Every skill the stack supports, by library. Install commands are on the
install page.
CPO Stack (owned)mattpocock/skillscompound engineeringA Smart Bearlast30daysAnthropic PMdesign candidatestracker adapters
| Skill | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| cpo-intake | Raw signal → one decision: build, drop, or later. Owns saying no. | Discover | Product |
| cpo-define-product | The one-page strategy record; owner-gated edits. | Discover | CPO |
| cpo-shape | A decided idea → one clear card in user terms. | Discover | Product |
| cpo-brief | The card → a design brief with a demonstration list. | Discover, Prototype | Product, Design |
| cpo-breakdown | The prototype → approved stories, diffed against the card. | Plan | Product |
| cpo-dispatch | Ready cards → worktrees that build themselves. | Build | Ops |
| cpo-build | Invokes the engineering lead, then completes independent acceptance and PR preparation. | Build | Ops, Eng |
| cpo-verify | Drives the product against acceptance criteria; attaches evidence. | Build | CPO |
| cpo-pr | The PR contract, linked both ways. | Ship | Ops |
| cpo-ship | Merges the approved queue; post-merge operations. | Ship | Ops |
| cpo-announce | Release notes written for users. | Ship | Product |
| cpo-kb | Evergreen knowledge base pages; ride the card’s PR. | Ship | Product |
| cpo-retro | A window’s truth, distilled into fixes. | Discover (Learn) | Product |
| cpo-standup | Read-only board report with ready-to-run prompts. | All | CPO |
| cpo-write | The house register: plain English, front-loaded. | All | Everyone |
| cpo-setup | Configures a repo: config, tracker adapter, AGENTS.md. | Setup | Ops |
| Skill | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| Find Your ICP | Defines the ideal customer profile. | Discover | Research (customer) |
| Customer Interviews | Real conversations → decisions. | Discover | Research (customer) |
| Needs Stack | What customers want, in priority order. | Discover | Research (customer) |
| Good Market? | Validates real demand before building. | Discover | Research (market) |
| Positioning | Persuasive messaging vs the alternatives. | Discover, Ship | Research (market) |
| Set Your Price | A pricing rationale. | Discover | Research (market) |
| Rude Q&A | Adversarial stress-test of any plan. | Discover, Plan | Research, CPO |
| Skill | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| competitive-brief | Feature matrices, win/loss, market trends. | Discover | Research (market) |
| synthesize-research | Thematic analysis over piles of research. | Discover | Research (customer) |
| metrics-review | North Star, OKRs, review cadences. | Discover (Learn), Ship | Product |
| product-brainstorming | Widens the field of ideas before triage narrows it. | Discover (Ideate) | Product |
| Skill | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| last30days | What real people said in the last 30 days, across social and web. | Discover | Research (market) |
| Skill | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| tdd | Red-green-refactor: tests first. | Build | Eng |
| implement | Clean implementation against a spec. | Build | Eng |
| code-review | Standards + spec compliance review. | Build | Eng |
| diagnosing-bugs | Diagnosis loop for hard bugs. | Build | Eng |
| codebase-design | Deep modules and clean seams. | Plan, Build | Eng |
| domain-modeling | Shared vocabulary and decision records. | Plan, Build | Eng |
| to-spec / to-tickets | Conversation → spec → tickets. | Plan | Eng |
| grill-with-docs | Stress-tests a plan against real docs. | Plan | Eng |
| grilling / grill-me | Hard questions before code. | Discover, Plan | Research, Product |
| research | Primary-source investigation. | Discover | Research (market) |
| prototype / wizard | Quick working prototypes. | Prototype | Design |
| resolving-merge-conflicts | Safe conflict resolution. | Ship | Eng |
| improve-codebase-architecture | Architecture cleanups between features. | Build | Eng |
| Skill | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| ce-brainstorm | Explores a vague idea into requirements. | Discover (Ideate) | Product |
| ce-plan | Technical planning when selected by the CE engineering lead. | Build | Eng |
| ce-work | Executes a plan end to end. | Build | Eng |
| ce-code-review | Structured review for bugs and standards. | Build | Eng |
| ce-sessions | Searches past agent sessions. | Discover (Learn) | Product, Eng |
When selected as the engineering lead, pstack owns its playbooks and situational
skills. CPO invokes the mode with the card’s scope and delivery boundary. The
other engineering companions listed here are available tools, not a required
second workflow.
| Command | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| /setup-pstack | Configures the provider’s model choices. | Setup | Eng |
| /poteto-mode | Selects and runs the engineering workflow for the assigned task. | Build | Eng |
| /create-verification-skill | Creates missing project verification tooling when selected. | Setup, Build | Eng |
| /maintain-verification-skill | Checks and repairs drift in existing verification tooling. | Maintenance | Eng |
| Skill | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| Impeccable | Design language against AI slop; 23 commands. | Prototype | Design |
| Claude Design | Canvas-based visual design in Claude Code. | Prototype | Design |
| Skill | What it does | Phase | Used by |
|---|
| orca linear | Linear verbs: cards, states, attachments. | All | Ops |
| gh | GitHub verbs: issues, PRs, milestones, releases. | All | Ops |