Agent skill
discover-engineering
Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or software engineering practices. Activates for engineering development tasks.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath/tree/main/skills/discover-engineering
Metadata
Additional technical details for this skill
- author
- rand
- version
- 4.0
SKILL.md
Engineering Skills Discovery
Provides automatic access to comprehensive engineering skills.
When This Skill Activates
This skill auto-activates when you're working with:
- engineering practices
- code review
- documentation
- team collaboration
- technical leadership
- Process flows and flowcharts
- Sequence and interaction diagrams
- System architecture and C4 diagrams
- Database schemas and ER diagrams
- Class diagrams and state machines
- Data visualization charts
- Project timelines and Gantt charts
- Git workflows and branching
- Mindmaps and concept hierarchies
- Any Mermaid.js diagram creation
Available Skills
Quick Reference
The Engineering category contains 24 skills across 2 subcategories:
Engineering (16 skills):
Software Development Practices:
- code-review - PR reviews, feedback, automation
- code-quality - SOLID principles, metrics, code smells
- refactoring-patterns - Safe refactoring techniques
- test-driven-development - TDD, red-green-refactor
- domain-driven-design - DDD patterns, bounded contexts
- functional-programming - FP principles, immutability
- design-patterns - GoF patterns, when to use
- technical-debt - Identifying and managing debt
- pair-programming - Pairing techniques, mob programming
- continuous-integration - CI/CD pipelines, deployment
RFC & Documentation: 11. rfc-consensus-building - Stakeholder collaboration 12. rfc-decision-documentation - ADRs, decision tracking 13. rfc-structure-format - RFC templates, formatting 14. rfc-technical-design - Architecture proposals
Plus 2 more in ../engineering/INDEX.md
Diagrams (8 skills): See ../diagrams/INDEX.md
Load Full Category Details
Read ../engineering/INDEX.md Read ../diagrams/INDEX.md
Progressive Loading
This gateway skill enables progressive loading:
- Level 1: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
- Level 2: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
- Level 3: Load specific skills as needed
Usage Instructions
- Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects engineering work
- Browse skills: Run
Read ../engineering/INDEX.mdfor full category overview - Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills
Next Steps: Run Read ../engineering/INDEX.md to see full category details.
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