniques, algorithmic curation, visual rhetoric, and ethical media consumption. Use when analyzing media messages, evaluating news sources, understanding how media technology shapes communication, detecting propaganda, or studying the relationship between medium and message.
persuasion-rhetoric
Persuasion and rhetorical analysis grounded in classical and modern frameworks. Covers Aristotle's three appeals (ethos, pathos, logos), rhetorical situation (audience, purpose, context), argument structure (Toulmin model), logical fallacies, persuasive writing, propaganda analysis, and ethical persuasion. Use when constructing arguments, analyzing rhetoric, evaluating persuasive messages, detecting fallacies, or studying the relationship between language and power.
public-speaking
Public speaking and oral presentation skills for effective communication. Covers speech structure (introduction, body, conclusion), delivery techniques (projection, pace, pause, gesture), audience analysis, impromptu and extemporaneous methods, managing anxiety, visual aids, and persuasive versus informative speaking. Use when preparing speeches, practicing delivery, analyzing presentations, or building confidence in oral communication.
argument-evaluation
Systematic evaluation of arguments for structure, validity, soundness, and charitable interpretation. Covers premise identification, conclusion extraction, argument mapping, steel-manning, and the distinction between validity (form) and soundness (form plus true premises). Use when assessing an argument, reconstructing an opponent's position fairly, or preparing a rebuttal.
cognitive-biases
Recognition and mitigation of systematic reasoning errors documented in the heuristics and biases tradition. Covers confirmation bias, availability, anchoring, representativeness, framing effects, hindsight bias, overconfidence, and motivated reasoning. Each bias is presented with its mechanism, diagnostic signal, and structured mitigation. Use when you suspect your own or another reasoner's conclusions may be shaped by systematic cognitive distortion rather than evidence.
creative-thinking
Techniques for generating novel ideas, reframing problems, and escaping fixed mental models. Covers lateral thinking (de Bono), Six Thinking Hats, random stimulation, provocation operators (PO), analogical transfer, assumption challenging, and divergent-then-convergent thinking cycles. Use when the goal is to produce new options or perspectives rather than evaluate existing ones.
decision-making
Structured approaches to decisions under uncertainty and complexity. Covers expected value, decision trees, multi-criteria decision analysis, System 1 vs System 2 allocation, pre-mortems, reversible vs irreversible decisions, and the distinction between good decisions and good outcomes. Use when choosing among alternatives with uncertain or multi-dimensional consequences, especially when the stakes justify a deliberate rather than intuitive process.
evidence-assessment
Evaluating the quality, provenance, and relevance of evidence that supports or undermines a claim. Covers source credibility, sampling quality, study design, levels of evidence (anecdote to meta-analysis), base rate integration, distinguishing primary from secondary sources, and calibrating belief to evidence strength. Use when the question is not whether an argument is valid but whether its premises are actually supported by the available data.
logical-reasoning
Deductive and inductive reasoning, formal and informal logical structure, validity, soundness, and rules of inference. Covers propositional logic, quantified reasoning, syllogisms, common inference patterns (modus ponens, modus tollens, hypothetical syllogism, disjunctive syllogism), and the distinction between deductive certainty and inductive probability. Use when the question is not whether a premise is true but whether the reasoning from premises to conclusion is logically valid.
data-visualization
Grammar of graphics, chart type selection, color theory, interactive visualization, dashboards, and the principles of honest, effective data display. Covers Tufte's data-ink ratio, Bertin's visual variables, perceptual principles, accessibility, small multiples, annotation, and the full workflow from exploratory plots to publication-quality graphics. Use when creating charts, designing dashboards, critiquing visualizations, or choosing how to display data.
data-wrangling
Data cleaning, transformation, reshaping, joins, missing data handling, and tidy data principles. Covers the full pipeline from raw ingestion to analysis-ready datasets -- type coercion, deduplication, outlier detection, normalization, melting/pivoting, regex extraction, and reproducible transformation chains. Use when preparing, cleaning, or transforming data for analysis.
bootstrap-guide
GSD-OS bootstrap guide — from freshly unzipped directory to fully operational development environment. Covers prerequisite detection, workspace setup, service bring-up, magic level adaptation, error recovery, and the you-can't-break-it guarantee.
dacp-assembler
Composes three-part DACP bundles from skill library artifacts. Determines fidelity level, queries catalog, and records assembly rationale.
git-workflow
Deterministic git operations with state verification for skill-creator managed repos. Use when managing repos, branches, worktrees, or contribution workflows.
doc-verifier
Guidance for verifying documentation accuracy against running OpenStack infrastructure. Use when detecting documentation drift, validating operations procedures against live systems, or confirming that runbooks produce expected results on the deployed cloud. Implements NASA Product Verification (SP-6105 SS 5.3) applied to documentation artifacts.
