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The toolkit includes 140 skills across 16 categories.

Categories

Architecture

Skill Description Plugin
vt-d-agent-native-architecture Build AI agents using prompt-native architecture where features are defined in prompts, not code. Use when creating autonomous agents, designing MCP servers,... vt-product-dev
vt-d-mcp-builder Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use whe... vt-product-dev
vt-d-multi-tenancy Patterns and validation for multi-tenant B2B SaaS applications. vt-product-dev

Debugging

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vt-d-root-cause-tracing Use when errors occur deep in execution and you need to trace back to find the original trigger - systematically traces bugs backward through call stack, add... vt-product-dev
vt-d-systematic-debugging Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes - four-phase framework (root cause investigation, pattern analysi... vt-product-dev

Design

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vt-b-visitrans-cd Prüft und korrigiert Word-Dokumente, PowerPoint-Präsentationen, PDFs und Markdown-Dateien auf VisiTrans Corporate Design Konformität. Verwende diesen Skill w... vt-brand
vt-b-visitrans-design-system Brand bible for VisiTrans, VisiMatch, VisiFair, and VisiArea surfaces. Use when designing or building any web/UI work for these brands — covers locked color ... vt-brand
vt-d-frontend-design Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use this skill when the user asks to build web components, pages, or appli... vt-product-dev

Development Workflow

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vt-d-0-start Start here! Shows the complete development workflow and validates your project is ready to begin. Use this when starting a new project or to see the recommen... vt-product-dev
vt-d-1-bootstrap Phase 1 - Scaffold your project with best-practice structure, configurations, and documentation. Creates CI/CD, docs folders, and toolkit integration. vt-product-dev
vt-d-2-plan Phase 2 - Design and architecture planning. Runs one planning pipeline for the active spec — research, technical plan, plan-checker validation loop, and task... vt-product-dev
vt-d-3-build Phase 3 - Implementation guidance with continuous knowledge capture. Reminds you to journal decisions and helps maintain quality during coding. vt-product-dev
vt-d-4-review Phase 4 - Comprehensive code review using the implementation-orchestrator. Runs a diff-scoped set of parallel reviewers (constitutional floor ∪ diff-triggers... vt-product-dev
vt-d-5-finalize Phase 5 - Final quality verification and merge readiness using the finalization-orchestrator. Runs security audit, migration checks, and compliance validation. vt-product-dev
vt-d-6-operate Phase 6 - Production operations including bug investigation and incident response. Shows available tools for handling production issues. vt-product-dev

Documentation Pipeline

Skill Description Plugin
c4-diagram vt-office
vt-o-doc-versioning Automatisches Versionierungs-System für Dokumente. Erstellt neue Versionen, archiviert alte Versionen im 99-alt Ordner, erhöht Versionsnummern und aktualisie... vt-office
vt-o-docs-pipeline-orchestrator Orchestrates end-to-end markdown documentation pipeline from source files with Mermaid diagrams to branded PDF and Word documents. Coordinates mermaid-diagra... vt-office
vt-o-document-converter-branded Converts markdown files to professional PDF and Word documents using VisiTrans-branded Pandoc templates. Embeds images properly, applies corporate typography... vt-office
vt-o-gamma-presentation This skill generates Gamma.app-compatible Markdown files for the "Paste in Text" import mode. Use when creating presentations, pitch decks, reports, or any c... vt-office
vt-o-markdown-diagram-processor Extracts Mermaid diagram code blocks from markdown files, manages the diagram-to-image conversion workflow, and rebuilds markdown with properly scaled image ... vt-office
vt-o-mermaid-diagrams-branded Creates Mermaid diagrams with VisiTrans brand colors and styling. Automatically applies corporate design color schemes (Orange vt-office
vt-o-mermaid-to-images Converts Mermaid diagram files (.mmd) to PNG images using mmdc CLI with robust 5-method fallback strategy for error recovery. Validates image dimensions, qua... vt-office
vt-t-doc-sync Audit and synchronize documentation with actual toolkit state. Checks component counts, terminology, version references, and maintains What's New via the cha... vt-toolkit

