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ID Pattern Theme Source status
1 Name a Skill and describe when to use it Skill authoring Located source instance
2 Phased/Stepped Execution Workflow control Located source instance
3 Workflow Mode Branching Workflow control Located source instance
4 $ARGUMENTS Variable Skill authoring Source unconfirmed
5 Persona/Role Assignment Prompt design Source unconfirmed
6 Negative Constraints Prompt design Located source instance
7 Interactive Flow Control Workflow control Located source instance
8 Confirmation Gates Safety & trust Located source instance
9 Progress Feedback Workflow control Located source instance
10 Prompt Injection Defense Safety & trust Located source instance
11 Sensitive Data Redaction Safety & trust Located source instance
12 Read-Only Boundary Safety & trust Located source instance
13 Activation Scope Skill authoring Located source instance
14 Structured Output Templates Output contracts Located source instance
15 Error Handling / Degradation Workflow control Source unconfirmed
16 Configuration Persistence Context management Source unconfirmed
17 Cross-Platform Handling Tool use Source unconfirmed
18 Multi-Agent Orchestration Agent orchestration Located source instance
19 Skill Composition Skill authoring Source unconfirmed
20 Intent Classification Workflow control Located source instance
21 Tool Routing Tables Tool use Source unconfirmed
22 Deduplication / Consensus Agent orchestration Source unconfirmed
23 Reference File Injection Context management Located source instance
24 Domain Knowledge Embedding Context management Source unconfirmed
25 Few-Shot Examples Prompt design Located source instance
26 Evidence Chain / Proof-of-Work Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
27 Scoring Rubrics Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
28 Self-Critique Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
29 Feedback Solicitation Workflow control Source unconfirmed
30 Version Check Tool use Source unconfirmed
32 Hub-and-Spoke SDLC State Machine Agent orchestration Located source instance
34 Dual-Model Adversarial Planning Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
35 Cost-Optimized Model Routing Agent orchestration Located source instance
36 Handoff Context Protocol Context management Located source instance
41 Loop Prevention with Max Iterations Workflow control Located source instance
42 Agent Memory Isolation Agent orchestration Located source instance
43 Isolated Review Checkout Tool use Located source instance
47 Evidence-First Review Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
48 Rule-Catalog Review (YAML) Evaluation & feedback Source unconfirmed
50 Adversarial Triad + Counterarguments Agent orchestration Located source instance
51 Schema Validation Gate Output contracts Located source instance
52 Rubric-Based Model Evaluation Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
59 Rescue-Tag-Before-Destructive-Operation Safety & trust Source unconfirmed
60 Tiered Permission Model (RED/DEFER/GREEN) Safety & trust Source unconfirmed
61 Data Classification Matrix (4-Level) Safety & trust Source unconfirmed
67 Whole-Payload Skill Review Safety & trust Located source instance
68 Orchestrator-Only (No Direct Data) Safety & trust Source unconfirmed
70 State File as Sole Continuity Context management Located source instance
72 Pull-Based Kanban Orchestration Agent orchestration Source unconfirmed
73 Resumable Idempotent Actions Workflow control Located source instance
74 Autonomous PR Feedback Resolution Workflow control Located source instance
76 Staggered Burst Query + Rate Limits Tool use Source unconfirmed
77 Time-Boxed Investigation Workflow control Source unconfirmed
81 NL to Relational Schema Decomposition Prompt design Source unconfirmed
83 Audience-Purpose Content Calibration Output contracts Located source instance
87 Eager Incremental Materialization Workflow control Located source instance
89 Writability Rules + Substitution Tables Output contracts Source unconfirmed
92 DAG Journey with Typed Gates Workflow control Source unconfirmed
94 Promise Detection and KB Sync Output contracts Source unconfirmed
95 Mandatory Self-Learning After Failure Context management Located source instance
96 Risk-Ordered Batch Migration + Build-Verify Workflow control Source unconfirmed
100 Progressive Disclosure Architecture Context management Located source instance
101 Creative Philosophy Scaffolding Prompt design Located source instance
103 Reconnaissance-Then-Action Tool use Located source instance
104 Helper Script as Black Box Tool use Located source instance
106 Section-by-Section Collaborative Drafting Workflow control Located source instance
107 Reader Testing with Sub-Agent Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
108 Blind A/B Comparison Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
109 Composio 3-Step SaaS Integration Tool use Located source instance
115 QA Sub-Agent with Visual Verification Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
116 Preserve Computation in Editable Artifacts Output contracts Located source instance
119 Eval-Driven Skill Improvement Loop Skill authoring Located source instance
121 Typed Memory Taxonomy Context management Source unconfirmed
123 Scoped Authorization and Action Risk Safety & trust Located source instance
127 Parallel-Safe Step Identification Tool use Located source instance
128 Context Compaction Survival Context management Located source instance
132 Hook-Driven Automation Tool use Source unconfirmed
133 Compositional Prompt Assembly Skill authoring Located source instance
134 Tool-Constraint Boundaries Safety & trust Located source instance
135 Fork vs Fresh Spawning Agent orchestration Source unconfirmed
141 REPL as Tool Composition Tool use Source unconfirmed
143 Pre-Set Catalog with Generate-On-The-Fly Fallback Workflow control Located source instance
144 Agent-Centric Tool Design Principles Tool use Located source instance
145 Evidence-Bound Verification Rule Prompt design Located source instance
146 Rationalization-Prevention Table Prompt design Located source instance
148 Anti-Performative-Agreement Vocabulary Ban Workflow control Located source instance
149 Pressure-Scenario TDD for Skill Authoring Skill authoring Located source instance
150 Continuous Execution Mandate Workflow control Located source instance
