Debug
Find and fix a bug systematically: reproduce it, isolate the failing path, verify assumptions, fix the root cause, and keep a regression test. Use when something is broken and the cause is not obvious, when an earlier fix did not hold, or when the user reports a bug with no known cause.
Dispatch
Split independent work across parallel subagents and merge their results: one deliverable per task, launched together, each result verified before it is used. Use when a task has independent parts, when several areas need the same kind of review, or when exploring options in parallel saves time.
Ci
Run the full CI pipeline locally: lint, test, build, security scan, and report pass/fail per step. Use when the user asks to run CI locally or to verify the build before pushing.
Ship
Prepare a commit: verify the staged diff, generate a conventional commit message, run pre-commit checks (including a fresh-context review), commit, and report the hash. Use when the user asks to commit or ship changes.
Review
Review all pending changes on the current branch: diff, unpushed commits, linters, tests, a fresh-context adversarial pass, and a structured report. Use when the user asks to review pending changes or before declaring work done.
Onboard
Understand a repository like a new engineer: classify NEW vs EXISTING, survey docs and history, summarize, ask questions, and change nothing. Use when starting work in an unfamiliar repository or when the user asks to be onboarded.
Extend Config
Create or update files in the agent-config repo (rules, skills, docs, templates, presets, bridges) following its authoring spec. Use when the user asks to add, extend, or reorganize the agent-config repo, or to create new agent config files following the existing patterns.
Worktrees
Do work in a git worktree so the main checkout stays untouched: create the worktree, work and verify inside it, land the branch, then clean up. Use when work must run alongside something else in the same repository, when the main checkout holds uncommitted changes, or when the user asks for an isolated workspace.
Context
File project knowledge the user shares conversationally into the correct .ai/ files - purpose, rules, database, dependencies, conventions, decisions - and close the memory loop at the end of tasks and sessions. Use when the user shares project context, decisions, or conventions, or when finishing a task in an initialized project.
Plan
Survey the repository and produce a numbered implementation plan with explicit success criteria before any code changes, then stop and wait for approval. Use when the user asks to plan, or before starting any non-trivial implementation.