# Startup Skills: Matt Pocock

> Every skill by Matt Pocock in the index, with a line saying when to use each one.

I index these, I do not host them. Every entry points at the original author's
repo and carries a source byline.

## Entries (12)

- [Code review](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/code-review) by Matt Pocock: Use when a branch must be checked against repo standards and the original spec.
- [Codebase design](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/codebase-design) by Matt Pocock: Use when deciding a module's interface or where a seam should go.
- [Diagnosing bugs](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/diagnosing-bugs) by Matt Pocock: Use when a hard bug or performance regression needs a diagnosis loop.
- [Domain modeling](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/domain-modeling) by Matt Pocock: Use when a project's terminology, CONTEXT.md or ADRs need writing or sharpening.
- [Improve codebase architecture](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/improve-codebase-architecture) by Matt Pocock: Use when scanning a codebase for deepening opportunities, then working through the one picked.
- [Prototype](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/prototype) by Matt Pocock: Use when a state model or UI idea needs testing before real work starts.
- [TDD](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/tdd) by Matt Pocock: Use when building a feature or fixing a bug test first, red-green-refactor.
- [To tickets](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/to-tickets) by Matt Pocock: Use when an agreed plan has to become ordered tickets in a tracker.
- [Triage](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/triage) by Matt Pocock: Use when incoming issues and outside pull requests are piling up unsorted.
- [Wayfinder](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/wayfinder) by Matt Pocock: Use when work too big for one agent session needs mapping as decision tickets.
- [Wizard](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/engineering/wizard) by Matt Pocock: Use when only a human can do the steps and needs walking through them.
- [Writing for agents](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/tree/main/skills/productivity/writing-for-agents) by Matt Pocock: Use when creating skills or editing AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md files.

## Links

- [Page](https://startupskills.dev/mattpocock): the same list, for a person.
- [The whole index](https://startupskills.dev/llms.txt): all 189 entries.
- [Skills index](https://startupskills.dev/skills): every skill, with search.