Governance

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vt-c-repo-audit "Search & Destroy" deployment integrity audit. Scans for partition violations, context bleed, oversized files, LFS compliance, and hook security. Supports --... vt-base
vt-c-repo-health Quick governance health check with traffic-light summary. Lighter than /vt-c-repo-audit, meant for regular use at workflow entry points. vt-base
vt-c-repo-init Initialize unified repo governance with partition boundaries, Git LFS, sparse-checkout profiles, and deployment integrity rules. Run once per project. vt-base
vt-d-promote Sandbox-to-production promotion with production-readiness audit. Moves code from prototype/sandbox to deployable partition after security, quality, and perfo... vt-product-dev

Knowledge Capture

Skill Description Plugin
vt-c-compound-docs Capture solved problems as categorized documentation with YAML frontmatter for fast lookup vt-base
vt-c-continuous-learning Close the feedback loop so the system learns from every bug and gets smarter over time. Consults past solutions before investigating, auto-detects patterns, ... vt-base
vt-c-learning-metrics Track and visualize learning system effectiveness with ROI metrics vt-base
vt-c-session-consolidator Consolidate session journal entries into high-level documentation updates upon task completion. Synthesizes decisions and learnings into spec, PRD, and archi... vt-base
vt-c-session-journal Continuously document decisions, activities, and learnings during work sessions. Auto-captures rationale for changes, design choices, and discovered knowledg... vt-base

Knowledge Work Workflow

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vt-d-kw-prd Create a standalone Product Requirements Document with PID reference (VisiTrans template) — the Knowledge-Work track's self-contained PRD, NOT part of the pd... vt-product-dev
vt-d-kw-prototype Generate a deployable prototype for the standalone Knowledge-Work track (NOT the pd-* design workflow) following VisiTrans Corporate Design. Stack-aware — An... vt-product-dev
vt-d-kw-user-test Comprehensive user research workflow including interview script creation, interview analysis, and usability test design. vt-product-dev

Operations

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vt-d-error-monitoring Integrate error monitoring (Sentry, DataDog, LogRocket) to track errors, performance, and user sessions in production. Essential for validating fixes and det... vt-product-dev
vt-d-feature-flags Implement safe progressive rollouts using feature flags. Covers flag lifecycle, percentage rollouts, A/B testing, and kill switches for production safety. vt-product-dev
vt-d-safe-migrations Execute database migrations safely with zero-downtime patterns. Covers dual-write strategies, column shadowing, backfills, and rollback validation for large ... vt-product-dev

