specweave

System Architect and technical design expert. Creates system architecture, technical specifications, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), component designs, API contracts, data models, and deployment architectures. Handles design patterns, scalability planning, technology stack decisions, microservices architecture, event-driven systems, CQRS, domain-driven design. Activates for architect, architecture, system design, technical design, api, backend, frontend, fullstack, ADR, architecture decision record, design patterns, microservices, API design, data model, database schema, scalability, performance architecture, technology stack, tech stack selection, distributed systems, event-driven, CQRS, DDD, domain model, component architecture, integration patterns, CAP theorem, consistency, availability, partition tolerance, how should I design, how to architect, what architecture, best architecture for, system architecture for, design the system, plan the architecture, architecture review, architecture decision, which technology, which framework, which database, monolith vs microservices, when to use microservices, service boundaries, bounded context, aggregate root, repository pattern, factory pattern, singleton pattern, observer pattern, strategy pattern, adapter pattern, facade pattern, decorator pattern, dependency injection, inversion of control, clean architecture, hexagonal architecture, onion architecture, layered architecture, vertical slice, modular monolith, event sourcing, saga pattern, outbox pattern, two phase commit, eventual consistency, strong consistency, read model, write model, command query separation, API gateway, service discovery, circuit breaker, bulkhead pattern, retry pattern, timeout pattern, rate limiting architecture, caching architecture, CDN architecture, multi-tenant architecture, SaaS architecture, B2B architecture, B2C architecture, marketplace architecture, e-commerce architecture, social media architecture, real-time architecture, WebSocket architecture, pub/sub architecture, message queue architecture, Kafka architecture, RabbitMQ architecture, Redis architecture.

Intelligent increment archiving expert. Analyzes increment age, status, and activity to recommend archiving strategy. Keeps workspace clean while preserving history. Activates for archive increments, clean workspace, too many increments, archive old, archive completed, preserve history, _archive folder.

Analyzes existing brownfield projects to map documentation structure to SpecWeave's PRD/HLD/Spec/Runbook pattern. Scans folders, classifies documents, detects external tools (Jira, ADO, GitHub), and creates project context map for just-in-time migration. Activates for brownfield, existing project, migrate, analyze structure, legacy documentation.

Intelligently onboards brownfield projects by merging existing CLAUDE.md backups into SpecWeave structure. Extracts project-specific knowledge, domain context, team conventions, and technical details from backup CLAUDE.md files, then distributes content to appropriate SpecWeave folders without bloating CLAUDE.md. Activates for: merge docs, merge claude, onboard brownfield, import existing docs, claude backup, specweave merge-docs.

Code review expert for security vulnerabilities, performance, and best practices. Activates for review code, code review, security review, PR review, pull request review, check my code, code quality, vulnerability scan, OWASP, code analysis, static analysis.

Code Simplifier - Refines code for clarity, consistency, and maintainability while preserving exact functionality. Based on Anthropic's official code-simplifier. Focuses on recently modified code unless instructed otherwise. Activates for simplify code, clean up code, refactor for clarity, reduce complexity, improve readability.

Coding standards discovery and documentation expert. Analyzes codebase to detect naming conventions, patterns, anti-patterns, and best practices. Generates or updates coding standards documentation in .specweave/docs/internal/governance/. Detects ESLint/Prettier configs, analyzes TypeScript/JavaScript patterns, finds security issues, and creates evidence-based standards with confidence levels. Activates for analyze coding standards, discover conventions, code style analysis, detect patterns, coding guidelines, what are the standards, code quality check, naming conventions, linting rules, best practices analysis, standards audit, code review standards, detect anti-patterns.

Coding standards discovery agent. Performs deep analysis of codebase to detect naming conventions, import patterns, function characteristics, type usage, error handling, and anti-patterns. Generates evidence-based coding standards documentation with statistical confidence levels and real code examples. Parses ESLint, Prettier, TypeScript configs. Detects security issues and maintainability concerns. Activates for coding standards, code conventions, naming conventions, style guide, code analysis, detect patterns, import patterns, function patterns, type patterns, error handling patterns, anti-patterns, eslint config, prettier config, typescript config, code style, code quality rules, project conventions, consistency check, coding guidelines.

Enterprise-grade compliance architecture for SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI-DSS. Provides compliance checklists, security controls, audit guidance, and regulatory requirements for serverless and cloud architectures. Activates for compliance, HIPAA, SOC2, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI-DSS, PCI DSS, regulatory, healthcare data, payment card, data protection, audit, security standards, regulated industry, BAA, business associate agreement, DPIA, data protection impact assessment.

Explains how SpecWeave achieves context efficiency through Claude's native progressive disclosure mechanism and sub-agent parallelization. Skills load only when relevant, sub-agents isolate context. Activates when users ask about context loading, token usage, or how SpecWeave scales. Keywords: context loading, progressive disclosure, token efficiency, sub-agents, context management.

Second-pass context optimization that analyzes user prompts and removes irrelevant specs, agents, and skills from loaded context. Achieves 80%+ token reduction through smart cleanup. Activates for optimize context, reduce tokens, clean context, smart context, precision loading.

Detects SpecWeave context (.specweave/ directory exists) and provides workflow documentation. Explains available slash commands and workflow. Keywords slash commands, /sw:increment, /increment, /sw:do, /sw:progress, /sw:validate, /sw:done, specweave commands, workflow help, specweave folder.

Updates living documentation during implementation. Syncs task completion to docs, changes [DRAFT] to [COMPLETE], maintains bidirectional links. Activates for update docs, sync documentation, mark complete, documentation updates, living docs sync.

Technical documentation writer that generates docs ONE SECTION AT A TIME (Installation → Usage → API → Examples) to prevent crashes. Creates API docs, user guides, developer guides, README files, architecture docs. **CRITICAL CHUNKING RULE - Prevents 3000+ line doc crashes.** Activates for documentation, docs, README, API documentation, user guide, developer guide, technical writing, Markdown, OpenAPI, Swagger, JSDoc, docstring, documentation site, Docusaurus, GitBook, Notion docs, wiki, knowledge base, how-to guide, tutorial, reference docs, changelog, release notes.

Export SpecWeave skills to Agent Skills open standard format (agentskills.io). Converts Claude Code plugin skills to portable SKILL.md files compatible with GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and other Agent Skills-compatible tools. Activates for export skills, agent skills, github skills, skills.md, agentskills, portable skills, convert skills, skill export, cross-platform skills.

Expert guide for setting up bidirectional synchronization between SpecWeave and external tools (GitHub Issues, Jira Epics, Azure DevOps Work Items). Provides interactive setup wizards with sync direction options (bidirectional, export-only, import-only, manual). Activates for GitHub sync, Jira integration, Azure DevOps, ADO, external tool setup, issue tracking sync, sync configuration, bidirectional sync, import issues, export increments, sync direction, GitHub issues, Jira epics, work items, project management tools.

Enhanced AI-powered quality assessment with RISK SCORING (BMAD pattern) and quality gate decisions. Evaluates specifications, plans, and tests for clarity, testability, completeness, feasibility, maintainability, edge cases, and RISKS. Provides PASS/CONCERNS/FAIL decisions. Activates for validate quality, quality check, assess spec, evaluate increment, spec review, quality score, risk assessment, qa check, quality gate, /sw:qa command.

Smart work continuation system that detects implementation intent and routes to active increment or creates new one. Activates for implement, complete, build, add, develop, work on, continue, resume, finish, fix, resolve, address, let's implement, let's build, start working, begin implementation, add feature, create feature.

Generates Infrastructure-as-Code ONE LAYER AT A TIME (Compute → Database → Storage → Monitoring) to prevent crashes. Creates Terraform configurations, tfvars, deployment instructions for AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP, Firebase, Supabase. **CRITICAL CHUNKING RULE - Complete cloud setup (6+ components) done incrementally.** Activates for infrastructure, Terraform, IaC, infrastructure as code, AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Cloud Functions, Firebase, Supabase, serverless, CloudFormation, Pulumi, CDK, tfvars, terraform modules, terraform state, remote backend, S3 backend, IAM roles, IAM policies, security groups, VPC terraform, RDS terraform, DynamoDB terraform, S3 bucket, CloudWatch, SNS, SQS, API Gateway terraform, Lambda layers, environment variables, secrets manager.

Navigate and load project living documentation for context. Provides a table of contents for specs, ADRs, architecture docs, and operations runbooks. Use when implementing features, making design decisions, or needing project context. Keywords - living docs, context, ADR, architecture, specs, documentation, project knowledge.

LSP (Language Server Protocol) integration expert. Provides semantic code understanding using language servers for TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, and more. Handles code navigation (go to definition, find references), symbol search, hover information, diagnostics, refactoring. 100x faster than grep for code exploration. Activates for LSP, language server, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java, C#, code navigation, go to definition, find references, find all references, hover type, type information, symbol search, document symbols, workspace symbols, diagnostics, code errors, type errors, refactoring, rename symbol, code actions, auto import, semantic analysis, code intelligence, intellisense, autocomplete context, type inference.

