rubber-duck
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Interactive rubber-duck debugging partner. Help the user think through a problem — a bug, a design decision, or just feeling stuck — by asking one clarifying question at a time and offering fresh reframings, without reading their code or handing them the solution. Use when the user wants to "talk through", "think out loud about", "rubber duck", "debug", or "get unstuck on" a problem, or describes a problem and asks for help reasoning about it rather than a direct fix.
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- Osipchuk/agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- jsleemaster/gooblintheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- vidluther/skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 31, 2026
- damacus/agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 29, 2026
- oneafrikan/the-gridtheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- kirodotdev/KiroCrewtheir own version, first seen Oct 19, 2026
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MicrosoftSkillcaveman
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Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up.
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- kirodotdev/KiroCrew★ 4.8ksame name
- thoughtbot/rails-consultant★ 29same name
- jim60105/copilot-prompt★ 22same name
- stevepolitodesign/skills★ 10same name
- The-Artificer-of-Ciphers-LLC/skills-from-the-artificer★ 6same name
- jmcelreavey/devhub★ 5same name
- Osipchuk/agent-skills★ 5same name
- oneafrikan/the-grid★ 4same name
- stormlightlabs/thunderus★ 4same name
- dfrysinger/skills★ 3same name
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