ask-matt

Routes engineering situations to the appropriate skill or workflow in the repository.

Updated Aug 22, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/MSC72m/DevForge --skill ask-matt-msc72m
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: ask-matt
Source: https://github.com/MSC72m/DevForge/tree/main/skills/ask-matt
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/MSC72m/DevForge --skill ask-matt-msc72m

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Engineers working with a large skills vault cannot remember every available skill, so they pick the wrong tool or skip the right one. This Skill acts as a router that maps your current situation to the correct skill or multi-step flow. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Situation-to-Skill Routing: Describes a main flow (idea to ship) covering grilling, prototyping, specs, tickets, implementation, TDD, and code review, plus on-ramps for bugs, triage, and large foggy projects. - Phase Boundary Guidance: Provides an ordered decision tree for choosing between continue, /clear, /handoff, subagent, or /compact at the end of a work phase, documented in PHASE-BOUNDARIES.md. - Use Case: You have a vague feature idea and a pile of incoming bug reports. Ask which flow fits, and get directed to /grill-with-docs for the idea and /triage for the reports, with instructions on how they merge into /implement. ## Quick Start Ask which skill or flow fits your current situation, for example by describing that you have a half-formed feature idea in a working directory.

Frequently Asked Questions about ask-matt

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I choose the right skill for my coding task?▼

Describe your current situation and the router maps it to a skill or flow. Ideas in a working directory route to /grill-with-docs, raw bug reports route to /triage, and broken behavior routes to /diagnosing-bugs.

What is the main flow from idea to shipped code?▼

The main flow runs /grill-with-docs to sharpen the idea, optionally detours through /prototype for runnable questions, then /to-spec and /to-tickets for multi-session builds, and finally /implement per ticket with /code-review before committing.

When should I use /compact versus /clear or /handoff?▼

Use /clear when the context is irrelevant to what comes next, /handoff only when moving to a new harness, directory, or colleague, and /compact as the default when the context stays relevant but the window is filling up.

Should I triage tickets created by /to-tickets?▼

No. Triage is only for issues you did not create, such as incoming bug reports and feature requests. Tickets produced by /to-tickets are already agent-ready and should go straight to /implement.

When is /wayfinder the right choice over /grill-with-docs?▼

Use /wayfinder for huge, foggy efforts like greenfield projects that cannot fit in one session, where it charts decision tickets on the issue tracker. For ideas you can hold in one session, /grill-with-docs is faster and sufficient.