Intelligent multi-project specification splitting and organization. Analyzes user stories to map them to correct projects (FE, BE, MOBILE, INFRA) based on content, tech stack, and component architecture. Creates project-specific folder structure and splits monolithic specs. Activates for multi-project JIRA/GitHub setups, brownfield projects with multiple teams, microservices architecture. Keywords: multi-project, project mapping, spec splitting, JIRA projects, multiple projects, microservices, FE/BE/MOBILE split, intelligent classification.

Performance engineering expert for optimization, profiling, benchmarking, and scalability. Analyzes performance bottlenecks, optimizes database queries, improves frontend performance, reduces bundle size, implements caching strategies, optimizes algorithms, and ensures system scalability. Activates for performance, optimization, slow, latency, profiling, benchmark, scalability, caching, Redis cache, CDN, bundle size, code splitting, lazy loading, database optimization, query optimization, N+1 problem, indexing, algorithm complexity, Big O, memory leak, CPU usage, load testing, stress testing, performance metrics, Core Web Vitals, LCP, FID, CLS, TTFB.

Validates SpecWeave plugin installation when EXPLICITLY requested by user. Ensures marketplace registered, core plugin installed, and context-specific plugins available. ONLY activates for explicit validation requests - does NOT auto-activate for workflow commands to avoid false positives. Activates ONLY for plugin validation, environment setup, validate plugins, check plugins, specweave init, fresh setup, marketplace registration.

Product Manager expertise for creating product requirements, user stories, specifications, and roadmaps. Guides spec-driven development with phased approach (Research → Spec → Plan → Validate). Activates for: product, pm, product manager, product planning, requirements, user stories, PRD, product spec, feature specification, roadmap, MVP planning, MVP, acceptance criteria, story mapping, backlog grooming, prioritization, RICE, MoSCoW, product strategy, create spec, write requirements, plan feature, product management, stakeholder requirements, business case, product vision, OKRs, KPIs, epic breakdown, sprint planning, story points, definition of done, product discovery, customer interview, competitive analysis, market research, build app, create app, make app, new feature, plan feature, design feature, web app, mobile app, calculator app, beautiful app, I need an app, I want to build.

Comprehensive progress synchronization expert. Explains when and how to use /sw:sync-progress for multi-system sync (tasks → docs → external tools). AUTO-CREATES missing external issues. Activates for sync progress, update progress, sync everything, sync all systems, sync to GitHub, sync to JIRA, how to sync, progress synchronization, multi-system sync, create github issue, no github issue linked.

QA Lead that creates test suites ONE FILE AT A TIME to prevent crashes. Handles test plans, test cases, testing strategies, quality gates. **CRITICAL CHUNKING RULE - Large test suites (15 files) done incrementally.** Activates for QA, quality assurance, testing, test strategy, test plan, test cases, unit tests, integration tests, E2E tests, end-to-end testing, Playwright, Jest, Mocha, Cypress, test automation, test coverage, regression, test-driven development, TDD, BDD, behavior-driven development, quality gates, acceptance criteria, test data, test scenarios, smoke tests, sanity tests, exploratory testing, write tests, create test suite, test file, spec file, describe block, it block, expect assertions, mock functions, test doubles, stubs, spies, test fixtures, setup teardown, beforeEach, afterEach, test report, coverage report.

Ralph Loop Best Practices - Guidelines for effective autonomous iteration. Based on Anthropic's official ralph-loop plugin. Helps design prompts for iterative AI development with clear completion signals.

Self-reflection specialist that analyzes completed work for quality issues, security vulnerabilities, and improvement opportunities. Performs comprehensive code review covering OWASP Top 10, best practices, testing gaps, performance, and technical debt. Activates after task completion to provide constructive feedback and catch issues early before code review. Activates for self-reflection, code review, quality assessment, security review, OWASP check, best practices review, testing gaps, performance review, technical debt, lessons learned, what went well, what could improve, post-task analysis, code quality, reflection.

Product roadmap and feature prioritization expert. Creates product roadmaps, prioritizes features using RICE/MoSCoW/Kano frameworks, defines success metrics and KPIs, and translates technical decisions into business impact. Activates for roadmap, prioritization, RICE, MoSCoW, Kano, product planning, feature ranking, success metrics, KPIs, stakeholder communication, business impact, Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 planning, quarterly goals, release planning, feature prioritization.

Multi-agent orchestration system that coordinates specialized agents (PM, Architect, DevOps, QA, Tech Lead, Security) to work together on complex tasks. Implements hierarchical orchestrator-worker pattern. Activates for complex multi-step requests requiring multiple roles/skills. Keywords: build product, create SaaS, full implementation, end-to-end, multi-agent, orchestrate, coordinate roles, complex project.

Security Engineer and application security expert. Performs threat modeling, security architecture review, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, and security compliance. Handles OWASP Top 10, authentication security, authorization, encryption, secrets management, HTTPS/TLS, CORS, CSRF, XSS, SQL injection prevention, secure coding practices, security audits, and compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2). Activates for security, security review, threat model, vulnerability, penetration testing, pen test, OWASP, authentication security, authorization, encryption, secrets, HTTPS, TLS, SSL, CORS, CSRF, XSS, SQL injection, secure coding, security audit, compliance, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, security architecture, secrets management, rate limiting, brute force protection, session security, token security, JWT security, is this secure, security check, review security, find vulnerabilities, security scan, security test, hack proof, prevent hacking, protect from attacks, DDoS protection, bot protection, WAF, web application firewall, input validation, sanitize input, escape output, parameterized queries, prepared statements, password hashing, bcrypt, argon2, salt, pepper, secure password, password policy, MFA, 2FA, two factor, multi factor, OAuth security, OIDC, OpenID Connect, SAML, SSO security, API key security, Bearer token, refresh token rotation, token expiration, session hijacking, session fixation, clickjacking, open redirect, SSRF, XXE, insecure deserialization, broken access control, security misconfiguration, sensitive data exposure, insufficient logging, dependency vulnerability, npm audit, snyk, dependabot, CVE, security patch, zero day, security incident, data breach, data leak, privacy, data protection, encryption at rest, encryption in transit, key management, KMS, HSM, certificate management, cert rotation, security headers, CSP, Content Security Policy, X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, HSTS, Strict-Transport-Security.

Security Pattern Detector - Real-time detection of dangerous coding patterns during file edits. Based on Anthropic's official security-guidance hook. Activates proactively when writing code. Warns about command injection, XSS, unsafe deserialization, dynamic code execution.

Intelligent serverless platform recommendation expert. Detects project context (pet-project, startup, enterprise), analyzes workload suitability, ranks platforms (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Cloud Functions, Firebase, Supabase), and provides comprehensive recommendations with cost estimates. Activates for serverless recommendations, platform selection, AWS vs Azure vs GCP, Firebase vs Supabase, serverless architecture, should I use serverless, which serverless platform, serverless cost, serverless free tier, Lambda vs Functions, cloud functions comparison.

Detects when user reports issues with recently completed work and suggests reopening relevant tasks, user stories, or increments. Auto-activates on keywords: not working, broken, bug, issue, problem, failing, error, crash, regression, still broken, incorrect, missing, wrong. Scans active and recently completed (7 days) work to find related items. Provides smart suggestions with relevance scoring.

Master TDD orchestrator specializing in red-green-refactor discipline, multi-agent workflow coordination, and comprehensive test-driven development practices. Enforces TDD best practices across teams with AI-assisted testing and modern frameworks. Activates for TDD, test-driven development, test driven, red-green-refactor, write tests first, test first, failing test, make test pass, refactor with tests, Kent Beck, TDD cycle, outside-in TDD, inside-out TDD, London style TDD, Chicago style TDD, test doubles, mocking TDD, test isolation, test pyramid, unit tests TDD, integration tests TDD, acceptance tests, ATDD, specification by example, executable specifications, tests first, with tdd, using tdd, tdd approach, tdd workflow, tdd mode.

Test-Driven Development workflow coordinator. Detects TDD intent and offers guided red-green-refactor cycle. Activates for TDD, test-driven, red-green-refactor, write tests first, test-first development, Kent Beck, TDD cycle.

Technical Lead that implements code ONE FILE AT A TIME to prevent crashes. Handles code review, best practices, mentorship, implementation planning. **CRITICAL CHUNKING RULE - Large implementations (auth system = auth.ts + tests + middleware) done incrementally.** Activates for tech lead, code review, best practices, refactoring, technical debt, code quality, design patterns, SOLID principles, clean code, code standards, implementation plan, technical guidance, mentorship, code optimization, complexity analysis, technical planning, estimation, implementation strategy, code architecture.

Test-Aware Planning agent that generates tasks.md **ONE USER STORY AT A TIME** with embedded test plans. **CRITICAL CHUNKING RULE - Prevents crashes.** Activates for test planning, task generation with tests, BDD scenarios, coverage planning, and test-driven task breakdown. Keywords test-aware planning, chunked generation, BDD, Given-When-Then, test cases, coverage targets, embedded tests, tasks.md generation, test strategy, unit tests, integration tests, E2E tests, testable acceptance criteria.

