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title: "AI Skills for Real Engineers"
description: "A practical skill system for engineers who want to use AI without giving up their standards."
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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.

## Install

```bash
npx skills add mattpocock/skills -y -g
```

Source: [https://github.com/mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills)

### Featured skills

- [`/grill-me`](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-grill-me)
- [`/grill-with-docs`](https://www.aihero.dev/grill-with-docs)
- [`/domain-model`](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-domain-model)
- [`/to-prd`](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-to-prd)
- [`/to-issues`](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-to-issues)
- [`/tdd`](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-tdd)
- [`/triage`](https://www.aihero.dev/burn-through-your-backlog-with-my-triage-skill)

## The skill set

### [grill-me: Stress-Test a Plan Before You Build](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-grill-me)

A guide to Matt Pocock's grill-me skill for resolving design decisions before implementation.

Markdown: https://www.aihero.dev/skills-grill-me.md

### [to-prd: Turn Resolved Context Into a PRD](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-to-prd)

A guide to the to-prd skill for creating a PRD from current conversation and codebase context.

Markdown: https://www.aihero.dev/skills-to-prd.md

### [to-issues: Break a PRD Into Vertical-Slice GitHub Issues](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-to-issues)

A guide to the to-issues skill for turning plans and PRDs into tracer-bullet implementation issues.

Markdown: https://www.aihero.dev/skills-to-issues.md

### [tdd: Red, Green, Refactor for Agentic Coding](https://www.aihero.dev/skills-tdd)

A guide to Matt Pocock's tdd skill for implementing features one behavior at a time.

Markdown: https://www.aihero.dev/skills-tdd.md

### [Burn Through Your Backlog With My /triage Skill](https://www.aihero.dev/burn-through-your-backlog-with-my-triage-skill)

Learn how to use the Triage skill to organize GitHub issues, turn messy ideas into actionable tasks for AI agents, and manage backlogs efficiently.

Markdown: https://www.aihero.dev/burn-through-your-backlog-with-my-triage-skill.md

### [I stopped using /grill-me for coding. Now, I use /grill-with-docs](https://www.aihero.dev/grill-with-docs)

Learn /grill-with-docs: combine AI interviewing with domain-driven design to build better codebases with shared language and less repetition.

Markdown: https://www.aihero.dev/grill-with-docs.md

## Get oriented

- **Start here** — [5 agent skills I use every day](https://www.aihero.dev/5-agent-skills-i-use-every-day)
- **Principles** — [Make codebases AI agents love](https://www.aihero.dev/how-to-make-codebases-ai-agents-love)
- **In the wild** — [My Grill Me skill has gone viral](https://www.aihero.dev/my-grill-me-skill-has-gone-viral)

## Changelog (page 1 of 1)

### [Skills Changelog: /handoff, /prototype, /review and /writing](https://www.aihero.dev/skills/skills-changelog-handoff-prototype-review-and-writing)

_May 11, 2026_

Two new AI agent skills: /handoff for passing context between agents, and /prototype for building throwaway prototypes to test design decisions.

### [Skills Changelog: Ubiquitous Language -> /grill-with-docs](https://www.aihero.dev/skills/skills-changelog-ubiquitous-language-grill-with-docs)

_Apr 30, 2026_

Skills repo changelog: /grill-with-docs, ADRs, improved architecture language, multi-tracker support & new debugging skills. Updates inside.