nasa-se-methodology
NASA Systems Engineering methodology mapped to cloud operations. Use when planning, executing, verifying, or documenting OpenStack cloud infrastructure following NASA SP-6105 and NPR 7123.1 processes. Provides phase gate criteria, document templates, and cross-references for all 7 SE lifecycle phases applied to cloud deployment and operations.
ops-manual-writer
Guidance for writing OpenStack operations manual procedures following NASA document standards. Use when authoring per-service procedures, maintenance workflows, or operational documentation that must be verified against running infrastructure.
runbook-generator
Guidance for generating OpenStack runbooks with dual task/symptom indexing following NASA procedure standards. Use when creating incident response procedures, operational runbooks, or troubleshooting guides that must be verified against running infrastructure.
mfe-change
Calculus and continuous transformation — derivatives, integrals, ODEs, Taylor series, and optimization. Computes rates of change, accumulates quantities over intervals, solves differential equations, and classifies critical points. Use when computing derivatives or integrals, solving ordinary differential equations, performing Taylor series approximations, finding critical points, or analyzing continuous change and motion.
mfe-emergence
Complex systems and emergent behavior — chaos theory, fractals, neural networks, cellular automata, and computability. Analyzes dynamical systems for chaos via Lyapunov exponents, classifies bifurcations, measures fractal dimension, and models emergent phenomena. Use when analyzing chaotic systems, computing Lyapunov exponents, classifying bifurcations, measuring fractal dimension, modeling neural networks, or studying emergent behavior from simple rules.
mfe-foundations
Pure mathematical structure. Sets, groups, rings, fields, topology — the formal bedrock everything else rests on.
mfe-mapping
Functions, categories, and information. How mathematical objects relate to each other — morphisms, entropy, signal processing.
mfe-perception
Foundational measurements and relationships. The axioms of the system — numbers, distance, angles, and the geometry of seeing.
mfe-reality
Physical applications of mathematics. Constants, quantum mechanics, measurement — where abstract meets embodied.
mfe-structure
Linear algebra and higher-dimensional thinking. Vectors, matrices, transformations — the architecture of mathematical space.
mfe-synthesis
Meta-mathematical connections, cross-domain synthesis, and the Complex Plane as a navigational tool. Classifies problems by quadrant (Abstract/Embodied x Logic/Creativity), routes them to relevant domains, and traces dependency chains. Use when classifying mathematical problems across domains, navigating the Complex Plane of Experience, finding cross-domain connections, or building multi-domain solution strategies.
mfe-unification
Deep symmetries and unifying principles — gauge theory, Lie groups, Noether's theorem, and the Standard Model. Constructs field theories from symmetry requirements, derives conservation laws, and traces force unification. Use when working with gauge symmetry, Lie groups (U(1), SU(2), SU(3)), conservation laws via Noether's theorem, the Higgs mechanism, or Standard Model structure.
mfe-waves
Periodic phenomena and frequency analysis. How repetition creates structure — from simple oscillation to Fourier decomposition.
openstack-backup
OpenStack backup operations skill for protecting cloud infrastructure through systematic backup strategies and disaster recovery procedures. Covers database backups (MariaDB full and incremental with mariabackup), configuration backups (globals.yml, inventory, Fernet keys), volume snapshots (Cinder LVM snapshots), image exports (Glance), instance snapshots (Nova), backup encryption (GPG/OpenSSL), retention policies (daily/weekly/monthly rotation), restore procedures (database point-in-time recovery, service rebuild), RPO/RTO planning, and disaster recovery drills. Use when planning backup strategy, scheduling automated backups, testing restore procedures, or executing disaster recovery.
openstack-capacity
OpenStack capacity planning operations skill for resource planning, quota management, and scaling decisions. Covers compute capacity (allocation ratios, vCPU/RAM utilization, host aggregates, availability zones), storage capacity (Cinder pool sizing, thin provisioning, Glance storage, Swift rings), network capacity (floating IP pools, port quotas, subnet sizing), project quota management (templates for small/medium/large profiles), flavor sizing strategy, utilization analysis with placement service, growth forecasting from historical metrics, and right-sizing recommendations for underutilized resources.
openstack-cinder
OpenStack Cinder block storage service. Provides persistent volume management for cloud instances including volume creation, snapshots, backups, LVM/iSCSI backend, volume types with QoS, encryption (LUKS), volume migration, and multi-backend support. Use for deploying, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting OpenStack block storage.
openstack-glance
OpenStack Glance image service skill for deploying, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting the VM image registry. Covers image upload/download, format management (qcow2, raw, vmdk, vhd, iso), backend storage selection (file, swift, ceph), image import methods (web-download, glance-direct, copy-image), metadata management, property protections, image sharing between projects, snapshot lifecycle, image caching, and storage usage monitoring. Use when deploying Glance via Kolla-Ansible, managing VM images, converting image formats, or troubleshooting image upload failures.