LLM-native translation skill for SpecWeave content. Activates when translation is needed for CLI messages, templates, documentation, or living docs. Uses the current LLM session for zero-cost translation. Keywords: translate, translation, language, multilingual, i18n, internationalization, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, German, French, localization, translate to.

Detects multi-repo architecture from user prompts and guides setup. Activates for: multiple repos, 3 repos, frontend repo, backend repo, shared library repo, monorepo services, microservices, separate repos, FE/BE/Shared, multi-repo architecture, independent repos.

Update CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md instruction files with smart merge. Preserves user customizations while updating SpecWeave sections. Use after plugin refresh, version upgrade, or when instruction files need sync. Activates for: update instructions, refresh claude.md, merge agents.md, sync instruction files, upgrade specweave config.

Anomaly and outlier detection using Isolation Forest, One-Class SVM, autoencoders, and statistical methods. Activates for "anomaly detection", "outlier detection", "fraud detection", "intrusion detection", "abnormal behavior", "unusual patterns", "detect anomalies", "system monitoring". Handles supervised and unsupervised anomaly detection with SpecWeave increment integration.

Automated machine learning with hyperparameter optimization using Optuna, Hyperopt, or AutoML libraries. Activates for "automl", "hyperparameter tuning", "optimize hyperparameters", "auto tune model", "neural architecture search", "automated ml". Systematically explores model and hyperparameter spaces, tracks all experiments, and finds optimal configurations with minimal manual intervention.

Computer vision ML pipelines for image classification, object detection, semantic segmentation, and image generation. Activates for "computer vision", "image classification", "object detection", "CNN", "ResNet", "YOLO", "image segmentation", "image preprocessing", "data augmentation". Builds end-to-end CV pipelines with PyTorch/TensorFlow, integrated with SpecWeave increments.

Statistical modeling and business analytics expert. A/B testing, causal inference, customer analytics (CLV, churn, segmentation), time series forecasting. Activates for EDA, statistical analysis, hypothesis testing, regression, cohort analysis, demand forecasting, experiment design, data analysis, exploratory data analysis, pandas, numpy, matplotlib, seaborn, plotly, jupyter notebook, correlation, distribution, outliers, data cleaning, data visualization, dashboard, metrics, KPIs, business intelligence, BI, SQL analysis, pivot tables, aggregation, group by, window functions, customer lifetime value, retention analysis, funnel analysis, conversion rate, statistical significance, p-value, confidence interval.

Automated data visualization for EDA, model performance, and business reporting. Activates for "visualize data", "create plots", "EDA", "exploratory analysis", "confusion matrix", "ROC curve", "feature distribution", "correlation heatmap", "plot results", "dashboard". Generates publication-quality visualizations integrated with SpecWeave increments.

Manages ML experiment tracking with MLflow, Weights & Biases, or SpecWeave's built-in tracking. Activates for "track experiments", "MLflow", "wandb", "experiment logging", "compare experiments", "hyperparameter tracking". Automatically configures tracking tools to log to SpecWeave increment folders, ensuring all experiments are documented and reproducible. Integrates with SpecWeave's living docs for persistent experiment knowledge.

Comprehensive feature engineering for ML pipelines: data quality assessment, feature creation, selection, transformation, and encoding. Activates for "feature engineering", "create features", "feature selection", "data preprocessing", "handle missing values", "encode categorical", "scale features", "feature importance". Ensures features are production-ready with automated validation, documentation, and integration with SpecWeave increments.

Prepares ML models for production deployment with containerization, API creation, monitoring setup, and A/B testing. Activates for "deploy model", "production deployment", "model API", "containerize model", "docker ml", "serving ml model", "model monitoring", "A/B test model". Generates deployment artifacts and ensures models are production-ready with monitoring, versioning, and rollback capabilities.

End-to-end ML system builder with SpecWeave integration. Enforces best practices - baseline comparison, cross-validation, experiment tracking, explainability (SHAP/LIME). Activates for ML features, model training, hyperparameter tuning, production ML, machine learning, deep learning, neural network, TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, model deployment, MLflow, model serving, feature engineering, data pipeline, train model, predict, classification, regression, clustering, NLP, computer vision, image classification, object detection, text classification, sentiment analysis, recommendation system, embeddings, transformers, BERT, GPT, fine-tuning, transfer learning, build ML model, create ML model, train AI, build AI, artificial intelligence, AI model, AI feature, add AI to my app, implement AI, machine learning feature, predictive model, prediction model, predict user behavior, predict churn, predict sales, forecasting model, anomaly detection, fraud detection, spam detection, chatbot, conversational AI, LLM integration, OpenAI integration, Claude API, vector database, embeddings search, semantic search, RAG, retrieval augmented generation, prompt engineering, model accuracy, model precision, model recall, F1 score, ROC AUC, confusion matrix, overfitting, underfitting, regularization, dropout, batch normalization, learning rate, optimizer, loss function, gradient descent, backpropagation, CNN, RNN, LSTM, attention mechanism, self-attention, multi-head attention, encoder decoder, autoencoder, GAN, diffusion model, stable diffusion, image generation, text generation, speech recognition, speech to text, text to speech, OCR, document processing.

Orchestrates complete machine learning pipelines within SpecWeave increments. Activates when users request "ML pipeline", "train model", "build ML system", "end-to-end ML", "ML workflow", "model training pipeline", or similar. Guides users through data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and deployment using SpecWeave's spec-driven approach. Integrates with increment lifecycle for reproducible ML development.

Design DAG-based MLOps pipeline architectures with Airflow, Dagster, Kubeflow, or Prefect. Activates for DAG orchestration, workflow automation, pipeline design patterns, CI/CD for ML. Use for platform-agnostic MLOps infrastructure - NOT for SpecWeave increment-based ML (use ml-pipeline-orchestrator instead).

Build comprehensive ML pipelines, experiment tracking, and model registries with MLflow, Kubeflow, and modern MLOps tools. Implements automated training, deployment, and monitoring across cloud platforms. Activates for MLOps, ML pipeline, MLflow, Kubeflow, model registry, experiment tracking, model versioning, model deployment, model serving, ML monitoring, feature store, data pipeline, training pipeline, inference pipeline, model artifacts, hyperparameter tracking, A/B testing ML, model rollback, ML CI/CD, ML automation, SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML, Databricks, model drift, data drift, model performance monitoring, model governance, ML metadata.

Comprehensive ML model evaluation with multiple metrics, cross-validation, and statistical testing. Activates for "evaluate model", "model metrics", "model performance", "compare models", "validation metrics", "test accuracy", "precision recall", "ROC AUC". Generates detailed evaluation reports with visualizations and statistical significance tests, integrated with SpecWeave increment documentation.

Model interpretability and explainability using SHAP, LIME, feature importance, and partial dependence plots. Activates for "explain model", "model interpretability", "SHAP", "LIME", "feature importance", "why prediction", "model explanation". Generates human-readable explanations for model predictions, critical for trust, debugging, and regulatory compliance.

Centralized model versioning, staging, and lifecycle management. Activates for "model registry", "model versioning", "model staging", "deploy to production", "rollback model", "model metadata", "model lineage", "promote model", "model catalog". Manages ML model lifecycle from development through production with SpecWeave increment integration.

Natural language processing ML pipelines for text classification, NER, sentiment analysis, text generation, and embeddings. Activates for "nlp", "text classification", "sentiment analysis", "named entity recognition", "BERT", "transformers", "text preprocessing", "tokenization", "word embeddings". Builds NLP pipelines with transformers, integrated with SpecWeave increments.

Time series forecasting with ARIMA, Prophet, LSTM, and statistical methods. Activates for "time series", "forecasting", "predict future", "trend analysis", "seasonality", "ARIMA", "Prophet", "sales forecast", "demand prediction", "stock prediction". Handles trend decomposition, seasonality detection, multivariate forecasting, and confidence intervals with SpecWeave increment integration.

Smart deployment platform router for Vercel vs Cloudflare vs GitHub Pages. Analyzes project structure, framework, SEO needs, runtime requirements, AND repository visibility (private/public). Routes to Cloudflare for private repos (GitHub Pages requires paid plan), Vercel for dynamic SEO, GitHub Pages only for public repos. Activates for deploy, vercel vs cloudflare, where to deploy, cloudflare workers, cloudflare pages, vercel deployment, edge deployment, SSR deployment, static site deployment, which hosting, deployment recommendation, github pages, private repo deployment.

