canon

Generates non-interactive Bash scripts for automation, CI, and agent-run tasks. Lean functional style with structured logging, strict error handling, and a clean stdout, no interactive UI. Use when asked for "a non-interactive shell script", an automation script, a CI or cron script, or a pipeline helper. Do NOT use for a human-facing interactive tool with prompts or a visual timeline UI, that is `bash-script`.

Generates production Bash scripts with a visual timeline UI, state-based interactive prompts, and strict error handling. Use when asked for "a human-facing shell tool", an interactive bash script, or a DevOps tool with framed terminal output. Do NOT use for a non-interactive automation, CI, or pipeline script, that is `bash-cli-script`.

Reference for what canon sync and install commands overwrite, merge, or leave untouched in a target project. Use before running `canon tooling`, `canon standards`, `canon claude sync`, or `canon init`, or when asked "will this overwrite my changes". Do NOT use to run the commands, only to know their effect.

Format a paste-back report about something broken, missing, or off in canon and write it directly to the toolkit's `.canon/review/feedback/` folder via `canon feedback`. Use when asked to "send this to the toolkit", "report this to canon", "file toolkit feedback", or "give the toolkit feedback about X". Do NOT use for general complaints about other tooling, IDE issues, or in-project bugs that do not implicate canon surfaces.

Triage open GitHub issues labeled `feedback` in the toolkit repo. List them, pick one, classify it as a direct fix or plan-worthy work, route to the right skill, and link the issue for close-out. Use when asked to "triage toolkit feedback", "work through the feedback issues", "process feedback issues", or "what feedback is open". Do NOT use to file new feedback (that is `canon-feedback-file`), or for general GitHub issue triage unrelated to toolkit feedback.

Front door to the toolkit in a target project. Orients on the toolkit's own docs and live `canon` catalogs, then runs or routes any toolkit operation from a plain-language intent. Use when you want one entry point instead of picking a specific setup or sync skill, or when asked to "use the toolkit", "what can the toolkit do", "sync my standards", "install rules", or "help me set up this project". User-invoked only. Defers first-time scaffold to setup-init and seed drift to claude-seed-sync.

Takes one toolkit change out to every consuming project and brings each to a mergeable pull request. Carries an orchestrator role that enumerates the targets, dispatches a worker into each, reviews every pull request, and routes what each review posts, and a worker role that builds inside one target and answers its review. Use when asked to "roll this out to the targets", "take this change to every project", "run a rollout wave", "update the consuming projects", or when a session was dispatched into a target by a wave. Do NOT use for this repository's own board, which is `claude-orchestrate`, and merge nothing.

Drafts a screencast script with pre-seeded beats, defaults, and decisions to `.canon/tmp/screencast/<slug>.md`. Reads project context, asks four discovery questions with proposed defaults, then writes a shippable draft. Use when asked to "draft a screencast", "write a recording script", "plan a demo video", or "scaffold a screencast for X". Do NOT re-invoke to refine an existing draft. Re-running overwrites. Edit the draft file directly.

Drafts a `.claude/SLIDES.md` source from a topic, picks a layout per slide, then renders it to PowerPoint via `canon slides render`. Use when asked to "draft slides", "make a deck", "build a presentation", "turn this into slides", or "render a SLIDES.md". Holds the deck design rules. Do NOT reimplement render logic. The CLI owns layout and styling. Assumes the `canon` CLI is on PATH.

Generates GitHub Actions CI workflow files with parallel jobs, emoji job names, and gated deploy stages. Use when asked to "write a CI workflow", add GitHub Actions, set up a CI pipeline, or create a `.github/workflows` file.

Pulls review findings and CI status on the current branch's open PR, fixes each in the working tree, refreshes any stale `.claude/` docs, replies with a summary comment, and pushes a follow-up commit. The worker's return leg after `claude-pr-review`. Use when asked to "address the review", "fix the PR comments", "respond to review", or after an orchestrator posts findings. Do NOT use to write a review. That is `claude-pr-review`.

Chains implement → verify → review → ship after a feature plan is approved. Reads the plan the caller names, the plan a named task points at, or the plan for the current branch when none is named, runs the full pipeline in one session, and stops on any failure or non-minor review finding. Use when asked to "autoship", "ship this feature end to end", or "run the chain". Do NOT auto-trigger. Requires an approved plan file.

