Skills
Skills (recipes) are slash commands that define what to do. Each skill is described in a SKILL.md file
with frontmatter metadata and instructions for agents. Brewcode includes 13 skills covering
the full task lifecycle — from project analysis to E2E testing.
On top of those, /brewcode:review is a special dynamic skill — it is not shipped with the plugin, it is generated into every target project by /brewcode:setup, tailored to the project’s tech stack and agents. See the review skill page for details.
Summary table
| # | Skill | Command | Model | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | setup | /brewcode:setup | opus | Project analysis, prerequisites, template generation |
| 2 | spec | /brewcode:spec | opus | Specification creation through research |
| 3 | plan | /brewcode:plan | opus | Plan creation from SPEC or Plan Mode |
| 4 | start | /brewcode:start | opus | Task execution with infinite context |
| 5 | teams | /brewcode:teams | opus | Dynamic agent teams with tracking |
| 6 | convention | /brewcode:convention | opus | Convention analysis and reference classes |
| 7 | rules | /brewcode:rules | sonnet | Knowledge-to-rules synchronization |
| 8 | grepai | /brewcode:grepai | sonnet | Semantic search management |
| 9 | teardown | /brewcode:teardown | haiku | Plugin file removal |
| 10 | standards-review | /brewcode:standards-review | opus | Standards compliance review |
| 11 | skills | /brewcode:skills | opus | Skill management |
| 12 | agents | /brewcode:agents | opus | Agent creation and improvement |
| 13 | e2e | /brewcode:e2e | opus | E2E testing orchestration |
| ★ | review (dynamic) | /brewcode:review | opus | Per-project multi-agent review with quorum — generated by /brewcode:setup |
setup
Project analysis, template generation
spec
Specification creation through research
plan
Plan creation from SPEC or Plan Mode
start
Task execution with infinite context
teams
Dynamic agent teams with self-selection and tracking
convention
Convention analysis and reference classes
rules
Knowledge-to-rules synchronization
grepai
Semantic search management
teardown
Plugin file removal
standards-review
Standards compliance review
skills
Skill management
agents
Agent creation and improvement
e2e
E2E testing: scenarios, autotests, quorum review
review (dynamic)
Per-project multi-agent review with quorum — generated by /brewcode:setup
Lifecycle
The recommended skill execution order for a full task cycle:
- Setup
Analyze project, generate templates, check prerequisites. setup
- Spec
Create specification through research and user interaction. spec
- Plan
Create execution plan from SPEC with phases and dependencies. plan
- Start
Execute task with infinite context — automatic session handoff at context limits. start
- Rules
Sync learned knowledge to project rules for future sessions. rules
- Teardown
Clean up plugin files when task is complete. teardown
Skill Management
Use /brewcode:skills to list, create, or improve skills. The Skill Creator agent handles the creation process.
Skill dependencies
setup --> spec --> plan --> start --> rules
| | | |
| +-- convention | +-- teardown
| | |
| +-- grepai +-- teams
|
+-- (Phase 0: prerequisites)
Dynamic Teams — New
/brewcode:teams creates 5-20 project-specific agents with self-selection protocol,
performance tracking, and automatic tuning. Run after /brewcode:setup to build
a team adapted to your project’s domains and architecture.
Independent Skills
These skills work standalone — no prior setup required:
standards-review
Standards compliance review
skills
Skill management: list, create, improve
agents
Agent creation and improvement
e2e
E2E testing orchestration
Moved to Brewtools
Skills text-optimize, text-human, secrets-scan, ssh, deploy, and debate have been moved to the Brewtools plugin. Skill glm-design-to-code has been moved to Brewui.
Mode Switcher
The /brewcode:skills create command can generate Mode Switcher skills —
a special skill type that toggles persistent behavioral modes for the entire session.
Mode instructions are injected into every prompt via hooks and survive auto-compaction.
Keywords like “mode”, “toggle”, or “persistent” in the create prompt trigger
the Mode Switcher workflow automatically.
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