Figma Canvas Layout
How to lay out Figma frames so screens don't visually overlap on the canvas, with frame-naming conventions and a pre-handoff overlap lint. Consult when UI/UX Designer is producing Figma content (create / revise / incorporate modes), and ALWAYS as a pre-handoff sanity check.
Qa Author By Task
QA-Author by-task mode procedure. Use when QA-Author is dispatched for a master-plan task after TL, and after design-confirmed for UI tasks, to author task-scoped structural/api/e2e/functional test cases under docs/test-cases/by-task/<task-id>/ and coordinate visual-spec generation for UI tasks.
Ba Mode Reverse Engineer
BA Phase 1.E ingestion mode (reverse-engineer-from-code) — brownfield onboarding Stage 3. Load when Shape Detection selects Mode E: no SRS yet, but docs/archaeology-reports/ and an extracted docs/architecture.md exist. Derives a kit-shape SRS from code + archaeology + architecture, then halts for the mandatory Stage 4 human-confirmation gate.
Local Deployment
How DevOps composes the local environment using Docker so QA-Exec can run end-to-end tests AND the operator can manually trial features in a browser. Probes available host ports instead of hardcoding, discovers project .env/template/env_file requirements without exposing secrets, never edits the project's compose file directly, and produces a deploy report with QA test-environment fields and huma…
Qa Execution Runner
QA-Exec run contract for executing authored test cases against the deployed build. Use when QA-Exec is dispatched for a task in-test to gather by-us/by-task test cases, check executable specs and instrumentation coverage, invoke the proper runner, execute UI tiers, validate visual specs, route failures, and write docs/qa-reports/<task-id>.md plus artifacts.
Third Party Dependency Evaluation
How to evaluate and propose third-party dependencies for human approval. Consult when SA, BE Dev, or FE Dev is about to introduce a new third-party dependency that hasn't been approved in a prior ADR for this project.
Data Lifecycle Contracts
How SA identifies gate fields and cross-component column-write contracts in the data model, and documents them in docs/architecture.md §6 so BE/FE Dev know which columns each task may write. Prevents the class of bug where the "ORM convenience" pattern (stamping a timestamp on every upsert) silently breaks downstream skip / eligibility / rate-limit gates that read the same column.
Solution Defaults
Org-level default technology choices for common architectural components (database, cache, queue, etc.). Consult before evaluating third-party dependencies — defaults are pre-approved at the org level; using them skips per-project human approval. Deviating from a default still requires the full third-party-dependency-evaluation flow.
Adr Author
How to write an Architecture Decision Record under docs/decisions/. Consult when the SA needs to record a non-trivial architectural choice during architecture authoring, especially when the choice involves a third-party dependency that requires human approval.
Visual Spec Author
QA-Author procedure for generating docs/uiux/visual-specs/<task-id>.md from confirmed UI/UX handoff and Figma nodes. Use in QA-Author by-task mode for UI tasks before structural test cases, including Design Element Manifest assertions for every visible field/item/copy/action, introspection-aware property assertions, degraded mode, tolerances, coverage map, and staleness checks.
Sa Brownfield Extract
SA extract-mode procedure for brownfield onboarding Stage 2. Use when Solution Architect is dispatched in `extract` mode before SRS exists to turn Codebase Archaeologist reports and existing code/docs into a provisional docs/architecture.md with Source: extracted and confidence tags, plus extracted API/message contract stubs, route/dependency/async workflow coverage, and confirmation-pending open…
Acceptance Criteria Author
DEPRECATED. Renamed to user-story-author following the DDD-based SRS template adoption. Use `.claude/skills/user-story-author/SKILL.md`.
C4 Author
How to author C4 model (https://c4model.com) diagrams at levels C1-C3 in docs/architecture.md using C4-PlantUML notation. Consult when SA is producing architecture in design or extract mode.
Format Boundary Contracts
How SA identifies format boundaries (any data crossing system A's output → system B's input with a format mismatch) and documents the required transformation in docs/architecture.md §6. Prevents the class of bug where each layer assumes the other handles format conversion — for example, GitLab ISO-8601 strings flowing into MySQL DATETIME columns whose binary format doesn't accept the 'T' / 'Z' ch…
Ba Mode Multi Doc
BA Phase 1.B ingestion mode (ingest-from-multi-doc). Load when Shape Detection selects Mode B: docs/SRS.md plus some/all per-US and per-FR files already exist but the index-to-file pairing has orphans. Validates each per-file artifact and flags gaps for the common pipeline.
Sdlc Init
Codex-native initializer for Evo Talos. Use when the user asks for /sdlc-init, sdlc-init, initialize the SDLC kit, install the kit into the current project, or update the project's AGENTS.md from the plugin. Runs the plugin script, which auto-detects the active agent tool and chooses Codex or Claude project files.
