davekilleen/dex-agent-plugin

Creating algorithmic art using p5.js with seeded randomness and interactive parameter exploration. Use this when users request creating art using code, generative art, algorithmic art, flow fields, or particle systems. Create original algorithmic art rather than copying existing artists' work to avoid copyright violations.

Applies Anthropic's official brand colors and typography to any sort of artifact that may benefit from having Anthropic's look-and-feel. Use it when brand colors or style guidelines, visual formatting, or company design standards apply.

Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write documentation, proposals, technical specs, decision docs, or similar structured content. This workflow helps users efficiently transfer context, refine content through iteration, and verify the doc works for readers. Trigger when user mentions writing docs, creating proposals, drafting specs, or similar documentation tasks.

Comprehensive document creation, editing, and analysis with support for tracked changes, comments, formatting preservation, and text extraction. When Claude needs to work with professional documents (.docx files) for: (1) Creating new documents, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with tracked changes, (4) Adding comments, or any other document tasks

Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Use this skill when the user asks to build web components, pages, artifacts, posters, or applications (examples include websites, landing pages, dashboards, React components, HTML/CSS layouts, or when styling/beautifying any web UI). Generates creative, polished code and UI design that avoids generic AI aesthetics.

A set of resources to help me write all kinds of internal communications, using the formats that my company likes to use. Claude should use this skill whenever asked to write some sort of internal communications (status reports, leadership updates, 3P updates, company newsletters, FAQs, incident reports, project updates, etc.).

Guide for creating high-quality MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that enable LLMs to interact with external services through well-designed tools. Use when building MCP servers to integrate external APIs or services, whether in Python (FastMCP) or Node/TypeScript (MCP SDK).

Presentation creation, editing, and analysis. When Claude needs to work with presentations (.pptx files) for: (1) Creating new presentations, (2) Modifying or editing content, (3) Working with layouts, (4) Adding comments or speaker notes, or any other presentation tasks

Knowledge and utilities for creating animated GIFs optimized for Slack. Provides constraints, validation tools, and animation concepts. Use when users request animated GIFs for Slack like "make me a GIF of X doing Y for Slack."

Toolkit for styling artifacts with a theme. These artifacts can be slides, docs, reportings, HTML landing pages, etc. There are 10 pre-set themes with colors/fonts that you can apply to any artifact that has been creating, or can generate a new theme on-the-fly.

Suite of tools for creating elaborate, multi-component claude.ai HTML artifacts using modern frontend web technologies (React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui). Use for complex artifacts requiring state management, routing, or shadcn/ui components - not for simple single-file HTML/JSX artifacts.

Toolkit for interacting with and testing local web applications using Playwright. Supports verifying frontend functionality, debugging UI behavior, capturing browser screenshots, and viewing browser logs.

Comprehensive spreadsheet creation, editing, and analysis with support for formulas, formatting, data analysis, and visualization. When Claude needs to work with spreadsheets (.xlsx, .xlsm, .csv, .tsv, etc) for: (1) Creating new spreadsheets with formulas and formatting, (2) Reading or analyzing data, (3) Modify existing spreadsheets while preserving formulas, (4) Data analysis and visualization in spreadsheets, or (5) Recalculating formulas

Connect Jira and Confluence for project tracking and knowledge search. Use when the user says 'connect Jira', 'hook up Confluence', 'my tickets/board'. Not for a personal task app like Todoist/Things/Trello; use todoist-setup/things-setup/trello-setup.

Run a vault backup right now and report the verified result. Use when the user says 'back up now', 'take a backup before I do this', or is about to make a big change. Not for scheduling or changing where backups go (backup-setup); not for getting files back (backup-restore).

Verify a vault backup, prove it restores, or restore it to a folder of the user's choosing. Use when the user says 'restore my backup', 'test my backups', 'are my backups any good', or after data loss. Never overwrites the live vault. Not for taking a backup (backup-now); not for scheduling (backup-setup).

Set up automatic vault backups to a synced folder or a cloud provider, with verified archives and tiered retention. Use when the user says 'back up my vault', 'set up backups', 'where are my backups going', or asks about losing their notes. Not for restoring or testing a restore (backup-restore); not for a one-off backup right now (backup-now).