openstack-heat
OpenStack Heat orchestration service skill. Use when working with HOT templates, stack lifecycle management, auto-scaling groups, nested stacks, resource type registry, template validation, or infrastructure-as-code patterns within OpenStack. Covers deployment via Kolla-Ansible, template authoring, stack operations, and troubleshooting common orchestration failures.
openstack-horizon
OpenStack Horizon web dashboard skill. Use when deploying, customizing, or troubleshooting the OpenStack web UI. Covers panel customization, session management, multi-domain support, theme branding, TLS configuration, and common dashboard failure modes including login issues, missing panels, and static asset problems.
openstack-keystone
OpenStack Keystone identity service skill for deploying, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting the authentication and authorization backbone of an OpenStack cloud. Covers identity management, token lifecycle (Fernet provider with rotation), service catalog registration, RBAC policy customization, domain/project/user hierarchy, federation basics (SAML/OIDC), credential encryption, and endpoint management. Use when deploying Keystone via Kolla-Ansible, managing users and projects, debugging 401 errors, rotating Fernet keys, configuring RBAC policies, or integrating services through the service catalog.
openstack-kolla-ansible-ops
Kolla-Ansible day-2 operations skill for post-deployment infrastructure lifecycle management. Covers service reconfiguration (globals.yml changes, config overrides, prechecks, targeted reconfigure with --tags), minor and major OpenStack upgrades (image pull, upgrade procedure, rollback), container management (restart, logs, health inspection), maintenance mode (compute disable, instance drain, host maintenance), password rotation, certificate renewal, and rolling updates. This skill is for operations after initial deployment -- the kolla-ansible deployment skill covers initial bootstrap and deploy.
openstack-kolla-ansible
Kolla-Ansible deployment engine skill for containerized OpenStack lifecycle management. Use when bootstrapping, deploying, reconfiguring, or upgrading OpenStack environments. Covers globals.yml configuration, inventory management, container operations, rolling upgrades, password management, and troubleshooting deployment failures across all service containers. This is the meta-skill that manages the deployment lifecycle for all OpenStack services.
openstack-monitoring
OpenStack monitoring operations skill for deploying, configuring, and operating the cloud health monitoring stack. Covers Prometheus metric collection and scrape targets, Grafana dashboard provisioning and visualization, Alertmanager notification channels and routing, alerting rules for service health and resource exhaustion, service endpoint health checks, log aggregation strategies, SLA tracking with availability and response time percentiles, and capacity trend analysis from historical metrics. Use when deploying monitoring via Kolla-Ansible, configuring alert thresholds, troubleshooting blank dashboards, tuning noisy alerts, or analyzing cloud performance trends.
openstack-networking-debug
OpenStack networking debug operations skill for SDN troubleshooting, packet tracing, and flow analysis. Covers OVS/OVN debugging (ovs-vsctl, ovs-ofctl, ovs-appctl, ovn-nbctl, ovn-sbctl, ovn-trace), security group analysis via OVS flow rules and conntrack, DHCP troubleshooting through namespace inspection and dnsmasq diagnostics, floating IP diagnosis with NAT rule and ARP verification, network namespace inspection (ip netns), MTU chain analysis for overlay networks, DNS resolution debugging, and east-west traffic diagnosis. Use when diagnosing network connectivity failures, tracing packets through the SDN stack, or analyzing flow tables in a running OpenStack cloud.
openstack-neutron
OpenStack Neutron software-defined networking service. Provides network abstraction for cloud instances including security groups, floating IPs, DHCP, L3 routing, ML2 plugin architecture with OVN/OVS backends, network namespaces, provider and tenant networks, VXLAN/VLAN/flat network types, and port management. Use for deploying, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting OpenStack networking.
openstack-nova
OpenStack Nova compute service skill for deploying, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting cloud compute infrastructure. Covers instance lifecycle management (create/stop/start/reboot/resize/migrate/evacuate), compute scheduling with filters and weights, flavor management, live migration procedures, hypervisor management (KVM/QEMU via libvirt), placement service for resource tracking, CPU pinning, NUMA topology, huge pages, cell mapping, VNC/SPICE console access, and capacity planning. Use when deploying compute via Kolla-Ansible, managing instances, debugging scheduler failures, or planning compute capacity.
openstack-security
OpenStack security operations skill for hardening, certificate management, and security posture assessment of cloud infrastructure. Covers TLS certificate lifecycle (generation, deployment, rotation, expiry monitoring), security group management (default deny, minimum required openings), RBAC policy customization (per-service policy.yaml), network segmentation (management vs tenant vs external), audit logging (Keystone CADF events), vulnerability assessment procedures, compliance auditing, intrusion detection patterns, incident response procedures (credential compromise, instance compromise), password rotation, and API rate limiting. Use when hardening OpenStack, managing certificates, auditing security posture, or responding to security incidents.