User Story Author
Patterns and quality bar for writing testable User Stories. SRS §3.2 carries an index table; full US detail lives at docs/user-stories/<US-ID>.md. Consult during BA Phase 1 ingestion or Phase 2 sign-off — specifically when filling Pre-conditions, Main Flow, Business Rules (Invariants), and Post-conditions in the per-US file.
Ba Iteration Planning
BA Phase 4 — iteration dispatch planning. Load after Phase 2 sign-off when Phase 1.Z produced a non-empty SRS diff (the dispatch is an iteration, not a first-time ingest). Runs the concurrent-iteration guard, magnitude check, optional cleanup-task prompt, and produces docs/iteration-plan/v<new>.md (the surgical re-dispatch matrix the Orchestrator consumes at §9 Step 3.5).
Ba Mode Augment
BA Phase 1.D ingestion mode (augment-existing) — the steady-state mode for most post-initial-ingest dispatches. Load when Shape Detection selects Mode D. Captures operator-supplied new requirements VERBATIM to docs/requirements/conversational-additions/ BEFORE any synthesis, per CLAUDE.md §10.
External Integration Adequacy
SA pre-sign-off procedure for validating and completing docs/external-integrations/<system-slug>.md placeholders. Use when Solution Architect is dispatched in `external-integration-adequacy` mode to fill operations, authentication, NFR posture, failure modes, regional/compliance constraints, adequacy issues, and to set Adequacy: adequate only when complete.
Sdlc Loop
Codex-native orchestration entrypoint for Evo Talos. Use when the user asks for /sdlc-loop, sdlc-loop, start project, continue the SDLC loop, run the governed workflow, or auto-dispatch eligible SDLC work until the next gate. Acts as the Codex equivalent of the Claude slash command.
Playwright Author
Concrete how-to for QA-Author writing Playwright specs from markdown TCs — project layout, fixtures, network mocking, parallelism, retries, trace capture, screenshot/visual-diff usage. Consult after `ui-test-execution` when the target surface is web AND the project uses Playwright (the org default per solution-defaults).
Test Case Author
Format and coverage rules for test cases under docs/test-cases/. Consult when QA-Author is writing test cases — either in `by-us` mode (post-SRS-sign-off, parallel with SA) or `by-task` mode (post-TL, optionally post-design-confirmed).
Ba Mode Requirements Folder
BA Phase 1.F ingestion mode (ingest-from-requirements-folder) — greenfield with fragmented upstream. Load when Shape Detection selects Mode F: no SRS yet, but docs/requirements/ holds requirement fragments (md/txt/html, or docx/pdf when those skills are active). Synthesizes a kit-shape SRS from the fragments with full Synthesized-From provenance.
Ba Post Implementation
BA Phase 5 — post-implementation completeness verification (UI tasks). Load when dispatched with mode: post-implementation after FE Dev proposes to_status: ready-for-deploy for a UI-bearing task. Cross-references the design-confirmed handoff + task DoD against the FE Dev git diff (and deployed bundle when present) and emits docs/uiux/post-implementation-reports/<task-id>.md with a qualified/unqua…
Ui Ux Page Scoping
Mandatory Step 0 for every UI/UX Designer mode. Resolve one Figma page as the scoped root before reading or writing Figma, update only the SRS page-scope fields when resolution is needed, and record the page Node ID/name in every UI/UX artifact so Figma operations do not walk brainstorm, archive, or Foundation pages by accident.
<kebab Case Name Matching Folder>
One-line trigger that another agent will read to decide whether to invoke this skill. Lead with the verb, name the artifact.
Ba Mode External Source
BA Phase 1.C ingestion mode (ingest-from-external-source). Load when Shape Detection selects Mode C: SRS content lives in an external system (Confluence/Notion/Jira/SharePoint) reached via MCP. Materializes external content into the kit's three-file shape, records provenance, and handles the re-ingestion path.
Evo Devkit Contract
Read when using the Evo Talos SDLC devkit plugin. Defines the orchestrator operating contract, source of truth, SRS sign-off protocol, open-issues gate, and universal hard rules.
Figma Requirements Extraction
Extract requirements and design-system evidence from a Figma file (screens, components, states, exact copy, form fields, interaction flows, design guideline tokens, accessibility hints) and write to docs/requirements/design-extracted/<figma-file-id>-<ISO-date>.md as additional source corpus for BA synthesis + srs-source-validator coverage check. Use when a PRD references Figma URLs and Design-Flo…
Api Contract Author
How to publish, freeze, and version an API contract under docs/api-contracts/. Consult when the BE Dev needs to publish a contract before FE can start (CLAUDE.md §3.5 + §10).
