Written for humans, structured for agents
Engineer like a
startup.
Skills for shipping and reviewing high-quality code — written for the humans in a startup engineering team and for the agents working alongside them.
claude ~/startupengineering
$claude "review this PR using the code-review skill"
• Loading code-quality/code-review-and-quality/SKILL.md…
• Walking the five axes…
Correctness: edge cases ok. Readability: two names unclear. Security: unvalidated input on
Verdict: request changes — one critical, two nits.
/api/ingest.Verdict: request changes — one critical, two nits.
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Browse allPlanning & Design
5 skills
Decide what to build — specs, APIs, decision records.
Open
Implementation
4 skills
How to build it — tests first, small steps, grounded sources.
Open
Code Quality
3 skills
Keep it healthy — review, simplify, debug to root cause.
Open
Security & Performance
2 skills
Harden against untrusted input. Stay fast.
Open
Delivery & Operations
5 skills
Git, CI/CD, staged rollouts, deprecation.
Open
Agent Workflow
2 skills
Meta-skills for working effectively with AI coding agents.
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