setup-matt-pocock-skills
Skill246 starsChanged 46 days agoApache-2.0View on GitHub
Sets up an `## Agent skills` block in AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md and `docs/agents/` so the engineering skills know this repo's issue tracker (GitHub or local markdown), triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run before first use of `to-issues`, `to-prd`, `triage`, `diagnose`, `tdd`, `improve-codebase-architecture`, or `zoom-out` — or if those skills appear to be missing context about the issue tracker, triage labels, or domain docs.
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
7 rules. 4 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 133 edited versions we read keep these.
1
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- could be automatic: a setting could enforce it
- Common: line 21
Look at the current repo to understand its starting state.
- Very specific: line 40
Default posture: these skills were designed for GitHub.
- Distinctive: line 59
Default: each role's string equals its name.
- Common: line 83
If CLAUDE.md exists, edit it.
- Common: line 85
If neither exists, ask the user which one to create — don't pick for them.
- Common: line 87
Never create AGENTS.md when CLAUDE.md already exists (or vice versa) — always edit the one that's already there.
- Very specific: line 89
If an ## Agent skills block already exists in the chosen file, update its contents in-place rather than appending a duplicate.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 133 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Setup Matt Pocock's Skills
Scaffold the per-repo configuration that the engineering skills assume:
- Issue tracker — where issues live (GitHub by default; local markdown is also supported out of the box)
- Triage labels — the strings used for the five canonical triage roles
- Domain docs — where
CONTEXT.mdand ADRs live, and the consumer rules for reading them
This is a prompt-driven skill, not a deterministic script. Explore, present what you found, confirm with the user, then write.
Process
1. Explore
Look at the current repo to understand its starting state. Read whatever exists; don't assume:
git remote -vand.git/config— is this a GitHub repo? Which one?AGENTS.mdandCLAUDE.mdat the repo root — does either exist? Is there already an## Agent skillssection in either?CONTEXT.mdandCONTEXT-MAP.mdat the repo rootdocs/adr/and anysrc/*/docs/adr/directoriesdocs/agents/— does this skill's prior output already exist?.scratch/— sign that a local-markdown issue tracker convention is already in use
2. Present findings and ask
Summarise what's present and what's missing. Then walk the user through the three decisions one at a time — present a section, get the user's answer, then move to the next. Don't dump all three at once.
Assume the user does not know what these terms mean. Each section starts with a short explainer (what it is, why these skills need it, what changes if they pick differently). Then show the choices and the default.
Section A — Issue tracker.
Explainer: The "issue tracker" is where issues live for this repo. Skills like
to-issues,triage,to-prd, andqaread from and write to it — they need to know whether to callgh issue create, write a markdown file under.scratch/, or follow some other workflow you describe. Pick the place you actually track work for this repo.
Default posture: these skills were designed for GitHub. If a git remote points at GitHub, propose that. If a git remote points at GitLab (gitlab.com or a self-hosted host), propose GitLab. Otherwise (or if the user prefers), offer:
- GitHub — issues live in the repo's GitHub Issues (uses the
ghCLI) - GitLab — issues live in the repo's GitLab Issues (uses the
glabCLI) - Local markdown — issues live as files under
.scratch/<feature>/in this repo (good for solo projects or repos without a remote) - Other (Jira, Linear, etc.) — ask the user to describe the workflow in one paragraph; the skill will record it as freeform prose
Section B — Triage label vocabulary.
Explainer: When the
triageskill processes an incoming issue, it moves it through a state machine — needs evaluation, waiting on reporter, ready for an AFK agent to pick up, ready for a human, or won't fix. To do that, it needs to apply labels (or the equivalent in your issue tracker) that match strings you've actually configured. If your repo already uses different label names (e.g.bug:triageinstead ofneeds-triage), map them here so the skill applies the right ones instead of creating duplicates.
The five canonical roles:
needs-triage— maintainer needs to evaluateneeds-info— waiting on reporterready-for-agent— fully specified, AFK-ready (an agent can pick it up with no human context)ready-for-human— needs human implementationwontfix— will not be actioned
Default: each role's string equals its name. Ask the user if they want to override any. If their issue tracker has no existing labels, the defaults are fine.
Section C — Domain docs.
Explainer: Some skills (
improve-codebase-architecture,diagnose,tdd) read aCONTEXT.mdfile to learn the project's domain language, anddocs/adr/for past architectural decisions. They need to know whether the repo has one global context or multiple (e.g. a monorepo with separate frontend/backend contexts) so they look in the right place.
Confirm the layout:
- Single-context — one
CONTEXT.md+docs/adr/at the repo root. Most repos are this. - Multi-context —
CONTEXT-MAP.mdat the root pointing to per-contextCONTEXT.mdfiles (typically a monorepo).
3. Confirm and edit
Show the user a draft of:
- The
## Agent skillsblock to add to whichever ofCLAUDE.md/AGENTS.mdis being edited (see step 4 for selection rules) - The contents of
docs/agents/issue-tracker.md,docs/agents/triage-labels.md,docs/agents/domain.md
Let them edit before writing.
4. Write
Pick the file to edit:
- If
CLAUDE.mdexists, edit it. - Else if
AGENTS.mdexists, edit it. - If neither exists, ask the user which one to create — don't pick for them.
Never create AGENTS.md when CLAUDE.md already exists (or vice versa) — always edit the one that's already there.
If an ## Agent skills block already exists in the chosen file, update its contents in-place rather than appending a duplicate. Don't overwrite user edits to the surrounding sections.
The block:
## Agent skills
### Issue tracker
[one-line summary of where issues are tracked]. See `docs/agents/issue-tracker.md`.
### Triage labels
[one-line summary of the label vocabulary]. See `docs/agents/triage-labels.md`.
### Domain docs
[one-line summary of layout — "single-context" or "multi-context"]. See `docs/agents/domain.md`.Then write the three docs files using the seed templates in this skill folder as a starting point:
- issue-tracker-github.md — GitHub issue tracker
- issue-tracker-gitlab.md — GitLab issue tracker
- issue-tracker-local.md — local-markdown issue tracker
- triage-labels.md — label mapping
- domain.md — domain doc consumer rules + layout
For "other" issue trackers, write docs/agents/issue-tracker.md from scratch using the user's description.
5. Done
Tell the user the setup is complete and which engineering skills will now read from these files. Mention they can edit docs/agents/*.md directly later — re-running this skill is only necessary if they want to switch issue trackers or restart from scratch.
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