openstack-swift
OpenStack Swift object storage service. Provides S3-compatible distributed object storage with containers, ACLs, ring architecture, eventual consistency, large object support (SLO/DLO), tempURL for unauthenticated access, object versioning, and object expiry. Use for deploying, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting OpenStack object storage.
pie-blueprint-engine
Generates engineering-standard drawings (P&ID, SLD, floor plans, isometric) with ISA-5.1 and IEEE symbol libraries in SVG/DXF format. Activates for drawing generation, diagram creation, blueprint packaging, and output formatting from verified engineering calculations.
construction-docs
Generates complete construction documentation packages — BOM, installation sequences, commissioning checklists, and O&M manuals — from verified engineering designs.
creative-pipeline
Generates Blender Python scripts for infrastructure visualization and ffmpeg commands for video production and social media export.
pie-dimensional-analysis
Mathematical verification for physical calculations: unit tracking algebra (exponent maps), PhysicalQuantity pattern for compound units, SI/Imperial mixed-unit handling, Buckingham pi theorem for dimensionless groups, and common engineering dimensionless numbers. Activates for unit verification, dimensional consistency checks, scaling analysis, and calculation validation across all infrastructure domains.
pie-fluid-systems
Water-based fluid system design: pipe sizing (Darcy-Weisbach, Hazen-Williams), flow rates, pressure drops, CDU selection for DTC cooling, pump curves, and ASHRAE TC 9.9 water class enforcement. Activates for cooling loop design, plumbing calculations, CDU selection, pump sizing, and hydraulic system validation.
pie-power-systems
Electrical power distribution design for infrastructure: load calculations (NEC 220), conductor sizing (NEC 310.16), transformer/UPS/PDU selection, redundancy architectures (N through 2N+1), DC distribution, and voltage classes 120V-480V. Activates for electrical load calculations, conductor sizing, power equipment selection, data center power design, and redundancy architecture planning.
simulation-bridge
Generates simulation inputs across fidelity levels — OpenFOAM CFD cases, ngspice netlists, interactive React artifacts, and FreeCAD FEM setups — from verified engineering calculations.
pie-thermal-engineering
Thermal engineering for infrastructure: heat transfer (conduction, convection, radiation), cooling load analysis for data centers, heat exchanger sizing via LMTD and e-NTU, PUE/TUE/WUE efficiency metrics, and airflow management patterns. Activates for thermal analysis, data center cooling design, heat exchanger sizing, efficiency calculations, and airflow management.
issue-triage-pr-review
Issue triage and PR review — scans issues, triages, fixes, submits PRs, then adversarially reviews all open PRs. Parallel agent dispatch with worktree isolation.
aminet-browser
Aminet search and browse: full-text search, category tree navigation, architecture filtering, package detail, and curated collections. Use when searching, browsing, or managing package collections.
aminet-emulator
FS-UAE emulator configuration and launch: hardware profiles, ROM management, WHDLoad integration, config generation, and state snapshots. Use when configuring emulation, managing ROMs, or launching Amiga software.
aminet-index
Manages Aminet INDEX infrastructure: fetch, parse, cache, and incremental update of ~84,000-entry package database. Use when managing INDEX data, checking freshness, or parsing .readme files.
aminet-installer
Aminet package installation: LhA/LZX extraction, Amiga filesystem mapping, dependency detection, install tracking, and scan gate enforcement. Use when installing, extracting, or uninstalling Amiga packages.
aminet-mirror
Selective Aminet package mirroring: single-package fetch, integrity verification, mirror state tracking, bulk download, and sync detection. Use when downloading, verifying, or managing mirrored packages.
aminet-scanner
Multi-layer virus scanning for Aminet packages. Signature-based detection, heuristic hunk analysis, boot block scanning, quarantine management, and scan orchestration. Use when scanning packages, checking virus status, or managing quarantine.
kp-applied-domain
Domain knowledge for 10 applied subjects: computer science, data science, world languages, psychology, environmental science, nutrition, economics, creative writing, logic, digital literacy. Use when generating Applied & Practical tier pack content.
kp-content-authoring
Generates knowledge pack content suites: vision documents, modules YAML, activities JSON, assessment frameworks, resource catalogs, and .skillmeta files. Shared by all 3 tier-specific author agents. Use when creating or updating pack content files.
kp-content-validation
Validates knowledge pack content against runtime schemas: .skillmeta against KnowledgePackSchema, modules against ModulesFileSchema, activities against PackActivitySchema. Checks cross-pack references, learning outcome uniqueness, and file completeness. Use when validating pack content after generation.
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