151 Explicit Preconditions with Gate Markers Prompt design Located source instance
152 DOT-Graph Decision Flow Embedded in Prompt Workflow control Located source instance
153 Marketplace Source-Type Polymorphism (SHA-Pinned) Tool use Source unconfirmed
154 Self-Looping Stop Hook (Ralph Loop) Workflow control Source unconfirmed
155 Capability Retirement with Migration Paths Skill authoring Located source instance
156 No-Pre-Judging Reviewer Dispatch Agent orchestration Located source instance
158 Plan-Mandated Defect Is Still a Finding Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
159 Diff-Scoped Review with Named-Risk Escape Hatch Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
160 Reviewer Does Not Re-Run the Implementer’s Tests Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
164 Batch Remediation: One Fixer for All Findings Agent orchestration Located source instance
165 Reviewer-Gate Task Right-Sizing Workflow control Located source instance
166 Verbatim Global-Constraints Block Context management Located source instance
167 Per-Task Interfaces Block (Consumes/Produces) Agent orchestration Located source instance
170 Just-In-Time Capability Offer Workflow control Source unconfirmed
171 Action-Verb Tool Abstraction Skill authoring Located source instance
173 Capability-Absent Anti-Fabrication Fallback Tool use Located source instance
174 Reachability-Scoped Delta Evaluation & feedback Source unconfirmed
175 Tool-Ran Tri-State Provenance Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
176 Differential Baseline-Equivalence Oracle Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
177 Capability Smoke-Test Over Presence-Check Tool use Located source instance
178 Derivation-Order Staleness Check Context management Located source instance
181 Cross-Service Credential-Routing Detection Safety & trust Source unconfirmed
183 Untrusted-Content-as-Markup Escaping Safety & trust Located source instance
188 Immutable-Slug Identity with Rename Redirect Map Tool use Source unconfirmed
190 Invocation Economics (Context vs Cognitive Load) Skill authoring Located source instance
192 No-Op Test (Behavior-vs-Default Pruning) Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
193 Two-Axis Completion Criterion (Checkable + Exhaustive) Workflow control Located source instance
194 Controlled Vocabulary with Banned Synonyms Context management Located source instance
197 Fog of War (Frontier Planning) Workflow control Located source instance
198 Two-Axis Orthogonal Review (No Cross-Axis Reranking) Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
201 Absence-of-Seam as a Finding Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
202 Feedback-Loop-Before-Hypothesis Gate Workflow control Located source instance
204 Static-Trace Verification When Execution Is Unsafe Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
206 ADR-Worthiness Triple Gate Workflow control Located source instance
207 Wait for a job’s terminal state Workflow control Located source instance
208 Validate measured artifact constraints Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
209 Checkpoint partial bulk progress Workflow control Located source instance
210 Use delta tokens for recurring synchronization Context management Located source instance
211 Recover according to failure class Tool use Located source instance
212 Read fresh version tokens before update Tool use Located source instance
213 Manage helper process lifetime Workflow control Located source instance
214 Choose capabilities from current metadata Tool use Located source instance
215 Prove paginated retrieval is complete Tool use Located source instance
216 Validate per-item outcomes inside batch success Tool use Located source instance
217 Materialize expiring outputs before handoff Workflow control Located source instance
218 Pilot a fixed extraction contract Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
219 Check replace semantics before editing Tool use Located source instance
220 Resolve opaque IDs within their scope Tool use Located source instance
221 Keep an undo ledger for file operations Safety & trust Located source instance
222 Resolve schema references before arguments Tool use Located source instance
223 Bind actions to the selected tenant Safety & trust Located source instance
224 Explicit continuation contract Context management Located source instance
225 Identify the actor before inferring intent Context management Located source instance
226 Abuse cases beside intended use cases Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
227 Grade the declared artifact kind Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
228 Validate kill assumptions before secondary preferences Workflow control Located source instance
229 Atomic claim with payload binding Agent orchestration Located source instance
230 Cache keys encode response-changing inputs Safety & trust Located source instance
231 Resource freshness versus reading relevance Context management Located source instance
232 Place checks by feedback cost Workflow control Located source instance
233 Validate the consumer interpretation Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
234 Resolve confinement and ownership before destruction Safety & trust Located source instance
235 Exemption authority outside the constrained unit Safety & trust Located source instance
236 Retain rejected experiment evidence Context management Located source instance
237 Bind grader results to the full expectation set Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
238 Review changes to the quality bar itself Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
239 Choose interaction by investigation shape Agent orchestration Located source instance
240 Reference closure in the received artifact Context management Located source instance
241 Separate workflow, perspective and entry point Agent orchestration Located source instance
242 Measured baseline ratchet Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
243 Preserve measurement source kinds Output contracts Located source instance
244 Noise-aware intervention comparison Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
245 Owned negative routing controls Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
246 One active routing authority Context management Located source instance
