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Chris S

@nyldn

Creator of Claude Octopus, an open-source tool that runs multiple AI models on the same task to surface blind spots before you ship.

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Compare estimated AI model costs for a task using its complexity and expected text volume. Get a suitable low-cost recommendation, a cheaper but riskier alternative, and a premium option, with explicit assumptions behind the estimates.

  • Choosing a model for a bulk code refactor
  • Comparing model costs for a security review
  • Estimating costs for long-document analysis
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Turn screenshot-based UI feedback into code fixes. Identify layout, styling, component, and state issues, trace their causes, agree on the scope of changes, and verify visual consistency across screen sizes and interaction states.

  • Fixing inconsistent button styles across screens
  • Correcting element positions shown in screenshots
  • Replacing settings inputs with dropdowns
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Turn an agreed plan into small work tickets, each covering a complete, testable feature across the necessary layers. Identify dependencies and available starting points so people or future agent sessions can pick up clearly bounded work.

  • Turn an agreed specification into actionable tickets
  • Split a large epic into smaller tasks
  • Define work boundaries for multiple contributors
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

council-verdicts

FreeSummary

Interpret the saved results of a completed AI council review. Count verdicts, check whether enough participants responded and whether models are independent, surface substantive dissent, and explain what action the outcome supports.

  • Explain a completed council review
  • Check vote counts and quorum
  • Assess model independence and dissent
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

skill-verify

FreeSummary

Verify code changes before committing or shipping by running tests, builds, and checks against requirements. Use fresh command output to support completion reports, confirm bug fixes, and check work reported by other agents.

  • Checking changes before a commit
  • Confirming a bug fix by reproducing the original issue
  • Checking regression tests before and after a fix
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Organize multi-step work into tasks, track dependencies and status, and save progress checkpoints. Record completed work, unfinished steps, and decision context so an agent can review the saved state and continue in a later session.

  • Adding tasks with prerequisites to a TODO list
  • Saving progress at the end of the day
  • Resuming interrupted work in another session
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

flow-discover

FreeSummary

Research technical, market, or academic topics through multiple available AI providers working in parallel. Combine their findings into a report that preserves disagreements, identifies gaps, attributes sources, and recommends next steps with priorities.

  • Comparing libraries and implementation patterns
  • Researching markets and competitors
  • Synthesizing literature on a topic
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

debate-kickoff

FreeSummary

Turn a technical choice into a structured debate between different AI model families. Assign explicit positions, launch the discussion, and summarize agreement, disagreement, and a recommendation supported by the strongest argument that survives the debate.

  • Compare Redis and Memcached for session storage
  • Debate monorepo versus polyrepo organization
  • Examine a technical choice from opposing positions
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Verify work before reporting it as complete by running fresh checks and reading their results. Match each claim to evidence, including test output, build results, bug reproduction, code changes, and requirement checks.

  • Checking evidence before reporting a bug as fixed
  • Verifying tests and builds before a commit
  • Independently checking work reported by another agent
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Explore ideas and working methods through focused conversation, one question at a time. Identify recurring patterns, surprising contradictions, and distinctive approaches, then turn discoveries into named concepts and a documented session summary.

  • Exploring an early idea through conversation
  • Explaining what makes a working method distinctive
  • Naming a concept that is difficult to describe
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Turn a multi-step feature into an implementation plan that another engineer can follow without prior context. The plan includes exact file paths, complete code, test commands, expected results, and small, verifiable steps.

  • Planning a feature with multiple implementation steps
  • Handing development work to another engineer or agent
  • Breaking a complex refactor into verifiable tasks
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

provider-health

FreeSummary

Check which AI providers Octopus can use before running a workflow. Get a compact table of availability, authentication, selected models, and billing categories, followed by prioritized fixes for detected problems.