DevOps and infrastructure expert that generates IaC ONE COMPONENT AT A TIME (VPC → Compute → Database → Monitoring) to prevent crashes. Handles Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD. **CRITICAL CHUNKING RULE - Large deployments (EKS + RDS + monitoring = 20+ files) done incrementally.** Activates for deploy, infrastructure, terraform, kubernetes, docker, ci/cd, devops, cloud, deployment, aws, azure, gcp, pipeline, monitoring, ECS, EKS, AKS, GKE, Fargate, Lambda, CloudFormation, Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, deploy my app, deploy to production, deploy to cloud, how to deploy, setup deployment, create pipeline, build pipeline, CI pipeline, CD pipeline, continuous integration, continuous deployment, continuous delivery, automate deployment, automated builds, automated tests in CI, Docker build, Dockerfile, docker-compose, container, containerize, containerization, build container, push to registry, ECR, GCR, ACR, Docker Hub, image registry, Kubernetes deployment, K8s deploy, pod deployment, service mesh, Istio, Linkerd, infrastructure as code, IaC, provision infrastructure, create AWS resources, create Azure resources, create GCP resources, serverless deployment, Lambda deployment, Cloud Functions deployment, Azure Functions deployment, Vercel deployment, Netlify deployment, deploy Next.js, deploy React app, deploy Node.js, environment variables, secrets management, AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault, SSL certificate, HTTPS setup, domain setup, DNS configuration, load balancer setup, auto scaling, scaling policy, CloudWatch alarms, PagerDuty, incident response, blue green deployment, canary deployment, rolling deployment, rollback deployment, feature flags, LaunchDarkly.

Implement distributed tracing with Jaeger and Tempo to track requests across microservices and identify performance bottlenecks. Use when debugging microservices, analyzing request flows, or implementing observability for distributed systems.

Provisions infrastructure on Hetzner Cloud with Terraform/Pulumi. Generates IaC code for CX11/CX21/CX31 instances, managed Postgres, SSL configuration, Docker deployment. Activates for deploy on Hetzner, Hetzner Cloud, budget deployment, cheap hosting, $10/month hosting.

Expert network engineer specializing in modern cloud networking, security architectures, and performance optimization. Masters multi-cloud connectivity, service mesh, zero-trust networking, SSL/TLS, global load balancing, and advanced troubleshooting. Handles CDN optimization, network automation, and compliance. Activates for networking, VPC, subnet, CIDR, security groups, network ACL, route tables, NAT gateway, internet gateway, VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute, peering, transit gateway, load balancer, ALB, NLB, ELB, CloudFront, CDN, DNS, Route 53, HTTPS, SSL certificate, TLS termination, firewall rules, ingress, egress, network troubleshooting, connectivity issues, latency, packet loss, MTU, TCP/IP, UDP, WebSocket connection, CORS issues, network policy.

Production observability architect - metrics, logs, traces, SLOs. Opinionated on OpenTelemetry-first, Prometheus+Grafana stack, alert fatigue prevention. Activates for monitoring, observability, SLI/SLO, alerting, Prometheus, Grafana, tracing, logging, Datadog, New Relic, OpenTelemetry, OTEL, metrics collection, log aggregation, distributed tracing, Jaeger, Zipkin, Loki, ELK stack, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Fluentd, structured logging, alert rules, dashboards, Grafana dashboards, PromQL, LogQL, cardinality, metric labels, span context, trace ID, correlation ID, service mesh observability, APM, application performance monitoring, error tracking, Sentry, uptime monitoring, synthetic monitoring, real user monitoring, RUM.

Expert performance engineer specializing in modern observability, application optimization, and scalable system performance. Masters OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, load testing, multi-tier caching, Core Web Vitals, and performance monitoring. Handles end-to-end optimization, real user monitoring, and scalability patterns. Activates for performance optimization, slow application, latency issues, response time, throughput, load testing, k6, JMeter, Locust, Artillery, stress testing, benchmark, profiling, flame graph, CPU profiling, memory profiling, heap dump, garbage collection, GC tuning, caching strategy, Redis caching, CDN caching, browser caching, Core Web Vitals, LCP, FID, CLS, TTFB, page speed, bundle size, code splitting, lazy loading, image optimization, API performance, database performance, connection pooling.

Set up Prometheus for comprehensive metric collection, storage, and monitoring of infrastructure and applications. Use when implementing metrics collection, setting up monitoring infrastructure, or configuring alerting systems.

Define and implement Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs) with error budgets and alerting. Use when establishing reliability targets, implementing SRE practices, or measuring service performance.

Site Reliability Engineering expert for incident response, troubleshooting, and mitigation. Handles production incidents across UI, backend, database, infrastructure, and security layers. Performs root cause analysis, creates mitigation plans, writes post-mortems, and maintains runbooks. Activates for incident, outage, slow, down, performance, latency, error rate, 5xx, 500, 502, 503, 504, crash, memory leak, CPU spike, disk full, database deadlock, SRE, on-call, SEV1, SEV2, SEV3, production issue, debugging, root cause analysis, RCA, post-mortem, runbook, health check, service degradation, timeout, connection refused, high load, monitor, alert, p95, p99, response time, throughput, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, New Relic, PagerDuty, observability, logging, tracing, metrics.

Non-testing browser automation - web scraping, form filling, screenshot capture, PDF generation, workflow automation. For TESTING with Playwright, use e2e-playwright skill instead. Activates for web scraping, form automation, screenshot, PDF, headless browser, Puppeteer, Selenium, automation scripts, data extraction.

Comprehensive Playwright end-to-end testing expertise covering browser automation, cross-browser testing, visual regression, API testing, mobile emulation, accessibility testing, test architecture, page object models, fixtures, parallel execution, CI/CD integration, debugging strategies, and production-grade E2E test patterns. Activates for playwright, e2e testing, end-to-end testing, browser automation, cross-browser testing, visual testing, screenshot testing, API testing, mobile testing, accessibility testing, test fixtures, page object model, POM, test architecture, parallel testing, playwright config, trace viewer, codegen, test debugging, flaky tests, CI integration, playwright best practices.

AI image generation expert using Pollinations.ai - FREE, no API key required. Generates professional-quality images for websites, apps, marketing, mockups, icons, and illustrations. Activates for image, images, generate image, create image, make image, picture, pictures, illustration, illustrations, icon, icons, logo, logos, hero image, hero section image, banner, banners, background image, backgrounds, placeholder, placeholders, product image, product shot, mockup, mockups, avatar, avatars, thumbnail, thumbnails, splash screen, app icon, website image, landing page, UI image, design asset, visual asset, stock photo, photo, render, renders, artwork, graphic, graphics, visual, visually, imagery, Pollinations, Pollinations.ai, AI image, AI art, AI generated, text-to-image, image generation, image generator, FLUX, stable diffusion, midjourney alternative, DALL-E alternative, free image generation, generate visual, create visual, need image, need picture, need icon, need logo, need illustration, website design image, app design image, marketing image, social media image, blog image, featured image, OG image, cover image, profile picture, user avatar, empty state illustration, onboarding image, feature graphic.

PR Test Coverage Analyzer - Evaluates test completeness focusing on behavioral verification, not metrics chasing. Based on Anthropic's official pr-test-analyzer. Activates for PR test coverage, test coverage review, missing tests, test gaps, edge case coverage, regression prevention, test quality, are tests complete, check test coverage, review tests, test analysis.

Expert QA engineer for test strategy, test planning, test automation, and quality assurance. Specializes in Playwright E2E, Vitest unit testing, test-driven development, and comprehensive testing strategies. Activates for qa, test, testing, tdd, test-driven, test driven, quality, QA, quality assurance, test strategy, test plan, test cases, unit tests, integration tests, E2E tests, end-to-end testing, Playwright, Jest, Vitest, Cypress, test automation, test coverage, regression testing, TDD, BDD, quality gates, acceptance testing, smoke tests, sanity tests, write tests, fix tests, tests failing, test setup, mock data, test fixtures, how to test, add tests, need tests, create tests, test my code, test this function, test this component, test this API, my tests fail, tests are broken, fix broken tests, why tests fail, test error, assertion error, expect error, mock error, timeout in tests, flaky tests, tests are flaky, unstable tests, slow tests, speed up tests, parallel tests, test CI, tests in pipeline, coverage report, increase coverage, 80% coverage, 100% coverage, test database, test API endpoint, test authentication, test login, test signup, test form, test validation, test error handling, test edge cases, test happy path, test sad path, test boundary, snapshot test, visual test, accessibility test, a11y test, performance test, load test, stress test, test environment, test data, seed data, factory, faker, test isolation, test cleanup, beforeAll, afterAll, beforeEach, afterEach, describe block, it block, test block, expect, toBe, toEqual, toHaveBeenCalled, mock implementation, spy on, stub, with tdd, using tdd, tdd mode.

Silent Failure Hunter - Identifies hidden error handling issues, inadequate catch blocks, and inappropriate fallback behavior. Based on Anthropic's official silent-failure-hunter. Activates for error handling review, silent failures, catch block review, error swallowing, hidden errors, exception handling, try catch review, error logging, failure detection, find silent errors.

Test-Driven Development (TDD) expertise covering red-green-refactor cycle, behavior-driven development, test-first design, refactoring with confidence, TDD best practices, TDD workflow, unit testing strategies, mock-driven development, test doubles, TDD patterns, SOLID principles through testing, emergent design, incremental development, TDD anti-patterns, and production-grade TDD practices. Activates for TDD, test-driven development, red-green-refactor, test-first, behavior-driven, BDD, refactoring, test doubles, mock-driven, test design, SOLID principles, emergent design, incremental development, TDD workflow, TDD best practices, TDD patterns, Kent Beck, Robert Martin, Uncle Bob, test-first design.

