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AI Skills for Real Engineers
A practical skill system for engineers who want to use AI without giving up their standards.
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The skill set
grill-with-docs: Align Before You Build
Learn /grill-with-docs: combine AI interviewing with domain-driven design to build better codebases with shared language and less repetition.
to-prd: Turn Resolved Context Into a PRD
A guide to the to-prd skill for creating a PRD from current conversation and codebase context.
to-issues: Break a PRD Into Vertical-Slice GitHub Issues
A guide to the to-issues skill for turning plans and PRDs into tracer-bullet implementation issues.
tdd: Red, Green, Refactor for Agentic Coding
A guide to Matt Pocock's tdd skill for implementing features one behavior at a time.
triage: Turn Backlog Mess Into Agent-Ready Work
Learn how to use the Triage skill to organize GitHub issues, turn messy ideas into actionable tasks for AI agents, and manage backlogs efficiently.
Get oriented
ChangelogRSS
- Skill updateMay 11, 2026
Skills Changelog: /handoff, /prototype, /review and /writing
Two new AI agent skills: /handoff for passing context between agents, and /prototype for building throwaway prototypes to test design decisions.
- Skill updateApr 30, 2026
Skills Changelog: Ubiquitous Language -> /grill-with-docs
Skills repo changelog: /grill-with-docs, ADRs, improved architecture language, multi-tracker support & new debugging skills. Updates inside.
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mattpocock/skills
Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .claude directory.
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