  • Check available AI providers on a new machine
  • Investigate a provider skipped by a workflow
  • Review authentication and version problems
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

sys-configure

FreeSummary

Start the interactive Claude Octopus setup wizard to install and authenticate providers, configure RTK token optimization, choose a work mode, and complete onboarding. This skill directs configuration requests to the existing setup process.

  • Setting up Claude Octopus for the first time
  • Installing and authenticating providers
  • Configuring RTK token optimization
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

skill-tdd

FreeSummary

Develop behavior changes by first observing an expected test failure, then making the smallest passing implementation. Refactor with tests passing, and document preserved behavior and measured runtime whenever tests are consolidated.

  • Add behavior through a failing test
  • Fix a bug with a test that reproduces it
  • Refactor while keeping affected tests passing
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

skill-prd

FreeSummary

Create a product requirements document for a new feature or product. Clarify users, problems, goals, and constraints, then organize prioritized requirements, acceptance criteria, implementation phases, and risks into a structured document for AI-assisted development.

  • Defining the scope of a new feature
  • Turning a product idea into written requirements
  • Documenting acceptance criteria and priorities
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Coordinates multiple AI providers to research, define, implement, and validate development tasks. It supports parallel task decomposition, comparison of proposed solutions, cross-model critique, and quality checks that feed into combined reports and final deliverables.

  • Sharing migration or refactoring work across AI agents
  • Developing a feature from research through validation
  • Comparing AI proposals for an architecture decision
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Review code with multiple AI perspectives to identify quality, security, performance, and design issues. The workflow also examines test evidence and unfinished implementation, then combines findings into a review that can be shared on a pull request.

  • Reviewing a pull request for security issues
  • Checking API error handling
  • Assessing authentication test coverage
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

flow-deliver

FreeSummary

Review code or documents with available AI providers before delivery. Combine findings into a scored validation report that checks prior requirements and decisions, separates critical issues from warnings, and recommends next steps.

  • Review authentication code before release
  • Check API readiness before deployment
  • Review a PRD for missing requirements
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

flow-define

FreeSummary

Clarify a feature’s requirements with multiple AI providers, combining technical constraints with user and business needs. Produce a scoped definition covering priorities, edge cases, exclusions, and a requirements checklist before implementation begins.

  • Defining requirements for a user authentication system
  • Setting boundaries for a notification feature
  • Identifying technical constraints and edge cases
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Audit changed code by tracing execution paths and matching them to existing tests. Show coverage gaps and test quality, then generate tests for high-priority gaps using the project's current framework, helpers, and naming conventions.

  • Find missing tests before shipping a PR
  • Check coverage of error handling and guard clauses
  • Generate tests using existing project conventions
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

octopus-research

FreeSummary

Research complex topics across multiple sources using available external AI providers, then combine the findings. Choose the depth, focus, and output format to receive a detailed report, concise summary, comparison table, or recommendations.

  • Researching implementation patterns and APIs
  • Comparing tools and alternative approaches
  • Summarizing best practices from multiple sources
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

Finish a development branch by running tests and reviewing changes, then choose whether to create a pull request, merge locally, keep the branch, or discard it. Optional version and changelog updates support release preparation.

  • Create a pull request after implementation is complete
  • Merge a tested branch into the base branch locally
  • Update the version and changelog before shipping
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

skill-intake

FreeSummary

Sort incoming issues and pull requests, verify their claims, and assign clear triage states. Record missing information, decisions needed, and actionable handoff notes so maintainers can see which items are ready for work.

  • Sorting a backlog of issues and pull requests
  • Reproducing a newly reported bug
  • Identifying missing details in an unclear report
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

skill-extract

FreeSummary

An early-stage framework for documenting an existing product’s design and architecture. Command parsing, output setup, and metadata generation are implemented; extracting colors, components, APIs, and architecture remains in progress or planned.

  • Plan documentation for an undocumented application
  • Define output formats for colors and spacing
  • Plan component and API inventories
nyldn/claude-octopus4.3KUpdated Oct 21, 2026

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