--- title: "Matt Pocock (@mattpocock) skills · skilld" canonical_url: "https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock" last_updated: "2026-08-20T06:40:52.287Z" meta: description: "37 agent skills written by Matt Pocock on skilld. Documentation, workflow, Testing." "og:description": "37 agent skills written by Matt Pocock." "og:title": "Matt Pocock on skilld" --- ` ![Avatar for Matt Pocock](https://github.com/mattpocock.png) # **Matt Pocock** [@mattpocock](https://github.com/mattpocock)person TypeScript wizard. Building Total TypeScript - a comprehensive, production-grade TypeScript course. Ex-Vercel, Stately. 37 skills 258k Oxfordshire Mostly·Documentation, workflow, Testing [GitHub](https://github.com/mattpocock) [Website](https://totaltypescript.com) **Is this your GitHub account? ** Sign in as @mattpocock with GitHub. Your indexed skills will appear on your curator profile. skilld will also check your public repositories for other `SKILL.md` files. [Sign in with GitHub](https://skilld.dev/auth/github?return_to=%2Fgh%2Fmattpocock) ## Skills ### [mattpocock/skills](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills) Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory. 37 skills 258k `npx skilld add gh:mattpocock/skills` - [ **/ask-matt**258k Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the skills in this repo. /ask-matt by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/ask-matt) - [ **/claude-handoff**258k Hand the current conversation off to a fresh background agent that picks up the work immediately. /claude-handoff by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/claude-handoff) - [ **/code-review**258k Review the changes since a fixed point (commit, branch, tag, or merge-base) along two axes: Standards (does the code follow this repo's documented coding standards?) and Spec (does the code match what the originating issue/spec asked for?). Runs both reviews in parallel sub-agents and reports them side by side. Use when the user wants to review a branch, a PR, work-in-progress changes, or asks to \\"review since X\\". /code-review by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/code-review) - [ **/codebase-design**258k Shared vocabulary for designing deep modules. Use when the user wants to design or improve a module's interface, find deepening opportunities, decide where a seam goes, make code more testable or AI-navigable, or when another skill needs the deep-module vocabulary. /codebase-design by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/codebase-design) - [ **/diagnosing-bugs**258k Diagnosis loop for hard bugs and performance regressions. Use when the user says "diagnose"/"debug this", or reports something broken/throwing/failing/slow. /diagnosing-bugs by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/diagnosing-bugs) - [ **/domain-modeling**258k Build and sharpen a project's domain model. Use when discussing codebase terminology, writing or editing a CONTEXT.md, or recording or editing an ADR. /domain-modeling by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/domain-modeling) - [ **/git-guardrails-claude-code**258k Set up Claude Code hooks to block dangerous git commands (push, reset --hard, clean, branch -D, etc.) before they execute. Use when user wants to prevent destructive git operations, add git safety hooks, or block git push/reset in Claude Code. /git-guardrails-claude-code by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/git-guardrails-claude-code) - [ **/grill-me**258k A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design. /grill-me by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/grill-me) - [ **/grill-with-docs**258k A relentless interview to sharpen a plan or design, which also creates docs (ADR's and glossary) as we go. /grill-with-docs by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/grill-with-docs) - [ **/grilling**258k Grill the user relentlessly about a plan, decision, or idea. Use when the user wants to stress-test their thinking, or uses any 'grill' trigger phrases. /grilling by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/grilling) - [ **/handoff**258k Compact the current conversation into a handoff document for another agent to pick up. /handoff by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/handoff) - [ **/implement**258k Implement a piece of work based on a spec or set of tickets. /implement by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/implement) - [ **/implement-spec**258k Implement a specification in code. /implement-spec by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/implement-spec) - [ **/improve-codebase-architecture**258k Scan a codebase for deepening opportunities, present them as a visual HTML report, then grill through whichever one you pick. /improve-codebase-architecture by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/improve-codebase-architecture) - [ **/loop-me**258k Grill me about specs for the workflows I want to build, within this workspace. /loop-me by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/loop-me) - [ **/migrate-to-shoehorn**258k Migrate test files from \`as\` type assertions to @total-typescript/shoehorn. Use when user mentions shoehorn, wants to replace \`as\` in tests, or needs partial test data. /migrate-to-shoehorn by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/migrate-to-shoehorn) - [ **/prototype**258k Build a throwaway