Skills Reference

Skills Catalog

All 13 skills shipped with 8-habit-ai-dev. Skills are read-only guidance — they tell Claude how to approach a task, they do not modify files themselves.

7-Step Workflow Skills

#	Skill	Habit	When to use
0	/research	H5	Problem space is unclear — investigate before specifying
1	/requirements	H2	Any new feature or non-trivial change
2	/design	H8	Architecture decisions — human decides
3	/breakdown	H3	Decompose work into atomic tasks
4	/build-brief	H5	Before coding each task — read existing code first
5	/review-ai	H4	Always before committing AI-generated code
6	/deploy-guide	H1	Staging-first deploys with rollback plan
7	/monitor-setup	H7	Observability after deploy

Standalone Skills

/cross-verify {#cross-verify}

17-question 8-Habit cross-verification checklist. Run after planning and before committing to implementation. Produces a dimension summary across all 8 habits.

• Habit: H1–H8 (all)
• When to use: Before ExitPlanMode, before PR creation
• Source: skills/cross-verify/SKILL.md

/whole-person-check {#whole-person-check}

Assess a feature/component/PR against Covey's 4 dimensions: Body (discipline), Mind (vision), Heart (passion), Spirit (conscience).

• Habit: H8 Find Your Voice
• When to use: After /review-ai when you want a balance check
• Source: skills/whole-person-check/SKILL.md

/security-check {#security-check}

Focused security review — secrets, injection, auth, dependencies, OWASP Top 10. A dedicated security lens separate from general code review.

• Habit: H1 Be Proactive
• When to use: Any change touching user input, auth, data handling, or dependencies
• Source: skills/security-check/SKILL.md

/reflect {#reflect}

Post-task micro-retrospective — 5 questions, 5 minutes. Captures lessons before context evaporates.

• Habit: H7 Sharpen the Saw
• When to use: After completing a task or workflow
• Source: skills/reflect/SKILL.md

/workflow {#workflow}

Interactive guided walkthrough of the 7-step workflow. Prompts at each step to invoke or skip.

• Habit: All
• When to use: Starting a new feature when you're unsure which step comes next
• Source: skills/workflow/SKILL.md

Skill anatomy

Every skill follows the same structure (source convention):

---
name: <skill-name>
description: >
  When to use this skill
user-invocable: true
argument-hint: "[arg description]"
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Glob", "Grep"]
prev-skill: <predecessor|any|none>
next-skill: <successor|any|none>
---

Body: Habit mapping → Process → Handoff → When to Skip → Definition of Done → Checkpoint.

See also

• Workflow Overview
• Habits Reference
• FAQ: When should I use which skill?