Grant Python calendar access for ~30x faster calendar queries. Use when the user says 'connect my calendar', 'calendar is slow', 'set up calendar access'. Not for connecting Google Workspace as a whole; use google-workspace-setup.

Reconcile the promises you made and the asks you received across meetings and notes into a clear owner/due/source list, then — only with your confirmation — turn the real ones into tracked tasks. Use when the user says 'what did I promise', 'what am I on the hook for', 'anything I owe people', 'loose ends', or after a run of meetings. Also use proactively during daily-plan/daily-review when uncaptured commitments surface. Not for tracking work you handed off to others; use delegate-check. Not for recording a decision you made; use decision-log.

Build a brand-new MCP integration from scratch with a guided wizard. Use when the user wants Dex to talk to a tool that has no existing server — 'build an integration for X', 'Dex can't connect to Y yet'. Not for installing an MCP that already exists; use integrate-mcp. Not for a prompt-only workflow with no external tool; use create-skill.

Build today's plan from calendar, tasks, priorities and commitments, with smart scheduling suggestions. Use when the user says 'plan my day', 'what's on today', 'help me focus', or starts the morning. Also use proactively at the first session of the day. Not for reviewing a finished day; use daily-review.

Close out the day: what got done vs planned, meeting follow-ups, learnings, and tomorrow's focus. Use when the user says 'review my day', 'wrap up', 'end of day', or it's evening. Also use proactively when the day's work is clearly done. Not for setting up the morning; use daily-plan.

Capture an important decision with its context, options, rationale, and review date, then find it again when it matters.

Review open delegations — what you handed off, to whom, its status, and the next useful nudge. Use when the user says 'what did I delegate', 'who owes me', 'check my handoffs', 'follow up with someone'. Not for prepping a meeting; use meeting-prep.

Show the AI-ranked backlog of Dex system-improvement ideas. Use when the user says 'show my Dex ideas', 'what's in the backlog', 'what should we build next'. Not for workshopping one idea into a plan; use dex-improve. Not for discovering existing features; use dex-level-up.

Whole-system checkup: verifies every Dex feature honestly (working/off/broken/couldn't-check), self-heals what's provably safe, guides the rest. Use when the user says 'is Dex healthy', 'something's broken', 'check my setup', 'run diagnostics'. Not for discovering unused *features*; use dex-level-up. Not for applying an update; use dex-update.

Workshop one improvement idea into an implementation plan. Use when the user says 'let's flesh out idea-X', 'turn this into a plan', 'improve Dex's Y'. Not for ranking the whole backlog; use dex-backlog. Not for a PRD for the user's own product; use product-brief.

Turn on Obsidian mode and migrate the vault to wiki links. Use when the user says 'I use Obsidian', 'enable wiki links', 'make this work in Obsidian'. Not for connecting an external tool/API; use create-mcp/integrate-mcp.

Rewind one receipt-backed Dex adoption through the frozen lifecycle service. Use when the user says 'undo the update', 'go back', 'that broke something after updating'. Not for applying an update; use dex-update.

Preview and safely adopt a Dex update through the receipt-backed lifecycle (look → back up → apply → verify → rewindable). Use when the user says 'update Dex', 'install the new version', or a release notice appeared. Not for undoing an update; use dex-rollback. Not just seeing what changed; use dex-whats-new.

Show recent system improvements — captured learnings plus new Claude capabilities. Use when the user says 'what's new', 'any updates to how Dex works'. Not for previewing and applying a version update; use dex-update. Not for unused existing features; use dex-level-up.

Package your entire Dex system into a shareable DexDiff profile so others can replicate how you work. Use when the user says 'share my whole setup', 'publish my profile'. Not for a single workflow; use diff-generate. Not for adopting a whole profile; use diff-adopt-profile.

Turn on local AI-powered semantic (meaning-based) search over the vault, with smart collection discovery. Use when the user says 'enable semantic search', 'search by meaning', 'set up QMD', or search keeps missing obvious matches. Not for scraping the web; use scrape.

Interactive post-onboarding tour that adapts to whatever data exists (calendar, Granola, or none). Use right after onboarding, or when the user says 'show me around', 'how do I start'. Also use proactively when the vault is < 7 days old. Not for the initial setup itself; use setup.

