@congdon1207

Apply systematic problem-solving techniques for complexity spirals (simplification cascades), innovation blocks (collision-zone thinking), recurring patterns (meta-pattern recognition), assumption constraints (inversion exercise), scale uncertainty (scale game), and dispatch when stuck. Techniques derived from Microsoft Amplifier project patterns adapted for immediate application.

Generate and maintain project structure index for fast AI navigation. Creates docs/structure.md with optimized file index. Load this skill when starting new project, after major changes, or when docs/structure.md is outdated.

Use when creating API services for backend communication with proper patterns for caching, error handling, and type safety.

Use when the user asks to investigate, understand, explore, or explain how a feature works, asks about existing logic, or wants to understand code flow. Triggers on keywords like "how does", "explain", "investigate", "understand", "what does", "where is", "how works", "logic flow", "trace", "explore feature".

Use when the user asks to implement a new feature, enhancement, add functionality, build something new, or create new capabilities. Triggers on keywords like "implement", "add feature", "build", "create new", "develop", "enhancement".

Apply structured, reflective problem-solving for complex tasks requiring multi-step analysis, revision capability, and hypothesis verification. Use for complex problem decomposition, adaptive planning, analysis needing course correction, problems with unclear scope, multi-step solutions, and hypothesis-driven work.

Use when the user provides an implementation plan file and asks to analyze it, assess impact, update specifications, or verify planned changes. Triggers on keywords like "analyze plan", "implementation plan", "assess impact", "update spec from plan", "verify plan".

Use when the user asks to debug, diagnose, fix a bug, troubleshoot errors, investigate issues, or pastes error messages/stack traces. Triggers on keywords like "bug", "error", "fix", "not working", "broken", "debug", "stack trace", "exception", "crash", "issue".

Use when the user asks to generate comprehensive feature documentation with verified test cases, create feature README with code evidence, or document a complete feature with test verification. Triggers on keywords like "feature documentation", "document feature", "comprehensive docs", "feature README", "test verification", "verified documentation".

Use when the user asks to analyze package upgrades, check for outdated dependencies, plan npm/NuGet updates, or assess breaking changes in package updates. Triggers on keywords like "upgrade packages", "outdated", "npm update", "breaking changes", "dependency upgrade", "package update", "version upgrade".