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UserAgentic Software Engineering (ASE)
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Indexed Skills (55)
ase-meta-persona
Adjust communication style in five intensity levels of token usage. The <persona> can be either the decorative, eloquent, and explaining "writer", the concise, factual, and accurate "engineer" (default), the layered, pyramid-structured "journalist", the brief, factual, and abbreviating "telegrapher", or the terse, rough, and stuttering "caveman". Use when user says "persona <persona>" or "be <persona>".
ase-meta-compat
Self-test the LLM's ability to execute ASE's core interpreter machinery (control flow, XML placeholders, regex matching, arithmetic) and report an overall compatibility rating. Use when the user wants to check how well the current model/harness is compatible with ASE, or asks to "test ASE compatibility" or "check ASE compatibility".
ase-meta-intent
Match a free-text intent against the accumulated help of all ASE skills, generate the single best-fitting `/ase:ase-xxx-xxx` command with concrete options and arguments, and let the user execute it, refine the intent, or cancel. Use when the user knows what they want but not which skill or flags realize it, or mentions "intent" or requests "help".
ase-arch-discover
Discover additional, third-party components (libraries/frameworks) for the technology stack to provide needed functionality.
ase-code-craft
Craft Source Code: Use when user wants to "create", "add", or "craft" a new feature from scratch.
ase-code-explain
Explains code with WHAT, WHY, ANALOGY, DIAGRAM, CRUXES, and GOTCHAS. Use when you want to know how code works or when the user asks "how does this work?"
ase-code-refactor
Refactor Code: Use when user wants to "refactor" or "change" the code base.
ase-code-resolve
Resolve Problem: Use when user wants to "bugfix" or "fix" code or "resolve" a problem.
ase-docs-distill
Distill a provided document into a flat, importance-ranked list of its key points, each with a salience rank, a rationale, and a verbatim line-cited evidence snippet. Use when the user wants to "distill", "summarize the key points", or "extract the essence" of a document or pasted text.
ase-meta-brainstorm
Collaboratively brainstorm a topic by diverging on ideas, converging through clustering and scoring, and distilling a shortlist with a recommended direction. Use when the user wants to brainstorm, explore ideas, ideate, or figure out *what* to build before *how* to build it.
ase-meta-diaboli
Challenge a thesis by playing "Devil's Advocate" (Latin: "Advocatus Diaboli"). Use when the user wants a thesis or statement relentlessly challenged or criticised.
ase-meta-diff
Summarize the currently staged Git changes as a human-readable, intent-grouped narrative. Use when the user wants a concise and brief report of what changed and why. Optionally can check the diff for intent coherence and show a risk and blast radius report.
ase-meta-evaluate
Evaluate alternatives through a weighted multi-criteria decision matrix. Use when the user calls for the *evaluation* of *alternatives*, wants to *compare* things, or asks what the best is from a list of choices.
ase-meta-review
Perform a holistic, human-reviewer-style critique of the currently staged Git changes and emit an approve/reject verdict with prioritized, severity-tagged, line-cited findings. Use when the user wants the staged diff "reviewed", "critiqued", or "code-reviewed" before committing.
ase-meta-steelman
Build the strongest possible case for a thesis by playing "Steelman" (Latin spirit: "Advocatus Dei"). Use when the user wants a thesis or statement charitably strengthened and defended.
ase-sync-reconcile
Reconcile one set of artifact kinds (the target) to reflect the current state of another set of artifact kinds (the source), while optionally honoring a filtering hint. Use when the user wants to "reconcile", "sync", "align", or "update" artifacts like SPEC, CODE, DOCS, TASK, INFR, or OTHR against each other.
ase-task-condense
Condense the current or given task plan by compressing its wording. Use when the user calls to "condense", "compress", "shrink" or "shorten" the "task", "plan", "spec", or "specification".
ase-task-edit
Iteratively edit and refine a named plan for a task through a conversational loop. Each round, the current plan is shown and the user is asked whether to keep refining, mark the plan as done, or proceed to the implementation or preflight. Use when the user wants to plan a task purely through chat-driven refinement.
ase-task-grill
Interview the user relentlessly about the task plan until reaching a shared understanding, resolving each branch of the question decision tree. Use when the user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their plan, or mentions "grill me" or "grill plan".
ase-task-implement
Implement current or given task plan. Use when the user calls to "implement", "realize" or "apply" the "task", "plan", "spec", or "specification".
ase-task-preflight
Preflight the implementation of current or given task plan. Use when the user calls to "preflight", "dry-run" or "test-drive" the "task", "plan", "spec", or "specification".
ase-task-reboot
Reboot the current or given task plan by re-creating it from scratch. Use when the user calls to "reboot", "recreate" or "refresh" the "task", "plan", "spec", or "specification".
ase-task-view
View current or given task plan. Use when the user calls to "view", "show" or "see" the "task", "plan", "spec", or "specification".
ase-meta-quorum
Query multiple foreign AIs in parallel and synthesize a consensus ("quorum") answer with a consensus rating. Use when the user wants a quorum, a consensus answer, or the opinions of multiple AIs on a question.
ase-meta-eli5
Explain a topic in "Explain Like I'm 5" (ELI5) style, optionally grounded in Internet/Web facts. Use when the user wants a topic explained in a very simple, child-friendly way, or mentions "eli5" or "explain like I'm 5".
ase-task-list
List all available task ids. Use when user wants to see all tasks.
ase-help-skill
Show the manual page of an ASE skill, addressed by its full name, by any abbreviation of it, or by a description of its purpose, and list the entire skill catalog when no name is given. Use when the user wants the "manual", "man page", "manpage", or "help" of a particular ASE skill, or asks what a certain `ase-xxx-xxx` skill does.