Ui Test Execution
Framework-agnostic principles for executing UI tests against the running build — how markdown test cases map to executable specs, selector strategy by platform, fixture discipline, determinism rules, and visual-diff guidance. Consult when QA-Author writes executable specs or when QA-Exec invokes a test runner against a deployed build.
Be Framework Coding Standard
Standardized backend implementation guidance for BE Dev using the SRS-declared Backend-Track and Backend-Framework. Use when coding, refactoring, or reviewing backend web APIs, BFFs, microservices, workers, jobs, or service integrations in TypeScript with Express, TypeScript with NestJS, Python with FastAPI, Java with Spring Boot, .NET Core C#, Pure Golang, Java Core, Golang with Gin, Golang with…
Git Commit
Commit discipline for any agent or human committing to this repo. Verify identity before the first commit, follow the conventional-commits format with task traceability, exclude secrets via .gitignore, attribute human and AI contributors honestly.
Figma Design Handoff
UI/UX Designer post-sign-off design workflow for `create`, `import`, `revise`, and `incorporate` modes. Produces or refreshes Figma-backed handoff artifacts, refs, SRS Design References Node IDs, and plan updates while respecting Design-Flow A/B/C, Foundation tokens/components, page scoping, canvas lint, and human-edited Figma reconciliation.
Ba Mode Single Doc
BA Phase 1.A ingestion mode (ingest-from-single-doc). Load when Shape Detection selects Mode A: docs/SRS.md is one bulk document with US/FR content inline and the per-US/per-FR file trees are empty. Restructures the bulk doc into the kit's three-file shape before the common pipeline runs.
Design System Author
How to build a Figma Foundation page (design tokens + reusable components) BEFORE drawing screens, so spacing / text sizes / button styles / element alignment stay consistent across every surface. Consult on every UI/UX Designer dispatch (create / revise / import / incorporate). Pre-handoff token-compliance lint mandatory in every mode.
Fe Framework Coding Standard
Standardized frontend implementation guidance for FE Dev using the SRS-declared Frontend-Framework. Use when coding, refactoring, or reviewing UI work in React Native, ReactJS, Flutter, Vue.js, Angular, or Next.js; FE Dev reads docs/SRS.md Frontend-Framework plus §3.4.2/§3.4.5 for multi-app projects, then selects the matching reference so file placement, state flow, styling, accessibility, instru…
Task Sizing
Heuristics for breaking architecture into right-sized tasks for the master plan. Consult when TL is producing master-plan-proposal.md from a signed-off SRS and architecture.
Sa Architecture Design
SA design-mode procedure for producing docs/architecture.md, ADRs, and docs/instrumentation-contract.md from a signed-off SRS. Use when Solution Architect is dispatched in `design` mode after SRS sign-off to create or revise greenfield architecture, choose dependencies through the approval gate, define C4 C1-C3, API/data/async/cross-cutting sections, and establish format-boundary and gate-field c…
Ba Design Completeness
BA Phase 3 — post-sign-off design completeness verification. Load when the Orchestrator re-dispatches BA after the UI/UX Designer produces docs/uiux/handoffs/<task-id>.md (design sub-status design-ready-for-review). Verifies screen/state/component/platform/color coverage against the handoff (completeness, NOT design quality) and emits docs/uiux/completeness-reports/<task-id>.md.
Ba Ingestion Pipeline
BA ingestion backbone run on every ingestion dispatch (after the mode-specific setup skill). Contains Phase 1.X common procedure (structural conformance, US/FR pairing, self-containment, external-integration identification, Design-Flow + Design-Guideline + Frontend-Framework + Backend-Track/Framework detection), Phase 1.Z delta detection (iteration trigger), and Phase 2 sign-off gate (caps at Rea…
Qa Author By Us
QA-Author by-us mode procedure. Use when QA-Author is dispatched after SRS sign-off to author User Story scoped functional test cases under docs/test-cases/by-us/<US-ID>/, create executable spec scaffolding, perform Pass 1 selector TODO marking, or perform Pass 2 selector backfill from docs/instrumentation-contract.md.
Security Compliance Checklist
Checklist for the SRS `## Security & Compliance` section. Consult during BA ingestion when the requirement involves auth, payments, PII, account data, public endpoints, or third-party integrations.
Figma Srs Mapping
How to scan a Figma file provided in the SRS and produce a structured mapping of Figma frames/layers to SRS surfaces (User Stories + FRs). Consult when UI/UX Designer is in `map` mode — invoked by BA Phase 1.X pre-sign-off when a Figma URL is present in the requirements. Mapping qualifies designs BEFORE SRS sign-off so FE work is never blocked on design review later.