Historical Pattern Analysis
Use when analyzing git history and past changes to identify patterns, recurring issues, and lessons learned from infrastructure changes.
Systematic Debugging
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
Using Devops Skills
Use when starting any conversation - establishes mandatory skill invocation for both Development AND Operations workflows
Auto Documentation
Use when generating documentation for Terraform modules, infrastructure, or runbooks. Creates READMEs, operational guides, and architecture docs.
Terraform State Operations
Use when performing Terraform state surgery - state mv, import, rm operations. Requires extra safety measures.
Brainstorming
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
Writing Skills
Use when creating new skills, editing existing skills, or verifying skills work before deployment
Terraform Drift Detection
Use when detecting infrastructure drift between Terraform state and actual AWS resources. Identifies out-of-band changes.
Requesting Code Review
Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
Subagent Driven Development
Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session
Dispatching Parallel Agents
Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies
Provider Upgrade Analysis
Use when analyzing Terraform provider or module upgrades for breaking changes, deprecations, and migration requirements.
Writing Plans
Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
Executing Plans
Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints
Aws Profile Management
Use before any Terraform or AWS operation to verify correct credentials and profile are active. Prevents cross-environment accidents.
Using Git Worktrees
Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - creates isolated git worktrees with smart directory selection and safety verification
Terraform Plan Review
Use when analyzing terraform/tofu plan output for risks, security issues, and potential service disruptions. Required before any apply operation.