Engineering Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive engineering skills.

When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you’re working with:

• engineering practices
• code review
• documentation
• team collaboration
• technical leadership

Available Skills

Quick Reference

The Engineering category contains 14 skills:

Software Development Practices:

1. code-review – PR reviews, feedback, automation
2. code-quality – SOLID principles, metrics, code smells
3. refactoring-patterns – Safe refactoring techniques
4. test-driven-development – TDD, red-green-refactor
5. domain-driven-design – DDD patterns, bounded contexts
6. functional-programming – FP principles, immutability
7. design-patterns – GoF patterns, when to use
8. technical-debt – Identifying and managing debt
9. pair-programming – Pairing techniques, mob programming
10. continuous-integration – CI/CD pipelines, deployment

RFC & Documentation: 11. rfc-consensus-building – Stakeholder collaboration 12. rfc-decision-documentation – ADRs, decision tracking 13. rfc-structure-format – RFC templates, formatting 14. rfc-technical-design – Architecture proposals

Load Full Category Details

For complete descriptions and workflows:

Read /skills/engineering/INDEX.md

This loads the full Engineering category index with:

• Detailed skill descriptions
• Usage triggers for each skill
• Common workflow combinations
• Cross-references to related skills

Load Specific Skills

Load individual skills as needed:

Software Development Practices

Read /skills/engineering/code-review.md Read /skills/engineering/code-quality.md Read /skills/engineering/refactoring-patterns.md Read /skills/engineering/test-driven-development.md Read /skills/engineering/domain-driven-design.md Read /skills/engineering/functional-programming.md Read /skills/engineering/design-patterns.md Read /skills/engineering/technical-debt.md Read /skills/engineering/pair-programming.md Read /skills/engineering/continuous-integration.md

RFC & Documentation

Read /skills/engineering/rfc-consensus-building.md Read /skills/engineering/rfc-decision-documentation.md Read /skills/engineering/rfc-structure-format.md Read /skills/engineering/rfc-technical-design.md

Common Workflow Combinations

Code Quality Workflow:

Load related skills together

Read /skills/engineering/code-review.md Read /skills/engineering/code-quality.md Read /skills/engineering/refactoring-patterns.md

TDD Workflow: Read /skills/engineering/test-driven-development.md Read /skills/engineering/code-quality.md Read /skills/engineering/continuous-integration.md

Architecture Design Workflow: Read /skills/engineering/domain-driven-design.md Read /skills/engineering/design-patterns.md Read /skills/engineering/rfc-technical-design.md

Progressive Loading

This gateway skill enables progressive loading:

• Level 1: Gateway loads automatically (you’re here now)
• Level 2: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
• Level 3: Load specific skills as needed

Usage Instructions

1. Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects engineering work
2. Browse skills: Run Read <cc-polymath-root>/skills/engineering/INDEX.md for full category overview
3. Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

Next Steps: Run Read <cc-polymath-root>/skills/engineering/INDEX.md to see full category details.