🧠 senior-dev-squad-skills v4.0.0
107 production-grade AI agent skills across 27 installable Claude Code plugins (1 lean core senior-dev-squad plugin with 54 skills + 26 specialty plugins with 53 skills). Complete SDLC pipeline: spec → architecture → frontend/backend → security → testing → DevOps → review → ship. Plus guardrails, orchestration, design systems, security frameworks, repo automation, MCP integration, agent platforms, marketing, product management, cross-provider teams, AI/ML engineering, compliance, distributed-systems architecture, and epic orchestration.
54 core skills + 53 specialty plugin skills = 107 skills across 27 installable plugins that turn any AI coding agent into a disciplined, production-ready development squad.
Structure
| Layer | Count | Description |
|---|
Core plugin (senior-dev-squad) | 54 skills | Cross-domain SDLC skills usable on any project |
| Specialty plugins (26) | 53 skills | Framework, database, infra, domain, product, marketing, security, AI/ML, MCP, agent platform |
| Total | 107 skills / 27 plugins | |
Philosophy
| # | Principle |
|---|
| 1 | No code without spec. Agent extracts purpose, user flow, data model, edge cases, acceptance criteria first. |
| 2 | No implementation without plan. Plan breaks into atomic tasks. Each task has test + verification method. |
| 3 | Every feature proven by test. Unit, integration, e2e, a11y, security, performance — separate skills enforce each. |
| 4 | Security at every stage. Not a final review — auth, input validation, secrets, RLS, dependencies, CI, deployment — automatic gates. |
| 5 | Research before code. Compile context, search web, analyze alternatives, verify versions before writing a single line. |
| 6 | Guardrails. Context management, git hygiene, memory preservation, safety boundaries — model-invoked from their descriptions, or wired as hooks to run automatically. |
| 7 | Parallel subagents when possible. Break work into independent streams, execute concurrently, aggregate results. |
| 8 | Cross-model verification. One model writes, another reviews — catches issues a single model would miss. |
| 9 | Design is code too. Generate UIs from specs using production-grade design systems. Accessibility is non-negotiable. |
| 10 | Reviewer is ruthlessness. "It works" is not enough. Code smell, overengineering, missing tests, race conditions, security bugs, edge cases. |
Core Skills Catalog (54)
🔍 Discovery & Spec (3)
| # | Skill | What It Does |
|---|
| 1 | grill | Relentlessly interviews the user one question at a time to reach shared understanding before any code is written |
| 2 | spec-first-development | Turns ideas into product specs with user stories, acceptance criteria, and edge cases |
| 3 | research-first | Compiles context, searches web, analyzes alternatives, and verifies versions before writing a single line |
🏗️ Architecture & Tech Stack (4)
| # | Skill | What It Does |
|---|
| 4 | architecture-planner | Full-stack architecture: ADRs, tradeoff tables, mermaid diagrams, CAP awareness, deployment topology |
| 5 | distributed-systems-architect | Microservices, event-driven design, data consistency, fault tolerance, multi-region, observability |
| 6 | tech-stack-advisor | Interactive tech stack selection: decision trees, tradeoff tables, stack templates |
| 7 | design-pattern-advisor | Pattern catalog with selection guide: recommends design patterns with code sketches |
🎨 Frontend & UI (5)
| # | Skill | What It Does |
|---|
| 8 | frontend-senior-engineer | Production-grade React/Next.js: responsive, a11y, states, forms, performance |
| 9 | ui-generator | Generates production-ready UI components from specs, design system oriented |
| 10 | responsive-layout-engine | Generates responsive layouts with design system tokens for each breakpoint — mobile-first through wide screen |
| 11 | accessibility-optimizer | WCAG 2.2 AA/AAA auditing, automated fixing, and UI accessibility quality gate |
| 12 | design-system-manager | Design system catalog, selection, theming, token generation from brand, and cross-system mapping/migration |
⚙️ Backend & Data (8)
