waza

Standard collaboration patterns for all squad agents — worktree awareness, decisions, cross-agent communication

Prepare and publish a new version of the waza azd extension. USE FOR: "publish extension", "release new version", "bump version", "prepare release", "update changelog", "azd publish", "new release", "version bump", "cut a release". DO NOT USE FOR: running evals (use waza), writing skills (use skill-authoring), CI/CD pipeline changes (edit workflow files directly).

**UTILITY SKILL** - Explain code snippets, functions, and algorithms in plain language. USE FOR: explain code, what does this code do, break down this function, help me understand this, walk through this algorithm, clarify this logic, explain this snippet, describe what happens here. DO NOT USE FOR: writing new code (use code generation), fixing bugs (use debugging), refactoring (use refactoring skills), code review with action items. INVOKES: file reading tools to access code, language detection for tailored explanations. FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: If the user just needs to see file contents, use file reading tools directly.

Explains code snippets in plain English, breaking down what the code does step by step. Perfect for learning, code reviews, or documentation.

Standard recovery patterns for all squad agents. When something fails, adapt — don't just report the failure.

Squad branching model: dev-first workflow with insiders preview channel

**WORKFLOW SKILL** - Process PDF files including text extraction, rotation, and merging. USE FOR: "extract PDF text", "rotate PDF", "merge PDFs", "split PDF pages", "convert PDF to text". DO NOT USE FOR: creating PDFs from scratch (use document-creator), editing PDF forms (use form-filler). INVOKES: pdf-tools MCP for extraction, file-system for I/O. FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: Use pdf-tools MCP directly for simple extractions.

Reviewer rejection workflow and strict lockout semantics

Never read .env files or write secrets to .squad/ committed files

Find and resume interrupted Copilot CLI sessions using session_store queries

Categorized catalog of common Squad operations. Coordinator reads this file and presents it as an interactive menu when the user asks for available commands or help.

Core conventions and patterns used in the Squad codebase

Core conventions and patterns used in the Squad codebase

Core conventions and patterns used in the Squad codebase

Update tests when changing APIs — no exceptions

**WORKFLOW SKILL** - Evaluate AI agent skills using structured benchmarks with YAML specs, fixture isolation, and pluggable validators. USE FOR: run waza, waza help, run eval, run benchmark, evaluate skill, test agent, generate eval suite, init eval, compare results, score agent, agent evaluation, skill testing, cross-model comparison. DO NOT USE FOR: improving skill frontmatter (use waza dev), creating new skills from scratch (use skill-creator), token counting or budget checks (use waza tokens). INVOKES: Copilot SDK executor, mock engine, code/regex validators. FOR SINGLE OPERATIONS: use waza run directly for a single benchmark.

Run evaluations on Agent Skills to measure their effectiveness. USE FOR: "run skill evals", "evaluate my skill", "test skill quality", "check skill triggers", "skill compliance check", "measure skill performance", "run evals on [skill-name]", "grade skill execution". DO NOT USE FOR: writing skills (use skill-authoring), improving frontmatter (use sensei), or general testing unrelated to skills.