Drafts `.claude/DESIGN.md` from a project's existing prose and shell UI surfaces, or proposes token values from `REQUIREMENTS.md` and a `## Personality` section when no UI code exists yet. Use when asked to "extract the design system", "draft DESIGN.md", "bootstrap design tokens", "capture the visual system", "propose a design system", "bootstrap DESIGN.md from scratch", "draft tokens for a greenfield project", or "replace Claude Design onboarding". Do NOT use to mutate an existing `.claude/DESIGN.md`.

Writes per-kind Mermaid diagram entries into `.canon/diagrams/`, covering system context, components, request flow, data pipeline, and deployment. Reads `.claude/ARCHITECTURE.md` and `REQUIREMENTS.md` when present, falls back to a code-structure scan. Use when asked to "draw the architecture", "diagram the system", "show the components", "give me a flow chart", "refresh the deploy diagram", or "visualize the project". Do NOT use for design tokens (use `claude-design-extract`) or UI audits (use `claude-ux-audit`).

Updates `.claude/` planning docs to reflect decisions made during the session, marks outcomes the diff shipped `[x]`, and archives the plans those tasks cite. Use when asked to "sync the .claude docs", when design or requirements changed mid-cycle, after discussing a pivot, or before shipping. Do NOT use to create a task file or move one out of the live folder. That is `claude-tasks`.

Plans a feature by reading the project's Claude setup and scanning relevant source files. Outputs which files to touch, risks, and ambiguities, then stops. Use before implementing anything, or when asked to "implement X", "add X", "build X", or "I want to add X". Do NOT implement. Plan only.

Opens and runs a numbered groundwork folder under `.canon/groundwork/<nn>-<slug>/` for a topic that has to be measured before it can be planned. Detects open, resume, and close from the folder itself. Use when asked to "research X", "dig into X", "work out what we should do about X", "measure this before we commit", or "open a groundwork folder". Do NOT use to write a feature plan or to implement. That is `claude-feature`.

Files a raw brain dump into a numbered intake folder under `.canon/intake/<nn>-<slug>/`, one item per finding carrying a measured problem, a proposed fix, and a verdict. Use when asked to "file this dump", "triage my notes", "work through this list", "sort out this brain dump", or "run an intake pass". Do NOT use for one question that has to be measured before anyone can plan it. That is `claude-groundwork`.

Walks an intake folder's unread items and puts them as batched questions in chat, writing each selection back onto the item it answers. Use when asked to "answer the intake", "work through the open items", "answer my intake questions", "go through the dump", or "let me answer these from here". Do NOT use to file a dump or write new items, which is `claude-intake`.

Reviews a named markdown surface against a named concern, drafts a per-file proposal under `.canon/proposals/<slug>/` carrying a diff and a reason for each change, and stops without editing a source file. Takes the concern and the surface as inputs, such as a claim stated stronger than the record, a fact gone stale, two files disagreeing, or a passage duplicated without derivation. A later invocation applies what the operator answered. Use when asked to "propose a change to CLAUDE.md", "draft a rewrite of this standard", "propose fixes to this doc", "draft alternatives for this passage", or "apply the answered proposals". Do NOT use to report without drafting a replacement (`claude-standards-audit` or `canon markdown audit`), to review a diff already made (`claude-review`), or to file a raw brain dump as findings (`claude-intake`).

Extracts durable patterns from the current session, routes a domain fact to the context entry that owns it, and writes the residue to `.canon/memory/` as feedback, project, user, or reference files. Use when asked to "capture memory", "capture lessons", "wrap up the session", "end of session memory", or as a step in autoship. Do NOT use to curate existing memory. Use `claude-memory-review` for that.

Reviews `.canon/memory/` and proposes per-entry actions (promote to `CLAUDE.md`, move into a skill body, route to a context entry, hand off to governance, or retire as stale). Also runs the discuss, challenge, apply, and cleanup phases on an existing review file. Use when asked to "review memory", "discuss memory questions", "challenge the promotes", "apply memory decisions", "cleanup memory review", "promote memory", or "consolidate memories". Do NOT auto-apply. Output a grouped proposal and wait for block-by-block approval.

