Core Development Skills
This skill provides essential development principles and checklists that all Orchestra agents follow to maintain high-quality standards across security, testing, documentation, performance, and code quality.
Overview
The core skills provide:
- •Security principles (security.yaml) - Secure coding practices and vulnerability prevention
- •QA guidelines (qa.yaml) - Testing standards and quality assurance procedures
- •Release procedures (release.yaml) - Deployment and release management
- •Performance standards (performance.yaml) - Optimization and efficiency guidelines
- •Documentation standards (documentation.yaml) - Technical writing and documentation best practices
- •Coding standards (coding-standards.yaml) - Code style and structure conventions
- •Review checklist (review-checklist.yaml) - Pre-merge code review requirements
- •Clarification guidelines (clarify.yaml) - Requirements clarification procedures
- •Token efficiency (token-efficiency.md) - Guidelines for minimizing token usage
When to Use
Agents automatically reference these guidelines when:
- •Iris - Applies security.yaml for security audits
- •Finn - Uses qa.yaml and review-checklist.yaml for testing
- •Eden - Follows documentation.yaml for technical writing
- •Kai - References performance.yaml and coding-standards.yaml for architecture
- •Blake - Uses release.yaml for deployment coordination
- •Riley - Applies clarify.yaml for requirements clarification
- •All agents - Follow token-efficiency.md to optimize responses
Usage
Agents can reference specific guidelines:
markdown
See `skills/core/security.yaml` for security best practices See `skills/core/qa.yaml` for testing requirements See `skills/core/token-efficiency.md` for response optimization
File Structure
code
skills/core/ ├── SKILL.md (this file) ├── security.yaml # Security principles ├── qa.yaml # QA and testing standards ├── release.yaml # Release management ├── performance.yaml # Performance optimization ├── documentation.yaml # Documentation standards ├── coding-standards.yaml # Code style conventions ├── review-checklist.yaml # Pre-merge checklist ├── clarify.yaml # Requirements clarification └── token-efficiency.md # Token usage optimization
Best Practices
- •Consistency - All agents follow the same core principles
- •Reference, don't duplicate - Agents link to guidelines rather than copying them
- •Update centrally - Guidelines are maintained in one place
- •Agent-agnostic - Principles apply across all specialized agents
- •Token efficient - Guidelines are concise and focused
Integration
These core skills are automatically available to all Orchestra agents. No explicit invocation is needed - agents reference them as part of their standard operating procedures.