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Engineering

Build a project

Carry a defined goal through architecture, implementation and integration checks.

engineer-job
Engineering

Resume your project

Read the project state and route unfinished work to the right next step.

engineer-next
Engineering

Define requirements

Map users, business events, dependencies and system boundaries.

engineer-requirements
Engineering

Design the architecture

Turn requirements into technical decisions, data models and milestones.

engineer-architect
Engineering

Plan the frontend

Specify pages, components, state and interaction rules before implementation.

engineer-frontend-architect
Engineering

Orchestrate a project

Sequence features by dependency and coordinate integration.

engineer-orchestrator
Engineering

Deliver one feature

Take one feature through decomposition, coding, verification and documentation.

engineer-workflow
Engineering

Verify the deliverable

Choose risk-based checks and distinguish mocks, integration evidence and unknowns.

engineer-qa
Engineering

Find a way forward

Diagnose context and engineering state to recommend a way forward.

engineer-advisor
Engineering

Reconstruct a website

Observe an authorized live interface and document a reconstruction plan.

engineer-cloner
Engineering

Understand a legacy system

Infer a system structure from supplied pages, menus and screenshots.

engineer-legacy-recon
Engineering

Reconcile project status

Resolve conflicts in documentation, progress and memory using implementation evidence.

engineer-reconcile
Engineering

Improve build performance

Measure build and reload latency, then verify cache and output correctness.

engineer-build-performance
Engineering

Coordinate releases

Coordinate application, plugin, image and downstream versions with release evidence.

engineer-release
Projects & products

Initialize a project

Set up project structure, documentation, memory and observability conventions.

init-project
Projects & products

Analyze a product

Analyze users, market evidence, business logic and risks.

product-analysis-framework
Projects & products

Pressure-test an idea

Question users, pains and assumptions before building; find the cheapest validation.

product-pusher
Books & fiction

Write a book

Plan, draft and revise Chinese books with consistent arguments and terminology.

write-book
Books & fiction

Write web fiction

Plan, continue and revise Chinese long-form fiction driven by character choices.

write-webnovel
Books & fiction

Give characters agency

Review desires, choices, voice and growth to give characters agency.

novel-character-agency
Books & fiction

Build character-led comedy

Build comedy from desires and misunderstandings instead of repetitive jokes.

novel-comedy-engine
Books & fiction

Make prose easier to read

Clarify references, action and rhythm while preserving voice and viewpoint.

novel-prose-readability
Books & fiction

Strengthen narrative momentum

Review openings, repetition, payoffs and chapter endings for narrative momentum.

novel-retention-edit
Books & fiction

Design earned revelations

Design secrets, clues and reversals that change what characters do.

novel-reveal-design
Books & fiction

Make the contest credible

Review tactics, underdog wins and ensemble cooperation for credible outcomes.

novel-tactical-payoff
Books & fiction

Audit manuscript content

Check nonfiction facts, arguments, examples and cross-chapter consistency.

book-content-audit
Books & fiction

Check book exports

Compare PDF, EPUB and DOCX exports with the manuscript for completeness and layout.

book-export-qa
Agent evaluation

Evaluate agent learning

Use controlled evaluations to test reuse gains, costs and regressions.

agent-learning-eval
RC philosophy

Learn RC from scratch

Learn Observational Convergence through everyday experience, without prerequisites.

rc-tutor
RC philosophy

Apply RC to a situation

Apply Observational Convergence to decisions, teams, strategy and copy.

rc-application-tool
RC philosophy

Trace a causal chain

Verify causal links to identify an actionable root disadvantage.

rc-causal-chain
RC philosophy

Write and reference RC texts

Find, cite, translate and organize RC texts with terminology and source checks.

rc-text-assistant