247 Protected content through an editable projection Context management Located source instance
248 Question-to-signal observability Tool use Located source instance
249 Ordered reconciliation of reviewer findings Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
250 Pass review artifacts through inert input channels Safety & trust Located source instance
251 Task acceptance and standing readiness Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
252 Reuse verification until its assumptions change Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
253 Verify the evidence channel itself Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
254 Use a deadline independent of stream activity Tool use Located source instance
255 Keep answer keys outside agent reach Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
256 Keep attempts, grades and traces coherent Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
257 Separate build variance from scoring variance Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
258 Preserve the complete protocol envelope Context management Located source instance
259 Concrete, intent-aware verification prompts Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
260 Retain full validation beside a compatible schema Tool use Located source instance
261 Preserve coordinate units through tool handoffs Tool use Located source instance
262 Regrade all variants after a criterion change Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
263 Separate definition versions from runs Workflow control Located source instance
264 Move deterministic loop steps into code Workflow control Located source instance
265 Use fresh no-change controls after drift Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
266 Grade the environment left by an agent Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
267 Freeze comparison references across rounds Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
268 Reconnect event streams without gaps Tool use Located source instance
269 Record the origin of evaluation references Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
270 Keep selection feedback out of revision prompts Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
271 Classify text by its control function Skill authoring Located source instance
272 Intent-matched, fresh catalog recommendations Context management Located source instance
273 Confirm the selected configuration as a whole Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
274 Classify the failing layer when optimization stalls Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
275 Evaluate the real application entry point Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
276 Keep pruning assumptions and deferred choices Workflow control Located source instance
277 Check instruction scope before resolving conflicts Context management Located source instance
278 Assemble cached prefixes by stability Context management Located source instance
279 Validate the whole streamed turn before acting Tool use Located source instance
280 Promote opaque actions to typed control points Tool use Located source instance
281 Trace invalid data back to its origin Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
282 Prove behavioral RED before minimal GREEN Workflow control Located source instance
283 Establish counter semantics before totals Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
284 Calibrate instruction specificity to fragility Skill authoring Located source instance
285 Wait on a fresh observable predicate Tool use Located source instance
286 Use an independent, mutation-sensitive oracle Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
287 Disclose consequential assumptions before acting Workflow control Located source instance
288 Implement only presently required complexity Prompt design Located source instance
289 Reformulate tasks as observable goals Workflow control Located source instance
290 Make request-traceable surgical edits Safety & trust Located source instance
291 Label implementation approximation provenance Output contracts Located source instance
292 Lock invariants, vary composition Context management Located source instance
293 Contextual rule precedence Prompt design Located source instance
294 Successor screens require an action and carried state Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
295 Provenance for precise-looking mock content Safety & trust Located source instance
296 Behavioral motivation before adding effects Prompt design Located source instance
297 Match reference granularity to inspection needs Context management Located source instance
298 Audit and preserve redesign contracts Workflow control Located source instance
299 Semantic token handoff contract Context management Located source instance
300 Inspect the specimen before translating it Workflow control Located source instance
301 Remove presentation answer cues Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
302 Guardrail negative-control proof Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
303 Deletion probe before abstraction Prompt design Located source instance
304 Durable behavioral agent contract Context management Located source instance
305 Environment as instruction source of truth Skill authoring Located source instance
306 Evidence-gated learning memory Context management Located source instance
307 Compatibility-preserving migration tickets Workflow control Located source instance
308 Explicit partial and invalid fixture intent Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
309 Dependency-ready integration frontier Agent orchestration Located source instance
310 Mechanics to checks, judgment to review Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
311 Consequence-aware change evidence Output contracts Located source instance
312 Question-shaped throwaway experiment Workflow control Located source instance
313 Dependency-ready question rounds Workflow control Located source instance
314 Question the knowledge owner through a send brief Workflow control Located source instance
315 Co-locate concept rules and caveats Context management Located source instance
316 Concept-scoped rejection memory Context management Located source instance
317 Repair the missing premise before shortening Output contracts Located source instance
