Every skill the stack supports, by library. Install commands are on the
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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-strategy | 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-stories | The prototype → approved stories, diffed against the card. | Plan | Product |
| cpo-dispatch | Ready cards → worktrees that build themselves. | Build | Ops |
| cpo-build | Runs the plan unit by unit; reviewed diffs. | 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-wiki | 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 | Structured multi-step plans. | Plan | 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 |
| 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 |