Groom the open task pool goal by goal: see everything under each quarter goal, confirm doubtful goal links, retire what has gone stale, and mark what gets picked up first when that goal earns week-time. Use when the user says 'groom my backlog', 'what's under this goal', 'my tasks are a swamp', 'clean up my tasks', or when open tasks have piled up untouched. Not for routing new inbox items; use triage. Not for setting the week's priorities; use week-plan.

Connect Google Workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Docs) for email-aware planning and meeting prep. Use when the user says 'connect Gmail/Google', 'hook up my work email'. Not for local macOS calendar speed only; use calendar-setup. Not for Microsoft; use ms-teams-setup.

Connect Granola via its official API for automatic meeting sync and transcripts. Use when the user says 'connect Granola', 'my meetings aren't syncing', 'set up meeting notes'. Not for Zoom recordings; use zoom-setup. Not for processing meetings already synced; use process-meetings.

Generate a living profile of the user's working patterns, decision tendencies and quality preferences from their Dex data. Use when the user says 'what are my patterns', 'how do I work', or during week-review. Also use proactively when the model (older than 7 days) is stale. Not for planning a week; use week-plan.

Define time-horizoned assumptions about your industry (today / 6mo / 12mo) that ground strategic thinking. Use when the user is making roadmap, positioning or investment calls, or says 'what am I assuming about the market'. Also use proactively before a big strategic recommendation. Not for capturing a single decision; use decision-log.

Turn a decision to start something new — a hire, a partnership, a go-to-market push, an internal bet — into a real initiative: the outcome and why now, what success looks like, who's involved, the first concrete steps, and a project page that ladders to your pillars and goals. Use when the user says 'let's kick off X', 'I'm starting a new initiative', 'set up a project for this', or 'we've decided to do Y'. Also use proactively when the user commits to a new effort mid-conversation. Not for spec'ing a product feature or writing a PRD; use product-brief. Not for checking the status of projects already underway; use project-health.

Install and wire up an existing MCP server from Smithery.ai or a GitHub repo. Use when the user names a tool that already has a server — 'add the Notion MCP', 'install this Smithery server'. Not for building a new integration from nothing; use create-mcp. Not for adding one already-known server safely; use dex-add-mcp.

Toggle journaling or start a morning/evening/weekly journal entry. Use when the user says 'journal', 'morning pages', 'evening reflection'. Also use proactively when a journaling-enabled user starts/ends the day. Not for a structured end-of-day work review; use daily-review.

Turn optional Dex rooms/features on or off without deleting any content. Use when the user says 'turn off X', 'enable the career room', 'hide a feature I don't use'. Not for diagnosing breakage; use dex-doctor. Not for a full role restructure; use reset.

Close out the meeting you just had while it's fresh — lock the decisions, the action items and who owns each, what you personally committed to, and the single next step — then capture it and, only with your OK, turn the actions into tracked tasks. Use when the user says 'wrap up this meeting', 'close out my 3pm', 'here are my notes from the call', or right after a meeting ends. Also use proactively when the user pastes raw notes from a meeting that just happened. Not for bulk-processing many already-synced meetings; use process-meetings. Not for prepping a meeting that hasn't happened yet; use meeting-prep.

Prepare for a specific upcoming meeting by gathering attendee context, history and related topics. Use when the user says 'prep me for my meeting with X', 'what do I need for the 2pm', or before a calendar event. Also use proactively when a meeting is imminent. Not for writing up a meeting that already happened; use process-meetings.

Connect Microsoft Teams for cross-channel context awareness. Use when the user says 'connect Teams', 'hook up Microsoft'. Not for Google email/calendar; use google-workspace-setup.

Connect Pipedrive CRM for a live pipeline view and confirm-gated deal updates. Use when the user says 'connect Pipedrive', 'link my CRM', 'sync my pipeline with Pipedrive'. Not for pipeline analysis without a CRM; use pipeline-health. Not for reconciling an already-connected CRM; use pipeline-sync.

Live view of your Pipedrive pipeline reconciled against your local pipeline tracker; flags drift, maps focus deals, and pushes confirmed updates to the CRM. Use when the user says 'sync my pipeline', 'show me my pipeline', 'reconcile the CRM'. Not for connecting Pipedrive in the first place; use pipedrive-setup.

Turn synced meetings into updated person pages, extracted tasks and organized notes. Use when the user says 'process my meetings', 'catch up my notes', or after Granola/Otter syncs. Also use proactively when unprocessed meetings exist. Not for prepping an upcoming meeting; use meeting-prep.