Type Design Analyzer - Evaluates type quality across encapsulation, invariant expression, usefulness, and enforcement. Based on Anthropic's official type-design-analyzer. Activates for type review, type design, type quality, invariants, encapsulation review, type safety, TypeScript types, type analysis, improve types, type architecture.

Comprehensive unit testing expertise covering Vitest, Jest, test-driven development (TDD), mocking strategies, test coverage, snapshot testing, test architecture, testing patterns, dependency injection, test doubles (mocks, stubs, spies, fakes), async testing, error handling tests, parametric testing, test organization, code coverage analysis, mutation testing, and production-grade unit testing best practices. Activates for unit testing, vitest, jest, test-driven development, TDD, red-green-refactor, mocking, stubbing, spying, test doubles, test coverage, snapshot testing, test architecture, dependency injection, async testing, test patterns, code coverage, mutation testing, test isolation, test fixtures, AAA pattern, given-when-then, test organization, testing best practices, vi.fn, vi.mock, vi.spyOn, describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach.

Visual regression testing expert using Playwright snapshots, Percy, Chromatic, BackstopJS, and pixel-diff analysis. Covers baseline management, responsive testing, cross-browser visual testing, component visual testing, and CI integration. Activates for visual regression, screenshot testing, visual diff, Percy, Chromatic, BackstopJS, pixel comparison, snapshot testing, visual testing, CSS regression, UI looks different, layout changed, style regression, component looks wrong, responsive breakpoints, cross-browser differences, screenshot comparison, baseline update, approve changes, Storybook visual tests, design QA, pixel perfect, UI drift, visual bugs.

Expert in React Native testing strategies including unit tests with Jest, integration tests, E2E tests with Detox, component testing with React Native Testing Library, snapshot testing, mocking native modules, testing on simulators and real devices. Activates for testing, jest, detox, e2e, unit test, integration test, component test, test runner, mock, snapshot test, testing library, react native testing library, test automation.

Expert in Expo SDK 54+ development workflows, EAS Build, EAS Update, native tabs, Expo Router v6, expo-video, expo-audio, dev clients, expo-cli commands, app configuration, and deployment strategies. Activates for expo, expo go, eas build, eas update, expo config, app.json, eas.json, expo dev client, expo prebuild, expo eject, over-the-air updates, expo doctor, expo install, managed workflow, bare workflow, expo router, native tabs, liquid glass.

Expert in Metro bundler configuration, optimization, troubleshooting, caching strategies, custom transformers, asset management, source maps, bundling performance. Activates for metro, metro bundler, metro.config.js, bundler, bundle, cache, transformer, asset resolver, metro cache, bundling error, unable to resolve module, port 8081.

Elite mobile architect for React Native and Expo. Expert in New Architecture (Fabric, Turbo Modules, JSI), modern React patterns (Activity, useEffectEvent, concurrent features), state management (Zustand, TanStack Query, Jotai, Legend State), navigation (Expo Router native tabs, React Navigation), performance (Hermes, FlashList, expo-image, Intersection Observer), platform-specific UI (iOS design language, Android edge-to-edge), and offline-first patterns. IMPORTANT - Always fetch latest React Native and Expo docs via Context7 for version-specific details. Activates for mobile architecture, React Native design, app structure, state management, navigation patterns, New Architecture, Turbo Modules, Fabric, JSI, Expo SDK, mobile performance, offline-first, Hermes, React concurrent, Activity component, native tabs, mobile app, iOS app, Android app, build mobile app, create app, phone app, tablet app, mobile UI, app design, push notifications, deep linking, app store, play store, mobile authentication, biometrics, Face ID, Touch ID, mobile storage, AsyncStorage, MMKV, app permissions, camera access, location tracking, create mobile app, make an app, build an app, develop app, app for iPhone, app for Android, native app, cross-platform app, hybrid app, app development, smartphone app, make iOS app, make Android app, I want to build an app, let's create an app, need a mobile app, app idea, startup app, MVP app, app prototype, mobile MVP, app screens, app navigation, bottom tabs, tab bar, drawer navigation, stack navigation, app splash screen, app icon, app onboarding, user onboarding mobile, login screen, signup screen mobile, app forms, mobile forms, keyboard handling, gesture handling, swipe gestures, pull to refresh, infinite scroll mobile, app animations, Reanimated, Lottie animations, app theming, app dark mode, app notifications, local notifications, remote notifications, FCM, APNs, app analytics, mobile analytics, crash reporting, Sentry mobile, app testing, Detox, Maestro, app deployment, TestFlight, Google Play Console, app review, app rejection, app store optimization, ASO.

Expert in debugging React Native and Expo mobile applications. Covers React DevTools, Flipper, Chrome DevTools, network debugging, crash analysis, error boundaries, debugging native modules, remote debugging, breakpoints, console logging strategies. Activates for debugging mobile app, react native debugging, flipper, devtools, breakpoints, crash, error, remote debugging, network request debugging, console.log, debugger, react native debugger.

Expert in React Native native modules with New Architecture, Turbo Modules with Codegen, Fabric renderer, JSI (JavaScript Interface), New Architecture migration, bridging JavaScript and native code, iOS Swift modules, Android Kotlin modules, expo config plugins. IMPORTANT - Use Context7 for version-specific APIs. Activates for native module, native code, bridge, turbo module, JSI, fabric, autolinking, custom native module, ios module, android module, swift, kotlin, objective-c, java native code, codegen, new architecture.

Expert in React Native 0.83+ and Expo SDK 54+ environment setup. Helps with Node.js 20+, Xcode 16.1+, Android Studio, watchman, CocoaPods, EAS Build, simulators, emulators, and troubleshooting. Activates for environment setup, installation issues, xcode setup, android studio, simulators, emulators, react-native init, expo init, development environment, SDK configuration, EAS Build, development builds.

Kafka architecture and design specialist. Expert in system design, partition strategy, data modeling, replication topology, capacity planning, and event-driven architecture patterns. Activates for Kafka, Apache Kafka, Kafka architecture, topic design, partition strategy, consumer groups, producer config, Kafka Connect, Kafka Streams, event streaming, message broker, pub/sub, event-driven architecture, EDA, event sourcing, CQRS with Kafka, Kafka cluster, Zookeeper, KRaft, replication factor, ISR, broker config, retention policy, compaction, exactly-once semantics, at-least-once, offset management, lag monitoring, Kafka security, SASL, SSL Kafka.

Expert knowledge of Apache Kafka architecture, cluster design, capacity planning, partitioning strategies, replication, and high availability. Auto-activates on keywords kafka architecture, cluster sizing, partition strategy, replication factor, kafka ha, kafka scalability, broker count, topic design, kafka performance, kafka capacity planning.

Expert knowledge of Kafka CLI tools (kcat, kcli, kaf, kafkactl). Auto-activates on keywords kcat, kafkacat, kcli, kaf, kafkactl, kafka cli, kafka command line, produce message, consume topic, list topics, kafka metadata. Provides command examples, installation guides, and tool comparisons.

Kafka DevOps and SRE specialist. Expert in infrastructure deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, and operational best practices for Apache Kafka.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployment expert for Apache Kafka. Guides Terraform deployments across Apache Kafka (KRaft mode), AWS MSK, Azure Event Hubs. Activates for terraform, iac, infrastructure as code, deploy kafka, provision kafka, aws msk, azure event hubs, kafka infrastructure, terraform modules, cloud deployment, kafka deployment automation.

Kubernetes deployment expert for Apache Kafka. Guides K8s deployments using Helm charts, operators (Strimzi, Confluent), StatefulSets, and production best practices. Activates for kubernetes, k8s, helm, kafka on kubernetes, strimzi, confluent operator, kafka operator, statefulset, kafka helm chart, k8s deployment, kubernetes kafka, deploy kafka to k8s.

MCP server integration for Kafka operations. Auto-activates on keywords kafka mcp, mcp server, mcp configure, mcp setup, kanapuli, tuannvm, confluent mcp, kafka integration. Provides configuration examples and connection guidance for all 4 MCP servers.

Kafka monitoring and observability expert. Guides Prometheus + Grafana setup, JMX metrics, alerting rules, and dashboard configuration. Activates for kafka monitoring, prometheus, grafana, kafka metrics, jmx exporter, kafka observability, monitoring setup, kafka dashboards, alerting, kafka performance monitoring, metrics collection.

Standard format for ALL GitHub issues created by SpecWeave. Ensures checkable acceptance criteria, task connections, working links, and consistent metadata. Activates for create GitHub issue, sync to GitHub, format GitHub issue, standardize issue.

Task-level GitHub issue tracking for SpecWeave increments. Provides fine-grained progress tracking via issue comments, task checklists, and labels. Enables team collaboration on individual tasks. Activates for task tracking, GitHub comments, issue updates, task progress, team collaboration, granular tracking.