Other

Skill Description Plugin
ufi-init ufi
ufi-sync ufi
vt-c-dispatching-parallel-agents Use when facing 3+ independent failures that can be investigated without shared state or dependencies - dispatches multiple Claude agents to investigate and ... vt-base
vt-c-dream Memory consolidation — clean up contradictions, stale dates, dead references, vt-base
vt-c-knowledge-index Manage the knowledge index — generate summaries, update indexes, check health. Supports incremental updates, full rebuild, and health status reporting. vt-base
vt-c-openbrain-capture Proactively capture factually-relevant knowledge (external-stakeholder facts, decisions + rationale, durable domain/process knowledge) to Open Brain during a... vt-base
vt-c-project-register Register the current project in the V025-claude-toolkit project registry. Enables toolkit-review scanning, journal aggregation via /vt-p-project-sync, and cr... vt-base
vt-d-0-init Initialize a new project or onboard an existing one. The single entry point — detects brownfield projects automatically, routes by codebase size, or asks Pro... vt-product-dev
vt-d-adr Create structured Architecture Decision Records from natural language. Links to active spec, stores in docs/decisions/, supports listing and superseding. vt-product-dev
vt-d-andrew-kane-gem-writer Write Ruby gems following Andrew Kane's proven patterns and philosophy. Use when creating new Ruby gems, refactoring existing gems, designing gem APIs, or wh... vt-product-dev
vt-d-bug-report Report a bug — creates a BugChen intake file (BUG-NNN.md) in intake/pending/bugs/ vt-product-dev
vt-d-complete Mark the active specs as completed and advance to the next ready spec. vt-product-dev
vt-d-container-logistics-ux-expert Evaluiert Prototypen und UIs für Container-Logistik-Anwendungen (VisiMatch, Consignee Portal, Carrier Platforms). Kombiniert Heuristische Evaluation nach Nie... vt-product-dev
vt-d-dev-start Developer entry point — shows which of the toolkit's many skills matter for your task (feature, bug, UI, prototype, skill-building, or debugging). Use this w... vt-product-dev
vt-d-dhh-ruby-style Write Ruby and Rails code in DHH's distinctive 37signals style. Use this skill when writing Ruby code, Rails applications, creating models, controllers, or a... vt-product-dev
vt-d-dspy-ruby This skill should be used when working with DSPy.rb, a Ruby framework for building type-safe, composable LLM applications. Use this when implementing predict... vt-product-dev
vt-d-executing-plans Use when partner provides a complete implementation plan to execute in batches with checkpoints - loads plan, reviews critically, executes tasks in batches, ... vt-product-dev
vt-d-messegelaende-cleanup Bereinigt und vervollständigt Messegelände-Daten in Airtable anhand der Agent-Recherche-Ergebnisse. Korrigiert Namen, Flächen, identifiziert falsche Einträge... vt-product-dev
vt-d-phase-checkpoint Manages .claude-checkpoint.md files for workflow phase handoffs. Enables clean conversation clearing vt-product-dev
vt-d-python-security pip/Python dependency security scanning and supply chain guidance. vt-product-dev
vt-d-quality-metrics Track and analyze code quality metrics including coverage, complexity, duplication, and trends over time. Essential for identifying quality regressions befor... vt-product-dev
vt-d-quickfix Apply a quick-fix with automatic audit trail. For small, self-contained changes (typos, label corrections, minor UI tweaks) that do not warrant a full spec w... vt-product-dev
vt-d-recursive-criticism Self-review pass on generated code before external review. Runs 1-3 focused vt-product-dev
vt-d-shape Pre-plan shaping step that identifies gray areas in a spec and locks implementation decisions before planning begins. vt-product-dev
vt-d-skill-venue-hall-research Recherchiert und dokumentiert Hallen/Räume für Veranstaltungsgelände (Messen, Convention Center, Arenen) in Airtable. Verwende diesen Skill wenn der Nutzer H... vt-product-dev
vt-d-spec-check Spec-clarity birth gate. Runs three layers over a spec.md — deterministic ambiguity/terminology findings plus an LLM planner-readiness assessment (misdirecti... vt-product-dev
vt-d-spec-from-requirements Create a valid spec from informal requirements (documents, verbal descriptions, or topic hints) and register it for the standard development workflow. vt-product-dev
vt-d-specs-from-prd Generate implementation specs from a Product Requirements Document (PRD). Reads the PRD feature table, creates per-feature spec files, and registers them for... vt-product-dev
vt-d-statusline-spec-phase Spec/phase-aware statusline for Claude Code — renders the active SPEC-NNN, its workflow phase, context usage and session cost on one line, degrading to a gen... vt-product-dev
vt-d-triage-bugs Triage pending bug reports — promote to bugs/, defer, mark as duplicate, or close as not a bug vt-product-dev
vt-d-user-manual-generate Generate a complete MkDocs user manual from an existing PRD. Creates one page per feature with step-by-step usage, states, edge cases, and screenshot placeho... vt-product-dev
vt-d-user-manual-update Update user manual pages after a spec is completed. Reads the spec and implementation details to regenerate the corresponding feature page with actual behavi... vt-product-dev
vt-d-verification-before-completion Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running verification commands and confirming output... vt-product-dev
vt-f-report Generate financial reports from structured data. Supports monthly summaries, quarterly reviews, and annual reports with VisiTrans formatting. finance
vt-o-diagram-validate Post-render validation gate for Mermaid diagrams. Inspects rendered PNG output against 6 quality criteria, auto-revises on failure (max 3 attempts), and reco... vt-office