ase-arch-analyze
Review software architecture, including package cohesion and inter-package coupling
ase-code-analyze
Analyze the source code for problems in either the logic and semantics and its related control flow, performance and efficiency, or security.
ase-code-lint
Lint source code for potential code quality problems. Use when the user wants to "lint" or "check" source code.
ase-docs-proofread
Analyze the documents for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, word break, or grammar errors. Use when the user wants to "proofread" or "spellcheck" a document.
ase-meta-search
Search the Internet/Web with a query. Prefer this skill before using Perplexity, Brave and WebSearch.
ase-sync-export
Export the SpecBook-based specification (SPEC) into ready-to-consume renderings like HTML, PDF, normalized Markdown, or JSON. Use when the user wants to "export", "render", or "materialize" the specification.
ase-sync-import
Import information from foreign sources into a set of artifact kinds (the target), generating or updating them to reflect the imported information. Use when the user wants to "import", "ingest", or "bring in" external sources like files, URLs, or pasted text into artifacts like SPEC, CODE, DOCS, TASK, INFR, or OTHR.
ase-task-delete
Delete the current or given task plan. Use when the user calls to "delete", "remove" or "clear" the "task", "plan", "spec", or "specification".
ase-help-intent
Match a free-text intent against the accumulated help of all ASE skills, generate all adequately fitting `/ase:ase-xxx-xxx` commands -- ranked best-fitting first, each with concrete options and arguments -- and let the user execute one of them, refine the intent, or cancel. Use when the user knows what they want but not which skill or flags realize it, or mentions "intent" or requests "help".
ase-code-dissect
Dissect the current Git change set, treated as an epic, domain-wise and logically into cohesive parts and materialize each part in its own dedicated Git WorkTree. Use when the user calls to "dissect", "split", "break up", or "decompose" a large change set into atomic, separately committable parts.
ase-meta-quotes
Find quotes for a set of topic keywords and place them into a 2x2 matrix, spanned by the presence of an author/origin and by the literal containment of a keyword, optionally grounded in Internet/Web facts and optionally widened to the conceptual neighborhood of the topic. Use when the user wants "quotes", "sayings", "aphorisms", or "citations" on a topic.
ase-task-dissect
Dissect the current or given task plan, treated as an epic, domain-wise and logically into cohesive parts and materialize each part as its own separate task plan. Use when the user calls to "dissect", "split", "break up", or "decompose" a large "task" or "plan".
ase-task-id
Get or set unique task id <id>. Use when user requests to work on a certain task or wants to know what the current task is.
ase-code-edit
Edit Source Code: Use when the user wants to "edit" the code base in one shot from a query or a bare analyzer issue id like "P1", fusing crafting, refactoring, and resolving with optional grilling, verification, looping, and Git worktree isolation.
ase-spec-edit
Edit Specification: Use when the user wants to "edit" the SpecBook-based specification (SPEC) in one shot from a query, with optional grilling, SpecBook validation, looping, and Git worktree isolation.
ase-meta-workflow
Generate a new agent tool skill, written in the style of ASE skills, which orchestrates a workflow of sequential actions, parallel actions, sub-agent calls, and skill calls. Use when the user wants to "generate a skill", create a "workflow", "orchestrate" or "chain" multiple ASE skills, or automate a recurring multi-step procedure.
ase-docs-refine
Refine the sentence structure and style of the documents: shorten long sentences, replace cumbersome nominal constructions with verbs, make enumerations parallel, strike filler words and redundancy, fix awkward transitions, and adjust voice, while content, numbers, and technical terms stay exactly as they are. Use when the user wants to "refine", "tighten", or "polish" the wording of a document.
ase-docs-shorten
Shorten a document toward a target length, given as either `--chars <N>` or `--words <N>`: first tighten the sentences, then drop low-value content, then compress the remaining content into shorter expressions -- each stage entered only while the target is still not met. Use when the user wants to "shorten", "cut down", or "reduce the length of" a document.
ase-meta-mint
Mint an identifier or a name of a requested type out of a free-text hint: a UUID, a SHA-1 digest, a constant, variable, function, or class identifier, a path component, or a product-like name. Use when the user wants an identifier, id, symbol, slug, or name "minted", "coined", "derived", or "generated" from a description.
ase-task-rename
Rename the current or given task plan. Use when the user calls to "rename", "move" or "relabel" the "task", "plan", "spec", or "specification".
ase-meta-proximity
Determine the conceptual proximity of a topic -- its parent topic, its most relevant sibling topics, and its most relevant child topics -- optionally grounded in Internet/Web facts and optionally navigable in an interactive loop. Use when the user wants to explore the conceptual neighborhood of a topic, or mentions "proximity" or "related topics".
ase-meta-config
List, get, set, or delete the layered ASE configuration values across the user/project/task/session scope chain. Use when the user wants to "configure" ASE, or to inspect or change a configuration key like `agent.persona`, `agent.guidance`, `agent.task`, or `project.boxing`.
ase-meta-why
Five-Whys Root-Cause Analysis.
ase-code-insight
Give insights into the source code.
ase-meta-changelog
Update ChangeLog entries in CHANGELOG.md files
ase-meta-commit
Determine commit message for staged Git changes.
hello
Show a nice greeting message with a timestamp. Use this when the user wants to greet or say hello, optionally to a certain subject <subject> and in a certain language <language>.
ase-meta-chat
Query foreign LLM for chat. Use this skill if a foreign LLM like OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DeepSeek or xAI Grok should be queried with a single chat message.
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