Extract a product idea through guided questions and generate a PRD. Use when the user says 'write a PRD', 'spec this feature', 'turn this idea into a brief'. Not for a non-product initiative like hiring or partnerships (use initiative-kickoff once shipped); not for checking existing projects' status (use project-health).

Scan active projects for status, blockers and next actions. Use when the user says 'how are my projects', 'what's stuck', 'project status'. Also use proactively when projects have gone quiet. Not for writing a spec for a new product idea; use product-brief.

Rewrite a vague prompt into a rich, structured one, with automatic fallback. Use when the user says 'improve this prompt', 'make this prompt better', or hands over a thin instruction. Not for creating a reusable skill; use create-skill.

Spot the relationships going cold — people you were in regular contact with and haven't touched in a while, and important contacts who are slipping — ranked by how stale each has become, so you can reconnect before it costs you. Use when the user says 'who should I reach out to', 'who am I losing touch with', 'who's going cold', 'who needs attention', or during a weekly review. Also use proactively when someone important hasn't come up in a long time. Not for prepping a specific upcoming meeting; use meeting-prep. Not for specific promises you owe people; use commitments.

Deprecation alias for daily-review. The end-of-day review was renamed; /review now redirects to daily-review and will be removed after one release. Use when the user types /review out of habit — hand straight off to daily-review, which owns end-of-day review and learning capture. Not for running the review here; use daily-review.

Capture a reusable learning from completed work so future similar work is easier. Use when the user says 'save this learning', 'capture this insight', or finishes something tricky. Also use proactively after non-routine work. Not for recording a *decision* and its rationale; use decision-log.

Scrape web pages via Scrapling — stealth fetching, anti-bot bypass, CSS selectors, no API key. Use when the user says 'scrape', 'pull data from this URL', 'extract from this site'. Not for meaning-based search of the user's own vault; use enable-semantic-search.

Grade a Dex skill against the shape-aware quality rubric and report a ship/revise/no verdict with the exact fixes. Use when you finish writing or editing a skill, when create-skill hands off a new package, before shipping a first-party skill, or when the user asks "is this skill any good / will it fire / score my skill". Also use proactively right after any SKILL.md is created or its description changes. Not for authoring a new skill from scratch (use create-skill) or fixing broken YAML frontmatter alone (create-skill's validator does that); skill-score judges architecture and routing, not just format.

Connect Things 3 (macOS only) so Dex reads and updates your Things tasks. Use when the user says 'I use Things', 'sync my Things inbox', or pastes a things:// link. Not for Todoist (todoist-setup) or Trello (trello-setup).

Connect Todoist so Dex reads and updates your Todoist tasks two ways. Use when the user says 'I use Todoist', 'sync Todoist', or pastes a todoist.com link. Not for Things 3 (things-setup) or Trello (trello-setup); not for Jira tickets (atlassian-setup).

Connect Trello so Dex reads your boards and manages cards. Use when the user says 'I use Trello', 'my Trello board', or pastes a trello.com link. Not for Todoist (todoist-setup) or Things (things-setup).

Route orphaned inbox files and pull scattered - [ ] tasks into the right project/person/goal using current priorities. Use when the user says 'clean up my inbox', 'triage', 'sort out these notes'. Also use proactively when 00-Inbox/ is piling up. Not for updating notes from meetings; use process-meetings.

Set the week's priorities against goals, calendar shape and task effort. Use when the user says 'plan my week', 'what should I focus on this week', or on their first working day. Also use proactively at the first session of a new week. Not for reviewing the week just past; use week-review.

Review the week with concrete accomplishments (not fake percentages), pattern detection and goal tracking. Use when the user says 'how was my week', 'week review', or it's their last working day. Also use proactively when a week's priorities are largely resolved. Not for planning the coming week; use week-plan.

A short guided reflection on what energized you, what drained you, and one change for next week. Use when the user wants to reflect on how work *felt*, not what got done — 'reflect on my week', 'what's draining me'. Not for progress-and-goals tracking; use week-review.

Connect Zoom for meeting recordings, scheduling and transcript context. Use when the user says 'connect Zoom', 'pull my Zoom recordings'. Not for Granola-sourced notes; use granola-setup. Not for Teams; use ms-teams-setup.