318 Reread shared artifacts before incremental writes Workflow control Located source instance
319 Dependency-calibrated verification adapters Tool use Located source instance
320 Compare structural variants in shared context Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
321 Differentiated design briefs Agent orchestration Located source instance
322 Keep tool roots separate from project roots Tool use Located source instance
323 Persist a master design system with page-specific overrides Workflow control Located source instance
324 Verify a retrieved UI recommendation before reuse Workflow control Located source instance
325 Check privacy and evidence usefulness separately Safety & trust Located source instance
326 Record reversible decisions with their rationale and cost Workflow control Located source instance
327 Preserve linkage with stable redaction placeholders Safety & trust Located source instance
328 Qualify observations by when they were captured Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
329 Probe-to-Saturation Interview Workflow control Located source instance
330 Same-Artifact All-Reviewer Gate Agent orchestration Located source instance
331 Atomic Budget Admission Before Enqueue Tool use Located source instance
332 Audience, Participation and Delivery Separation Safety & trust Located source instance
333 Bind Behavioral Specs to Enforcement and Tests Context management Located source instance
334 Hard Blockers Override Aggregate Scores Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
335 Conditioned Description Is Not Independent Validation Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
336 Cross-Skill Evidence Distillation Skill authoring Located source instance
337 Decision-Enabling Audit Reasons Skill authoring Located source instance
338 Deterministic Parse with Uncertain-Case Escalation Tool use Located source instance
339 One Canonical Owner per Documentation Fact Context management Located source instance
340 Drain Completion before Stopping the Observer Workflow control Located source instance
341 Eligibility Before Expensive Scoring Workflow control Located source instance
342 Evidence-Gated Rule Promotion Skill authoring Located source instance
343 Promote the Exact Verified Artifact Workflow control Located source instance
344 Choose Metrics from Failure Costs Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
345 Golden-File Convention Pointers Context management Located source instance
346 Exact-Draft Epoch-Bound Approval Safety & trust Located source instance
347 Identifiable Calibration with a Holdout Tool use Located source instance
348 Empty-vs-Incomplete Recall Context management Located source instance
349 Keep the Stop Supervisor Outside the Worker Agent orchestration Located source instance
350 Gap-Driven Iterative Retrieval Context management Located source instance
351 Preserve Behavioral Control Semantics Across Localization Skill authoring Located source instance
352 Measurement Unit and Scope Boundaries Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
353 Recall Freshness and Supersession Context management Located source instance
354 Related-Input Invariant Oracle Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
355 Ordered Actions and Final-State Audit Tool use Located source instance
356 Observe a Blocked Worker from a Separate Control Path Agent orchestration Located source instance
357 Compare Candidate and Baseline on the Same Trial Panel Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
358 Point-in-Time Context Admission Context management Located source instance
359 Propagate Failed Prerequisites Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
360 Raw Evidence and Synthesis Separation Context management Located source instance
361 Retry Success vs Repeated Reliability Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
362 Adopt-Extend-Compose-Build Decision Workflow control Located source instance
363 Evidence Bound to the Same Stable Bytes Tool use Located source instance
364 Scope-Bound Evidence Memory Context management Located source instance
365 Exclude Self-Generated Feedback Events Workflow control Located source instance
366 Process Success and Semantic Completion Handshake Tool use Located source instance
367 Aggregate and Slice Evaluation Gates Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
368 Reusable Source-Derived Voice Profile Prompt design Located source instance
369 Structured State and Rendered Evidence Tool use Located source instance
370 Technical Facts vs Product Constraints Prompt design Located source instance
371 First Verifiable Vertical Slice Workflow control Located source instance
372 Validate the Proposed Mutation Tool use Located source instance
373 Preserve Literal Examples Across Invocation Templates Skill authoring Located source instance
374 Preserve Executable Identifiers Across Localization Skill authoring Located source instance
375 Isolate Optional Capability Loading Failures Tool use Located source instance
376 Version-Grounded Documentation Retrieval Context management Located source instance
377 Accepted-obligation amendment ledger Context management Located source instance
378 Separate behavior success from intervention benefit Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
379 Capability-tiered instruction digest Context management Located source instance
380 Comparable-coverage trend reporting Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
381 Budget context by when it loads Context management Located source instance
382 Keep claims within the observed channel Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
383 Revoke the prior grant when narrowing access Safety & trust Located source instance
384 Independent completion witness Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
385 Review both overlapping completion orders Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
386 Owner-token terminal cleanup Workflow control Located source instance
387 Persona-grounded peer benchmarking Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
388 Predeclare trials and verdict rules Evaluation & feedback Located source instance
389 Codify a proven run with replay Skill authoring Located source instance
390 Verify a save against the selected target Context management Located source instance