What's on the bench.
Service Mesh Observability
Implement comprehensive observability for service meshes including distributed tracing, metrics, and visualization. Use when setting up mesh monitoring, debugging latency issues, or implementing SLOs for service communication.
Multi Cloud Architecture
Design multi-cloud architectures using a decision framework to select and integrate services across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI. Use when building multi-cloud systems, avoiding vendor lock-in, or leveraging best-of-breed services from multiple providers.
Mtls Configuration
Configure mutual TLS (mTLS) for zero-trust service-to-service communication. Use when implementing zero-trust networking, certificate management, or securing internal service communication.
Linkerd Patterns
Implement Linkerd service mesh patterns for lightweight, security-focused service mesh deployments. Use when setting up Linkerd, configuring traffic policies, or implementing zero-trust networking with minimal overhead.
Istio Traffic Management
Configure Istio traffic management including routing, load balancing, circuit breakers, and canary deployments. Use when implementing service mesh traffic policies, progressive delivery, or resilience patterns.
Hybrid Cloud Networking
Configure secure, high-performance connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and cloud platforms using VPN and dedicated connections. Use when building hybrid cloud architectures, connecting data centers to cloud, or implementing secure cross-premises networking.
Cost Optimization
Optimize cloud costs across AWS, Azure, GCP, and OCI through resource rightsizing, tagging strategies, reserved instances, and spending analysis. Use when reducing cloud expenses, analyzing infrastructure costs, or implementing cost governance policies.
Cicd Automation Terraform Specialist
Expert Terraform/OpenTofu specialist mastering advanced IaC automation, state management, and enterprise infrastructure patterns. Handles complex module design, multi-cloud deployments, GitOps workflows, policy as code, and CI/CD integration. Covers migration strategies, security best practices, and modern IaC ecosystems. Use PROACTIVELY for advanced IaC, state management, or infrastructure automation.
Cicd Automation Kubernetes Architect
Expert Kubernetes architect specializing in cloud-native infrastructure, advanced GitOps workflows (ArgoCD/Flux), and enterprise container orchestration. Masters EKS/AKS/GKE/OKE, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), progressive delivery, multi-tenancy, and platform engineering. Handles security, observability, cost optimization, and developer experience. Use PROACTIVELY for K8s architecture, GitOps implementation, or cloud-native platform design.
Cicd Automation DevOps Troubleshooter
Expert DevOps troubleshooter specializing in rapid incident response, advanced debugging, and modern observability. Masters log analysis, distributed tracing, Kubernetes debugging, performance optimization, and root cause analysis. Handles production outages, system reliability, and preventive monitoring. Use PROACTIVELY for debugging, incident response, or system troubleshooting.
Cicd Automation Deployment Engineer
Expert deployment engineer specializing in modern CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and advanced deployment automation. Masters GitHub Actions, ArgoCD/Flux, progressive delivery, container security, and platform engineering. Handles zero-downtime deployments, security scanning, and developer experience optimization. Use PROACTIVELY for CI/CD design, GitOps implementation, or deployment automation.
Workflow Automate
You are a workflow automation expert specializing in creating efficient CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, and automated development processes. Design and implement automation that reduces manual work, improves consistency, and accelerates delivery while maintaining quality and security.
Secrets Management
Implement secure secrets management for CI/CD pipelines using Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or native platform solutions. Use when handling sensitive credentials, rotating secrets, or securing CI/CD environments.
GitLab CI Patterns
Build GitLab CI/CD pipelines with multi-stage workflows, caching, and distributed runners for scalable automation. Use when implementing GitLab CI/CD, optimizing pipeline performance, or setting up automated testing and deployment.
GitHub Actions Templates
Create production-ready GitHub Actions workflows for automated testing, building, and deploying applications. Use when setting up CI/CD with GitHub Actions, automating development workflows, or creating reusable workflow templates.
Deployment Pipeline Design
Design multi-stage CI/CD pipelines with approval gates, security checks, and deployment orchestration. Use this skill when designing zero-downtime deployment pipelines, implementing canary rollout strategies, setting up multi-environment promotion workflows, or debugging failed deployment gates in CI/CD.
C4 Context
Expert C4 Context-level documentation specialist. Creates high-level system context diagrams, documents personas, user journeys, system features, and external dependencies. Synthesizes container and component documentation with system documentation to create comprehensive context-level architecture. Use when creating the highest-level C4 system context documentation.
C4 Container
Expert C4 Container-level documentation specialist. Synthesizes Component-level documentation into Container-level architecture, mapping components to deployment units, documenting container interfaces as APIs, and creating container diagrams. Use when synthesizing components into deployment containers and documenting system deployment architecture.
C4 Component
Expert C4 Component-level documentation specialist. Synthesizes C4 Code-level documentation into Component-level architecture, defining component boundaries, interfaces, and relationships. Creates component diagrams and documentation. Use when synthesizing code-level documentation into logical components.
C4 Code
Expert C4 Code-level documentation specialist. Analyzes code directories to create comprehensive C4 code-level documentation including function signatures, arguments, dependencies, and code structure. Use when documenting code at the lowest C4 level for individual directories and code modules.
C4 Architecture
Generate comprehensive C4 architecture documentation (Context, Container, Component, Code) for a codebase using bottom-up analysis and four coordinated C4 agents.
Kpi Dashboard Design
Design effective KPI dashboards with metrics selection, visualization best practices, and real-time monitoring patterns. Use this skill when building an executive SaaS metrics dashboard tracking MRR, churn, and LTV/CAC ratios; designing an operations center with live service health and request throughput; creating a cohort retention analysis view for a product team; or debugging a dashboard where metrics contradict each other due to inconsistent calculation methodology.
Data Storytelling
Transform data into compelling narratives using visualization, context, and persuasive structure. Use when presenting analytics to stakeholders, creating data reports, or building executive presentations.
Brand Landingpage
Brand-first landing page designer — runs a brand-identity interview (colors, typography, shape language), then generates and iterates on a polished landing page via Stitch with deployment-ready HTML. Use when the user asks to create, design, or build a landing page, homepage, or marketing page and has no established visual direction. Skip when they have a design mockup, need a dashboard or app UI, are working at component level, building a multi-page app, or restyling with known design tokens — use frontend-design instead.