Wheypoint
Mark a checkpoint in the current conversation — compact it into a durable handoff document so a fresh agent can resume the work without context loss. Use when the user wants to preserve session state for a later or parallel session — phrases like "hand this off", "write a handoff", "drop a wheypoint", "checkpoint this", "compact the conversation", "I'm running low on context", "save where we are…
Ultracook
Pipeline one approved high-blast-radius spec sequentially through cook → press → age → cure → age → cure → age (all `--auto`), with fresh-context isolation per phase. Use when the user has such a spec — phrases like "/ultracook .cheese/specs/<slug>.md", "ultracook this", "run the full pipeline in isolation", "fresh-context auto chain", "send it through the cave", "pipeline with no contamination".…
Cheez Read
Read and list files via AST-aware tilth MCP — replaces cat / head / tail / less / more / bat / ls / tree / eza / find / fd / Read / Glob. Use when the user asks to read, view, show, open, or display a file or directory — phrases like "read src/auth.ts", "show me this file", "what's in this directory", "view lines 44-89", "look at the imports". Use even when the user names a shell viewer/lister or…
Melt
Resolve git merge, rebase, or cherry-pick conflicts via a structural-merge cascade — mergiraf (AST-aware auto-resolve) → git rerere (replay remembered fixes) → kdiff3 (manual fallback). Use when conflicts exist and the user wants them resolved — phrases like "melt the conflicts", "fix the merge conflicts", "resolve the rebase conflicts", "what's conflicting after the merge", "/melt", "fix the che…
Briesearch
Research questions external to the codebase across library docs (Context7), the web (Tavily), local code (cheez-search), and GitHub examples (gh), then synthesize with explicit confidence. Use whenever the user asks to research, look up, compare, or investigate something — phrases like "research X", "look up the API for Y", "compare libraries", "what does the doc say about Z", "find examples of h…
Affinage
Triage a PR's review comments and failing CI (plus merge conflicts) through the /age lens, deciding which claims are worth acting on. Use when the user says "respond to PR comments", "handle review feedback", "affinage the PR", "/affinage <pr>", "fix the failing build", "resolve the conflicts and respond". Fetches inline + review-body comments via `gh` and CI failures via `affinage.pyz pr-status`…
Cook
Implement an approved spec or focused unambiguous task with a TDD-disciplined contract → cut → implement → taste-test → handoff loop, editing through cheez-write. Use when the user wants code written — "implement this", "cook this spec", "/cook .cheese/specs/<slug>.md", or "fix this bug" when the fix is clear; also when the user just says "go" or "ship it" with a spec or clear acceptance criteria…
Culture
Primarily the agent's internal-thinking skill — invoke it silently to model a problem, identify trade-offs, and decide what to do, BEFORE asking the user anything or dispatching another skill. Workflow skills call `/culture` as their step-1 reasoning pass; the agent does not surface the dialogue. Only treat this as a user-facing skill when the user has explicitly opted out of writes — phrases lik…
Age
Review a diff, PR, branch, or path across ten orthogonal dimensions (correctness, security, encapsulation, spec, complexity, deslop, assertions, NIH, efficiency, telemetry) and emit a severity-grouped findings report. Use when the user wants a code review — phrases like "review this", "/age", "is this safe to merge", "find bugs", "spot security issues", "check for slop", "review my PR", "what's w…
Cheez Search
Search code via AST-aware tilth MCP -- finds symbols, definitions, callers, imports, and text, replacing shell search tools. Use when the user asks to find a symbol, definition, caller, import, or text pattern -- phrases like "where is X defined", "what calls Y", "find all usages of Z", "trace this function", "find the TODO comments", "search for this error string". Use ast-grep (`sg`) only for A…
Cheese
Route any dropped-in input — idea, spec path, file path, PR or issue, stack trace, bug report, or bare `/cheese` — to the right workflow skill and dispatch it immediately. Use as the unified entry point — phrases include "/cheese", "what should I do with this", "help me get started", "route this", or any opening message that does not already name a downstream skill. Classifies the input into an i…
Cheez Write
Edit code via hash-anchored tilth MCP edits — replaces sed / awk / perl -i / patch / tee / Edit / Write / shell redirects (`>`, `>>`). Use when the user asks to edit, replace, modify, update, change, delete, or insert code — phrases like "replace this function", "delete lines 44-89", "update validateToken", "add this import", "fix this bug" (when fixing requires editing), or apply a cross-cutting…
Mold
Converge a fuzzy idea or half-formed feature into an approved spec through an iterative, grounded design dialogue. Use when the user has a fuzzy idea or design direction — phrases like "let's design X", "I'm thinking about Y", "what should the API for Z look like", "shape this into a spec", "I want to add a feature that…", "/mold". Runs an iterative dialogue (Explore / Ground / Shape / Sketch / G…
Cure
Apply fixes from an /age report, finding list, or CI failure, then run the project's test/lint/build gates and, on a clean cure, push to the PR. Use when the user wants the selected items resolved — phrases like "fix these findings", "/cure <slug>", "address the high-severity items", "act on the age report", "fix the failing CI", "apply the cleanup". Adopts a locked selection from `/age` or `/aff…
Pasteurize
Hard-bug DIAGNOSIS + FIX. Builds a deterministic agent-runnable feedback loop, reproduces the failure, names the cause, writes a regression test, applies the minimal production fix. Use when the user reports a bug, flaky test, perf regression, or visible misbehaviour — phrases like "diagnose this", "debug this", "why is X broken", "/pasteurize", or a pasted stack trace / repro / "this looks wrong…
Cheese Factory
Parallelize an approved spec across 5+ independent behavioural curds into reviewable PRs, running the whole pipeline fanned out at once. Use when the user has such a spec — phrases like "/cheese-factory .cheese/specs/<slug>.md", "send through the factory", "parallelize this spec", "many curds", "fan out the implementation", "cheese-factory this". Runs inline and spawns full-peer general-purpose s…
Press
Harden the test surface after `/cook` — map changed behavior to tests, find weak assertions and missing boundaries, and add focused hardening tests. Use when the user wants the tests strengthened before review or shipping — phrases like "press the changes", "harden this", "check coverage", "strengthen the tests", "are the tests good enough", "press before /age", "/press". Reads the spec + cooked…
Hard Cheese
Metacognitive vibecheck gate before code is shared for review — make the author explain the diff's causal logic, graded by a fresh-context judge against the SOLO Taxonomy. Use when the user wants this gate — phrases like "/hard-cheese", "/cheese --hard", "gate this before I push", "vibecheck me", "make sure I understand this diff", "epistemic-debt check". Reads the working diff, asks the human au…