ai-engineer-talks

skills-i-use

A curated collection of skills, plugins, and tools that I use in my day-to-day workflow as a developer.

Built by @hiteshbandhu — open for anyone to use, fork, or build on.

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Install with npx skills

Install skills into Cursor (and 50+ other agents) using the Agent Skills CLI (skills.sh):

# List installable skills from this repo
npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --list

# Install one skill into the current project
npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill ship-check

# Install globally (available across all projects)
npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill ship-check -g

# Target Cursor explicitly
npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill ship-check -a cursor

# Search the public skills directory
npx skills find ship check

The CLI discovers 39 skills — five core skills under skills/ plus 34 in the ai-engineer-talks bundle (via .claude-plugin/marketplace.json):

# List all skills (core + ai-engineer-talks, grouped in output)
npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --list

# Install an AI engineer talks skill
npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill build-rag-search-stacks -a cursor

Skill	Install
architecture-review	npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill architecture-review
create-a-skill	npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill create-a-skill
cto-weekly-review	npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill cto-weekly-review
ship-check	npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill ship-check
ui-ux	npx skills add hiteshbandhu/skills-i-use --skill ui-ux

Full index of the ai-engineer-talks bundle: skills/ai-engineer-talks/README.md.

After install, invoke a skill with @skill-name in chat or /skill-name in Agent mode.

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What's in here

Folder	What it contains
skills/	Reusable skill definitions and workflow prompts for AI agents
plugins/	Integrations, MCP servers, and tool extensions (coming soon)
examples/	Working configs and usage walkthroughs (coming soon)

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Skills

Skill definitions that extend AI agents with specialised workflows. Each skill writes output to ./skill-outputs/{skill-name}/ in your project (configurable via SKILL_OUTPUT_DIR). See skills/OUTPUT.md.

Skill	What it does
architecture-review	Structured ADR process — subagent persona debate, markdown ADR, optional HTML, decision registry.
cto-weekly-review	Deep weekly engineering report — parallel data collectors, markdown + HTML, links ADRs from architecture-review. Includes scripts.
ship-check	Pre-ship gate — lint, typecheck, tests, build, diff review, commit message draft. Never commits without confirmation. Includes scripts.
ui-ux	Product-aware UI/UX review and polish — Playwright verification, principles, checklist audits.
create-a-skill	Author or improve repo skills — hard questions, reviewer subagents, validate, register. Includes scripts.

Skills with scripts

Three skills ship shell scripts under scripts/. Always read a script before running it — review paths, env vars, and side effects. Do not run blindly.

Skill	Scripts	What they touch
cto-weekly-review	collect-git.sh, collect-ai-sessions.sh, collect-context.sh	Git repos, AI session logs, shell history, file timestamps, optional gh
ship-check	ship-check.sh	Project lint/typecheck/test/build commands, git status/diff
create-a-skill	validate-skill.sh	Skill folder structure and conventions (read-only checks)

Each scripted skill documents its scripts in its README. When an agent proposes running one, double-check the command first.

AI engineer talks

34 skills from ingest-into-skills — full index in skills/ai-engineer-talks/README.md.

Topics include RAG, evals, agents, harnesses, OpenAI/DeepMind/Microsoft, AIEWF 2024 tracks, Summit 2023, Europe 2026 keynotes, security, legal AI, OpenClaw, PM/leadership, inference, robotics, generative media, skills/MCP, and more.

From ingest-into-skills; create-a-skill hygiene before sync.

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Plugins