vt-o-every-style-editor This skill should be used when reviewing or editing copy to ensure adherence to Every's style guide. It provides a systematic line-by-line review process for... vt-office
vt-o-gemini-imagegen Generate and edit images using the Gemini API (Nano Banana Pro). Use this skill when creating images from text prompts, editing existing images, applying sty... vt-office
vt-o-meeting-minutes This skill should be used when creating meeting minutes from transcripts, screenshots (Miro boards, whiteboards), or other meeting documentation. It generate... vt-office
vt-o-remotion-video Generate programmatic videos using Remotion. Interviews the user about their video vt-office
vt-p-autoresearch-agent Single-metric optimization loop. Iteratively modifies a target file, vt-pm-intake
vt-p-content-evaluate Deep evaluation of knowledge articles against the toolkit inventory. Identifies actionable patterns, coverage gaps, and generates toolkit proposals. vt-pm-intake
vt-p-domain-dashboard Aggregate spec status across all projects in a PM domain (e.g. VisiMatch, VisiFair) and render a meeting-ready Markdown dashboard. Reads each registered proj... vt-pm-intake
vt-p-inbox-qualify Sync GitHub issues, show pending proposals dashboard, then pre-qualify inbox items for the intake pipeline. Fetches open issues via gh, checks for new commen... vt-pm-intake
vt-p-pov Deliver a project-grounded, grade-first adoption verdict (Adopt / Trial / Hold / Reject / Not-our-problem) for external tech, libraries, patterns, or platfor... vt-pm-intake
vt-p-project-status-sync Multi-source project status sync. Aggregates project signals from Open Brain vt-pm-intake
vt-p-project-sync Scan all registered projects for journal entries, toolkit proposals, and learnings. Aggregates cross-project insights into V025-claude-toolkit's intake pipel... vt-pm-intake
vt-p-project-updates Analyze PO-Weekly meeting transcripts and generate Asana project status updates. vt-pm-intake
vt-p-repo-evaluate Evaluate external GitHub repositories for toolkit-relevant patterns using a tiered safety protocol. Generates evaluation reports and intake proposals. Defaul... vt-pm-intake
vt-p-web-capture Capture a web article as markdown and save it to the toolkit intake inbox for later qualification and evaluation. vt-pm-intake
vt-p-weekly-planning Structured weekly planning session using Open Brain task management MCP tools. Syncs Asana tasks, presents grouped dashboard, enables interactive review/resc... vt-pm-intake
vt-su-hc-content-create Generate multilingual Markdown articles with Zendesk front matter from content proposals. support
vt-su-hc-content-propose Create structured content proposals from qualified inbox items. Generates target section, support
vt-su-hc-inbox-qualify Evaluate and categorize incoming Help Center content proposals from content/00-inbox/. support
vt-t-claudemd-evolve CLAUDE.md lifecycle management — audit token usage, collect learnings into rule proposals, propose additions, and prune stale rules. All mutations require ex... vt-toolkit
vt-t-gc Periodic garbage collection for drift detection. Scans for spec consistency, orphaned files, stale references, and CLAUDE.md validation. Delegates to doc-syn... vt-toolkit
vt-t-session-restore This skill should be used after a re-login, a session-limit reset, or a switch to a second Anthropic account or to another org of the same login, when Claude... vt-toolkit
vt-t-skill-audit Classify every skill in the vt-base manifest as evaluable, not-evaluable, or auto-keep, and write docs/skill-audit-inventory.{md,json}. Use before spending t... vt-toolkit
vt-t-skill-demote Demote a global toolkit skill to product scope, regenerate its paths block, remove the global symlink (AD-2), and commit. Use when a global skill actually be... vt-toolkit
vt-t-skill-eval Run eval test cases against a skill. Supports structural assertions, vt-toolkit
vt-t-skill-promote Promote a repo-local skill to the global toolkit with scope global, add its manifest entry and symlink, and commit. Use when a skill developed in a project r... vt-toolkit
vt-t-skill-structural-screen Score every deployed skill against the mechanically-checkable subset of Anthropic's skill-authoring checklist (description sharpness, SKILL.md size, one-leve... vt-toolkit
vt-t-toolkit-review Process procedure improvement proposals from projects, RCA documents, and research. Collects from all sources, groups by target skill, generates edit proposa... vt-toolkit
vt-t-toolkit-update Pull the latest toolkit changes via git pull and refresh ~/.claude/ namespace files without touching your personal CLAUDE.md or settings.json. Run after the ... vt-toolkit
vt-v-audit Audit VMS vault content quality. Validates YAML frontmatter compliance, checks vms
vt-v-cwp Content Work Package lifecycle manager for VMS content development. Tracks 24 CWPs vms
vt-v-draft Step 3 of the VMS CWP workflow. Routes between interactive (interview) and batch vms
vt-v-intake VMS intake pipeline for governance ideas. Captures, evaluates, proposes, vms
vt-v-interview Interactive Q&A-based content drafting for VMS vault files. Reads a file, vms
vt-v-plan Scan the VisiTrans VMS vault to analyze content completeness, identify gaps, vms
vt-v-review Content-level review of VMS vault files. Goes beyond schema validation to check vms
vt-v-sprint Auto-pilot orchestrator for the VMS CWP workflow. Runs Steps 2-4 in sequence vms
vt-v-start VMS session starter. Scans all work sources (intake pipeline, human actions, vms
vt-v-write Write or enrich VMS content files in the VisiTrans vault. Routes to the appropriate vms

