Josh Nichols
Community@technicalpickles · Atlanta, GA
Staff Engineer for @Gusto, Principal Whimsy Engineer for myself. Hobby hobbyist, husband, father, he/him
Agent Skills by Josh Nichols
Showing 16 vetted skills indexed across 4 GitHub repositories.
release
Automate version bumps, pre-release checks, and CI-driven releases for the envsense project.
designing-clis
Apply a structured CLI UX design framework to build, improve, and audit command-line interfaces.
working-with-mcp
Detect MCPProxy tool availability and advise reconnection via /mcp.
api-documentation-discovery
Locate current API documentation for installed library versions.
working-with-mise
Manage per-project tool versions and diagnose command not found errors with mise.
working-with-colima
Manage Colima lifecycles and Docker contexts on macOS.
working-with-buildkite-builds
Fetch and interpret Buildkite build data to diagnose failures and reproduce issues locally.
developing-buildkite-pipelines
Reference official Buildkite documentation when writing or debugging pipeline YAML.
Docker Build and Test Workflow
Automate Docker image builds and tests with layer caching and selective rebuilds.
gh-pr
Create, update, and comment on GitHub pull requests with PR body generation.
buildkite-status
Monitor Buildkite builds for a commit and retrieve job logs.
using-mcpproxy-tools
Invoke mcp__MCPProxy__* tools correctly and diagnose MCP connection errors.
working-in-scratch-areas
Create organized scratch areas with git-ignored subdirectories and executable scripts.
scope
Run scope doctor checks and apply automated environment fixes.
working-in-monorepos
Execute commands from correct subproject directories using absolute paths.
mcpproxy-debug
Diagnoses MCPProxy server logs and suggests configuration fixes.