Expert at organizing specs and splitting tasks across multiple GitHub repositories. Handles monorepo, polyrepo, and parent repo architectures. Activates for multi-project GitHub setups, task splitting, spec organization, team allocation, cross-repo coordination.

Two-way synchronization between SpecWeave specs and GitHub Projects (push & pull by default). Activates ONLY when user asks questions about GitHub integration or needs help configuring GitHub sync. Does NOT activate for slash commands. For syncing, use /sw-github:sync-spec command instead.

Expert agent for splitting SpecWeave tasks across multiple GitHub repositories based on architecture patterns. Analyzes task dependencies across services and creates tracking issues in multiple repositories for multi-repo architectures.

Updates GitHub issues for user stories with proper ACs and tasks. Activates for update user story issue, fix GitHub issue format, add checkable ACs, refresh user story issue, sync user story to GitHub.

Azure DevOps integration specialist. Expert in ADO REST API, work item management, and SpecWeave increment synchronization. Handles Epics, Features, User Stories, bidirectional sync, and rate limiting. Activates for Azure DevOps, ADO, ADO sync, ADO integration, ADO work items, ADO epic, ADO feature, ADO user story, ADO task, ADO bug, sync to ADO, ADO API, ADO REST API, ADO webhook, ADO pipeline, ADO board, ADO sprint, ADO backlog, ADO project, WIQL, ADO query, ADO automation, ADO workflow, ADO area path, ADO iteration, TFS, Team Foundation Server, Azure Boards.

Expert in bidirectional conversion between SpecWeave increments and Azure DevOps (ADO) Epics/Features/User Stories/Tasks. Handles export (increment → ADO), import (ADO → increment), and bidirectional sync with conflict resolution. Activates for ADO sync, Azure DevOps sync, work item creation, import from ADO.

Expert at organizing specs and splitting tasks across multiple Azure DevOps projects. Handles project-per-team, area-path-based, and team-based architectures. Intelligently maps increments and specs to correct projects based on content analysis. Activates for multi-project Azure DevOps setups, task splitting, spec organization, team allocation, cross-project coordination.

Expert in mapping SpecWeave specs to multiple Azure DevOps projects with intelligent project detection and cross-project coordination. Handles project-per-team, area-path-based, and team-based strategies. Manages bidirectional sync across multiple projects.

LLM Judge for verifying Azure DevOps synchronization correctness, conflict resolution, and lifecycle management. Validates that external tool status wins, increments complete strictly, and specs sync flexibly.

Jira integration specialist for SpecWeave increments. Handles epic creation, bidirectional sync, task completion status updates, and cross-system consistency between SpecWeave and Jira. Activates for JIRA, Jira sync, Jira integration, create Jira issue, Jira epic, Jira story, Jira task, Jira subtask, sync to Jira, Jira API, Jira webhook, Jira workflow, Jira board, Jira sprint, Jira backlog, Jira project, JQL, Jira query, Jira automation, Jira transition, Jira status, Jira fields, custom fields Jira, Jira REST API, Atlassian, Jira Cloud, Jira Server, Jira Data Center.

Expert in mapping SpecWeave increments to JIRA epics/stories/subtasks. Content flows SpecWeave→JIRA, status flows JIRA→SpecWeave. Handles export (increment → JIRA), import (JIRA → increment). Activates for JIRA sync, issue creation, import from JIRA.

Expert in mapping SpecWeave specs to multiple JIRA projects with intelligent project detection and cross-project coordination. Handles project-per-team, component-based, and epic-based strategies. Manages bidirectional sync across multiple projects.

Sync SpecWeave increments with JIRA epics/stories. Content flows SpecWeave→JIRA, status flows JIRA→SpecWeave. Activates ONLY when user asks questions about JIRA integration or needs help configuring JIRA sync. Does NOT activate for slash commands. For syncing, use /sw-jira:sync command instead. Coordinates with jira-mapper agent.

LLM Judge for verifying JIRA synchronization correctness, conflict resolution, and lifecycle management. Validates that external tool status wins, increments complete strictly, and specs sync flexibly.

Code Explorer - Deep codebase analysis by tracing feature implementation across architecture layers. Based on Anthropic's official code-explorer. Activates for how does this work, trace execution, find implementation, understand codebase, where is this defined, follow the code, code flow, execution path, find entry point.

Expert in building scalable design systems with Atomic Design, design tokens, theming, and component libraries. Activates for design system, design tokens, atomic design, component library, design patterns, theming, brand consistency, UI library, Storybook, design system architecture, make it sleeky, premium design, modern aesthetic, beautiful UI, redesign, UI overhaul, improve design, visual refresh, sleek look, polished design, professional appearance, design refresh, modernize UI, elegant design, clean design, minimalist design, luxury aesthetic, high-end design, corporate design, brand design, visual identity.

Expert frontend developer for React, Vue, Angular, and modern web development. Covers components, hooks, state management, routing, forms, TypeScript, performance optimization, and best practices. Activates for frontend, front-end, React, Vue, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, hooks, components, state management, frontend development, page design, UI styling, CSS, Tailwind, make pretty, beautiful, beautiful app, beautiful ui, beautiful website, sleek, modern ui, UI/UX, web page, landing page, form design, button styling, responsive design, mobile-first, flexbox, grid layout, animations, transitions, hover effects, dark mode, light mode, color scheme, typography, spacing, shadows, borders, rounded corners, gradient, glassmorphism, neumorphism, web app, calculator, dashboard, admin panel.

Expert frontend architect for React, Next.js, Vue, and Angular. Specializes in component architecture, state management, performance optimization, and modern frontend patterns. Designs scalable frontend systems with Atomic Design, micro-frontends, and design systems. Activates for frontend, front-end, frontend architecture, React design, component design, UI architecture, page layout, web design, site redesign, make it sleeky, premium aesthetic, beautiful, beautiful app, beautiful website, beautiful ui, modern UI, landing page design, hero section, responsive layout, mobile-first design, dark mode, light theme, CSS architecture, Tailwind setup, styled-components, design system, visual refresh, UI overhaul, website redesign, improve design, make it pretty, elegant UI, professional look, clean interface, build a website, create website, make a website, build web app, create web app, web app, calculator, calculator app, SPA, single page application, PWA, progressive web app, dashboard UI, admin panel, admin dashboard, create dashboard, build dashboard, data visualization UI, charts UI, tables UI, forms UI, build forms, create forms, authentication UI, login page, signup page, profile page, settings page, user interface, UX design, wireframe to code, Figma to code, design to code, mockup to code, pixel perfect, responsive design, mobile responsive, tablet responsive, breakpoints, media queries, CSS Grid, Flexbox layout, component library, UI kit, button styles, input styles, card component, modal component, dropdown component, navigation menu, sidebar, header design, footer design, breadcrumbs, pagination UI, skeleton loading, loading states, error states, empty states, toast notifications, alert components, badge components, avatar components, icon system, typography system, color system, spacing system, animation design, micro-interactions, hover effects, transition effects, scroll animations, parallax effects, lazy loading UI, infinite scroll, virtual scrolling, accessibility, WCAG, a11y, keyboard navigation, screen reader, focus management, ARIA labels, semantic HTML, SEO friendly, meta tags, Open Graph, structured data.

Frontend Design Expert - Creates polished, production-ready UIs with bold aesthetic choices, distinctive typography, color schemes, and animations. Based on Anthropic's official frontend-design plugin. Activates for UI design, beautiful website, modern UI, aesthetic, premium design, landing page, hero section, visual design, make it pretty, sleek design, professional UI.

Expert in Next.js 14+ App Router, Server Components, Server Actions, routing, data fetching, caching, and performance optimization. Activates for Next.js, Next, App Router, Server Components, RSC, Next.js 14, SSR, SSG, ISR, metadata, SEO.

Build automated billing systems for recurring payments, invoicing, subscription lifecycle, and dunning management. Use when implementing subscription billing, automating invoicing, or managing recurring payment systems.

Integrate Stripe, PayPal, and payment processors. Handles checkout flows, subscriptions, webhooks, Stripe Connect, and PCI compliance. Activates for payments, Stripe, PayPal, checkout, billing, subscriptions, recurring payments, payment processing, credit card, debit card, payment gateway, webhook, payment intent, customer portal, invoice, refund, dispute, chargeback, PCI compliance, 3D Secure, SCA, payment methods, Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, SEPA, pricing tables, metered billing, usage-based billing, trial period, coupon codes, discounts, promo code, 100% off, free checkout, add payments, implement payments, accept payments, take payments, collect payments, charge users, charge customers, monetize, make money, SaaS billing, subscription model, monthly billing, annual billing, pay per use, freemium, premium plan, pro plan, enterprise plan, pricing page, pricing tiers, upgrade plan, downgrade plan, cancel subscription, pause subscription, resume subscription, failed payment, payment failed, card declined, retry payment, dunning, past due, payment reminder, receipt email, invoice email, tax calculation, sales tax, VAT, Stripe Tax, payment link, buy button, donate button, tip jar, one-time payment, recurring payment, installments, payment schedule, split payment, marketplace payments, Stripe Connect, Direct Charge, Destination Charge, connected account, platform fees, transfer, payout, balance, Stripe dashboard, test mode, live mode, test cards, Stripe CLI, stripe listen, webhook signature, idempotency key, idempotent, Stripe Elements, Payment Element, Card Element, Stripe.js, server-side confirmation, client-side confirmation, payment verification, verify payment, dual confirmation, inventory management, slot booking, WebBrowser payment, Expo payment, React Native payment, checkout session, checkout session completed, connect webhook.

