cortex-core

Manage project backlog items as individual markdown files with YAML frontmatter. Use when user says "/cortex-core:backlog", "backlog add", "backlog list", "backlog pick", "add to backlog", "show backlog", "archive backlog item", "what's ready", "pick a backlog item", or asks to create/view/manage/select backlog items.

Create git commits with consistent, well-formatted messages. Use when user says "commit", "/cortex-core:commit", "make a commit", "commit these changes", or asks to save/checkpoint their work as a git commit.

Dispatches parallel reviewer agents — each focused on a single challenge angle — then synthesizes findings with an Opus agent to deeply challenge a plan, spec, or research artifact from multiple angles before you commit. Domain context from project requirements is injected so reviewers can surface domain-specific failure modes even when the artifact doesn't mention them. Use when the user says "critical review", "pressure test", "adversarial review", "pre-commit challenge", "deeply question", or "challenge from multiple angles". More thorough than a single sequential pass because parallel agents remove anchoring bias and produce deeper per-angle coverage. Also auto-triggers in the lifecycle for Complex + medium/high/critical features after plan approval.

Development entry point that analyzes requests and routes to the appropriate workflow. Use when user says "/cortex-core:dev", "what should I work on", "start working on", "dev hub", "where do I start", "next task", "what's next", or describes a feature without naming a specific skill.

Systematic 4-phase debugging for skills, hooks, lifecycle, and overnight runner issues. Use when: "debug this", "fix this bug", "why is this failing", "investigate this error", "make this test pass", "why isn't this triggering", "skill not working", "hook not running", "lifecycle bug", "overnight runner stall", "diagnose this", "diagnose", or any unexpected behavior in the agentic layer components. Finds root cause, fixes, and verifies with a structured loop.

3 hooks across 3 events