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sota
Master router for the SOTA engineering skills library. Use this skill whenever the user asks to build, design, implement, refactor, harden, optimize, review, or audit an application, service, or codebase and the request spans more than one domain — or when you are unsure which sp
sota-api-design
State-of-the-art API design and audit guidance (2026) covering REST/HTTP, GraphQL, gRPC, WebSockets/SSE/realtime, webhooks, versioning/evolution, and API security/operations. Use when designing or building any API surface (endpoints, schemas, protos, realtime channels, webhook se
sota-architecture
State-of-the-art software and system architecture rules (2026) for both building and auditing. Use when designing, building, refactoring, or extending system architecture — boundaries, DDD, hexagonal/clean architecture, event-driven design, CQRS, sagas, messaging, caching, shardi
sota-async-concurrency
State-of-the-art rules for writing and auditing asynchronous and concurrent code across runtimes (Python asyncio, JS/Node, Go, Rust, JVM). Use when building anything with async/await, threads, processes, event loops, task groups, channels, or queues — and when auditing existing c
sota-c-cpp
State-of-the-art C and C++ engineering rules (2026 baseline) that Claude applies when writing or auditing C/C++. Covers modern idioms (RAII, value semantics, smart pointers, C++23), memory safety (lifetimes, bounds, sanitizers, hardening flags), undefined behavior, security (SEI
sota-cli-ux
State-of-the-art CLI and developer-tool UX guidance (2026) covering command and flag design, output and interaction (stdout/stderr, --json, TTY detection, exit codes, prompts), runtime behavior and lifecycle (signals, dry-run, idempotency, XDG paths, completions, telemetry), and
sota-cloud-infrastructure
State-of-the-art cloud infrastructure architecture (2026). Applies when designing, building, or auditing cloud environments on AWS, GCP, or Azure — account/project structure and landing zones, IAM and workload identity, VPC/network design, DNS/TLS/CDN, compute selection (serverle
sota-code-security
Secure coding and security auditing rules (2026 baseline). Use whenever BUILDING or modifying code that crosses a trust boundary — endpoints, handlers, auth/login/signup, sessions, JWT/OAuth, file uploads, payments, multi-tenant features, crypto/secrets handling, parsers, CLI/exe
sota-confidential-computing
State-of-the-art confidential computing and cryptographic PETs (2026) for BUILDING and AUDITING systems that protect workloads and data in use from the infrastructure they run on — the inverse of sandboxing. Covers TEE selection (AMD SEV-SNP, Intel TDX, ARM CCA realms, SGX enclav
sota-copywriting
State-of-the-art marketing copywriting and content guidance (2026) covering positioning and value propositions, headlines and landing-page copy, CTAs and social proof, SEO content (search intent, E-E-A-T, Google spam policies), and the accuracy/legal layer — claim substantiation,
sota-databases
State-of-the-art database engineering rules (2026) for designing, building, and auditing data layers. Covers engine selection, schema modeling, migrations, query and index craft, transactions and concurrency, reliability and scale, security, and vector/AI workloads. Use when desi
sota-data-engineering
State-of-the-art data engineering rules (2026) for building and auditing data pipelines and analytics infrastructure. Covers architecture and modeling (ELT, lakehouse vs warehouse, dimensional models, medallion layering), pipeline and orchestration discipline (idempotency, increm
sota-detection-engineering
State-of-the-art detection engineering, SOC, threat hunting, and incident response (2026). Use when BUILDING detective controls or SOC capability — Sigma/YARA/Falco/Tetragon/Suricata rules, detection-as-code, MITRE ATT&CK coverage, SIEM detections, alert triage and SOAR, threat h
sota-devsecops
State-of-the-art DevSecOps and software supply chain security (2026). Applies when building or auditing CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions workflows, supply chain controls, SBOM generation, SAST/secret-scanning gates, dependency management, container builds, container/artifact regis
sota-docs-workflow
State-of-the-art documentation and engineering-collaboration guidance (2026) covering documentation architecture (Diátaxis, docs-as-code, READMEs, runbooks, onboarding, AI-readable docs), API/reference docs and changelogs, and the team workflow around code: pull requests, code re
sota-dotnet
State-of-the-art C# / .NET engineering rules (2026 baseline, .NET 10 LTS / C# 14) that Claude applies when writing or auditing .NET code. Covers modern idioms (records, nullable reference types, pattern matching, spans, file-scoped namespaces), API/null/immutability/`IDisposable`
sota-frontend-design
State-of-the-art web design, UI/UX, and motion engineering standards (2026). Use when building OR auditing/reviewing user interfaces: components, pages, design systems, stylesheets, themes, forms, navigation, animations, or accessibility. Covers typography, color (OKLCH, dark mod
sota-golang
State-of-the-art Go engineering rules (2026 baseline, Go 1.25+) that Claude applies when writing new Go code or auditing existing Go code. Covers error handling, interface/package design, goroutine and channel correctness, net/http hardening, security (SQL, exec, path traversal,
sota-identity-access
State-of-the-art identity and access management engineering (2026) for BUILDING/configuring identity infrastructure AND AUDITING it — federation, IdPs, authorization models, the joiner-mover-leaver lifecycle, privileged/break-glass access, workload identity, MFA/passkeys, and ass
sota-javascript-typescript