Integrate PayPal payment processing with support for express checkout, subscriptions, and refund management. Use when implementing PayPal payments, processing online transactions, or building e-commerce checkout flows.

Implement PCI DSS compliance requirements for secure handling of payment card data and payment systems. Use when securing payment processing, achieving PCI compliance, or implementing payment card security measures.

Docusaurus documentation expert. Specializes in creating, configuring, and deploying Docusaurus documentation sites, MDX authoring, plugin development, theming, versioning, and i18n. Activates for Docusaurus, documentation site, docs, MDX, markdown docs, static site generator, documentation framework, Docusaurus plugins, Docusaurus themes, public docs, docs site design, landing page, hero section, docs styling, spec-weave.com, documentation redesign, docs UI, docs theme, dark mode docs, sidebar navigation, algolia search, versioned docs, i18n docs, blog posts, announcement bar, footer customization, docusaurus config.

Documentation view expert for Docusaurus integration. Launches interactive server for SpecWeave living documentation with hot reload, auto-generated sidebar, and Mermaid diagrams. Works in ANY SpecWeave project with auto-setup. Supports both internal (port 3015) and public (port 3016) docs. Activates for preview docs, view documentation, Docusaurus server, docs UI, documentation website, local docs server, hot reload docs, static site build.

Spec-driven brainstorming and product discovery expert. Helps teams ideate features, break down epics, conduct story mapping sessions, prioritize using MoSCoW/RICE/Kano, and validate ideas with lean startup methods. Activates for brainstorming, product discovery, story mapping, feature ideation, prioritization, MoSCoW, RICE, Kano model, lean startup, MVP definition, product backlog, feature breakdown.

Generate executive-friendly documentation views from technical living docs. Creates business summaries, progress dashboards, feature status reports, and non-technical overviews. Activates for stakeholder, executive summary, business view, non-technical, management report, progress dashboard, business impact, ROI, feature status, quarterly report, executive overview, business metrics, KPI dashboard, status report, project status, feature progress, delivery status, release summary, business documentation, non-technical summary, leadership update, board report, investor update, customer facing docs, sales documentation.

Technical writing expert for API documentation, README files, tutorials, changelog management, and developer documentation. Covers style guides, information architecture, versioning docs, OpenAPI/Swagger, and documentation-as-code. Activates for technical writing, API docs, README, changelog, tutorial writing, documentation, technical communication, style guide, OpenAPI, Swagger, developer docs.

Implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Flux for automated, declarative Kubernetes deployments with continuous reconciliation. Use when implementing GitOps practices, automating Kubernetes deployments, or setting up declarative infrastructure management.

Design, organize, and manage Helm charts for templating and packaging Kubernetes applications with reusable configurations. Use when creating Helm charts, packaging Kubernetes applications, or implementing templated deployments.

Create production-ready Kubernetes manifests for Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, and Secrets following best practices and security standards. Use when generating Kubernetes YAML manifests, creating K8s resources, or implementing production-grade Kubernetes configurations.

Implement Kubernetes security policies including NetworkPolicy, PodSecurityPolicy, and RBAC for production-grade security. Use when securing Kubernetes clusters, implementing network isolation, or enforcing pod security standards.

Expert Kubernetes architect that generates manifests ONE SERVICE AT A TIME (frontend → backend → database → cache) to prevent crashes. Specializes in GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), EKS/AKS/GKE. **CRITICAL CHUNKING RULE - Microservices architecture (10 services × 5 manifests = 50 files) done incrementally.** Activates for K8s, Kubernetes, pods, deployments, services, ingress, configmaps, secrets, helm charts, kustomize, argocd, flux, gitops, EKS, AKS, GKE, container orchestration, namespace, service mesh, istio, linkerd, horizontal pod autoscaler, HPA, persistent volumes, PV, PVC, statefulsets, daemonsets, jobs, cronjobs, RBAC, network policies, kubernetes troubleshooting, pod not starting, crashloopbackoff.

Manages Release Candidate (RC) workflows including pre-release tagging, RC lifecycle (alpha/beta/rc), testing validation, RC promotion to production, rollback procedures, and channel-based releases. Handles RC versioning (v1.0.0-rc.1, v1.0.0-beta.1), tracks RC testing status, coordinates RC across multiple repositories, manages canary/blue-green deployments. Activates for release candidate, RC, pre-release, beta release, alpha release, canary release, rc workflow, promote rc, rc testing, staging release, pre-production.

Coordinates multi-repository releases with dependency management, release order orchestration, and cross-repo validation. Handles coordinated releases (lockstep versioning), independent releases, and umbrella versioning. Creates release increments spanning multiple repositories, manages release dependencies (repo A must release before B), generates comprehensive release plans, validates pre-release checks across all repos. Activates for coordinate releases, multi-repo release, release dependencies, release order, cross-repo release, synchronized release, orchestrate release, release planning, multi-service release, coordinated deployment.

Expert release management orchestrator for single-repo, multi-repo, and monorepo architectures. Coordinates all aspects of software releases including strategy planning, version alignment, RC workflows, multi-repo coordination, and deployment validation. Integrates brownfield detection, living docs updates, and CI/CD automation. Activates for release, version, versioning, semver, semantic versioning, changelog, release notes, npm publish, package publish, tag, git tag, release candidate, RC, production release, deploy to production, rollback, hotfix, patch release, major release, minor release, monorepo release, multi-repo release, release branch, release pipeline, release automation, changesets, conventional commits, bump version, publish package, release checklist, go-live, ship it, release cycle.

Expert in analyzing and recommending release strategies for software projects. Detects existing release patterns in brownfield projects (git tags, CI/CD workflows, changelogs, version files). Suggests optimal strategies based on architecture (single-repo, multi-repo, monorepo, microservices), team size, deployment frequency, and dependencies. Creates comprehensive release-strategy.md in living docs (.specweave/docs/internal/delivery/ or projects/{id}/delivery/). Activates for release strategy, versioning strategy, multi-repo releases, monorepo versioning, semantic versioning, coordinated releases, independent releases, release planning, version alignment, brownfield release analysis, deployment strategy, CI/CD release, how to version, release best practices.

Aligns versions across multiple repositories according to release strategy (lockstep, independent, umbrella). Handles semantic versioning constraints, detects version conflicts, suggests version bumps based on conventional commits, validates cross-repo compatibility, manages version matrices for umbrella releases. Activates for version alignment, align versions, version sync, semver, version conflicts, version bump, version compatibility, cross-repo versions, umbrella version matrix, lockstep versioning.

Non-testing browser automation - web scraping, form filling, screenshot capture, PDF generation, workflow automation. For TESTING with Playwright, use e2e-playwright skill instead. Activates for web scraping, form automation, screenshot, PDF, headless browser, Puppeteer, Selenium, automation scripts, data extraction.

AI image generation expert using Pollinations.ai - FREE, no API key required. Generates professional-quality images for websites, apps, marketing, mockups, icons, and illustrations. Activates for image, images, generate image, create image, make image, picture, pictures, illustration, illustrations, icon, icons, logo, logos, hero image, hero section image, banner, banners, background image, backgrounds, placeholder, placeholders, product image, product shot, mockup, mockups, avatar, avatars, thumbnail, thumbnails, splash screen, app icon, website image, landing page, UI image, design asset, visual asset, stock photo, photo, render, renders, artwork, graphic, graphics, visual, visually, imagery, Pollinations, Pollinations.ai, AI image, AI art, AI generated, text-to-image, image generation, image generator, FLUX, stable diffusion, midjourney alternative, DALL-E alternative, free image generation, generate visual, create visual, need image, need picture, need icon, need logo, need illustration, website design image, app design image, marketing image, social media image, blog image, featured image, OG image, cover image, profile picture, user avatar, empty state illustration, onboarding image, feature graphic.

Visual regression testing expert using Playwright snapshots, Percy, Chromatic, BackstopJS, and pixel-diff analysis. Covers baseline management, responsive testing, cross-browser visual testing, component visual testing, and CI integration. Activates for visual regression, screenshot testing, visual diff, Percy, Chromatic, BackstopJS, pixel comparison, snapshot testing, visual testing, CSS regression, UI looks different, layout changed, style regression, component looks wrong, responsive breakpoints, cross-browser differences, screenshot comparison, baseline update, approve changes, Storybook visual tests, design QA, pixel perfect, UI drift, visual bugs.