Asserts the orchestrator role for the current session, holds the build loop and the queue-refill sweep, and dispatches to the feature, review, and worktree skills. Use when asked to "be the orchestrator", "run the orchestrator", "orchestrate this project", or to set up the control session for parallel feature builds. Do NOT build features or merge PRs in this session.

Asserts the planner role for a session writing one plan under one task, holding what it reads before deciding, the surfaces it may not write, and what it hands back. Use when asked to "be the planner", "you are a planner session", at the start of a dispatched or hand-launched planning run, or when a planning session needs to know what it may not write. Do NOT use to write the plan itself, which is `claude-feature`, to make the cross-feature merge call, or to implement.

Reviews an open pull request from an independent session and posts findings as a review comment on the PR. Posts a first pass against the whole change and every later pass against only the commits added since, under `## Review` while any finding is open and `## Review closed` once a pass carries none. Reads project docs and the task board for cross-feature context a self-review lacks. Use when asked to "review the PR", "review this feature's PR", "post a PR review", "re-review the PR", "close out the review", "confirm the findings are fixed", or acting as the orchestrator reviewing a worker's PR. Do NOT use to review local uncommitted changes. That is `claude-review`.

Reviews all changes since main for bugs, edge cases, and logic flaws. Reads CLAUDE.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, and ARCHITECTURE.md for context, then applies a structured review to the full diff and outputs a findings report. Coding standards from `.claude/rules/` are auto-loaded by Claude Code. Use when asked to review changes, run a code review, or check the current branch. Do NOT auto-trigger on vague signals like "looks good" or "can you check this". Require an explicit review request or an autoship invocation.

Audits a project's installed Claude seed docs against the toolkit's current seed source and proposes per-section edits without overwriting customizations. Use when asked to "sync seeds", "update my seeds", "check seed drift", "did the toolkit seeds change", or when reconciling `CLAUDE.md` and `.claude/` preambles after an upstream toolkit update.

Audits changed markdown files against every authoring standard that declares jurisdiction over their paths and reports violations without fixing. Reads the standards catalog to map each file, greps for banned tokens, and groups findings by file. Use when asked to "audit prose", "audit standards", "check standards", "standards audit", or after editing markdown where standards compliance matters. Do NOT fix violations. Reporting only.

Creates a task file in `.canon/tasks/` with the filename, phase label, and frontmatter the standard requires, and archives a shipped one out of the folder. Use when asked to "add a task", "create a task", "queue this", "put this on the board", "archive that task", or "close out a shipped task". Do NOT use to mark an outcome `[x]`. That is `claude-docs`.

Opens and runs a learning workspace on one subject, holding a mission, resources, numbered lessons, reference pages, a glossary, and learning records that survive across sessions, and proposes where a durable page from one belongs once it outgrows the workspace. Use when asked to "teach me X", "open a learning workspace", "I want to learn X", "quiz me on this", "continue the lesson", "resume my workspace on X", or "promote this reference page". Do NOT use to write project documentation, which belongs to the surface owning that document, and do NOT use to answer one question, which is an ordinary reply.

Generates and runs Playwright e2e tests for UI changes, with a manual checklist for visual-only items. Use after implementing UI changes, or when asked "what should I test", "what do I verify", or "give me a test checklist". Do NOT use in empty sessions with no implementation context.

Audits the current UI for incomplete, inconsistent, or confusing patterns. Reads DESIGN.md and .claude/wireframes/ for intent, scans UI files, and outputs observations grouped by surface. Use when asked "audit the UX", "audit the UI", "UX audit", or "find UI roughness". Do NOT use for new feature planning or code changes, and do NOT use to measure what a running interface costs to paint, which is `claude-ux-measure`.

Measures paint, processor, and layout cost against a running interface and reports numbers against published thresholds. Detects the project's existing browser harness rather than requiring one. Use when asked "how fast is this page", "measure the UI", "what does this cost to render", "check Core Web Vitals", or "profile the interface". Do NOT use to judge UI quality by reading source, which is `claude-ux-audit`.

Asserts the worker role for a building session, holding the boundary set, the lifetime, and the two channel obligations a session owes whoever dispatched it. Use when asked to "be the worker", "you are a worker session", at the start of a dispatched or hand-launched build, or when a building session needs to know what it may not write. Do NOT use to plan the next feature, to run the independent review pass, or to merge.

