Synthesis Git Hooks
Deterministic pre-commit policy for the synthesis-engineering workflow. Auto-classifies each repo by its push remotes (personal vs strict), applies a tiered pattern set: Tier 0 credentials always; Tier 1 financial / HR / confidentiality / client names only in strict repos. YAML-driven policy lives in ~/.synthesis/git-hook-config.yaml. Use when asked to: install git hooks, configure pre-commit pol…
Synthesis Technical Advisor
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Synthesis Voice Profiler
Generate a structured writing voice profile from sample texts and diagnostic questions. Outputs an agent-instruction voice section that other skills automatically consume. Use when asked to: create voice profile, analyze writing style, extract voice, profile my writing, build voice section, writing DNA, style analysis.
Synthesis Code Audit
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Synthesis Llm Setup
Guide for setting up and configuring LLM projects across platforms. Use when setting up a Claude Project, creating a ChatGPT GPT, configuring a Gemini Gem, setting up an AI assistant with custom instructions and knowledge, or configuring any LLM platform with AI Knowledge content.
Synthesis Link Research
Find authoritative hyperlinks for people, organizations, and entities mentioned in content; recover dead URLs in archives via Wayback / Wikipedia / strip prioritization. Use when asked to: find links, hyperlink, research links, find URLs, gather references, look up websites for people or organizations, recover dead links, fix link rot, find archived versions.
Synthesis Meeting Transcripts
Fetch AI-generated meeting notes and full transcripts (e.g., Google Meet + Gemini) from the user's Gmail/Drive into local markdown files. Tool-agnostic: works with any Gmail + Drive MCP (Anthropic hosted connectors, self-hosted workspace-mcp, or others). Replaces the manual email → Google Doc → export-markdown → Downloads → move workflow. Use when asked to: fetch meeting transcript, pull standup,…
Synthesis Article Writing
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Synthesis Mac Sync
Multi-Mac configuration sync via iCloud with bidirectional config file sync, git repository sync, machine inventory, and one-time action system. Use when asked to: mac sync, sync config, sync repos, sync with GitHub, push config to iCloud, pull config from iCloud, run mac-sync, repo status.
Synthesis Thinking Framework
Five-mode thinking methodology (first principles, systems thinking, complexity thinking, analogical thinking, design thinking) with a pre-response protocol for non-trivial problems. Provides the foundational reasoning approach that other synthesis skills build upon.
Synthesis Content Distribution
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Synthesis Preflight
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Synthesis Writing Craft
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Synthesis Fact Checking
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Synthesis Slack Sync
Slack channel sync protocol for AI-assisted workflows. Reads channels and threads via Slack MCP, saves to local transcript files in workspace-scoped repos, and updates person-scoped daily action plans. Handles mid-day re-syncs with thread staleness detection. Use when asked to: slack sync, sync from slack, check slack, read channels, sync messages, sync transcripts, what's new on slack.
Synthesis Review Triage
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Synthesis Article Refresh
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Synthesis Codebase Review
Enterprise-scale codebase audit methodology with tiered review system (Essential through Mission-Critical). Use when asked to: codebase review, code audit, code review, review codebase, architecture review, security audit, full code review, enterprise review, codebase health check.
Synthesis Context Lifecycle
Three-tier context architecture for managing AI working memory across long-running projects. Use when asked to: manage context, project context, session management, context lifecycle, working memory, archival, archive sessions, context maintenance, garbage collection for context, tiered context.
Synthesis Pr Review
Delta review methodology for pull requests in synthesis-coded projects, covering regression risk assessment, root cause analysis, and integration with the adopt-and-adapt workflow. Use when asked to: PR review, pull request, code review, review PR, delta review, review pull request, check PR, evaluate PR.
Synthesis Content Quality
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Synthesis Catchup Ledger
Reconcile pending, missed, and incomplete commitments after any gap in the daily-ritual cadence (travel, family visits, crunch weeks). Sweeps daily plans, transcripts, and project context over an arbitrary window; classifies every surfaced item (including expired-for-learning); produces a dated catch-up ledger document; routes survivors without flooding the daily plan. Use when asked to: catch up…
Synthesis Writing Pitfalls
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Synthesis Creative Writer
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Synthesis Code Integration
The adopt-and-adapt integration pattern for multi-contributor synthesis-coded projects. Covers the lead synthesist role, quality gates, cherry-pick safety, and graduated integration intensity. Use when asked to: synthesis coding, multi-contributor, integration, cherry-pick, adopt and adapt, lead synthesist, integrate contributions, merge contributor work.