Expert database optimizer specializing in modern performance tuning, query optimization, and scalable architectures. Masters advanced indexing, N+1 resolution, multi-tier caching, partitioning strategies, and cloud database optimization. Handles complex query analysis, migration strategies, and performance monitoring. Activates for database, db, backend, data, database optimization, slow query, query performance, SQL optimization, index optimization, explain analyze, query plan, N+1 problem, database scaling, read replicas, sharding, partitioning, PostgreSQL tuning, PostgreSQL, MySQL tuning, MySQL, MongoDB optimization, MongoDB, Redis caching, Redis, database migration, schema design, normalization, denormalization, foreign keys, constraints, transactions, deadlocks, connection pooling, database monitoring, slow logs, query profiling, database is slow, queries are slow, database takes too long, optimize database, speed up database, fix slow database, database bottleneck, why is my database slow, improve database performance, database latency, high database load, database CPU high, database memory, vacuum, analyze table, create index, drop index, composite index, covering index, partial index, full table scan, sequential scan, index scan, bitmap scan, hash join, nested loop, merge join, query timeout, lock wait, row lock, table lock, database backup, point in time recovery, PITR, database restore, database replication, master slave, primary replica, failover, database HA, high availability database, RDS, Aurora, Cloud SQL, Supabase database, PlanetScale, Neon database, Prisma optimization, Prisma, TypeORM optimization, TypeORM, Sequelize optimization, Sequelize, raw SQL vs ORM, api database, web app database.

.NET/C# backend developer for ASP.NET Core APIs with Entity Framework Core. Builds REST APIs, minimal APIs, gRPC services, authentication with Identity/JWT, authorization, database operations, background services, SignalR real-time features. Activates for: .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, EF Core, .NET Core, minimal API, Web API, gRPC, authentication .NET, Identity, JWT .NET, authorization, LINQ, async/await C#, background service, IHostedService, SignalR, SQL Server, PostgreSQL .NET, dependency injection, middleware .NET.

Node.js/TypeScript backend developer. Builds Express.js, Fastify, NestJS APIs with Prisma ORM, TypeORM, Mongoose. Implements REST APIs, GraphQL, authentication (JWT, session, OAuth), authorization, database operations, background jobs, WebSockets, real-time features, API validation, error handling, middleware. Activates for: backend, back-end, api, server, Node.js, NodeJS, Express, Fastify, NestJS, TypeScript backend, TypeScript, API, REST API, GraphQL, Prisma, TypeORM, Mongoose, MongoDB, PostgreSQL with Node, PostgreSQL, MySQL with Node, MySQL, authentication backend, JWT, passport.js, bcrypt, async/await, promises, middleware, error handling, validation, Zod, class-validator, background jobs, Bull, BullMQ, Redis, WebSocket, Socket.io, real-time, web app backend, calculator backend, build api, create api.

Python backend developer for FastAPI, Django, Flask APIs with SQLAlchemy, Django ORM, Pydantic validation. Implements REST APIs, async operations, database integration, authentication, data processing with pandas/numpy, machine learning integration, background tasks with Celery, API documentation with OpenAPI/Swagger. Activates for: Python, Python backend, FastAPI, Django, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Django ORM, Pydantic, async Python, asyncio, uvicorn, REST API Python, authentication Python, pandas, numpy, data processing, machine learning, ML API, Celery, Redis Python, PostgreSQL Python, MongoDB Python, type hints, Python typing.

Confluent Cloud architecture specialist. Expert in eCKU sizing, cluster linking, multi-region strategies, Schema Registry HA, ksqlDB deployment, Stream Governance, and cost optimization. Activates for confluent cloud architecture, ecku sizing, cluster linking, multi-region kafka, schema registry ha, stream governance, cost optimization, Confluent Cloud, Confluent Platform, Schema Registry, Avro schema, Protobuf schema, JSON Schema, schema evolution, compatibility mode, ksqlDB, stream processing, Kafka REST Proxy, Confluent Control Center, Confluent CLI, managed Kafka, serverless Kafka, dedicated cluster, basic cluster, standard cluster, private link, VPC peering, audit logs, RBAC Kafka.

Kafka Connect integration expert. Covers source and sink connectors, JDBC, Elasticsearch, S3, Debezium CDC, SMT (Single Message Transforms), connector configuration, and data pipeline patterns. Activates for kafka connect, connectors, source connector, sink connector, jdbc connector, debezium, smt, data pipeline, cdc.

ksqlDB stream processing expert. Covers SQL-like queries on Kafka topics, stream and table concepts, joins, aggregations, windowing, materialized views, and real-time data transformations. Activates for ksqldb, ksql, stream processing, kafka sql, real-time analytics, windowing, stream joins, table joins, materialized views.

Schema Registry expert for Avro, Protobuf, and JSON Schema management. Covers schema evolution strategies, compatibility modes, validation, and best practices for managing schemas in Confluent Cloud and self-hosted Schema Registry. Activates for schema registry, avro, protobuf, json schema, schema evolution, compatibility modes, schema validation.

Deep AWS cost optimization expertise covering EC2 Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, Lambda cost optimization, S3 lifecycle policies, RDS Reserved Instances, Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, Trusted Advisor, Compute Optimizer, Cost Anomaly Detection, and AWS-specific FinOps best practices. Activates for AWS costs, AWS pricing, EC2 costs, Lambda costs, S3 costs, RDS costs, AWS savings plans, AWS reserved instances, AWS spot instances, AWS cost explorer, AWS budgets, reduce AWS bill.

Expert knowledge of cloud provider pricing models for AWS, Azure, GCP covering compute, storage, database, networking, and serverless services. Includes 2025 pricing data, regional differences, free tiers, pricing calculators, and cost comparison across providers. Activates for cloud pricing, how much does it cost, price comparison, AWS vs Azure vs GCP pricing, pricing calculator, estimate costs, regional pricing, free tier, what's cheaper.

Expert cloud cost optimization strategies for AWS, Azure, GCP, and serverless platforms. Covers FinOps principles, right-sizing, reserved instances, savings plans, spot instances, storage optimization, database cost reduction, serverless cost modeling, budget management, cost allocation, chargeback models, and continuous cost optimization. Activates for cost optimization, cloud costs, reduce costs, save money, finops, cost analysis, budget overrun, expensive cloud bill, cost savings, reserved instances, spot instances, savings plans, right-sizing, cost allocation tags, chargeback, showback.

Expert Claude Code marketplace publishing covering npm publishing, GitHub releases, semantic versioning, plugin packaging, README documentation, CHANGELOG management, marketplace submission, and plugin distribution. Activates for publish plugin, npm publish, marketplace, release plugin, semantic versioning, semver, plugin distribution, publish to npm, github release.

Expert Claude Code plugin development covering plugin structure, slash commands, auto-activating skills, sub-agents, plugin.json configuration, YAML frontmatter, activation keywords, directory structure, and plugin best practices. Activates for plugin development, create plugin, claude plugin, slash command, skill activation, SKILL.md, plugin.json, claude code plugin, how to make plugin.

Expert in creating Mermaid diagrams following C4 Model and SpecWeave conventions. Specializes in system architecture, sequence diagrams, ER diagrams, and deployment diagrams. Activates for diagram creation, architecture visualization, data modeling, sequence flows, C4 diagrams, HLD, LLD, Mermaid diagram, flowchart, class diagram, state diagram, entity relationship, database schema visualization, API flow diagram, microservices diagram, system overview, architecture diagram, draw diagram, create diagram, visualize architecture, show flow, explain visually.

Generate Mermaid diagrams following C4 conventions. Activates for create diagram, draw diagram, visualize, system diagram, architecture diagram, C4 diagram, context diagram, container diagram, component diagram, sequence diagram, ER diagram, entity relationship, data model, deployment diagram. Coordinates with diagrams-architect agent.

n8n workflow automation with Kafka integration expert. Covers Kafka trigger node, producer node, event-driven workflows, error handling, retries, and no-code/low-code event processing patterns. Activates for n8n kafka, kafka trigger, kafka producer, n8n workflows, event-driven automation, no-code kafka, workflow patterns.

ACTIVE router that detects development tasks and spawns specialized agents. Activates for: React, Vue, Next.js, frontend, dashboard, component, UI, UX, GitHub, API, backend, database, SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kubernetes, K8s, Docker, Terraform, AWS, Azure, GCP, infrastructure, ML, machine learning, model, training, AI, data science, testing, TDD, test-driven, Vitest, Jest, Playwright, E2E, mobile, React Native, iOS, Android, Expo, Kafka, streaming, event-driven, messaging, payments, Stripe, checkout, billing, subscriptions, release, deploy, CI/CD, pipeline, version, diagram, architecture, C4, Mermaid, flowchart, increment, specweave, /sw:, spec.md, tasks.md, living docs.

Kafka Streams topology design expert. Covers KStream vs KTable vs GlobalKTable, topology patterns, stream operations (filter, map, flatMap, branch), joins, windowing strategies, and exactly-once semantics. Activates for kafka streams topology, kstream, ktable, globalkTable, stream operations, stream joins, windowing, exactly-once, topology design.