Nicholas Ferguson
Community@nickcrew · Tampa Bay, FL
Platform engineer and security tooling builder. I design production infrastructure, build open-source security platforms, and ship engineering tools
Agent Skills by Nicholas Ferguson
Showing 42 vetted skills indexed across 2 GitHub repositories.
template-skill
Initialize new skills with a standardized SKILL.md template.
internal-comms
Generate internal communications using guidelines from the examples directory.
mashup
Generate three mashup concepts with journey sketches, differentiators, risks, and experiments.
async-python-patterns
Coordinate asyncio tasks with gather, create_task, and wait_for in Python.
security-testing-patterns
Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in CI/CD pipelines.
owasp-top-10
Identify OWASP Top 10 security vulnerabilities in web applications.
skill-creator
Create or update Claude skills with structured SKILL.md files.
canvas-design
Generate visual philosophy prompts and render original designs as PDF or PNG files.
cqrs-event-sourcing
Apply CQRS and Event Sourcing patterns for scalable auditing and event replay.
gitops-workflows
Enable GitOps-driven declarative Kubernetes deployments with ArgoCD and Flux CD.
helm-chart-patterns
Package and deploy Kubernetes applications with reusable Helm chart patterns.
webapp-testing
Automate local web app testing with Playwright and headless Chromium.
api-design-patterns
Design scalable REST and GraphQL APIs with versioning, pagination, error handling, and HATEOAS.
docx
Manage Word documents with this tool.
microservices-patterns
Designs microservices architectures including decomposition, communication patterns, and data ownership.
python-testing-patterns
Provide Python testing patterns for pytest, mocking, and property-based testing.
secure-coding-practices
Apply secure coding practices across authentication, validation, cryptography, and session management for web services and APIs.
threat-modeling-techniques
Identify and analyze security threats using STRIDE, attack trees, and risk assessment.
react-performance-optimization
Optimize React rendering with memoization, code splitting, and virtualization.
ctx-brainstorming
Facilitate brainstorming sessions to generate structured plans and seed tasks.
idea-lab
Generate ranked ideation options with top three day-one experiments.
ctx-plan-writing
Transform brainstorming output into a structured execution plan with objectives, workstreams, tasks, and risks.
concept-forge
Score early-stage concepts by impact, delight, and effort, then rank and select a top concept for a one-day spike.
pre-mortem
Identify project failure modes and generate mitigation tasks.