Docs/Tools & Features/Skills

Skills

Skills are reusable instruction sets — markdown files that teach Dynamo how to perform specific tasks.

bash

/skill                    # browse available skills
/skill commit             # run a specific skill
/skill create-skill       # create a new skill interactively
/commit                   # shortcut for /skill commit
/debug                    # shortcut for /skill systematic-debugging

Built-in Skills

Dynamo ships with 7 built-in skills inspired by the Superpowers methodology:

Skill	Activation	What it does
commit	manual	Conventional commits with Unity .meta awareness
brainstorming	auto	Design-first — explore options before writing code
systematic-debugging	auto	4-phase root cause investigation
tdd	auto	RED-GREEN-REFACTOR enforced cycle
code-review-request	manual	Structured review dispatch with git scope
code-review-receive	manual	Evaluate review feedback on technical merit
create-skill	manual	Guided skill creation flow

Always-active discipline skills (brainstorming, debugging, tdd) are injected into the system prompt and activate automatically when relevant. Manual skills are invoked explicitly via /skill or shortcuts.

Custom Skills

Skills live in .dynamo/skills/ (project) or ~/.config/dynamo/skills/ (personal). Local skills override built-in skills of the same name.

Each skill is a directory with a SKILL.md file and optional resource subdirectories:

my-skill/
├── SKILL.md           # instructions (required)
├── references/        # docs loaded on-demand
├── scripts/           # executable utilities
└── assets/            # templates, config files

Each skill has a description (short, shown in the picker) and an optional when-to-use field (detailed trigger scenarios for the model). The model uses these to decide when to activate a skill automatically.

Creating Skills

Use /skill create-skill for a guided flow that asks what the skill should do, sets permissions, and generates the SKILL.md.

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