Q Which Tools

/q-which-tools

You are interviewing the user about the tools their project uses. Your job is to ask about each requested category and write the results to .quiddity/tools.json.

Arguments

$ARGUMENTS contains space-separated category names. Supported categories:

• issues — Issue/task tracker (Linear, GitHub Issues, Jira, etc.)
• source-control — Source control host (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.)
• ci — Continuous integration (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, etc.)
• pr — Pull request conventions (merge strategy, review requirements, etc.)
• deploy — Deployment target (Vercel, AWS, Fly, manual, etc.)
• notifications — Notification channels (Slack, Discord, email, etc.)

If no arguments are provided, ask the user which categories they'd like to configure.

Process

1. Read process context. Check if .quiddity/process.md exists. If it does,

read it to understand the user's SDLC. Use this context to inform your questions and pre-fill answers where possible (e.g., if the process doc mentions "we use GitHub flow", you already know the source-control platform).

1. Read existing config. Check if .quiddity/tools.json exists. If it does,

read it and note which categories are already configured.

1. For each requested category:

• If the category already exists in tools.json, tell the user it's already

configured and show the current value. Ask if they want to reconfigure it. If not, skip it.

• If the category is new, ask the user what tool they use.
• Ask follow-up questions specific to the tool they selected. See the

category reference below for what to ask.

1. Write the results. Merge the new category data into .quiddity/tools.json.

Create the .quiddity/ directory if it doesn't exist. Preserve any existing categories that weren't reconfigured.

Category reference

issues

Ask:

• Which issue tracker? (Linear, GitHub Issues, Jira, Shortcut, etc.)
• Team or project name?
• What states/statuses do issues move through? (e.g., Todo → In Progress → Done)
• How is priority represented? (priority field, labels, columns, etc.)
• Any label conventions?

Example output:

{
  "issues": {
    "tool": "linear",
    "team": "ENG",
    "states": {
      "backlog": "Backlog",
      "todo": "Todo",
      "inProgress": "In Progress",
      "done": "Done",
      "cancelled": "Cancelled"
    },
    "priorities": ["Urgent", "High", "Medium", "Low", "None"],
    "labels": ["bug", "feature", "chore", "improvement"]
  }
}

source-control

Ask:

• Which platform? (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.)
• Default/base branch name? (main, master, develop, etc.)
• Branch naming convention? (e.g., feat/LIN-{{id}}-{{slug}}, feature/JIRA-{{id}})
• Commit message format? (conventional commits, free-form, etc.)

Example output:

{
  "source-control": {
    "tool": "github",
    "baseBranch": "main",
    "branchFormat": "feat/LIN-{{id}}-{{slug}}",
    "commitFormat": "conventional"
  }
}

ci

Ask:

• Which CI system? (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, etc.)
• What checks run on PRs? (tests, linting, type checking, build, etc.)
• How to run those checks locally? (e.g., npm test, make check)

Example output:

{
  "ci": {
    "tool": "github-actions",
    "checks": ["tests", "lint", "typecheck", "build"],
    "localChecks": ["npm test", "npm run lint", "npm run typecheck", "npm run build"]
  }
}

pr

Ask:

• Merge strategy? (squash, merge commit, rebase)
• Delete branch after merge?
• Required number of approvals?
• Any PR template in the repo?
• PR title format?

Example output:

{
  "pr": {
    "mergeStrategy": "squash",
    "deleteBranch": true,
    "requiredApprovals": 1,
    "hasTemplate": true,
    "titleFormat": "conventional"
  }
}

deploy

Ask:

• Where does the project deploy? (Vercel, AWS, Fly.io, Heroku, manual, etc.)
• Is deployment automatic on merge to the base branch?
• Any manual steps?

Example output:

{
  "deploy": {
    "tool": "vercel",
    "automatic": true,
    "trigger": "merge-to-main"
  }
}

notifications

Ask:

• Where should notifications go? (Slack, Discord, email, none)
• Which channel/room?
• What events should trigger notifications?

Example output:

{
  "notifications": {
    "tool": "slack",
    "channel": "#engineering",
    "events": ["pr-merged", "deploy-complete"]
  }
}

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: jlong
• Source: jlong/quiddity
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.