MaxtDesign

The 31 skills

How the catalog is organized

31 skills across the full solo-developer lifecycle. You invoke a skill by describing the task ("review this diff", "write tests for this", "draft a launch post"); the right one picks up. You do not memorize names.

Bootstrap (1)

  • onboard: the install-time setup flow that captures your business into profile.md.
  • Build (10)

  • code-review-senior: multi-pass review by severity lane (security, correctness, performance, readability). Refuses to nitpick; always names a strength.
  • test-generator: plans coverage (invariants, edge cases, error paths) before writing tests. Refuses happy-path-only.
  • debug-systematic: hypothesis-driven debugging. Refuses to propose a fix before reproduction is confirmed.
  • refactor-safe: behavior-preserving refactors in small, verifiable steps. Checks for test coverage first.
  • codebase-onboard: a structured 5-pass scan that produces a one-page mental model of an unfamiliar repo.
  • api-integrate: builds a typed API client with auth, error taxonomy, retries, and idempotency. Refuses happy-path-only clients.
  • db-migration-safe: designs migrations that are safe on a running system, with a tested rollback.
  • type-model: designs domain types that make invalid states unrepresentable.
  • error-handling: layered error strategy (domain core, infrastructure, user edges). Never silent swallow.
  • regex-build: regex with must-match and must-not-match test cases, never a bare one-liner.
  • Ship (6)

  • git-pr-hygiene: Conventional Commits, clean branches, useful PR descriptions. Refuses to bundle unrelated changes.
  • deploy-ready: pre-deploy readiness check, framework-aware (Vercel, Fly, DO, Cloudflare). Refuses to bless a deploy with no rollback.
  • docs-generator: docs grounded in actual code, never aspirational.
  • observability: structured logging, tracing, metrics, and alerts that only fire when a human must act.
  • perf-audit: diagnoses a real bottleneck from a baseline measurement, then ranks fixes.
  • security-audit: audits code or an API surface for vulnerabilities; also convened by other skills.
  • Sell (6)

  • landing-copy: picks a conversion framework and writes it. Refuses generic "transform your business" copy.
  • indie-seo: keyword research, briefs, on-page audits, realistic for a solo operator.
  • launch-announce: Show HN, Product Hunt, X thread, launch email, each in its native voice.
  • demo-script: workflow demos over feature tours.
  • pricing-page: tiers and pricing copy. Refuses to underprice or fake an Enterprise tier.
  • cold-outreach: outreach with a specific, observable reason the prospect should care.
  • Support (3)

  • support-reply: triages the ticket first; never defensive or groveling.
  • onboarding-emails: behavior-triggered activation sequences, not time-based drip.
  • bug-triage: classifies a backlog by severity and recommends a fix order.
  • Operate (5)

  • weekly-review: Friday retro plus Monday plan, capped at three weekly outcomes.
  • decision-memo: a one-page memo that names reversibility (one-way vs two-way door).
  • roadmap-from-feedback: clusters feedback into needs, ranks by reach times value times fit.
  • sop-writer: checklist-format SOPs from a real walk-through, not from imagination.
  • brand-voice-codifier: extracts your voice from samples and checks new drafts against it.