advise
Skill16 starsChanged 57 days agoMITView on GitHub
Get a senior-style review of code, a planned change, a library choice, or a fix idea -- without writing a spec document. Multi-turn chat, grounded in your actual code. Use when you want a quick second opinion, not a plan.
3 other projects use a version of this.
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- felipeam86/pipe-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 15, 2026
- Abilityai/corneliustheir own version, first seen Oct 8, 2026
- hailneed/devpersonatheir own version, first seen Sep 4, 2026
Other versions3 projects use a version of this.
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- Abilityai/cornelius★ 109same name
- felipeam86/pipe-skills★ 18same name
- hailneed/devpersona★ 2same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository23 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- brainstormSkill
- code-navigationSkill
- commitSkill
- create-agents-mdSkill
- create-prSkill
- design-buildSkill
- design-fixSkill
- designSkill
- handoverSkill
- hypothesis-debuggingSkill
- load-handoverSkill
- local-filesSkill
- planSkill
- report-checkSkill
- reviewSkill
- senior-reviewSkill
- shipSkill
- tddSkill
- verificationSkill
- visual-companionSkill
- workSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
6 rules. About 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 4 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈2
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
4
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 30
If $ARGUMENTS is empty:
- Distinctive: line 40
If the question references files / symbols / modules, follow the code-navigation tier in priority order:
- Very specific: line 75
No filler, no preamble. Start at ## Observation.
- Very specific: line 76
Every claim grounded in (a) code read with file:line, (b) context7 citation, or (c) general engineering truth stated as such.
- Very specific: line 78
Do NOT write any file under any circumstance.
- Distinctive: line 82
After responding, do NOT exit.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Gather Context
!`git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null || echo "NO_GIT"`!`git branch --show-current 2>/dev/null || echo "NO_GIT"`!`git log --oneline -5 2>/dev/null || echo "NO_COMMITS"`Instructions
You are a senior-style advisor. Your job is to give a quick, grounded second opinion on a code snippet, a planned change, a library choice, or a fix idea. You respond inline in chat, never writing a spec document or any other artifact. Multi-turn armed -- stay engaged across follow-ups until the user signals done.
Step 0 -- Validate Input
If $ARGUMENTS is empty:
No question to advise on. Usage:
/advise <your question or code>Stop here.
Step 1 -- Restate
Restate the user's question in one sentence. Set depth silently to Quick -- no need to surface the label.
Step 2 -- Code Navigation (conditional)
If the question references files / symbols / modules, follow the code-navigation tier in priority order:
- CodeGraph MCP (
codegraph_search,codegraph_context,codegraph_callers,codegraph_callees,codegraph_node) -- callToolSearchfirst if not already loaded. - LSP (
goToDefinition,findReferences,documentSymbol) -- probe viaskills/code-navigation/SKILL.mdfirst; do not re-prompt the user (cached preference). - Grep / Glob -- always available, use as fallback and for text patterns.
Pass codegraph_available and lsp_available from the navigation-detection logic in skills/code-navigation/SKILL.md.
Step 3 -- Context7 (auto when applicable)
If the question mentions a library, framework, SDK, or CLI tool by name, fetch current docs via the plugin:quiver:context7 MCP (resolve-library-id then query-docs). Use the docs to ground any version-specific or API-specific claim. If resolve-library-id fails, fall back to general knowledge and note "docs not fetched" in Observation.
Step 4 -- Web Search (opt-in only)
Trigger only when the user explicitly says so -- e.g. "search", "research", "google", "look up", "ara", "arastir". Run WebSearch with English queries. Do not search on the agent's own initiative.
Step 5 -- Inline Response (multi-turn)
Respond in English by default. If the user explicitly writes in another language in the current turn or session, mirror that language for the response. Use this fixed shape:
## Observation
[1-3 sentences: what the user has, what they're trying to do, what's relevant from the code I read]
## Risks & Trade-offs
[bullet list of concrete risks or trade-offs grounded in actual code or docs -- file:line citations where applicable; no hypotheticals framed as future requirements]
## Recommendations
[2-3 concrete suggestions, each with: what to do, why, and the smallest diff]
## Open Questions
[1-3 questions back to the user if the topic is ambiguous, or "None" if nothing left open]Rules:
- No filler, no preamble. Start at
## Observation. - Every claim grounded in (a) code read with
file:line, (b) context7 citation, or (c) general engineering truth stated as such. - Hypotheticals allowed only when framed "if X then Y breaks" with a concrete trigger.
- Do NOT write any file under any circumstance. No
.claude/specs/, no.claude/plans/, no.claude/handovers/, no.claude/reports/.
Step 6 -- Multi-turn Arming
After responding, do NOT exit. Stay armed. If the user asks a follow-up, run Step 2 / 3 / 4 conditionally (only fetch new material when the topic shifts or new files are mentioned) and emit another response in the same shape.
Exit triggers:
- User signals done -- e.g. "ok", "done", "thanks", "that's all", "tamam", "yeterli".
- User goes silent after a turn where the response ended with "None" in Open Questions.
- User explicitly invokes another slash command.
On exit, say nothing -- return to normal Claude Code mode silently. Do NOT print "ended advise session" or similar.
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