writing-successor-primers

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps turn a non-trivial project handoff into a durable primer that a future maintainer can use without the original author present.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Writes a focused primer that explains the project’s purpose, founding principles, and the trade-offs behind key decisions.
• Adds practical navigation help, including where to start, false-confidence warnings about redundant layers, project-specific glossary terms, and an explicit list of what is not included.
• Use it for permanent roll-offs, open-source transfers, long-running research work, or major refactors where a successor needs to understand both the system and its rationale.

Quick Start

Ask for a successor primer for your project and include the handoff context, the key design decisions, and any areas that were deliberately descoped.