Matt Pocock Skills

What you can ask

• Choose the best workflow for this TypeScript taskCopy

  · Ask Matt skill

• Review this React or TypeScript implementation
• Help me debug this coding problem using the relevant skill

Skills

35 in the ChatGPT listing

• Ask MattUse when the user explicitly asks Ask Matt to choose the most appropriate Matt Pocock skill or workflow for a task.
• Claude HandoffUse when the user explicitly asks to hand work from the current session to a Claude background agent.
• Code ReviewUse when the user wants to review a branch, a PR, work-in-progress changes, or asks to "review since X".
• Codebase DesignUse when the user wants to design or improve a module's interface, find deepening opportunities, decide where a seam goes, make code more testable or AI-navigable, or when another skill needs the deep-module vocabulary.
• Diagnosing BugsUse when the user says "diagnose"/"debug this", or reports something broken/throwing/failing/slow.
• Domain ModelingUse when the user wants to pin down domain terminology or a ubiquitous language, record an architectural decision, or when another skill needs to maintain the domain model.
• Git Guardrails for Claude CodeUse when user wants to prevent destructive git operations, add git safety hooks, or block git push/reset in Claude Code.
• Grill MeUse when the user explicitly asks to be grilled or interviewed to sharpen a plan, design, or decision before proceeding.
• Grill with DocsUse when the user explicitly asks for a design or plan to be grilled while architectural notes, ADRs, or glossary documentation are created alongside the interview.
• GrillingUse when the user wants to stress-test their thinking, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases.
• HandoffUse when the user explicitly asks to compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent or session.
• ImplementUse when the user explicitly asks to implement work from an existing specification or set of tickets.
• Improve Codebase ArchitectureUse when the user explicitly asks to scan a codebase for architectural improvement opportunities and interactively choose which one to deepen.
• Loop MeUse when the user explicitly asks for a repeated interview loop to specify workflows they want to build in the current workspace.
• Migrate to ShoehornUse when user mentions shoehorn, wants to replace in tests, or needs partial test data.
• PrototypeUse when the user wants to sanity-check whether a state model or logic feels right, or explore what a UI should look like.
• ResearchUse when a software project or workspace needs a Markdown research note grounded in high-trust primary technical sources, documentation, or API facts.
• Resolving Merge ConflictsUse when you need to resolve an in-progress git merge/rebase conflict.
• Scaffold ExercisesUse when user wants to scaffold exercises, create exercise stubs, or set up a new course section.
• Setup Matt Pocock SkillsUse when the user explicitly asks to configure a repository for the Matt Pocock engineering skills, including tracker, labels, and domain-document layout.
• Setup Pre-CommitUse when user wants to add pre-commit hooks, set up Husky, configure lint-staged, or add commit-time formatting/typechecking/testing.
• Setup TS Deep ModulesUse when the user explicitly asks to enforce deep-module boundaries in a TypeScript repository with dependency-cruiser.
• TDDUse when the user wants to build features or fix bugs test-first, mentions "red-green-refactor", or wants integration tests.
• TeachUse when the user explicitly asks for a guided lesson on a concept or skill inside the current workspace.
• To QuestionnaireUse when the user explicitly asks to turn unresolved decisions into a questionnaire another person can answer.
• To SpecUse when the user explicitly asks to turn the current conversation into a specification without another discovery interview.
• To TicketsUse when the user explicitly asks to break a plan or specification into tracer-bullet implementation tickets with dependencies.
• TriageUse when the user explicitly asks to move issues or external pull requests through the Matt Pocock triage workflow.
• Wait WhatUse when the user explicitly says the previous explanation did not land and asks for it to be re-pitched more clearly.
• WayfinderUse when the user explicitly asks to map a multi-session body of work into shared decision tickets and resolve them sequentially.
• WizardUse when provisioning infrastructure, setting up credentials or CI secrets, walking an unfamiliar third-party dashboard, or running a one-off migration or cutover.
• Writing BeatsUse when the user explicitly asks to organize raw writing material into a sequence of beats for a coherent journey.
• Writing for AgentsUse when creating or editing skills, or modifying AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.
• Writing FragmentsUse when the user explicitly asks to explore and collect raw writing fragments before imposing structure.
• Writing ShapeUse when the user explicitly asks to shape raw writing material into an article or structured prose draft.