State-of-the-art JavaScript and TypeScript engineering (2026) for both writing and auditing code. Covers strict TypeScript configuration and type design, language idioms and pitfalls, async patterns, Node.js backends, JS/TS-specific security (XSS, prototype pollution, supply chai
sota-jvm
State-of-the-art JVM engineering rules (2026 baseline) for Java and Kotlin that Claude applies when writing or auditing JVM code. Baseline Java 25 LTS (virtual threads final since 21; structured concurrency still preview), Kotlin 2.x. Covers modern idioms (records, sealed types,
sota-kubernetes
State-of-the-art Kubernetes platform security and operations (2026) for cloud-managed (EKS/GKE/AKS) and self-hosted clusters (kubeadm, k3s/k0s, Talos). Use when building, operating, hardening, or auditing the cluster PLATFORM layer: control plane and etcd, API server/kubelet, RBA
sota-ml-engineering
State-of-the-art ML engineering / MLOps rules (2026) for BUILDING and AUDITING production machine-learning systems — the training→serving→monitoring lifecycle of classical/predictive ML. Distinct from LLM apps (prompts/RAG/agents → sota-llm-engineering). Covers ML system architec
sota-mobile
State-of-the-art mobile engineering for building and auditing iOS and Android applications. Use when the task involves mobile apps in any form — native (Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose), cross-platform (React Native, Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform), Swift as a language — S
sota-network-security
State-of-the-art network security as a discipline (2026) for BOTH designing/building secure networks AND auditing segmentation and exposure. Use for zero-trust architecture, network segmentation and blast-radius control, Kubernetes NetworkPolicy/CiliumNetworkPolicy depth, service
sota-observability
State-of-the-art observability and reliability engineering (2026). Use when instrumenting code (structured logging, metrics, distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry, SLOs, alerting, health endpoints) or auditing an existing codebase's observability posture (can on-call answer "why
sota-performance
State-of-the-art performance engineering for building fast systems and auditing existing code for bottlenecks. Use when the task involves performance, optimization, latency, profiling, slow code, memory usage, caching, or throughput — designing latency budgets, fixing N+1 and acc
sota-php
State-of-the-art PHP engineering (2026 baseline, PHP 8.3+ floor, 8.5 current) for both writing new PHP and auditing existing PHP code. Covers strict_types and modern idioms (enums, readonly, match, fibers, property hooks), OWASP-grade security (SQL injection, XSS, file uploads, L
sota-privacy-compliance
State-of-the-art privacy and compliance engineering guidance for building privacy-respecting systems and auditing existing code for privacy/compliance gaps. Use when work involves privacy, GDPR, PII, personal data, consent, data retention, deletion, DSAR (data subject access requ
sota-python
State-of-the-art Python engineering (2026 baseline) for both writing new Python and auditing existing Python code. Covers uv-based tooling and project setup, strict typing, idioms and pitfalls, asyncio structured concurrency, security (injection, deserialization, supply chain), p
sota-ruby
State-of-the-art Ruby engineering rules (2026 baseline, Ruby 3.4+ / 4.0) that Claude applies when writing or auditing Ruby. Covers modern idioms (frozen string literals, pattern matching, Data/Struct, RBS/Sorbet/Steep typing), security (SQL injection via ActiveRecord/Sequel, ERB/
sota-rust
State-of-the-art Rust engineering (2026) for writing and auditing Rust code. Covers idiomatic ownership and API design, error handling and panic policy, unsafe discipline with Miri, async/tokio (cancellation safety, structured concurrency, graceful shutdown), security and supply
sota-secrets-management
State-of-the-art secrets management for building and auditing software. Use whenever a task involves creating, storing, injecting, rotating, or scanning for credentials — or reviewing code/infrastructure for secret leaks and misuse. BUILD mode: implementing secrets handling; AUDI
sota-security-compliance
State-of-the-art security & compliance engineering (2026) for the cybersecurity control frameworks and product-security regulations that drive architecture, code, and CI gates — not the organizational policy binder. Use when work must satisfy or be audited against NIST CSF 2.0, S
sota-shell-scripting
State-of-the-art shell scripting (bash-focused, defensive) for writing and auditing shell scripts, CI scripts, init/deploy scripts, container entrypoints, and Makefile recipes — and, just as much, for the ad-hoc commands you run yourself: a grep/find/rg sweep whose result you are
sota-testing
State-of-the-art software testing strategy and practice (2026) for designing test strategy, writing unit/integration/e2e tests, or auditing test suites. Covers suite shape (pyramid/trophy/honeycomb), test design quality (behavior-first, AAA, determinism, smells), test doubles (mo
sota-threat-modeling
State-of-the-art threat modeling for both designing new systems and auditing existing ones. Use when designing a feature, service, integration, or architecture that touches untrusted input, new trust boundaries, sensitive data, or third-party dependencies (BUILD mode), and when r
sota-ux-writing
State-of-the-art UX writing and product-copy guidance (2026) covering voice and tone systems, plain language (ISO 24495-1), microcopy (buttons, labels, empty states, onboarding, notifications), error and feedback message craft, and the accessibility and localization of interface
sota-web-frameworks
State-of-the-art engineering rules (2026) for the JavaScript SSR meta-frameworks: React 19 + Next.js (App Router, React Server Components, Server Actions) and Vue 3 + Nuxt 4 (Nitro server routes, composables) — plus the cross-cutting concerns of server rendering: hydration correc