Incident response framework — severity classification, escalation paths, postmortem templates. Use when the user asks to "design incident process", "define severity levels", "create escalation paths", "build postmortem template", or mentions incident response, on-call, war room, blameless postmortem.

Hypothesis-Driven Development (HDD) framework for structuring modernization proposals as testable hypotheses with Lean Startup cycles (Build-Measure-Learn). Transforms features into hypotheses with metrics, experiments, and kill/pivot/persevere thresholds. Use when formulating scenarios as hypotheses, designing validation experiments, applying Lean Startup to discovery, or when "HDD", "hypothesis", "hipótesis", "lean startup", "build-measure-learn", "experiment", "kill/pivot/persevere", or "validación de hipótesis" is mentioned.

Use when the user asks to "test a hypothesis", "validate assumptions through delivery", "run experiment-driven project", "design build-measure-learn cycles", "validate project assumptions", or mentions hypothesis-driven delivery, HDD, validated learning, experiment design, build-measure-learn. Triggers on: converts assumptions into testable hypotheses, designs minimum viable experiments, facilitates pivot-or-persevere decisions, documents validated learning, ranks hypotheses by risk and impact.

Use when the user asks to "design a hybrid approach", "combine agile and waterfall", "create hybrid methodology", "integrate iterative and sequential delivery", "build adaptive lifecycle", or mentions hybrid PM, water-scrum-fall, bimodal, agile-traditional blend, adaptive lifecycle. Triggers on: designs a hybrid methodology, maps components to delivery approaches, creates interface agreements between agile and waterfall, unifies governance across methodologies, blends iterative and predictive planning.

Use when the user asks to "assess hybrid methodology readiness", "evaluate hybrid approach", "check hybrid methodology maturity", "measure integration capability", "diagnose water-scrum-fall", or mentions hybrid assessment, hybrid readiness, mixed methodology evaluation, iterative-sequential integration maturity. Triggers on: evaluates hybrid methodology maturity, detects hybrid anti-patterns, scores integration capability, assesses dual-governance readiness, produces hybrid adoption roadmap.

This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a Sofka HTML document", "generate a branded report", "build an executive deliverable", "upgrade HTML to brand standards", "fix broken Sofka styles", "convert markdown to HTML", "batch convert deliverables to HTML", or mentions Sofka HTML, entregable, brand deliverable, Design System v5, Dark Authority, or any combination of Sofka + document/report/summary/analysis/roadmap. Also use when batch-upgrading existing HTML files to Sofka brand compliance, even if the user does not explicitly say "brand". Triggers on: convert to HTML, branded HTML, DS v5, markdown to HTML pipeline, Mermaid diagrams in HTML.

Use when the user asks to "define governance", "create governance model", "set up escalation paths", "design authority matrix", "establish decision framework", or mentions project governance, steering committee, decision framework, authority levels, escalation matrix. Triggers on: builds a governance charter, designs escalation paths, defines decision-making authority, creates steering committee structure, maps authority levels.

Generative AI architecture — RAG patterns, LLM orchestration, multi-model tiering, agent workflow design, vector database architecture, knowledge connectors, and GenAI quality assurance. This skill should be used when the user asks to "design RAG architecture", "architect LLM system", "select vector database", "design AI agents", "implement knowledge retrieval", "plan GenAI quality", or mentions RAG, embeddings, vector search, LLM orchestration, agent framework, context-aware generation, hallucination reduction, or multi-model routing.

Use when the user asks to "request funding", "justify budget", "prepare investment proposal", "build capital request", "draft funding justification", or mentions funding request, budget justification, capital request, investment proposal. Triggers on: prepares an investment case, drafts a budget approval package, justifies project funding, builds a capital expenditure request, creates a funding drawdown schedule.

Functional analysis toolkit with 6 tools for requirements engineering. Use when the user asks to "run event storming", "create a story map", "extract business rules", "write acceptance criteria", "build traceability matrix", "detect anti-patterns", or mentions "Given/When/Then", "functional toolbelt", "requirements quality".

