Agent Skills

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name: nw-architecture-patterns

description: Comprehensive architecture patterns, methodologies, quality frameworks, and evaluation methods for solution architects. Load when designing system architecture or selecting patterns.

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name: nw-at-completeness-check

description: Canonical AT completeness gate — research-anchored 7-category taxonomy (C1-C7) + 15-item mechanical checklist. Paradigm-neutral. Drives acceptance-designer reviewer verdict deterministically.

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name: nw-authoritative-sources

description: Domain-specific authoritative source databases, search strategies by topic category, and source freshness rules

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name: nw-bdd-methodology

description: BDD patterns for acceptance test design - Given-When-Then structure, scenario writing rules, pytest-bdd implementation, anti-patterns, and living documentation

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name: nw-bdd-requirements

description: BDD requirements discovery methodology - Example Mapping, Three Amigos, conversational patterns, Given-When-Then translation, and collaborative specification

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name: nw-brainstorming

description: Structured divergent thinking techniques — HMW framing, SCAMPER, Crazy 8s mechanics, and option diversity guarantees. Enforces strict separation of generation and evaluation phases.

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name: nw-buddy

description: nWave concierge — ask any question about methodology, project state, commands, migration, or troubleshooting. Read-only, contextual answers.

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name: nw-buddy-command-catalog

description: All /nw-* commands — what they do, when to use them, which agent they invoke. For the buddy agent to help users pick the right command.

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name: nw-buddy-project-reading

description: How the nWave buddy agent reads a project to answer questions — detection, order of inspection, and citation discipline.

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name: nw-buddy-ssot-knowledge

description: Single Source of Truth detection — where truth lives in an nWave repo and how to avoid contradicting it.

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name: nw-buddy-wave-knowledge

description: Wave methodology knowledge for the buddy agent — what each wave does, its inputs and outputs, and how to route questions.

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name: nw-bugfix

description: Bug fix workflow: root cause analysis → user review → regression test + fix via TDD

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name: nw-canary

description: Canary skill for auto-injection detection

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name: nw-cicd-and-deployment

description: CI/CD pipeline design methodology, deployment strategies, GitHub Actions patterns, and branch/release strategies. Load when designing pipelines or deployment workflows.

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name: nw-collaboration-and-handoffs

description: Cross-agent collaboration protocols, workflow handoff patterns, and commit message formats for TDD/Mikado/refactoring workflows

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name: nw-collapse-detection

description: Documentation collapse anti-patterns - detection rules, bad examples, and remediation strategies for type-mixing violations

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name: nw-command-design-patterns

description: Best practices for command definition files - size targets, declarative template, anti-patterns, and canonical examples based on research evidence

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name: nw-command-optimization-workflow

description: Step-by-step workflow for converting bloated command files to lean declarative definitions

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name: nw-continue

description: Detects current wave progress for a feature and resumes at the next step. Scans docs/feature/ for artifacts.

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name: nw-data-architecture-patterns

description: Data architecture patterns (warehouse, lake, lakehouse, mesh), ETL/ELT pipelines, streaming architectures, scaling strategies, and schema design patterns

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name: nw-database-technology-selection

description: Database comparison catalogs, RDBMS vs NoSQL selection criteria, CAP/ACID/BASE theory, OLTP vs OLAP, and technology-specific characteristics

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name: nw-ddd-event-modeling

description: Event Modeling facilitation technique — brainstorm events, identify commands and views, define aggregate boundaries, write Given-When-Then specifications

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name: nw-ddd-eventsourcing

description: Event Sourcing and CQRS as DDD implementation patterns — when to use, aggregate event streams, projections, snapshots, sagas, upcasting, conflict resolution

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name: nw-ddd-strategic

description: Strategic DDD — bounded context discovery, context mapping patterns, subdomain classification, ubiquitous language, and organizational alignment