Enters a Claude Code worktree at `.claude/worktrees/<name>/` with a name derived from the active plan or branch. Use when asked to "enter a worktree", "start a worktree", "work in a worktree", or at the plan-to-execute boundary after `/claude-feature`. Do NOT use to list, clean up, or rotate worktrees (use `git-worktree`).

Scaffolds a project-specific governance rule into `.claude/rules/project/<subdir>/<n>-<slug>.md` with correct frontmatter and a non-colliding number. Use when asked to "add a rule", "create a governance rule", "write a project rule", or when a project needs a coding rule the toolkit does not ship. Do NOT use to edit toolkit source rules under `governance/rules/`.

Creates a new `SKILL.md` in `.claude/skills/`. Use when asked to "create a skill", add a skill, or make a new skill.

Creates a new snippet file in `snippets/` or `.claude/snippets/`. Use when asked to "create a snippet", add a snippet, write a reusable prompt, or make a new snippet. Do NOT use to edit an existing snippet.

Creates a new standard file in `standards/`. Use when asked to "create a standard", add a standard, or write a new authoring convention. Do NOT use to edit an existing standard.

Collects every open decision whose answer turns on the operator's preference, since only they know what they need, puts them as one batch of questions each carrying options and a recommended default, then waits. Use when asked to "escalate this", "ask me the open questions", "batch the open decisions", "what do you need from me", or "stop and ask before you pick". Do NOT use for a judgment call the session can settle, which is a pick with the tradeoff stated in one sentence.

Rewrites stale `README.md` and `docs/*.md` sections based on changes since main. Use before staging, or when asked to "sync the public docs", "update the docs in docs/", or "update the README". Do NOT use for the `.claude/` planning surface, which `claude-docs` owns, or for changelog and `CLAUDE.md` updates.

Drafts several candidates for a decision judged by looking, renders them side by side on one page, hands the operator the addresses, takes the pick through the structured question surface, and loops on the pick until they stop. Use when asked to "draft some options", "show me a few versions", "try a few variations", "mock up alternatives", "give me candidates for X", or when a choice is taste rather than correctness. Do NOT use when the request already names the answer and asks for it to be built, which is `claude-feature`. Do NOT use to read source for roughness, which is `claude-ux-audit`, to measure what a running interface costs to paint, which is `claude-ux-measure`, to write tests for a change already made, which is `claude-ui-test`, or to script a recording, which is `canon-screencast`.

Generates and validates conventional branch names. Use for any branch naming or renaming, such as when asked to "name this branch".

Generates one conventional commit message from the staged changes and commits them exactly as staged, so a hunk-level selection survives. Use when asked to "commit this" or "commit the staged changes" and the staged set covers one concern, or whenever the selection was staged hunk by hand. Do NOT use when the staged changes span several concerns and need separate commits. That is `git-stage`.

Ships a small self-review edit on the current PR branch by staging, committing, pushing, and syncing the open PR, replying on the PR when it carries review comments. Use when asked to "ship a followup", "push the PR fix", "followup", or "commit and push this small change". Do NOT use when there is no open PR for the branch (use git-ship instead).

Format a bug or task from the current session into a GitHub issue and file it on the current repo via `gh issue create`. Use when asked to "file an issue", "open an issue", "log this bug", "raise an issue", or "track this as an issue". Do NOT use to report a toolkit defect from a target project (that is `canon-feedback-file`), or to open a pull request (that is `git-pr`).

Generates pull request titles and descriptions from git diffs. Use for any PR creation or update, such as when asked to "open a pull request".

Runs the full post-feature workflow by syncing docs, staging commits, renaming the branch, and opening a PR. Use after implementing a feature, or when asked to "ship", "ship this", or "ship it". Do NOT auto-trigger. Shipping is a decision the user takes.

Splits a mixed-commit branch into focused branches off main using cherry-pick. Use when a branch has unrelated commits, asking "split this branch", or needing to separate concerns into reviewable PRs.

Groups staged files by concern and generates one conventional commit per group. Use when asked to "group these changes into commits", or when staged changes span multiple concerns and need to ship as separate commits. Do NOT use on a single-concern staged set. That is `git-commit`, which also preserves a hunk-level selection this skill's unstage and restage over whole files would widen.