Answer questions about a book, its chapters, or system design by consulting relevant material without changing files. For repository questions, ground the response in the source and cite file paths and lines; use web search for general topics when freshness matters.
- Asking about a book or chapter
- Getting an explanation of system design
- Checking repository material without edits
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Work through a `.pm` workstream backlog one actionable item at a time. Triage pending milestones, tasks, and inbox notes, then implement and ship them, close items already satisfied, block work with an unblock condition, or remove invalid items until no actionable work remains.
- Draining a workstream backlog
- Reviewing pending milestones and tasks
- Resolving open inbox notes
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Manage and inspect a book project's public work board: organize workstreams, notes, milestones, and tasks, and update their status as work changes. Use it to materialize proposals, track blockers, or check current board state.
- Check open milestones, tasks, and blockers
- Add a roadmap note or milestone to the board
- Mark completed or blocked work
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Break down a book roadmap topic into prioritized milestone and task proposals, considering reader impact, scope, dependencies, and effort. The skill outputs text for a separate board workflow to apply; it does not write board files.
- Turn a book improvement idea into milestone proposals
- Prioritize roadmap work by reader impact
- Break a goal into sized tasks with dependencies
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Prepare pending changes on the tracked working branch for publishing: check the branch and repository state, rebase on the latest origin changes, commit selected files, and push. It is intended for an explicit ship or publish request.
- Publish finished changes from the current branch
- Commit and push selected pending files
- Update the branch with origin before shipping
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