Agent skill

Discover Engineering

by rand in rand/cc-polymath

Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or…

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Install Discover Engineering

skills CLI
$ npx skills add rand/cc-polymath --skill discover-engineering -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install rand/cc-polymath discover-engineering --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rand/cc-polymath.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/discover-engineering .claude/skills/discover-engineering && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
discover-engineering
GitHub stars
181
Token cost
~723 tokens
SKILL.md length
264 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or…

  • Works in 10 steps: code-review - PR reviews, feedback,… → code-quality - SOLID principles,… → refactoring-patterns - Safe refactoring… → …
  • Tasks that involve Code review
  • SKILL.md covers When This Skill Activates, Available Skills, Progressive Loading and Usage Instructions
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Discover Engineering is an agent skill from rand/cc-polymath. Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or software engineering practices. Activates for engineering development tasks.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format.

It sits in Development, covering Code review. The repository describes itself as: Claude Code skills and workflows, optimized for context-efficiency and skill quality. Skills ranging from cloud infrastructure to design to advanced maths. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Code review

Example prompts

  • “/discover-engineering”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format.

Workflow steps

10 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. code-review - PR reviews, feedback, automation
  2. code-quality - SOLID principles, metrics, code smells
  3. refactoring-patterns - Safe refactoring techniques
  4. test-driven-development - TDD, red-green-refactor
  5. domain-driven-design - DDD patterns, bounded contexts
  6. functional-programming - FP principles, immutability
  7. design-patterns - GoF patterns, when to use
  8. technical-debt - Identifying and managing debt
  9. pair-programming - Pairing techniques, mob programming
  10. continuous-integration - CI/CD pipelines, deployment

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit baa2df1. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

  • Compatibility

    Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format.

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Discover Engineering loads about 723 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 73 tokens; SKILL.md has 264 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~73
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~723

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from rand/cc-polymath at commit baa2df1, republished under its MIT licence (© rand). 264 words, ~723 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/discover-engineering/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
discover-engineering
description
Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or software engineering practices. Activates for engineering development tasks.
compatibility
Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format.
license
MIT
metadata.author
rand
metadata.version
4.0

Engineering Skills Discovery

Provides automatic access to comprehensive engineering skills.

When This Skill Activates

This skill auto-activates when you're working with:

  • engineering practices
  • code review
  • documentation
  • team collaboration
  • technical leadership
  • Process flows and flowcharts
  • Sequence and interaction diagrams
  • System architecture and C4 diagrams
  • Database schemas and ER diagrams
  • Class diagrams and state machines
  • Data visualization charts
  • Project timelines and Gantt charts
  • Git workflows and branching
  • Mindmaps and concept hierarchies
  • Any Mermaid.js diagram creation

Available Skills

Quick Reference

The Engineering category contains 24 skills across 2 subcategories:

Engineering (16 skills):

Software Development Practices:

  1. code-review - PR reviews, feedback, automation
  2. code-quality - SOLID principles, metrics, code smells
  3. refactoring-patterns - Safe refactoring techniques
  4. test-driven-development - TDD, red-green-refactor
  5. domain-driven-design - DDD patterns, bounded contexts
  6. functional-programming - FP principles, immutability
  7. design-patterns - GoF patterns, when to use
  8. technical-debt - Identifying and managing debt
  9. pair-programming - Pairing techniques, mob programming
  10. continuous-integration - CI/CD pipelines, deployment

RFC & Documentation: 11. rfc-consensus-building - Stakeholder collaboration 12. rfc-decision-documentation - ADRs, decision tracking 13. rfc-structure-format - RFC templates, formatting 14. rfc-technical-design - Architecture proposals

Plus 2 more in ../engineering/INDEX.md

Diagrams (8 skills): See ../diagrams/INDEX.md

Load Full Category Details

Read ../engineering/INDEX.md Read ../diagrams/INDEX.md

Progressive Loading

This gateway skill enables progressive loading:

  • Level 1: Gateway loads automatically (you're here now)
  • Level 2: Load category INDEX.md for full overview
  • Level 3: Load specific skills as needed

Usage Instructions

  1. Auto-activation: This skill loads automatically when Claude Code detects engineering work
  2. Browse skills: Run Read ../engineering/INDEX.md for full category overview
  3. Load specific skills: Use bash commands above to load individual skills

Next Steps: Run Read ../engineering/INDEX.md to see full category details.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/discover-engineering of rand/cc-polymath.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit baa2df1

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Categories

Questions about Discover Engineering

What does Discover Engineering do?

Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or…. Discover Engineering is an agent skill from rand/cc-polymath. Automatically discover software engineering practice skills when working with code review, documentation, pair programming, production debugging, performance profiling, deployment strategies, or software engineering practices.

When should I use Discover Engineering?

Discover Engineering fits situations like: tasks that involve Code review.

How do I install Discover Engineering in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add rand/cc-polymath --skill discover-engineering -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/discover-engineering in rand/cc-polymath) into .claude/skills/discover-engineering in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Discover Engineering in Codex?

Run `npx skills add rand/cc-polymath --skill discover-engineering -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/discover-engineering in rand/cc-polymath) into .agents/skills/discover-engineering in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Discover Engineering in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add rand/cc-polymath --skill discover-engineering -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/discover-engineering, .gemini/skills/discover-engineering, .github/skills/discover-engineering and .opencode/skills/discover-engineering in your project.

What does Discover Engineering need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Discover Engineering is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code. Compatible with any agent supporting the Agent Skills format..

Does Discover Engineering access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Discover Engineering safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Discover Engineering use?

Discover Engineering is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Discover Engineering use?

About 723 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Discover Engineering?

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Who maintains Discover Engineering?

rand (a GitHub user) maintains it in rand/cc-polymath, which has 181 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on February 28, 2026.

Source: rand/cc-polymath on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.