prototype to answer a design question. Use when the user wants to sanity-check whether a state model or logic feels right, or explore what a UI should look like. /prototype by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/prototype) - [ **/research**258k Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the repo. Use when the user wants a topic researched, docs or API facts gathered, or reading legwork delegated to a background agent. /research by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/research) - [ **/resolving-merge-conflicts**258k Use when you need to resolve an in-progress git merge/rebase conflict. /resolving-merge-conflicts by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/resolving-merge-conflicts) - [ **/retro**258k Conduct a retrospective on a coding session. /retro by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/retro) - [ **/scaffold-exercises**258k Create exercise directory structures with sections, problems, solutions, and explainers that pass linting. Use when user wants to scaffold exercises, create exercise stubs, or set up a new course section. /scaffold-exercises by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/scaffold-exercises) - [ **/setup-matt-pocock-skills**258k Configure this repo for the engineering skills: set up its issue tracker, triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run once before first use of the other engineering skills. /setup-matt-pocock-skills by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/setup-matt-pocock-skills) - [ **/setup-pre-commit**258k Set up Husky pre-commit hooks with lint-staged (Prettier), type checking, and tests in the current repo. Use when user wants to add pre-commit hooks, set up Husky, configure lint-staged, or add commit-time formatting/typechecking/testing. /setup-pre-commit by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/setup-pre-commit) - [ **/setup-ts-deep-modules**258k Wire dependency-cruiser into a TypeScript repo so each package is a deep module, with implementation hidden in subfolders and reachable only through its entry-point files. User-invoked. /setup-ts-deep-modules by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/setup-ts-deep-modules) - [ **/tdd**258k Test-driven development. Use when the user wants to build features or fix bugs test-first, mentions "red-green-refactor", or wants integration tests. /tdd by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/tdd) - [ **/teach**258k Teach the user a new skill or concept, within this workspace. /teach by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/teach) - [ **/to-questionnaire**258k Turn a decision you can't fully answer into a questionnaire for someone else to fill in. /to-questionnaire by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/to-questionnaire) - [ **/to-spec**258k Turn the current conversation into a spec and publish it to the project issue tracker: no interview, just synthesis of what you've already discussed. /to-spec by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/to-spec) - [ **/to-tickets**258k Break a plan, spec, or the current conversation into a set of tracer-bullet tickets, each declaring its blocking edges, published to the configured tracker (edges as text in one file per ticket locally, or native blocking links on a real tracker). /to-tickets by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/to-tickets) - [ **/triage**258k Move issues and external PRs through a state machine of triage roles, categorise, verify, grill if needed, and write agent-ready briefs. /triage by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/triage) - [ **/wait-what**258k Stop. That last message did not land: re-pitch it. /wait-what by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/wait-what) - [ **/wayfinder**258k Plan a huge chunk of work (more than one agent session can hold) as a shared map of decision tickets on your issue tracker, and resolve them one at a time until the way to the destination is clear. /wayfinder by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/wayfinder) - [ **/wizard**258k Generate an interactive bash wizard that walks a human through steps only they can perform. Use when provisioning infrastructure, setting up credentials or CI secrets, walking an unfamiliar third-party dashboard, or running a one-off migration or cutover. Don't invoke this for steps the agent can perform itself. /wizard by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/wizard) - [ **/writing-beats**258k Writing, exploit; assemble raw material into a journey of beats, grounding each term before a beat leans on it. /writing-beats by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/writing-beats) - [ **/writing-for-agents**258k Writing documents for agents. Use when creating or editing skills, or modifying AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md. /writing-for-agents by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/writing-for-agents) - [ **/writing-fragments**258k Writing, explore: mine raw fragments, no structure yet. /writing-fragments by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/writing-fragments) - [ **/writing-shape**258k Writing, exploit: shape raw material into an article, paragraph by paragraph. /writing-shape by mattpocock](https://skilld.dev/gh/mattpocock/skills/writing-shape) Curated skills from @mattpocock. 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