Product Design Workflow

Skill Description Plugin
vt-d-pd-0-start Start here for product design projects. Shows the workflow from research to PRD to prototype to specs and development handoff. vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-1-research User research phase for product design - interviews, personas, and analysis to inform PRD creation. vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-2-prd Create a Product Requirements Document with PID reference (VisiTrans template) as the pd-2 step of the Product-Design workflow — consumes Personas + PID and ... vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-3-prototype Generate a deployable prototype as the pd-3 step of the Product-Design workflow (adds the decision log, iteration loop, and automatic PRD-delta tracking) fol... vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-4-validate Usability testing and validation phase - test prototype with users and iterate based on feedback. vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-5-specs [DEPRECATED] Redirects to /vt-d-specs-from-prd. specs generation has been absorbed into the activate skill. vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-6-handoff Prepare and execute development handoff with specs package, prototype code, and documentation. vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-analyze-changes Analyze the impact of new information on the design workflow. Determines which artifacts are affected and recommends which phase to return to for iteration. ... vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-capture-decisions Capture product decisions from a completed pd-* iteration as structured records in docs/decisions/. Preserves the mapping between source evidence, findings, ... vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-inbox-scan Monitor project inbox for new items requiring design workflow attention. Detects usability test results, stakeholder feedback, and other inputs that may trig... vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-pid Create or update a Project Implementation Document (PID) with technical architecture decisions, stack selection, and implementation constraints. Invokes spec... vt-product-dev
vt-d-pd-route-decision Execute the design iteration routing decision. Updates workflow state and launches the target phase based on impact analysis recommendations. vt-product-dev

Project Setup

Skill Description Plugin
vt-d-activate Load specs for development from specs directories or directly from a PRD. Computes execution sequence from dependencies and guides through the build cycle. vt-product-dev
vt-d-bootstrap Scaffold a new project with best-practice structure, configurations, and documentation. Use when starting a new project or adding toolkit structure to an exi... vt-product-dev
vt-d-scaffold Scaffold a new project with universal folder structure, CLAUDE.md, PRODUCT-VISION.md, and PRD.md. Works for coding, knowledge work, design, and mixed projects. vt-product-dev

Research

Skill Description Plugin
vt-p-research-implement Implement approved research proposals from Obsidian. Reads proposals with [x] Implement checked and executes them. vt-pm-intake
vt-p-research-ingest Scan knowledge folder and repos for new research content, analyze for toolkit relevance, and generate improvement proposals in Obsidian. vt-pm-intake

Security & Compliance

Skill Description Plugin
vt-d-defense-in-depth Use when invalid data causes failures deep in execution, requiring validation at multiple system layers - validates at every layer data passes through to mak... vt-product-dev
vt-d-npm-security npm/pnpm dependency security scanning and vulnerability management. vt-product-dev
vt-v-compliance-checklist GDPR, SOC2, and security compliance patterns for B2B SaaS applications. vms

Testing

Skill Description Plugin
vt-d-test-case-design Write manual and agent-executed test cases from a requirement (mode author) or review existing test cases in any format (mode review) against one named stand... vt-product-dev
vt-d-test-driven-development Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code - write the test first, watch it fail, write minimal code to pass; ensures te... vt-product-dev
vt-d-testing-anti-patterns Use when writing or changing tests, adding mocks, or tempted to add test-only methods to production code - prevents testing mock behavior, production polluti... vt-product-dev
vt-d-webapp-testing Toolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright. Supports verifying frontend functionality, debugging UI behavior, capturing... vt-product-dev

Tooling

Skill Description Plugin
vt-c-git-worktree [DEPRECATED] Superseded by Claude Code's built-in worktree feature (.claude/worktrees/). Kept only for repositories that still hold worktrees created by its ... vt-base
vt-c-using-git-worktrees Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from the current workspace, or before executing an implementation plan - sets up a built-in worktree unde... vt-base
vt-t-create-agent-skills Expert guidance for creating, writing, building, and refining Claude Code Skills. Use when working with SKILL.md files, authoring new skills, improving exist... vt-toolkit
vt-t-skill-creator Guide for creating effective skills. This skill should be used when users want to create a new skill (or update an existing skill) that extends Claude's capa... vt-toolkit