Jesse Vincent

Create detailed implementation plans with bite-sized tasks for engineers with zero codebase context

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Systematically trace bugs backward through call stack to find original trigger

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Four-phase debugging framework that ensures root cause investigation before attempting fixes. Never jump to solutions.

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Maintain skills wiki health - check links, naming, cross-references, and coverage

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TDD for process documentation - test with subagents before writing, iterate until bulletproof

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Force unrelated concepts together to discover emergent properties - "What if we treated X like Y?"

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Interactive idea refinement using Socratic method to develop fully-formed designs

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Receive and act on code review feedback with technical rigor, not performative agreement or blind implementation

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Validate at every layer data passes through to make bugs impossible

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Recognize when disagreements reveal valuable context, preserve multiple valid approaches instead of forcing premature resolution

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Skills wiki intro - mandatory workflows, search tool, brainstorming triggers

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Contribute skills back to upstream via branch and PR

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Sync local skills repository with upstream changes from obra/superpowers-skills

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Execute implementation plan by dispatching fresh subagent for each task, with code review between tasks

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Never test mock behavior. Never add test-only methods to production classes. Understand dependencies before mocking.

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Write the test first, watch it fail, write minimal code to pass

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Understand how ideas evolved over time to find old solutions for new problems and avoid repeating past failures

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Dispatch to the right problem-solving technique based on how you're stuck

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Replace arbitrary timeouts with condition polling for reliable async tests

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Find one insight that eliminates multiple components - "if this is true, we don't need X, Y, or Z"

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Search previous Claude Code conversations for facts, patterns, decisions, and context using semantic or text search

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Flip core assumptions to reveal hidden constraints and alternative approaches - "what if the opposite were true?"

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Apply Strunk's timeless writing rules to ANY prose humans will read—documentation, commit messages, error messages, explanations, reports, or UI text. Makes your writing clearer, stronger, and more professional.

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You MUST invoke this skill before saying "I don't know," guessing, or treating any topic as new, no matter how trivial the question seems. It supplements other memory systems, which only hold partial records. Searching past conversations is the only way to recover what was actually said.

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