Comprehensive functional specification with use cases, business rules, and complexity/risk matrix, service specification, deliverable specification, and engagement spec. Use when the user asks to "write functional specs", "document use cases", "define business rules", "create requirements", "specification document", or mentions "Phase 5a", "functional specification", "MVP scope", "acceptance criteria", "casos de uso", "reglas de negocio".

DDD domain taxonomy + 8-12 end-to-end business flows with trama specifications, process mapping, service flow documentation, and operational flow tracing. Use when the user asks to "map flows", "document business processes", "trace integrations", "identify failure points", "domain mapping", "DDD analysis", or mentions "Phase 2", "flow mapping", "integration matrix", "dependency graph", "swimlane diagrams", "business process documentation".

Cloud financial operations assessment and strategy using FinOps Foundation framework. Use when the user asks to "assess cloud costs", "optimize cloud spending", "FinOps assessment", "cloud cost analysis", "rightsizing", "reservation strategy", "showback/chargeback model", "cloud unit economics", "cost allocation", or mentions "cloud financial management", "cost optimization", "FinOps maturity".

Designs AWS cloud architectures for AI and GenAI workloads applying the Well-Architected Framework GenAI Lens (6 pillars: GENOPS, GENSEC, GENREL, GENPERF, GENCOST, GENSUS), AWS service selection matrices, RAG/Agent/Fine-Tuning patterns, cost optimization strategies, and enterprise reference architectures. Activated when designing, evaluating, or migrating AI systems on AWS.

Guides implementation of AI/GenAI architectures on AWS — Bedrock setup, SageMaker pipelines, OpenSearch vector stores, API Gateway configuration, security hardening, cost controls, and deployment automation. This skill should be used when the user asks to "implement AI on AWS", "set up Bedrock", "deploy SageMaker pipeline", "configure OpenSearch for RAG", "implement AWS AI security", "set up AWS AI monitoring", or mentions AWS AI deployment, Bedrock Knowledge Base setup, SageMaker endpoint deployment, AWS GenAI implementation, or AWS AI CI/CD pipeline.

Use when the user asks to "plan benefits realization", "define KPIs", "track success metrics", "establish benefits framework", or "measure project value delivery". Activates when a stakeholder needs to link deliverables to business outcomes, define measurable KPIs with targets, design post-project benefit tracking, create a benefits ownership matrix, or establish a sustainability plan for realized benefits.

BI and analytics service discovery — data maturity assessment (DCAM/DMM), dashboard landscape inventory, semantic layer evaluation, self-service analytics readiness, data literacy assessment, analytics use case portfolio, and BI transformation roadmap. Distinct from bi-architecture (design skill); this is the discovery/assessment for BI-as-a-service engagements. Use when the user asks to "assess BI maturity", "evaluate analytics capabilities", "dashboard inventory", "data literacy assessment", "semantic layer review", "self-service analytics readiness", "analytics use case prioritization", "BI transformation roadmap", or mentions BI-as-a-service, analytics maturity, dashboard consolidation, data democratization, DCAM, DMM, or data literacy.

BI solution design — semantic layers, dashboard patterns, self-service analytics, KPI frameworks. Use when the user asks to "design BI architecture", "build a KPI framework", "set up self-service analytics", "design dashboard hierarchy", "create a semantic layer", or mentions metric trees, drill-down patterns, or reporting strategy.

Use when the user asks to "close the project", "generate closure report", "document final metrics", "perform administrative closure", or "obtain formal acceptance". Activates when a stakeholder needs to produce a project closure report, compare final actuals vs baseline, compile lessons learned, obtain formal sponsor acceptance, or execute administrative closure including resource release and documentation archiving.

Cloud migration planning -- 7R assessment, workload classification, wave planning, cutover. Use when the user asks to "plan cloud migration", "assess workloads for migration", "design landing zone", "create migration waves", "plan cutover strategy", or mentions 7R, rehost, replatform, refactor, lift-and-shift, or migration factory.