Skill Generator

Overview

Create custom skills tailored to the specific project's patterns, workflows, and conventions. Skills become part of the project's .claude/skills/ directory.

Core principle: Capture project wisdom as reusable, teachable skills.

Trigger: /popkit:project skills command after project analysis

Arguments

Analysis-Driven Generation

When .claude/analysis.json exists (from /popkit:project analyze --json), the generator uses structured pattern data:

Step 0: Check for Analysis

import json
from pathlib import Path

analysis_path = Path.cwd() / ".claude" / "analysis.json"
if analysis_path.exists():
    analysis = json.loads(analysis_path.read_text())
    patterns = analysis.get("patterns", [])
    recommended_skills = analysis.get("recommended_skills", [])
    frameworks = analysis.get("frameworks", [])
else:
    # Fall back to manual discovery
    patterns = []
    recommended_skills = []

Pattern-to-Skill Mapping

When analysis is available, generate skills based on detected patterns:

Generated Skill Format

Skills generated from analysis include detection context:

---
name: project:deploy
description: "Deploy to Vercel with preview and production environments. Detected from Next.js + Vercel configuration (confidence: 0.92)."
---

# Deploy to Vercel

Automates deployment workflow for this project.

## Detected From

- Pattern: `nextjs` (confidence: 0.95)
- Pattern: `vercel-config` (confidence: 0.90)
- Files: `vercel.json`, `next.config.js`

## Process

1. Run type check and lint
2. Run tests
3. Deploy to preview (PR) or production (main)
...

Auto-Embedding After Generation

After writing each SKILL.md, automatically embed for semantic discovery:

import sys
# No longer needed - install popkit-shared instead
from embedding_project import auto_embed_item

# After writing skill file
skill_path = ".claude/skills/project-deploy/SKILL.md"
success = auto_embed_item(skill_path, "project-skill")

if success:
    print(f"✓ Embedded: {skill_path}")
else:
    print(f"⚠ Embedding skipped (no API key or error)")

What Gets Generated

.claude/skills/
├── [project]-patterns.md     # Project coding patterns
├── [project]-testing.md      # Testing conventions
├── [project]-deployment.md   # Deployment workflow
├── [project]-debugging.md    # Common debug scenarios
└── [project]-setup.md        # Dev environment setup

Generation Process

Step 1: Analyze Codebase

Discover patterns and conventions:

# Find common patterns
grep -r "// Pattern:" --include="*.ts" .
grep -r "# Pattern:" --include="*.py" .

# Find test patterns
ls tests/ __tests__/ spec/ 2>/dev/null

# Find CI/CD
ls .github/workflows/ .gitlab-ci.yml Jenkinsfile 2>/dev/null

# Find documentation
ls docs/ README.md CONTRIBUTING.md 2>/dev/null

Step 2: Identify Skill Opportunities

Analyze for:

Step 3: Generate Pattern Skill

---
name: [project]-patterns
description: Coding patterns and conventions for [project]
---

# [Project] Coding Patterns

## Component Pattern

[Based on analysis of existing components]

### Standard Component Structure
\`\`\`typescript
// [Pattern discovered from codebase]
\`\`\`

### When to Use
- [Discovered use cases]

### Examples in Codebase
- `src/components/[Example1].tsx`
- `src/components/[Example2].tsx`

## API Pattern

[Based on analysis of API routes]

### Standard Route Structure
\`\`\`typescript
// [Pattern discovered from API routes]
\`\`\`

## Naming Conventions

- Components: [Discovered convention]
- Files: [Discovered convention]
- Functions: [Discovered convention]

Step 4: Generate Testing Skill

---
name: [project]-testing
description: Testing conventions and patterns for [project]
---

# [Project] Testing Conventions

## Test Framework
[Detected: Jest/Vitest/Pytest/etc.]

## Test Structure

### Unit Tests
Location: `[discovered test path]`
Pattern:
\`\`\`typescript
// [Pattern from existing tests]
\`\`\`

### Integration Tests
Location: `[discovered test path]`
Pattern:
\`\`\`typescript
// [Pattern from existing tests]
\`\`\`

## Running Tests

\`\`\`bash
# All tests
[discovered command]

# Single file
[discovered command]

# Watch mode
[discovered command]
\`\`\`

## Mocking Conventions

[Based on analysis of test files]

Step 5: Generate Deployment Skill

---
name: [project]-deployment
description: Deployment workflow for [project]
---

# [Project] Deployment

## Environments

| Environment | URL | Branch |
|-------------|-----|--------|
| [Discovered environments from CI/CD] |

## Deployment Process

### Pre-Deployment Checklist
- [ ] Tests passing
- [ ] Lint clean
- [ ] Build successful
- [ ] [Project-specific checks]

### Deploy Commands

\`\`\`bash
# [Commands discovered from CI/CD or package.json]
\`\`\`

## Rollback Process

[Based on CI/CD analysis or documented process]

Step 6: Generate Setup Skill

---
name: [project]-setup
description: Development environment setup for [project]
---

# [Project] Dev Setup

## Prerequisites

- [Node.js/Python/Rust version]
- [Database requirements]
- [Other dependencies]

## Quick Start

\`\`\`bash
# Clone
git clone [repo]

# Install dependencies
[detected install command]

# Setup environment
[detected setup steps]

# Start development
[detected dev command]
\`\`\`

## Environment Variables

| Variable | Description | Default |
|----------|-------------|---------|
| [From .env.example analysis] |

## Common Issues

[Based on README or docs analysis]

Post-Generation

After generating:

Skills generated at .claude/skills/

Skills created:
✓ [project]-patterns.md - Coding patterns (47 patterns found)
  └─ Embedded for semantic discovery
  └─ Available immediately (hot-reload in Claude Code 2.1.0+)
✓ [project]-testing.md - Test conventions
  └─ Embedded for semantic discovery
  └─ Available immediately (hot-reload in Claude Code 2.1.0+)
✓ [project]-deployment.md - Deployment workflow
  └─ Embedded for semantic discovery
  └─ Available immediately (hot-reload in Claude Code 2.1.0+)
✓ [project]-setup.md - Dev environment setup
  └─ Embedded for semantic discovery
  └─ Available immediately (hot-reload in Claude Code 2.1.0+)

Embedding Summary:
- Total skills: 4
- Successfully embedded: 4
- Skipped: 0

These skills are now available for this project and discoverable via semantic search.

Note: With Claude Code 2.1.0+, generated skills are immediately available
without restarting your session. Test with `/skill invoke <skill-name>`.

Would you like me to review and refine any of them?

When Analysis Available

Analysis-driven skill generation from .claude/analysis.json

Patterns used (confidence >= 0.6):
- nextjs (0.95) → project:deploy
- prisma (0.85) → project:db-migrate
- react-query (0.90) → project:data-fetching
- colocated-tests (0.75) → project:testing

Skills created:
✓ project-deploy/SKILL.md - Vercel deployment
  └─ Detected from: nextjs, vercel-config
  └─ Embedded for semantic discovery
✓ project-db-migrate/SKILL.md - Database migrations
  └─ Detected from: prisma
  └─ Embedded for semantic discovery
...

Customization

Generated skills can be:

1. Edited to add more patterns
2. Extended with team-specific conventions
3. Linked from CLAUDE.md for automatic loading
4. Re-embedded after changes with /popkit:project embed

Integration

Requires:

• Project analysis (via analyze-project skill) for pattern-driven generation
• Voyage AI API key for auto-embedding (optional, but recommended)

Enables:

• Project-specific guidance
• Consistent coding patterns
• Faster onboarding
• Team convention enforcement
• Semantic discovery of project skills