Claude skills and agent skills

GitHubSkill

coordinator-source-of-truth

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/coordinator-source-of-truth/SKILL.md

The complete file-by-file source-of-truth hierarchy for Squad: which files are authoritative, which are derived/append-only, who may write each one, who may read each one, and the precedence rules when they conflict. Squad coordinator loads this on demand when it needs to resolve a write conflict, decide where a piece of state belongs, or answer a 'who owns this file' question.

GitHubSkill

cross-machine-coordination

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/cross-machine-coordination/SKILL.md

Design proposal, not implemented: git-based task queuing between squad machines. For competing watchers, use squad watch work claims (ADR-002).

GitHubSkill

cross-squad-communication

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/cross-squad-communication/SKILL.md

Protocol for sending queries, delegating tasks, and sharing context between independent Squad instances across different repositories

GitHubSkill

docs-standards

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/docs-standards/SKILL.md

Microsoft Style Guide + Squad-specific documentation patterns

GitHubSkill

e2e-template-testing

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/e2e-template-testing/SKILL.md

End-to-end validation of coordinator and agent template changes

GitHubSkill

economy-mode

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/economy-mode/SKILL.md

Shifts Layer 3 model selection to cost-optimized alternatives when economy mode is active.

GitHubSkill

external-comms

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/external-comms/SKILL.md

Workflow for scanning, drafting, and presenting community responses with a human review gate

GitHubReads credentialsSkill

gh-auth-isolation

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/gh-auth-isolation/SKILL.md

Safely manage multiple GitHub identities (EMU + personal) in agent workflows

GitHubReads credentialsSkill

gh-aw-enlistment

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/gh-aw-enlistment/SKILL.md

Enlist a repository into Squad by installing the supported GitHub Agentic Workflows (gh-aw) bootstrap — with strict compilation, an explicit safe-update allowlist, and a human-reviewed bootstrap PR. Never auto-merges.

GitHubDeletes or force-pushesSkill

git-workflow

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/git-workflow/SKILL.md

Squad branching model: dev-first workflow with insiders preview channel

Often used withsquad-commands·ci-cd-pipelines

GitHubSkill

history-hygiene

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/history-hygiene/SKILL.md

Record reconciled final outcomes to history.md, not intermediate requests or obsolete claims

GitHubSkill

humanizer

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/humanizer/SKILL.md

Tone enforcement patterns for external-facing community responses

GitHubSkill

model-selection

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/model-selection/SKILL.md

Determines which LLM model to use for each agent spawn

GitHubSkill

notification-routing

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/notification-routing/SKILL.md

Route agent notifications to specific channels by type — prevent alert fatigue from single-channel flooding

GitHubSkill

pr-review-response

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/pr-review-response/SKILL.md

Teaches agents to reply to PR review comment threads after fixing issues, making resolutions traceable

GitHubReads credentialsSkill

release-process

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/release-process/SKILL.md

Prepare, publish, recover, and verify Squad insider, preview, and stable releases

GitHubSkill

retro-enforcement

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/retro-enforcement/SKILL.md

Ensure retrospectives happen on schedule and that their action items are tracked in GitHub Issues — not markdown checklists. This skill addresses a specific, measured failure mode: 0% completion rate on markdown retro action items across 6 consecutive retrospectives. GitHub Issues have an 85%+ completion rate in the same squad. The format was the problem, not the people. The function checks .squad/log/ for any file matching *retrospective* dated within the last $WindowDays days (default: 7). If none is found, the…

GitHubReads credentialsSkill

secret-handling

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/secret-handling/SKILL.md

Never read .env files or write secrets to .squad/ committed files

Often used withsquad-commands

GitHubSkill

squad-commands

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/squad-commands/SKILL.md

Categorized catalog of common Squad operations. Coordinator reads this file and presents it as an interactive menu when the user asks for available commands or help.

GitHubSkill

squad

github/squad/packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/squad/SKILL.md

Squad's command catalog and interactive menu. Invoke via /squad (slash command) or natural language ("squad commands", "what can squad do", "show me squad options"). Presents categorized operations (Install & Upgrade, Team Management, Issues & PRs, Plugins & Skills, Model & Cost, Sessions & State) as an interactive picker. Routes to the right squad CLI command or the Squad coordinator agent.