Synthesis Implementation Integrity
Post-implementation verification protocol that catches incomplete work, hidden shortcuts, and gaps between 'tests pass' and 'production works.' Systematically traces data chains, detects placeholders, audits test honesty, and verifies environment parity. Use when asked to: verify implementation, check completeness, implementation review, is this done, built properly, no shortcuts, verify work, co…
Synthesis Inbox Cleanup
Manifest-driven email inbox cleanup across three tool stacks: iCloud / generic IMAP via Python + YAML rules; Microsoft 365 + outlook.com via Mail.app AppleScript; Gmail via workspace-mcp Gmail API and server-side filters. Engine is public; per-user rules live privately at ~/.synthesis/inbox-cleanup/. Ships with prompt-injection defenses (sanitization module + adversarial test fixtures) for any LL…
Synthesis Response Merger
Combine multiple LLM responses into a single unified document. Use when asked to combine responses, merge outputs, synthesize responses, unify documents, or consolidate multiple AI-generated answers into one comprehensive result.
Synthesis Daily Rituals
Day-start and day-end checklists for synthesis engineering projects. Execute dependency-ordered rituals for context optimization, Slack sync, catch-up reads, PR reviews, day planning, and communications. Use when asked about: daily ritual, morning routine, day start, day end, daily checklist, morning checklist, end of day checklist, daily workflow.
Synthesis Concise Messaging
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Synthesis Anti Shortcuts
Discipline for catching the lazy-shortcut antipattern in AI-assistant output. Makes the costume vocabulary explicit so agents recognize when their drafts have slid into deferral, dismissal, or false consultation. Includes the constraint-first protocol, sub-agent dispatch and acceptance hygiene, and a pre-response self-check. Use when asked to: avoid shortcuts, audit for laziness, check for deferr…
Synthesis Skills Manager
Agent-native skill installer and manager for the synthesis skills ecosystem. Handles installation, drift detection, synthesis merge for conflicts, provenance tracking, and cross-repo coordination. Use when asked to: install skills, update skills, check skill drift, manage skills, skill status, skill inventory, sync skills.
Synthesis Content Framing
Content framing methodology for synthesis engineering articles. Covers topic selection, sophistication standards, engagement patterns, quality gates, and operational rules for publishing technical thought leadership. Use when writing synthesis engineering content, framing technical articles, checking content quality gates, or publishing thought leadership.
Synthesis Tree Of Thought
Multi-expert collaborative reasoning technique. Use when asked to apply tree of thought, multi-expert brainstorming, collaborative reasoning, expert panel analysis, or when a problem benefits from simulating multiple domain experts debating step by step to reach a well-vetted conclusion.
Synthesis Checkpoint
Mid-session refresh and drift-recovery protocol. Re-syncs the agent's awareness of current date, project state, and recent commit history when context may have drifted from disk. Use when asked to: checkpoint, re-sync, refresh context, mid-session refresh, recover from compaction, re-read project state, verify dates, drift check, where are we, what was last done, am I caught up. Invoke on any sus…
Synthesis Project Management
Lightweight project management system designed for human-agent collaboration, optimized for context preservation across sessions. Use when asked to: project management, project setup, project tracking, synthesis project, manage project, set up project, project structure, session protocol.
Synthesis Reader Briefing
Pre-writing reader briefing methodology for public articles. A required precondition for any article that draws on internal source material (lessons, project context, codebases) and is published to an external audience. Catches insider context collapse before it becomes a draft. Use when asked to: write article, plan article, brief audience, audience analysis, reader briefing, pre-writing, before…
Synthesis Repo Guard
Session-end enforcement for git repository sync. Detects uncommitted changes and unpushed commits across a workspace. Works with any AI coding tool (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.) or standalone. Use when asked to: repo guard, check repos, session end check, sync check, repo status, workspace status.
Synthesis Code Planning
Structured approach to code generation, implementing features, and writing code. Use when asked to generate code, implement a feature, write code, or tackle a coding task. Analyzes the task, generates multiple approaches with trade-offs, selects the optimal solution, and implements it.
Synthesis Clean Text
Produce text without watermarking patterns, invisible characters, or statistical fingerprints that identify text as AI-generated. Use when generating clean text, avoiding watermarks, addressing AI detection concerns, or producing text generation output that should be free of hidden markers.